Bush rewards backers with taxpayer money
Isn't that Milwaukee's Bishop Sedgwick Daniels in today's Washington Post, kissing up to the President?
Indeed it is, as part of a story about how the Bush administration has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that support Bush's policies, in what one Congressman describes as one of the biggest patronage programs in US history:
In Milwaukee, a 2004 presidential battleground state, Pentecostal Bishop Sedgwick Daniels's Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ was awarded $626,598 in 2003 and $824,471 in 2004 from the Compassion Capital Fund. Daniels, a Bush supporter, was a 2004 Republican National Convention delegate.Afterthought: Who says African-Americans who vote Republican are voting against their self-interest? It's certainly not true in this case.
Payback: Republican Party of Wis. got three contributions from the family of Milwaukee's Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God: Sedgwick Daniels, $550 on 6/16/04; and $900 total from Hattie Daniels-Rush, $350 on 1/26/05 and $550 on 6/21/04. Do you think it would be a story if they gave to the Dem Party of Wis. and Doyle was handing out the checks?
posted by xoff @ 11:44 AM
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deedub420: Is Doyle paying off churches? Let me know when he is, because as bad as back-scratching is in politics, it doesn't get any worse than blurring or outright erasing the line between church and state.
Kyle, how about reading the second page of the article, where you'll find:
For decades, in Democratic and Republican administrations, well over $1 billion annually has been going to such groups, most of it to mainline organizations such as Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army and Lutheran Social Services.
As you can see, that "line" you're so worried about has been blurred for years.
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