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January 26, 2005
Another Conservative Sells Her Soul to the Feds
Armstrong Williams wasn't just whistling Dixie (in itself a pretty good thing) when he claimed that there were other pundits on the take from the federal government to promote the Bush agenda.
Today we learn that syndicated (and National Review Online) columnist Maggie Gallagher "had a $21,500 contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to help promote the president's proposal" to spend "$300 million . . . encouraging marriage as a way of strengthening families."
One wonders how many more "conservative" pundits are receiving taxpayer dollars to encourage conservatives to support distinctly un-conservative things. Apparently it's okay, though, as long a Republican is shelling out the money to other Republicans. Imagine, on the other hand, the outcry from the official Right if Clinton had been caught doing this!
Posted by Mike Tennant at January 26, 2005 01:31 PM
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