$1.2 million grant was given to Bush's buddy Lisa Trevino Cummins' evangelical youth charity, Victory Outreach, thanks to the improper grant decision making done by OJJDP J. Robert Flores. Much of the corruption within the OJJDP stem from Bush laying in the beginning the foundation of Faith-Based Initatives for political and religious agenda.
Source: LA Times Blog
Here is an excerpt from LA Times blog article that is an eye opener of the push by Bush on Faith-Based Initatives:
At a national conference Thursday [last month], Bush said that the faith-based program had helped millions.
Source: LA Times Blog
Here is an excerpt from LA Times blog article that is an eye opener of the push by Bush on Faith-Based Initatives:
At a national conference Thursday [last month], Bush said that the faith-based program had helped millions.
"It does not matter if there is a crescent on your group's wall, a rabbi on your group's board or Christ in your group's name," Bush will say, according to advance excerpts released by the White House. "If your organization puts medicine in people's hands, food in people's mouths or a roof over people's heads, then you are succeeding, and the government should support your work."
"The incident of cronyism removes all doubts that the real mission of the faith-based initiative is to aid the religious right," said Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, the president of Interfaith Alliance, an advocacy group with 185,00 members of 75 different faiths. "Congress needs to exercise greater oversight on this program so that we can avoid scandals like this in the future."
"The incident of cronyism removes all doubts that the real mission of the faith-based initiative is to aid the religious right," said Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, the president of Interfaith Alliance, an advocacy group with 185,00 members of 75 different faiths. "Congress needs to exercise greater oversight on this program so that we can avoid scandals like this in the future."
Gaddy is not the first to charge foul. Former White House staffer David Kuo charged that after he left the administration federal funds were funneled to evangelical Christian charities without congressional approval.
And who is David Kuo? Kuo was former Special Assistant to Bush and Deputy Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. There was another White House adviser who resigned because he felt that Bush's assertion of"compassionate conservative" promises were never fulfilled and was used for primarily political purposes. His name is John Dilulio. He wrote a letter in the Esquire magazine. Click here to read his letter:
John Dilulio's Letter
Here is an excerpt of his letter which was interesting:
As one senior staff member chided me at a meeting at which many junior staff were present and all ears, "John, get a faith bill, any faith bill." Like college students who fall for the colorful, opinionated, but intellectually third-rate professor, you could see these 20- and 30-something junior White House staff falling for the Mayberry Machiavellis. It was all very disheartening to this old, Madison-minded American government professor.
And who is David Kuo? Kuo was former Special Assistant to Bush and Deputy Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. There was another White House adviser who resigned because he felt that Bush's assertion of"compassionate conservative" promises were never fulfilled and was used for primarily political purposes. His name is John Dilulio. He wrote a letter in the Esquire magazine. Click here to read his letter:
John Dilulio's Letter
Here is an excerpt of his letter which was interesting:
As one senior staff member chided me at a meeting at which many junior staff were present and all ears, "John, get a faith bill, any faith bill." Like college students who fall for the colorful, opinionated, but intellectually third-rate professor, you could see these 20- and 30-something junior White House staff falling for the Mayberry Machiavellis. It was all very disheartening to this old, Madison-minded American government professor.
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