Please provide the link where George W. Bush has sent or is sending Michael Powell to "meet" with Jesse Jackson.
Some say the administration is being duped into participating in Jackson's event, while others say they're appalled by the participation of Bush administration officials.
Michael Powell, the Bush designated chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), and Roel Campos, the Bush appointed commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are both scheduled to appear Jan. 16 at Jackson's 6th annual Rainbow/PUSH Wall Street Project.
Powell is a Republican and the son of Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Fenimore Fisher, the deputy director of the Wall Street Project confirmed to CNSNews.com that Powell and Campos are going to appear at the awards luncheon.
Powell is scheduled to introduce NYSE chairman Richard Grasso and Campos will be a keynote speaker for the event titled "Necessities for Economic Stimulation & Parameters for Corporate Governance." The 2003 Wall Street Project is being billed as "Equity for All: Establishing the Economic Agenda for Growth" and runs from Jan. 14 -17.
Powell's office did not respond to four inquiries seeking comment, but Campos' office did confirm that the SEC commissioner would be speaking at the awards luncheon.
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Last October, it was Jackson who complained that Colin Powell was ''not on our team," while defending the comments of entertainer Harry Belafonte. In lambasting the Bush administration, Belafonte had described Colin Powell as the Bush administration's "house slave."
Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), called the Bush administration's involvement in the Wall Street Project "appalling." NLPC is a Washington, D.C.-based legal watchdog group that filed a formal complaint regarding Jackson's finances with the IRS in 2001.
"Jackson has a very tawdry history of using his association with government figures improperly and unethically. [They] should stay as far away from Jackson as they can possibly get," Boehm said.
The Wall Street Project is Jackson's "premiere fundraiser," Boehm said, adding that for the administration to send two members to the event "shows bad judgment."
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