Friday, September 30, 2005
The Story the Media Missed: Harry Reid is Dirty
The "media" in America is having its usual hissy fits when a Republican gets into ethical trouble. They make sure to give us 24/7 of Tom DeLay, or Bill Frist, or the utter pap over Joe Wilson's ugly wife. But they glossed over Sandy Berger, and refuse to cover Nancy Pelosi's lies over her fraudulent travel records or the Air America scandal.
We wonder - will the media even bother to mention this, much less over it?
Money connected to Reid; Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictment of pastors
And notice that the story mentions Reid's ties to John Huang, implicated in the Campaign Finance Scandal which plagued the Clinton/Gore administration and which Attorney General Janet Reno refused to investigate.
CNN, MSNBC, Fox...nothing, not a word on this. Figures.
The "media" in America is having its usual hissy fits when a Republican gets into ethical trouble. They make sure to give us 24/7 of Tom DeLay, or Bill Frist, or the utter pap over Joe Wilson's ugly wife. But they glossed over Sandy Berger, and refuse to cover Nancy Pelosi's lies over her fraudulent travel records or the Air America scandal.
We wonder - will the media even bother to mention this, much less over it?
Money connected to Reid; Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictment of pastors
WASHINGTON -- The money that led to the indictment this week of two Las Vegas pastors and the wife of one of them came from federal grants arranged by Sen. Harry Reid in September 2001, a Reid spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Moving to distance Reid from a possible scandal, aide Tessa Hafen said the senator sought the money on behalf of a nonprofit social services agency and not for the churches or persons who have been accused of mishandling the money.
"The money was administered by the Department of Justice, and it went to the agency in Nevada (Alliance Collegiums Association of Nevada)," Hafen said.
The Rev. Willie Davis, the longtime pastor of Second Baptist Church, and his wife, Emma, were indicted Tuesday on fraud charges with an associate minister, the Rev. McTheron Jones.
They are accused of spending $330,000 from federal grants on themselves although the money was intended for halfway houses for prison inmates in Southern Nevada.
And notice that the story mentions Reid's ties to John Huang, implicated in the Campaign Finance Scandal which plagued the Clinton/Gore administration and which Attorney General Janet Reno refused to investigate.
CNN, MSNBC, Fox...nothing, not a word on this. Figures.
