Does the NEA get a commission for pimping his books?
Film Producer Accuses NEA of Enlisting Artists to Push Obama's Domestic Agenda
FoxNews.com ^ | August 28, 2009 | Joshua Rhett Miller
Posted on 09/01/2009 8:30:28 AM EDT by ETL
"Courrielche said officials on the hour-long call -- including NEA Director of Communications Yosi Sergant and Michael Skolnik, political director for hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons -- encouraged the artists on the line to create works of art in their respective fields related to health care, energy and the environment.
"What I heard was a well thought-out pitch to encourage artists to create art on these issues," Courrielche told FOXNews.com. "We were told we were consulted for a reason, and they specifically stated those issues as the issues we should focus on, to plant the seed. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what they're attempting to do."
The word volunteerism was never used," Courrielche said. "Service was the word being used and it was in specific areas, those being health care, energy and the environment."
Courrielche said the now ubiquitous Obama "Hope" poster by artist Shepard Fairey and musician will.i.am's "Yes We Can" song and music video were offered as "shining examples" of the artist group's clear impact on Obama's landslide election."
“Does the NEA get a commission for pimping his books?”
No, just lots of political influence and taxpayer dollars.
The Obama Nation, by Jerome Corsi.
Fleeced, by Dick Morris.
The Case Against Barack Obama, by David Freddoso
Culture of Corruption by Michelle Malkin.