Invitation withdrawn != thrown out. I quit after paragraph one.
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No, it's not a coldfusion dinner. CF stands for cystic Fibrosis. > > Here's the details: > > Retired Army Lt. Colonel Allen West is a conservative Black Republican. He > was to be honored at an upcoming Cystic Fibrosis fund raising Dinner in > Florida, but the invitation was withdrawn because of pressure from > Democrats > who also support the Foundation. > > > Allen is running for the Florida District 22 Congressional seat now held by > Democrat Ron Klein. > > The South Florida Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Society picked Allen and > his wife to honor at their upcoming fund raising gala dinner. They were to > be named one of South Florida Finest Couples at the Gala. > > Allen also committed to raise $10,000 for the Foundation. > > Everything was fine until two Democrats who are supporters of the > Foundation > heard that Allen and Angela were to be honored. They threatened to cancel > their support of the Foundation if Allen and Angela were allowed to attend > and be honored. > > There is currently no proof that Congressman Ron Klein approved the > threats. However, there is an email trail to the Democratic donors. > > The bottom line is that 12:10 today, Ms Chris Landshut, the Executive > Director of the South Florida CF Chapter called Allen and politely asked > of she could withdraw the Societys invitation to Allen and Angela. > > Because the Cystic Fibrosis Society was afraid of losing big donors, a > Conservative Black American and his wife were NOT kicked to the back of the > bus. They were kicked OFF the bus. > > > I'll let you know more when I find it out. I've been searching for info > and can't come across a lot. Yet. > > > Keep an eye on CBS, ABC, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, or listen to NPR for more > details. > > > > J > > - > > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are > willing to work and give to those who would not. I think myself that we > have > more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living > on > the labor of the industrious. - Thomas Jeffer > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323392 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
