Thursday, October 25, 2012

Former Biden Aide writes angry 'tell-all' book.

Jeff Connaughton, a former aide to the Vice President, Joe Biden, has published a tell-all book in which he blasts the Obama Administration. This book is yet another wild card to hit the home stretch campaigning trails and the outcome of it is yet to be known. In this tell all Connaughton talks about his bitter experience in politics with the man who inspired him to even get involved.

"The PayOff", is the book's title and in it is revealed the big Washington secret, Big banks control both parties according to Jeff Connaughton. As previously stated he criticized the Obama Administration and called the President and VP, "finacially illiterate."  Jeff also confesses in his book not feeling he got enough support from the man he was aiding but the game changer is his revelation that he had never fully gained the trust of Joe Biden and there for was not welcomed into his inner circle. This seems questionably like a case of a person scorned. The article on Politico.com later reveals that following the release of the book representatives of Vice President Biden released a statement saying, "The Vice President has not read Mr. Connaughton’s book but remembers working with him over many years in both the Senate and on various campaigns,” said a Biden aide. “The Vice President values his relationships with all members of his staff, and appreciates their hard work and dedication to serving the public. He wishes Mr. Connaughton all the best going forward." They then went on to point at a few other former employees of the VP who had much different tunes than Mr. Jeff Connaughton.
Herbie Ziskend said that Biden took an interest in his younger staffers, sometimes sitting down and asking him personally about his family and campaign thoughts.
Annie Tomasini, also had a similar story saying that Biden took an interest in her too often asking about how her family was and about where she was from. With such conflictions and at extreme ends who can one believe? The lone angry bird who did not feel accepted or everyone else? And what could this mean for the Obama campaign, yes, any publicity is good publicity EXCEPT when you're running for president.

The politico.com article is here

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