The Chicago Sun-Times is on a roll. Their most recent story about Jesse Jackson’s racket, ahem, charity, Operation-PUSH, features an unholy alliance between Jackson and Republican governor George Ryan. Jackson had long attacked Ryan for failing to do enough to enroll poor kids in the state health-care program for children, KidCare. Then Ryan awarded Jackson a $763,000 no-bid contract to promote KidCare to Operation PUSH kids. All Jackson and his acolytes need to do is promote KidCare three times a week in any context. No wonder Jackson responded by giving Ryan an operation-PUSH Peace Award. (The event qualified as one of the thrice-weekly KidCare promotions.) PUSH claims to have moved 151 families into KidCare in the first seven months of the contract. Let’s say they can claim 250 families by the end of the twelve months. That’s $3,000 an enrollment. Nice work if you can get it. Does Governor Ryan support websites as well? Or do I have to attack him first?
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