Santorum Quid Pro Quo - Lord the 'pukes love their $$$ corruption!

[FormerRepublican]

"The largest known giver to a controversial charity founded by U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum made its $25,000 donation as the senator was working to win as much as $8.5 million in federal aid for the donor’s project in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Federal tax records show that Preferred Real Estate Inc., the developer of the Wharf at Rivertown project in Chester, Pa., wrote the check to Santorum’s Operation Good Neighbor Foundation in 2002.

On his campaign Web site, Santorum boasts of winning $8.5 million in federal aid for the riverfront redevelopment of an abandoned Peco Energy plant — an effort that culminated in the earmarking of $6 million in highway money last year.

But good-government experts were troubled by the appearance of a developer giving money to the senator’s charity at the same time it was lobbying for federal dollars. Unlike a campaign contribution, checks to a charity can be written by a corporation and are not subject to any limit."

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002854.html

Quick - name a Republican who's not crooked or else! Hah, got ya. There aren't any!

[DanCa]

1. And yet their after my disability check.

Because five hundred dollars a month brings me so much luxury. :sarcasm:

[enough]

2. Other details in the article are equally appalling.

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Also, several campaign aides are on the payroll or connected with the charity, including Santorum’s campaign finance chief, lobbyist Rob Bickhart, who’s been paid a total of $75,000 by Operation Good Neighbor in salaries and whose company also receives rent from the charity.

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No end to the Santorum smarm.