Demagogue

Bush attempts to put a stop to his administration secretly hiring any more right-wing propagandaists.

President Bush on Wednesday ordered his Cabinet secretaries not to hire columnists to promote their agendas after disclosure that a second writer was paid to tout an administration initiative.

The president said he expects his agency heads will ‘‘make sure that that practice doesn't go forward.”

Two money quotes--

‘‘All our Cabinet secretaries must realize that we will not be paying commentators to advance our agenda. Our agenda ought to be able to stand on its own two feet,” Bush said at a news conference.
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Bush said there ‘‘needs to be a nice independent relationship between the White House and the press, the administration and the press.”