White House Using Taxpayer Cash to Pay for Spin:
Two senators have launched a bipartisan investigation into “taxpayer-funded spin” by the Obama administration, following reports that the administration was devoting millions to promote the health care overhaul and other policies.
Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., on Wednesday blasted out letters to 11 federal agencies asking for detailed information about public relations and advertising contracts over the past three years.
Interesting that one of the two Senators spearheading the investigation is a member of the president’s party. Well, she is running for reelection in a state Obama lost and her reelect numbers don’t look good.
Read the whole thing.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
Well, the times247.com headline is a bit of spin itself: the underlying Fox News article (which has a different headline) reports on the *launching of a bi-partisan investigation* into possible misbehavior, rather than reporting the misbehavior as certain.
But, to the larger point: yeah… Sleaziest Administration Ever.