A story in Politico.com this morning exposes the attempt of a national conservative organization, the American Conservative Union, to sell its influence for $3 million to Fed Ex. See the story HERE. FedEx didn't take up ACU's offer, but it's opponent in a dispute over federal legislation apparently did.
It's disappointing to see such a respected group has picked up on using coercive fundraising tactics Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been using for years. Don't you wonder why Jackson and Sharpton have attracted media attention like this for their patented high jinx? Nevertheless, it is what it is. In a 3-page letter on the ACU's letterhead, the group's head David Keene, offered to sell its nationwide contact list:
“For the activist contact portion of the plan we will contact over 150,000 people per state multiple times at a cost of $1.39 per name or $2,147,550 to implement the entire program,” the letter says. “If we incorporate the targeted, senator-personalized radio effort into the plan, you can figure an additional $125,000 on average, per state” for an estimated 10 states. The total would be $3,397,550.” ...
Under the grassroots program ACU proposed, “Each person will be contacted a total of seven times totaling nearly 11 million contacts total in the ten targeted states.” “Within 72 hours of an agreement on the whole plan we can have the data sets delivered and the first round of e-mail ready for delivery,” the offer states. “Within 7 days the mail can be in the USPS system and the phone call delivered.”
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