Buy a Democrat for $10K a month

“http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/02/15/clinton_offers_contract_to_sc_endorser/

Clinton offers contract to S.C. endorser

By Susanne M. Schafer, Associated Press Writer | February 15, 2007

COLUMBIA, S.C. --A key black Democratic leader in South Carolina has negotiated a $10,000 per month consulting contract with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign, a development that came to light when the lawmaker endorsed the presidential hopeful.

The contract with state Sen. Darrell Jackson's firm, Sunrise Enterprises, is not yet signed but will run through the first Southern primary here next January, Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee confirmed Thursday.

Elleithee denied there was any deal made for Jackson's endorsement.

"Not at all. ... We told him, 'We'd love your support as a community leader and love your help as a respected political consultant inside the state,'" Elleithee said.

Jackson did not return messages on Thursday. He has told several media outlets that he turned down more money from other candidates.

Jackson's firm will advise Clinton's campaign on "political matters in South Carolina, outreach, organizing issues" and purchasing advertising, Elleithee said.

On Tuesday, Jackson and state Sen. Robert Ford said they would support Clinton. In 2004, both backed former Sen. John Edwards, a South Carolina native. Jackson and Ford took credit for turning out black voters for Edwards in 2004 in a state where half the primary voters are black.

Dick Harpootlian, former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, said endorsements carry little weight in the state.

"And if someone is a paid employee of the person they're endorsing, it should carry no weight," Harpootlian said.

Jackson has told media outlets that he doesn't draw a salary but drives a company car.

Elleithee said Jackson, also pastor of the Bible Way Church in Columbia, has had a long-term relationship with Clinton and her husband, former President Clinton, whom Jackson backed in 1992.

"When Senator Clinton began to put together her campaign operation, he was one of the first people we called in South Carolina," he said.”

“So what you're telling me is that this crazy bltch hired a company owned by someone who endorses her? That trifling @#%$! How much dirtier can you get than to hire people that believe in you?

I'm speechless and I think I just peed in my pants a little.”

“;-)”

“"Jackson did not return messages on Thursday. He has told several media outlets that he turned down more money from other candidates."



Notice how he implicitly acknowledges the existence of an auction. The higher offers must've had poorer credit - or maybe they bailed.”

“So the guy turned down more money in order to go with the one he believes in and thinks has a better chance? What a scoundrel!

OK, I'll put away my sarcasm now. So what's the point? Is this somehow unethical? illegal? What's the beef?”

“I have a suspicion that SS's compulsive, anti liberal behavior is similar to most homophobic's irrational behavior towards gays......

SS is a closet Liberal!”

“This was the most PC story I could find, Nigal. I was trying to be 'fair'.

This guy hid the fact that Hill was paying him 100K until it was exposed several days after he endorsed Hill over Edwards.

This press person made a point of not letting that lil tidbit out.”

“Come on mtnsteve, you are better than markO with all his gay slurs.”

“Hey Nigal, here's one that doesn't try to spin it leftward, from a Right Wing site.
It's very clear what this site thinks of Hill. LOL!

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/2/15/132105.shtml?s=ic

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 1:19 p.m. EST
Hillary Clinton Buying Black Vote for $200,000

The press reported on Tuesday that Sen. Hillary Clinton had scored a coup in the presidential race by winning the endorsement of a key black political leader in South Carolina, state Sen. Darrell Jackson.

Now it has come to light that just days earlier, Clinton’s campaign reached a deal to pay Jackson’s consulting firm $10,000 a month through the 2008 elections – a deal worth more than $200,000.

"Jackson had also been in talks with Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign about endorsing him and entering into a consulting contract for more than $5,000, sources said – raising questions about whether Jackson’s endorsement was bought by a higher bidder,” the New York Post reported.

Jackson – who is also the minister of a large church in the state capital, Columbia – acknowledged that he should have revealed his financial dealings with the Clinton campaign when he and fellow state Sen. Robert Ford, who is also African-American, endorsed Clinton.

But he told the Post: "It’s not about the money – there were some other candidates who offered to double [Clinton’s] offer,” Jackson told the Post, although he declined to name them.


Support from black voters is key in South Carolina, where 49 percent of the Democratic presidential primary vote came from blacks in 2004. The state will host the first Southern primaries for both the Democrats and the GOP in 2008.”

“lOL..they will wrap the money in FOIL and put it in the Freezer...if there is a problem they can get the National Guard to help him get it back....”

“This guy hid the fact that Hill was paying him 100K until it was exposed several days after he endorsed Hill over Edwards.

Since when must we share our personal business dealings with the world? Don't get me wrong, you know I'm no Hillary fan but this is the equivalent to a fart in a wind storm. Pick your battles and make them count.”

“Nigal and Hillary sittin' in a tree.... ;-)”

“Nut tree,fruit tree,family tree?”

“It costs at least twice that to buy a republican.
;-)”

“They are pretty much all for sale, zac.”