Assembly candidate say Rev. Jackson will 'gain financially' by endorsing Corzine
By Editor
Herbert Glenn, a Newark Republican who is running for the State Assembly in the predominately Democratic 28th district, predicts that three Black ministers will gain financially by their endorsements of Gov. Jon Corzine.
"I am deeply concerned to investigate the understanding how religious leaders can compromise their spiritual convictions for their own personal political empowerment," Glenn said in a statement released today. "This is a typical scenario of the pulpit pimp v. Christian crusader syndrome. Money talks."
One of the ministers, Rev. Reginald Jackson, the powerful executive director of the Black Ministers' Council of New Jersey, is a longtime Corzine backer who says he struggled with an endorsement this year.
"I have not in the past and am not today making this endorsement lightly. This endorsement is made after much wrestling and soul searching. But it is an endorsement that I strongly make," Jackson said yesterday. "It's hard to be popular in tough economic times, but to his credit Jon Corzine has made the tough calls."
Jackson and another minister, Rev. David Jefferson, both wrote personal checks to Corzine's re-election campaign earlier this year.
In 2000, Corzine denied that a $25,000 contribution his charitable foundation made to Jackson's church was connected to Jackson's support of his U.S. Senate bid. Five years later, Jackson denied that his support of Corzine's gubernatorial bid was linked to a $50,000 loan he received from Corzine; the loan was later forgiven.
Glenn disagrees.
"To God be the Glory. What goes on in the dark will soon be brought to the light," he said.
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Jackson is a joke
They guy gave money to Corzine campaign earlier this year and he really expects us to believe he "struggled" with the endorsement! Who gives $ to someone they don't support???
Oh for God's Sake. The Black Ministry
The Black "Ministry" has been helping themselves to corporporate cash ripped off from the flock for YEARS. Where are the jobs for REGULAR People?!?
And BooHoo about the Brotha runnin as a Republican, too. People of Decency should PUNISH incumbants across the board.
Democrats like Corzine and his Wall Street Pals have caused more suffering , more structural poverty, and entrenched more bigots in the Union Goon Hierarchy than Dr. King could have ever imagined.
What ever happens with all these PROMISES?
NOTHIN.
Brothers and Sisters need to quit sharecropping on the Democratic Farm. TRhe only love shown is to a few opportunists and then, it's only come Election time.
The Crooks could otherwise care less about the Black Community as a whole. If decent people ..especially decent people from Newark EVER want to see a an African American Governor someday- they should LET Corzine LOSE , let him go down the tubes and run Cory Boooker in 2013. Because if Corzine wins the state will definitely go Republican next time around.
The Black community needs to think long term and QUIT SHARECROPPIN ON THE "DEMOCRATIC" FARM. Unemployment in New Jersey among African Americans is OVER 20%. People know what time it is...
Glenn is a Fraud
It is ironic that Mr. Glenn would go after Rev. Jefferson when it was he who helped Herb when he was homeless
Now they got me thinking....
I'm going to post my vote for sale on E-Bay. Let Corzine, Daggett and Christie bid on it. Might as well get something for it.
Sad to say...
Most of these ministers make political endorsements for some sort of payback later. Every one of them should be investigated by the IRS.
Shocking, REALLY!
I'm shocked . . . SHOCKED!
Here's another good old chestnut Reginald Jackson can now recycle:
(Conceding that he was remiss in failing to note the $25,000.00 gift from Corzine to his Church, prior to the 2000 U.S. Senate primary election.)
Hey . . . speaking of whom, anybody heard from Walter this cycle?
From that same N Y Times story back then:
Yep. And when they're looking cross-eyed, they tend to see double.
Now, as I recall, Jon Corzine couldn't quite get that story straight either.
More double vision?
by Trochilus
Response
Public money is offered to help people who are in the position that I was in and I was not receiving adequate public services. The Deacon Board, Trustee Board and many of my church mothers stood with me and my family to help us overcome the problem that we had faced. I am proud to be one of the sons of Metropolitan Baptist Church and I am proud to be a candidate for state office in this election. None of the 3 pastors have a political position or purpose for announcing their personal interest except to influence the many individuals that seek spiritual wisdom from them. I am in this race to change the mistrust,and betrayal that has happened in our structure of leadership in this state. If I would someday choose to become a minister and was not preaching the gospel, I should hope that the ministers will be available for comment. As long as the ball is in my park, then consider it fair game.
Call It What It is: Pay for Pray
Herb, I agree. Let's hear from those ministers.
In my opinion, for too long now Jon Corzine has been literally purchasing political support in this State. And it is corrupt.
As I noted on another thread, a friend wrote to me and suggested that the clergy endorsement game, the one that Jon Corzine plays, should be called:
Pay for Pray!
The record strongly suggests the Governor has been avidly playing that card ever since he got into politics.
When he ran for the Senate, he played Reginald Jackson to the point that other ministers even noted Jackson's failure to come clean in a timely manner. Turns out, that was true on Jon Corzine's part as well.
And, in my opinion that bought and paid for influence is just one tab in the Corzine playbook.
Jon Corzine has forgiven a $25,000 loans to Reginald Jackson; he's done the same for the State union leader Carla Katz, and Rocco Ricci, and others, who could and did things for him politically.
He has given the inner circle of his state staff substantial tax-free cash gifts, with arguably the same exact motive. The point is that it is not just personal generosity, as he would have the voters believe. It fits into an overall plan. No wonder he doesn't want anyone to get a peek into the foundation!
At the same time, and on a very public level, he has loaded boards and commissions up with long-term double dippers who are now, and will hereinafter, personally benefit to our detriment.
One of his top campaign political operatives, Jamie Fox, was reappointed to the Local Finance Board by Jon Corzine in 2007. He's still there, overseeing local ethics requirements -- and working hard to get Jon reelected.
That appointment has allowed Fox to maintain a part-time position for years -- at about $12,000 -- while tacking on pension time, and receiving full medical benefits.
Same for Susan Bass Levin. She has one of the highest paying public jobs at PANYNJ, loaded with perks, and is also a Corzine-appointed part-timer on the Local Finance Board.
As I say, the Local Finance Board job, even though part-time, comes with full medical benefits, so that Fox will eventually be able to retire from the State with a pension that in no way reflects the overall contribution to a system that is close to being on life support, and with medical benefits to boot!
Remember . . . Fox picked up his "high-pay" years as the Chief of Staff to McGreevey way back when. Any wonder he's working his tail off to get Corzine reelected?
Enough is really enough.
Will the voters get it by election day? Let's hope so!
by Trochilus
I think this is the problem
I think this is the problem that is going on with politics today. People (walkdown) is not reading the article, yet is reading words. Heres a little facts that you missed: while Corzine was in office, NJ has the highest tax burden state in the country. 13 of 20 of the most expensive property taxed counties in America are in New Jersey. Highest unemployment rate in 16 years. And yet, you were so ignorant to realize that, however, saw your Pastor's name in an article and figured that you should attack Mr. Glenn. Let me tell you, politics isn't always about democrats and republicans. Its about the greater good of the people (or I guess your middle school teacher didn't teach you that) What Herb is giving a generalization (I hope that word isn't too big for you) of how Jon Corzine isn't helping African-Americans in NJ and how many black ministers are helping him do..nothing. But you're too ignorant to understand that, yet you're so smart enough to air out Herb's personal life. That's exactly why religion and politics shouldn't mix.
And by the way. Mind your damn business! What goes on in Herb's household is none of your business and if you find it so ironic that Herb would go after Jefferson when he helped him when he was homeless, it should be more ironic to keep you mouth shut! You speak so much for someone with an alias. And he wasn't attacking no one. READ THE ARTICLE INSTEAD OF READING THE WORDS.
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