Posted on 02/15/2007 5:11:58 AM PST by Liz
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign reached a deal to pay a key South Carolina black leader's consulting firm more than $200,000 just days before he agreed to endorse her run for president.....The arrangement involves South Carolina state Sen. Darrell Jackson, a well-connected African-American leader and pastor whose support is coveted by national campaigns.
Jackson confirmed that his public-relations firm struck a deal with Clinton's campaign just days ago for a contract worth up to $10,000 a month through the 2008 elections. Jackson had also been in talks with Sen. Barack Obama's campaign about endorsing him and a consulting contract for more than $5,000, raising questions about whether Jackson's endorsement was bought by a higher bidder.
Jackson acknowledged that his financial dealings with the Clinton camp should have been mentioned on Tuesday, when his support was revealed......But Jackson balked at suggestions that his political support for sale. "It's not about the money - there were some other candidates who offered to double [Clinton's] offer," Jackson told The Post, though he declined to say which candidates. Jackson said he was heavily courted by Obama personally, Edwards, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson. He said he doesn't draw a salary from Sunrise, but gets to drive a company car. Jackson worked for Edwards in 2004, and for Bill Clinton in 1992.
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Shocking.
Disgusting pathetic slimy "pastor".
Let'$ Have a Conver$ation.
Of course not Sen. Streetwalker. It never is.
Questions? Uh...I think they got their answer.
There is one in every major city. It's been going on in Houston for as long as I can remember. Nothing new here, move along.
Ping.
I believe in the hood, this is called a sellout.
Well, it's more honest to bribe him up front than to do it later through Congressional earmarks. ;)
Jackson may be black, but Hillary's money is green, bay-beeeee...
A bit, but not much, better than cash in the freezer!
Geheh---good one---graphically enhanced.
Geheh---good one---graphically enhanced.
I suppose his church pays no taxes either.
Darrell Jackson? Are you sure it wasn't Jesse? Seems more like his style.
The crooks, thieves and robbers are already waiting to feed at the tax payers bottomless money pit.
Im shocked, How 'bout you?
Will this be Katie's lead-in story tonight?
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