Reply #3: If we had a Democratic pres., the FDA would be honest with us! Oh, wait . . .

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If this had happened under Bush, there would not be a single rationalization/defense of the president on this topic. So I am curious to see how this thread plays out.

FACT: In 2009, Obama garnered much favorable publicity from promising a crackdown on FDA oversight.

As he announced a new head of the Food and Drug Administration today, President Barack Obama laid out plans for an extensive overhaul of the agency, including a billion-dollar investment to keep tainted peanut butter and tomatoes out of the food supply and to protect patients from contaminated medications like the blood thinner heparin.

"Food safety is something I take seriously, not just as your president, but as a parent," Obama said in his weekly video address. "When I heard peanut products were being contaminated earlier this year, I immediately thought of my 7-year-old daughter, Sasha, who has peanut butter sandwiches for lunch probably three times a week. No parent should have to worry that their child is going to get sick from their lunch, just as no family should have to worry that the medicines they buy will cause them harm."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7059201&page=1#.TtYoa3pz9p4

FACT: In August, 2011, Obama appointed Monsanto's chief lobbyist as special adviser/"food czar" to the FDA:

"Michael Taylor was just appointed senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. This is the same man that was in charge of FDA policy when GMO's were allowed into the US food supply without undergoing a single test to determine their safety. He "had been Monsanto's attorney before becoming policy chief at the FDA he became Monsanto's Vice President and chief lobbyist. This month became the senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. He is now America's food safety czar. This is no joke".'
http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/52314-obama-appoints-monsantos-vp-as-senior-advisor-to-the-commissioner-fda
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It's perfectly clear that when there are campaign funds to be raised, Big Pharma and Big Agra/Food Processors are in charge at the FDA.