Just days after it was revealed that the Bush Administration threatened to fire a government official if he told the truth to Congress about the cost of the new Medicare law, "Democratic lawmakers demanded an investigation" while House GOP leader Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) said the affair "hurts the credibility" of the White House. Meanwhile, the nonpartisan General Accounting Office decided yesterday to "reopen its investigation into the legality of government-sponsored ads" which employ fake journalists to depict what look like positive objective news reports about the bill. The GAO will investigate whether the White House tactic "violates a federal law prohibiting the government from disseminating 'covert propaganda.'"
Meanwhile, Dems have written a letter to the White House asking the administration to not retaliate against Medicare actuary Richard Foster, who said he was threatened with losing his job if he revealed the actual data on the cost of the Medicare bill.
Because somebody in the White House will respond to the Democrats' request with more attention than the Congressmen respond to their constituents?
Sure.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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