CONSERVATISM FOR SALE

The American Conservative Union has been caught selling its influence and worse, exposed as being unprincipled. The ACU didn't get money from Fedex, so it changed sides and supported UPS. This sort of prostitution is SOP for conservatives and goes back to at least the 80s when Jack Abramoff and others supported apartheid in South Africa.

Exclusive: Conservative group offers support for $2M
By MIKE ALLEN 7/17/09
5:07 AM EDT
THE POLITICO

The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s chairman flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.

For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: “Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU’s Chairman David Keene and/or other members of the ACU’s board of directors. (Note that Mr. Keene writes a weekly column that appears in The Hill.)”

In the three-page letter asking for money on June 30, the conservative group backed FedEx. After FedEx says it rejected the offer, Keene signed onto a two-page July 15 letter backing UPS. Keene did not return a message left on his cell phone.