More accurately, the tax payer paid for it
On MLK’s birthday, I wrote that Hillary spent the day pandering at the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem, where she had just been endorsed by pastor Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who is also a prominent black leader.
An endorsement that Hillary rubbed in the face of Barack Obama (who is also black).
Why might the right-Reverend endorse Hillary instead of the Great Black Hopeâ„¢?
This might have something to do with it:
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) secured more than $1 million in federal funding last year for a Harlem-based non-profit whose leader gave her presidential campaign a major endorsement last weekend.
Clinton — who is aggressively competing for the black vote with her chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) — touted the endorsement of Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, a prominent black leader and pastor of one of the oldest black churches in America, the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem.
The $555-billion FY 2008 omnibus spending bill approved last month by Congress included 11 appropriations bills with almost 1,000 earmarks. Clinton teamed with senior New York Sen. Charles Schumer and New York Rep. Charles Rangel, both Democrats, to provide three earmarks for the Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC).
The ADC is a separate non-profit community development organization chaired by Butts that focuses on increasing quality housing, delivering social services, and boosting economic and educational opportunities in Harlem.
Clinton backed an $839,000 earmark to the development corporation’s programs for at-risk youth; $446,500 for the organization to expand youth after-school programs; and $146,000 for the group’s social service work.
Uhhhh…yeah…
I’m certain that Hillary’s $1 million earmark to the reverend’s “charity” (I thought you Liberals were sticklers for that whole “separation of church and state” thing?) had nothing to do with him endorsing her…
h/t to Ace
Wow, that was cheap.
It didn’t cost her a thing, other than a little schmoozing on the Senate floor.
Left by no2liberals on January 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm