Obama's goodie bag

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That's the title of the Chicago Suntimes article I was afraid to read. But, when I did I was impressed. :) :

Obama's goodie bag
As a state senator, here's who he doled out state cash to

July 17, 2008

Back when Barack Obama was a state senator, the Illinois Legislature offered this perk: You get elected, you get to give out some money.

Like his counterparts, Obama routed this state grant money to parks, libraries and schools during his eight years in the Illinois Senate.
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He gave money to domestic-violence, job-creation and social-service programs.

He also pumped cash into St. Sabina Catholic parish, the South Side church whose pastor is the Rev. Michael Pfleger, the outspoken supporter whose comments in a May sermon about Obama's former Democratic presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, landed the priest in trouble with Cardinal Francis George. St. Sabina got $100,000 to help rebuild its community center....

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1060495,CST-NWS-watchdog17.stng