How can "Propaganda-gate" NOT be a concerted effort?

[latteromden]

(For lack of a better term, I'll just use Propaganda-gate, unless somebody can come up with something better)

How can they expose a columnist a week that's been paid by the Bush administration, and still claim that they're "isolated incidents"?

How can they all claim they "FORGOT" they were paid? Do you forget when you're paid thousands of dollars by someone? Would you forget if you were paid thousands of dollars by the United States government, and you weren't even one of their employees?

What's going on here?

[Swede]

1. It can't be a coincidence.

Once maybe,twice? Now three times. The #4 guy is probably shitting his pants.

[President Jesus]

2. I prefer "punditgate"

[proud patriot]

3. I prefer "embezzlement of TAX Dollars"

:grr:

[kuozzman]

6. You mean the Social Security trust fund? n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. $10,000 and $26,000 is BIG money to me. And the kicker is that

WE, the taxpayers, paid it to them.

[Pam-Moby]

5. When is someone going to be held accountable

for all of the costs that has been paid for all of this out of the Americans money? This is illegal! Who is the person who is supposed to be watching our money?

[beanball]

8. All that$$$$$$$$$$$$

our commander in thief,should be held accountable.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. They're BUSTED! This is no coincidence.

I cannot WAIT to see how this all goes down. The Senate Dems were pissed as hell when they heard about the first 2. This 3rd one????? I wish I was a fly on the wall of the Capitol.

[KeireG]

9. Amazing.

This story is absolutely snowballing. I'm confident that under public pressure, the propoganda act will pass. The Republicans are in a tough position leading into the 2006 mid-terms.

[Vinnie From Indy]

10. It's HUGE! Vast Swaths of American Media Are ACTIVELY controlled

by fanatical right wingers or they have been co-opted by BushCo in a "quid pro quo" arrangement.