armstrong jones and YOUR TAXPAYER money

[oldtime dfl_er]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=676&e=2&u=/usatoday/20050107/ts_usatoday/whitehousepaidcommentatortopromotelaw

"Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, the Bush administration paid a prominent black pundit $240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same."

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. That's it!!!

:grr:

This has to be illegal!!! Using tax payer money to promote highly partisan programs must be illegal!

:argh:

[fryguy]

2. so is pre-emptively invading another country

if they get away with the huge violations of law and no one holds them accountable, why should we expect public outcry for the more subtle crimes?

[yellowcanine]

3. Err....That's Armstrong Williams.

[ooglymoogly]

4. thanks for the link n/t

[oldtime dfl_er]

5. oops

me embarrassed. too late to edit. who's armstrong jones anyway? :)

[blondeatlast]

6. This is the first one to be exposed. There are many, many others.

Read The Republican Noise Machine" for the whole story behind it.