"This summer the Obama White House promised Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln that farmers in her state would receive $1.5 billion, ostensibly for disaster-relief aid. Cynics, however, say the money is a payoff to the farmers along with their relatives, friends and other Arkansans to get them to vote for Lincoln in November."
But "Obama says the black farmer settlement is a high priority for his administration."
So Black farmers who won a 1.25 billion dollar settlement against the USDA years ago can't get a freakin' dime but a bunch of White farmers in Arkansas get 1.5 billion without even asking for it?!
This summer the U.S. Senate twice blocked payment of the settlement to Black farmers. But in total the Senate has blocked payment to Black farmers seven times. But Obama says that paying Black farmers what they are owed is a high priority. Yeah right.
Somebody is lying.
4 comments:
What a shame! Give them the money already! And this is the same Blanche Lincoln who did her BEST to kill the public option part of the healthcare bill.
But I'm not surprised. The White House's election manipulation in favor of the less popular (at least by the voters) incumbent reminds me of the recent scandal with Joe Sestak:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/05/28/2010-05-28_bill_clinton_made_joe_sestak_job_offer_on_behalf_of_administration_to_leave_race.html
@Moufbreatha
Yeah Lincoln is so desperate to get re-elected that she's blowing in the wind.
I remember that Joe Sestak debacle. Obama has some really incompetent people around him as advisers.
Obama needs to fire alot of people but he won't so it is what it is. The Black Farmers so close...so close..
@CO
And he needs to start with Valerie Jarrett.
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