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To: Mr Rogers

http://www.truth-out.org/071709J

Conservative Group Offers to Sell Endorsement for $2 Million

Friday 17 July 2009

by: Mike Allen | The Politico

The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s president 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.

http://www.truth-out.org/071709J


20 posted on 03/28/2011 8:53:03 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

after backing Harry Reid and other Democrats I am done with NRA.


21 posted on 03/28/2011 8:57:24 AM PDT by scooby321
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