Did Lloyd Jennings Have Hillary Moment?

If you pay any attention to the democrat campaign for the Presidential nomination, you may recall that Hillary Clinton was seriously embarrassed after video surfaced that showed her recollection of exiting a helicopter in Bosnia under a hail of snipper fire to be seriously flawed. In fact, she and her daughter had casually strolled off the helicopter.

The Sanford Herald reported yesterday that Lloyd Jennings, President of the Lee County Chapter of Americans for Prosperity said: " As for the proposed quarter-cent sales tax, Jennings said his anti-tax group hasn’t taken a stance — for now. “We’re not going to address that yet,” he said Thursday.

A quick check of the NC Americans for Prosperity site will find a release titled "Grassroots Members Speak Out Against Higher Taxes In Lee County" " that quotes part of Jennings remarks to the commissioners on January 22 in which AFP opposed the tax. In fact, Jennings brought the state director of the AFP group to speak to the meeting along with a camera man to record what the state director said. The video of the commissioners' meeting can be found here.

Later on in a widely distributed email entitled "1/4 Sales Tax and High School Renovation" he wrote Jennings said:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

WILL WORK VIGORIOUSLY TO DEFEAT THE TAX INCREASE AS WELL AS ANY CANDIDATE THAT ENDORSES SUCH AN INCREASE. FOR THE TWO PERCENT THAT DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE: THIS IS WHAT AFP IS ABOUT--KEEPING YOUR MONEY IN YOUR OWN POCKET.

There is only one reason that AFP would not put forward a fight against the 1/4 cent sales tax increase--it is not able to raise the money locally to do so. Given its Lee County Chapter President's position, you can just about bet on it.