Posted on 07/17/2009 10:46:00 PM PDT by Chet 99
The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s chairman flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.
For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: “Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU’s Chairman David Keene and/or other members of the ACU’s board of directors. (Note that Mr. Keene writes a weekly column that appears in The Hill.)”
The conservative group’s remarkable demand — black-and-white proof of the longtime Washington practice known as “pay for play” — was contained in a private letter to FedEx , which was provided to POLITICO.
The letter exposes the practice by some political interest groups of taking stands not for reasons of pure principle, as their members and supporters might assume, but also in part because a sponsor is paying big money.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25072.html#ixzz0LaSUtIME
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Flashback:
“American Conservative Union Pres. Endorses Romney”
http://thepage.time.com/2007/11/29/american-conservative-union-pres-endorses-romney/
Yeah they did something wrong. But how many liberal organizations don’t whore themselves out to the highest bidder.
““American Conservative Union Pres. Endorses Romney”
Well, gang we already have RINOS, so now more and more especially with this Keene guy we have CINOS.....CONSERVATIVE IN NAME ONLY.
This whole article is based on a lie - Obama is going after FedEx and the ACU just asked for funds to defend themselves from a nazi like administration.
Keene is a goober, but this will make the rounds a lot more than the Wapo’s influence peddling with the Obama gangsters.
I wonder why?
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