Posted by
Defend America on Sunday, July 19, 2009 4:26:28 AM
Exclusive: Conservative group offers support for $2M
Updated:
7/17/09 2:28 PM EDT
The American Conservative Union asked FedEx
for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s
support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s chairman
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.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25072.html