Presidential Election Politicians Flouting 'No Work, No Pay' Rule,

[PennyMan]

Taxpayer Group Says
The presidential election is long over, but for taxpayers, there is still some unfinished business: Some U.S. lawmakers -- including Sens. John F. Kerry and John Edwards -- received thousands of dollars in salary overpayments for being away from their jobs in 2003 and 2004, a taxpayer watchdog group says.
Here Is The Link http://www.townhall.com/news/politics/200501/POL20050127c.shtml

[KansDem]

1. Ask this group the Big Question...

President Bush was "away from his job" when we were attacked on September 11. Should he return the pay he received for that day?

Yeah, yeah, I know...the Executive Branch is not Congress, but it's worth a try anyway. Particularly if it'll shut up a NeoCon.

[fob]

3. Ouch! Good one.

[fob]

2. How about budget deficit = no pay for those that proposed the programs

which caused the deficit in the first place. As for their bullshit petty let's punish the guy who had the election stolen from him I say FECK OFF TOWNHALL DOUSCHEBAGS!!

Apologies to douschebags for the nasty comment.

[salvorhardin]

4. You do realize

that townhall.com is a right-wing site affiliated with The Heritage Foundation?

http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20040514115215983

Townhall.com, the "mother" of all serious conservative websites, started out in 1993 as a project of William F. Buckley's National Review magazine and the Heritage Foundation. Now solely a project of the Heritage Foundation, Townhall.com claims to be "the nation's leading online service for conservative ideas and information, uniting over 55 conservative think tanks, grassroots organizations, publishers, and publications at one Internet address."

Townhall.com links to right-wing think tanks and policy centers such as Americans for Tax Reform, Capital Research Center, Federalist Society, Mackinac Center, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation; key religious right groups such as the Christian Coalition, Concerned Women for America, Family Research Council, and the Traditional Values Coalition; and a small sampling of periodicals, including the National Review, Weekly Standard, Human Life Review, and two Unification Church-supported publications, Washington Times Weekly and World & I.

Jonathan Garthwaite, the Heritage Foundation's director of online communications, oversees the development of the organization's web projects and supervises a seven-person Internet staff. He won't reveal his budget, but acknowledges that Heritage gives substantial support to the site.

The story referenced in the link on townhall.com is by CNSNews which is Cybercast News Service. Cybercast started out as the Conservative News Service but later changed its' name. CNSNews is run by L. Brent Bozell III's Media Research Center. L. Brent Bozell III also runs the Parents Television Council and the Conservative Communications Center.

The National Taxpayers Union referenced in the article is yet another right wing group. Before going to work for Ronnie Raygun, Grover Norquist was the head of the NTU. Another notable board member is J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Sec. of State. http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=10235

Just another right-wing smear story.