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January 11, 2005
On Second Thought . . .
The U.S. government is no more subtle than its Iraqi puppet. After all, 'twas just this week that we learned that the Bush administration paid conservative commentator Armstrong Williams $240,000 of taxpayers' money to tell his conservative listeners, viewers, and readers what a great thing the unconstitutional, big-government No Child Left Behind Act is.
Williams says he's not the only one who's been rewarded handsomely, either, although at this point he refuses to name names of other fully-owned administration mouthpieces. Anyone care to hazard a guess? There's one well-known commentator, for example, who is probably too wealthy to be bought with cash but could likely be purchased for a promise not to prosecute him for certain drug offenses. What's really sad about this is that the administration has such reliable shills on the official Right that they really don't need to bother paying them to stay "on message." Then again, it's not the administration's money that's being handed out, so what do they care?
Posted by Mike Tennant at January 11, 2005 08:12 PM
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