How to polish a turd.

One thing you can always count on... every day there’s a new corruption scandal by the GOP.

This time, the Education Department has been caught bribing an established conservative media personality, Armstrong Williams, to give extensive favorable coverage for the No Child Left Behind Act. Williams received $240,000 of your tax money to be Bush’s marketing whore.

Obviously, the Bush administration did not believe his own program could stand on its own merits. That tells you what a piece of crap NCLB actually is. (I know teachers; NCLB is worthless.)

Even Williams admitted that criticism of the deal was “legitimate.” (Thanks, pal, for having a revelation AFTER you’ve cashed your check. Typical Republican. They sell out, then feign guilt--but keep the money. And the damage is already done.)

It’s no wonder the Bush administration loves the fake news broadcast by FoxNews and right wing radio. This banana republic wouldn’t last six months in a country with REAL news coverage.