Bush warns: Watch out for ’shysters’

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Source: Rawstory

By David Edwards and Gavin Dahl
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 -- 12:15 pm

President George W. Bush is warning Americans not to fall for scams trying to raise money off the disaster in Haiti.

"I need to put a pitch in for the clintonbushhaitifund.org," Bush told NBC's David Gregory. "One of my concerns around any crisis is that shysters show up and take advantage of people's good will and generosity. So for people who want to help, one avenue besides the established NGO's would be to tap on that website and we'll help make sure your money is spent in a transparent accountable way," he said.

Celebrity foundations, credit card companies and Twitter hoaxes have drawn attention away from the efforts of reliable groups like Paul Farmer's Partners in Health, the Dalembert Foundation or Doctors Without Borders whose cargo plane was not allowed to land in Port-au-Prince around the same time Bush was being interviewed this morning.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/2010/01/bush-warns-watch-out-for-shysters/

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The real "shyster" fund is the clintonbushhaitifund.org.