bush's PR budget (that we pay for, of course!)

Bush spent big bucks on spin -- and they don't have to pay for Fox News

Talking Points Memo has a link to an AdWeek article about how the Bush Administration spent $1.4 billion to major ad agencies for spin -- over just the past two and a half years. That's a lot of money for a 39% approval/56% disapproval rating.

And, the total doesn't include the free full-time GOP network known as FOX. Not that we had any doubt about FOX being a subsidiary of the White House, but the Cheney interview confirmed it. (And, there actually seemed to be grumblings from the rest of the media about that, not just Cafferty.)

(Americablog)