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Thursday, September 29, 2005
Hang Reid!
Okay, that may be a bit over the top. Let's ask this instead: Is this a scandal?A Reid relationship with the Second Baptist Church surfaced in 1997, when the senator donated $250 to the church where Davis was and still is pastor. The money came from John Huang, who was convicted of making illegal contributions to the 1996 re-election campaign of President Clinton.
At about the same time, Reid donated another $250 from Huang to the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Las Vegas. Reid said he made the contributions to the churches instead of returning the money to Huang because he did not think Huang deserved it. Maybe Reid hangs around African churches more than most, but this looks an awful lot like using a cutesy cover story to explain turning questionable donations into walking-around money.
If Rick Santorum converted a problematic donation (say, from Wildmon's "kill the gays" pals) into a donation to a church, would he be congratulated for putting ugly money to good use? Or turning out the base with bloody money?
(via The Great One)
posted by gbarto at 7:03 PM
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