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January 27, 2005

Third time is a charm

Found at this Kos diary:

Third Columnist Caught With Hand in Bush Till

One day after President Bush ordered his Cabinet secretaries to stop hiring commentators to help promote administration initiatives, and one day after the second high-profile conservative pundit was found to be on the federal payroll, a third embarrassing hire has emerged. Salon has confirmed that Michael McManus, a marriage advocate whose syndicated column, "Ethics & Religion," appears in 50 newspapers, was hired as a subcontractor by the Department of Health and Human Services to foster a Bush-approved marriage initiative. McManus championed the plan in his columns without disclosing to readers he was being paid to help it succeed.

The accountability President has so far not bothered to promote to a higher pay grade any of his staff involved in these incidences.

Medals of Honor and newer, shinier, cushier jobs are most certainly on the way, however.

Posted by Carla at January 27, 2005 07:35 PM