Labor Department analyzes Bush chances on OUR dime

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON - Labor Department staff, analyzing statistics from private economists, report in an internal memo that President Bush is likely to do "much better" in Tuesday's election than the polls are predicting.

The Kerry campaign said the analysis was an improper use of taxpayer money, and the Labor Department acknowledged Friday, "Clearly, this kind of armchair political analysis doesn't belong in government memos, even if they are entirely internal."....

The Bush administration blamed midlevel employees (note: "nothing's our fault.") for preparing inappropriate government material.

"This appears to be an internal ETA document prepared by midlevel ETA staff," said Labor Department spokesman Ed Frank.

Kerry's campaign contended the Bush administration was wasting taxpayers' money.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20041029/ap_on_el_pr/bush_labor_memo

[Technowitch]

1. Last time this'll happen, after the Kerry purge, come January

*grins*

[Bluebear]

2. From your lips!

:)