Which virtue is that, Bill?
Nico Pitney
Huffington Post
FundRace: CNN’s Bill Bennett Never Disclosed GOP Donations
February 2, 2008 04:33 PM
Last December, conservative author and CNN election analyst William J. Bennett gave several thousand dollars to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, a fact that Bennett has not mentioned during any of his appearances on the network, according to a review of transcripts by the Huffington Post.
Moreover, after giving the donation, Bennett claimed on-air that he was neutral in the GOP race, even as he repeatedly dispensed advice to McCain on how he could win over doubtful conservatives.
Following Wednesday’s GOP debate in Los Angeles, Bennett exclaimed on CNN that he “had three hours of calls this morning of people angry at me because I was defending John McCain.”
“I don’t have a candidate,” he protested. “I haven’t endorsed anybody.”
In fact, on December 31, 2007, Bennett contributed the maximum amount, $4600, to McCain’s campaign. [See Bennett’s fundraising details on Huffington Post’s FundRace.]
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