Monday, December 9, 2019

Obama gave Common Core contract to publisher, got $65-million book deal in return?

Ostensibly, it's mainly the work of his book deals.

Obama gave Pearson Publishing $350 million to create Commoncore text and Pearson gave Obama a $65 million dollar book deal in return.

Pearson Publishing was paid for Commoncore but Penguin Random House Publishing did the Obama book deal.

Pearson, incidentally, seemed to lose money anyway, given the public distaste for Obama's federal takeover of education via Common Core, which extended to states cutting the program.

Book deals, incidentally, have been some pretty spectacular avenues for bribery based on their apparent deniability.

Chubais got snared in a bribery scandal of Clintonian character - he was given a $90,000 book advance paid for by a murkily backed publisher which looked a lot like a disguised bribe or payoff.

Obama's book deals are what need investigating, not President Trump's bid to halt corruption in Ukraine.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/obama_gave_commoncore_contract_to_publisher_got_65_million_book_deal_in_return.html

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