Obama Wanted Earmarks For Wife's Hospital, Fundraiser's Firm

[Mags]

His campaign's list said the senator had secured $1.3 million of an $8 million request in 2006 for a high-explosive technology program for the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The list said the program was overseen by General Dynamics.

One of Mr. Obama's top supporters, James S. Crown, serves on the board of General Dynamics, a military contractor. Mr. Crown is a member of Mr. Obama's national finance committee.

Mr. Obama also secured $750,000 of a $3 million request for renovation of a space center named for Mr. Crown's grandfather, Henry Crown, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

In addition to the University of Illinois, Mr. Obama secured several million dollars for a project at Chicago State University. Emil Jones Jr., the president of the Illinois State Senate and an early and powerful political benefactor of Mr. Obama's, has been a dogged champion of Chicago State, and one of Senator Obama's closest friends. A
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/14/obama-wanted-earmarks-for_n_91546.html

[displacedtexan]

1. Wanted? He delivered. n/t

[uberblonde]

2. This kind of thing isn't a big deal....

After all, this is what politicians do. It's only pork when it goes to someone else's district. ;>

The part that might be a problem is that the hospital gave Michelle Obama a huge raise after they got the money. Could look bad to some voters, like a quid pro quo. But it's a huge hospital and I'm sure they got money long before Michelle worked there.

[GoldieAZ49]

3. Isn't that the vote they had yesterday

no more earmarks?

McCain has a strong stance on those, possible to use in the GE?

[ProSense]

4. Another bogus story. Crown isn't a lobbyist! Where is the list of Hillary's? Then there is

this