How can anyone not be cynical?


. . . when political ideology is available to the highest bidder.

From the Wall Street Journal . . .

FedEx gave the Web site Politico a letter it received, dated June 30 and signed by Dennis Whitfield, the ACU's executive vice president. The letter said Mr. Keene's organization had offered to produce "op-eds and articles written by ACU's Chairman David Keene and/or other members of ACU's board of directors" in support of FedEx's position. In exchange, the group wanted FedEx to pay potentially several million dollars for the group's grass-roots efforts.

UPS and FedEx are battling, through lobbyists of course, over a provision in current law that UPS says gives FedEx a competitive advantage over it. When FedEx balked, the ACU - American Conservative Union - came out in support of the UPS's position.

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