Posted on 01/06/2009 8:22:44 AM PST by BGHater
Donors to President George W. Bush's presidential library probably will remain a mystery, said the foundation overseeing fundraising.
Mark Langdale, who heads the George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation, said that's the way some donors want it.
"It's our decision not to disclose who the donors are," he said.
The foundation will oversee construction of the library, museum and public policy institute at the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas. The group had raised less than $3 million when the latest tax reports were filed in August. That's far short of its $300 million goal, but foundation officials said fundraising will pick up significantly after Bush leaves office Jan. 20.
The issue of whether to identify presidential library contributors was reignited recently when President-elect Barack Obama tapped Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to serve as secretary of state.
The foundation that oversees her husband's library, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Ark., had not previously released donors' names — no law requires disclosure of who donates to presidential library foundations.
But last month, the Clinton foundation published donors' names as part of Bill Clinton's effort to avoid conflicts of interest regarding his wife's new post. The list showed that governments from Saudi Arabia to Norway made sizable contributions, as well as corporations and billionaires with interests in U.S. foreign policy.
Bush officials have said the president would not accept foreign donations while in office. Both Clinton and Bush's father had the same policy but accepted large gifts from foreigners after leaving the White House.
Noting that the Clinton list was released as part of an agreement to help Hillary Clinton join the Obama Cabinet, Langdale said, "We don't have those set of circumstances," The Dallas Morning News reported in Monday's editions.
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This is , evidently, AP’s idea of some sort of scandal.
If The Messiah and his gang get their names, they'll tax the snot out of 'em....
Better to stay off THEIR radar.....
Business as usual for politicians and those who pay them for favors. Clinton would have kept it secret had his wife not forced him so she could get the sec state job.
Obviously of more interest to AP than the recent millions of dollars in donations from unknown quarters to our incoming president's campaign.
Unless and until Laura Bush is asked to take the Secretary of State position, I’d keep the books shut, too, just like Bubba.
Clinton kept the secret for 8 years, and not a peep out of AP. Bush hasn’t even left office yet, and already they’re complaining!
Although I confess it would be interesting to know who got more from the Saudis and the Chinese, Clinton or Bush?
He could raise a lot more than 3 million.:)
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