The blind squirrels over at Politico are finally on to something. They're reporting a "pay for play" shakedown attempt on the part of the wingnut welfare nest known as the American Conservative Union, headed by David "Peachy" Keene. These free market buccaneers tried to sell their services (including offering favorable op/eds penned by Keene) to Fed Ex for $2 or $3 million. Seems Fed Ex is in a legislative dispute with rival UPS. But when Fed Ex refused to go along with the offer, the moral giants at ACU immediately flipped sides and sold their services to UPS. It's all about the Benjamins, baby!
Well, if nothing else, this demonstrates that wingnuts are in the pay for play game just as heavily as are their ideological brethren at certain newspapers.
(Photo: David "Peachy" Keene, ACU pimpmaster)
