Bush Backs HUD Secretary (who denied contract to non-supporter)

[ProSense]

White House Says Bush Backs HUD Secretary

Fri May 12, 12:30 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson won President Bush's support on Friday after apologizing for making up a story about punishing a potential HUD contractor who had criticized the president.

"Alphonso Jackson has admitted that what he said earlier was improper, that it was a mistake and the president accepts that and still supports a man with whom he's had a long and close relationship," White House press secretary Tony Snow said.

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At the April 28 event, Jackson told about a minority contractor who finally had landed an advertising contract with HUD after trying for 10 years, according to an article in the Dallas Business Journal.

Jackson said that when the man approached him to thank him for the contract, the contractor said he didn't like Bush.

"He didn't get the contract," Jackson told the group, according to the newspaper. "Why should I reward someone who doesn't like the president, so they can use funds to try to campaign against the president? Logic says they don't get the contract. That's the way I believe."

more...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060512/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/hud_secretary_1

And people don't see the danger posed by NSA illegal spying!

[951-Riverside]

1. He's doing a heckofajob

*shrug* *shrug* *smirk*

[louis-t]

2. Aha! I KNEW something about that story was fishy.

Just didn't sound right. He was bragging a little too much. Sounds like something a * supporter would say to gain favor with the boy-king.