LEO (yes, we’re on a LEO kick today) published a story we initially broke about a Jewish Hospital-approved & hosted AIPAC fundraiser.
The final graph of the story is most interesting:
Barbara Mackovich, spokeswoman for Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare, said the nonprofit hospital has no political agenda, has never hosted a political event*, and is renting the group space to conduct its fundraiser**. She said the conference center is used for a variety of gatherings.
* Never hosted a political event? Hrm. Guess that explains away the multitude of political events we’ve been to that were hosted by, you guessed it, Jewish Hospital and the Jewish Hospital Foundation.
** Renting the space to AIPAC? Must be a huge, huge coincidence that the only invitees to the event happen to be physicians and moneyed individuals at Jewish Hospital.
Take a look at the invite here:
2 responses so far ↓
1 Mark // Sep 6, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Actually, the invitations were sent out to the entire AIPAC mailing list which includes many individuals who are not affiliated in any way with Jewish Hospital or the medical community. That may or may not excuse the Hospital, which was merely making the room available for rent.
2 Jake // Sep 6, 2007 at 5:21 pm
That’s not entirely true, Mark.
I’ve heard at least 40 names who weren’t on the AIPAC mailing list and physicians (some whom received the invites at work) at the hospital tell me there are countless others.
Definitely more than the AIPAC list.
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