So let me get this straight... What the G*O*P did with Armstrong Williams

[ObaMania]

is fine because Howard Dean's camp paid KOS to pump him up on his blog?

That per O'Reilly tonight.

Please tell me this ain't true and please somebody go after O'Reilly for these f*&king lies.

[XNASA]

1. Great then. Prosecute both of 'em........

And let's see who ends up in jail.

[democracyindanger]

2. go to kos

read his comments on all this nonsense.

[tk2kewl]

3. 1. The payment was openly disclosed

2. IT WASN'T TAXPAYER DOLLARS

[Erika]

6. Yes

Tax payer dollars were used. Without disclosure.

[Mike Niendorff]

7. Bill sounds worried.

Wonder why.


MDN

[PROGRESSIVE1]

8. How much does Bill get?

[tk2kewl]

12. Faux is essentially ALL soft money anyway. A big 527

funded buy Pukert Murdoch

[jdj]

4. what's the deal with this teachout person anyway?

why would she even make an issue of this, and why now? Or is this old news made new by the reich wing propaganda bizness?

[Eric J in MN]

10. There are two main theories at dailykos.com

1) Zephyr Teachout is a good person who wrote about blogging ethics for a journalism conference, and Wall St. Journal reporters saw her post and ran with it.

2) Zephyr Teachout is a not-so-good person who wanted publicity, and she saw the Armstrong Williams issue as a good way to get it.

[Erika]

5. Uh, Get Real

Bush paid big bucks, with tax payer monies to prostitute Armstrong.

[Erika]

9. Bush also has said

this action was completely wrong and everything should be done so this doesn't happen again.

[Eric J in MN]

11. They were told they were being paid for technical advice.

And the mydd.com guy tooka hiatus from blogging.

And kos disclosed that he was working for Howard Dean on the top-left of his blog at the time.

[sandnsea]

13. government vs. corporate

I don't like either, but government sponsored propaganda is illegal. Big difference.

[knight_of_the_star]

14. Different person doing the paying

If a private individual or organization wants to spend their money that way, that's their call. If the government wants to spend money on propaganda that's illegal.