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She might have pulled guys off the street and called them ministers for SC campaign event

By Mark Kilmer Posted in 2008 | Hillary | ministers | South Carolina — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Now and again, it does us a world of good to check in on Ms. Inevitable, the next President of the United States, Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton Machine. (Sarcasm is a fine thing.)

Last week, Ms Inevitable Hillary was in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to receive the endorsements of some eighty black ministers, according to the candidate and her peeps..

"This is just the beginning," said state Sen. Darrell Jackson, a Columbia minister working for Clinton. Similar announcements are in the works in other regions of the state, he said.

Folks, we're dealing with Hillary, here. The whole thing was a lie bit of campaign exaggeration. The AP is checking it out.

Read On…

Hillary's fake Men of God:

The Clinton campaign initially said more than 80 ministers from the northern part of the state were in the room when the endorsements were announced Nov. 27, but it could not identify everyone on the stage with Clinton. Organizers for the event said 88 were there. The New York senator said later that day she was told the number may have climbed to nearly 100.

"There was more support there than what we could have anticipated, so it took a little longer to get the finite list," Wright said Tuesday. "Everyone signed in as a minister endorsing Hillary."

After being asked for names of the ministers, Clinton's campaign first released a partial list of 44 names. A day later, a list of 82 names was released. That included one name that was repeated twice, several misspelled names, churches listed in the wrong city or with an incorrect name, and a dozen people listed without a church affiliation.

The campaign released revised listings Monday, supplying church affiliations for those left blank and correcting affiliations for others, trimming the list to 81 names.

A review Tuesday of the sign-in sheets showed supporters initially signed separate endorsement forms, giving their names, addresses, phone numbers and occupations. But after those ran out, Wright said, they began signing a single line on a page. Many signed only their names, without affiliations. Some were difficult to read. Some signed both forms. Wright said that's why a complete, accurate list was so difficult to provide.

Wright said the campaign will be "more prepared for exceeding expectations" for any future endorsements.

Many of those who signed the full forms noted they had jobs other than "minister," including a real estate agent, accountant, graphic designer and store owner. One showed dual jobs as "minister of the gospel/maintenance mechanic."

The revisions note two people on the list are ministers at a church that has congregation members in South Carolina, but is located in Asheville, N.C. - 50 miles from the state line.

Among the earlier discrepancies was a minister identified as Freddy Foster Jr. with Fairview Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chesnee. But Fairview's real minister said Foster is not even a member there, although his parents were. Clinton's campaign said Foster attended the event but accidentally signed in as a minister.

Isaac McJimpsey Jr. signed in as a minister of Evangel Cathedral of Spartanburg, but a secretary at the church said none of its records showed even a visit by a person with that name. On Monday, Clinton's campaign said McJimpsey was a minister at Bridge Builders Church in Duncan. When no listing was found by a church of that name, the campaign said Tuesday that McJimpsey leads the nonprofit Impact Ministries.

One wonders how many of her "ministers" Hillary yanked off the streets, and did she let them finish their convenience store hotdogs? How many were convinced, as was Howard Dean in 2004, that Job was the greatest book of the New Testament?

Perhaps Hillary could plant a question in the audience about the Book of Job and Hillary could rescue the moment by placing it properly in the New Testament. Better yet, Hillary could hire a gay general (retired) to YouTube the thing. And her self-proclaimed hundred black ministers could back her up.

Nah, she's not going to be our President.