Joe Barton, Honesty, and Shakedowns

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 17th at 10:45 PM  | 

Let’s be honest. The White House meeting with British Petroleum was a shakedown. The White House threatened criminal prosecution of BP, the President gave a miserably received speech, then he hauled BP into the White House and put the Attorney General in the room with the CEO to stare at him, then the President demanded $20 billion. It was a shakedown. Had British Petroleum affiliated | Read More »

Paying to Play in the Conservative Movement

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 17th at 10:48 AM  | 

You probably have seen this article in the Politico today. Basically, the American Conservative Union, the organization that brings us CPAC each year, appears to have involved itself in a “pay to play” expedition with FedEx and UPS. For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: “Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU’s Chairman David Keene and/or other members of | Read More »