Clinton Endorsement Secured by $1.5 Million Earmark?
January 24, 2008 — JLGIn a major appropriations bill that passed late last year, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) secured an earmark of nearly $1.5 million for the Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC). The ADC is chaired by Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who pastors the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem, one of the oldest African-American churches in America.
Imagine my surprise when Butts endorsed Clinton for president last week. Hmmm… I wonder why.
I can’t say it enough. Pork barrel spending is the root of all corruption in Washington. Whenever you have that much money freely flowing from the federal treasury, people are bound to have some favors to repay…
March 25, 2008 at 4:33 pm
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