1.0 link 96032 <![CDATA[Clinton Firm's Deal Left Pennsylvania Churches In Shambles]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/10/clinton-firms-deal-with-i_n_96032.html There is an old axiom of government: all politics is local.

And while the saying is cliché, it can certainly prove true. How else does one explain the connection between former President Clinton, a hot shot Italian real estate speculator, and several Pennsylvania church-buying ventures that went terribly wrong?

It began in 2005, when an aide to Clinton helped a young Italian businessman named Raffaello Follieri connected with the business of the former president and his pal Ron Burkle. Follieri had an...

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