Washington Post and CBS receiving money from Obamacare slush fund

[Marcus Bryant]

http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/06/washington-post-and-cbs-receiving-money-from-obamacare-slush-fund/

[Winehole23]

New projections expect the funding to run out before the end of 2012, if not sooner.Surprise, surprise.

[coyotes_geek]

The slush fund only needs to sustain itself until November 6th of 2012............

[admiralsnackbar]

I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find out this is true, but that article was pretty suspect -- lean on impartial facts and fat on spin. No offense, MB.

[Marcus Bryant]

None taken. Fascinating, if true.

[Wild Cobra]

Well, with a few tidbits here and there I have heard, I would be surprised if it isn't true.

[ChumpDumper]

The list seems incomplete.

[EVAY]

Why did you select the term 'slush fund' from the article for the OP, MB?

[TeyshaBlue]

Why did you select the term 'slush fund' from the article for the OP, MB?

Because it was in the title?

[EVAY]

Because it was in the title?

the article says... "The ERRP, which the Republicans call a slush fund"...

what the daily caller headline writer calls something and what the article itself says about seem to be at odds. So there was a choice to be made, and normally MB is a bit more "A pox on all your houses" than repeating the party rhetoric.

[TeyshaBlue]

He posted the title of the article. I don't think that's an exercise in party rhetoric. I think it's and exercise in "Hey, here's the article and this is the title."

[CosmicCowboy]

5 billion just there? And the house, senate, and president can't find and agree on 60 billion of cuts?

[ChumpDumper]

The author clearly does not know the meaning of the term "slush fund."

[Nbadan]

Doesn't take a lot of digging to find who 'the daily caller' serves..


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I'm surprised James O'Keefe isn't a contributor....

[Nbadan]

..and who the fuck is Rep. Cliff Stearns, Florida Republican to talk about impartiality when he is also in the pocket of big time oil and insurance companies to the tune of $3 million dollars in one election cycle alone....another GOP hypocrite...

[Marcus Bryant]

That's grand. Naturally, not germane to the actual claim.