Who: One of five FCC Board Commissioners (appointed during 2nd Bush Regime)

What: Voted for the deregulation of the media in June 2003.

Detail: Abernathy is another Bush appointee from 2001. Defending her decision to vote for deregulation, Abernathy said, "Any restraint placed on broadcasters’ free speech rights must be a reasonable means to further our public interest goals. The federal court opinions specifically tell me that any restrictions we place on ownership must be based on concrete evidence - not on fear and speculation about hypothetical media monopolies intent on exercising some type of Vulcan mind control over the American people." Since that decision we have seen Clear Channel put up billboards praising "Our Leader". What next? Perhaps a statue of Bush on the White House lawn with his hand raised the sky, blessing America as only God can. Scary.

Who: One of five FCC Board Commissioners

What: Voted for the deregulation of the media in June 2003.

Detail: The FCC vote was 3 for 2 against. Martin was a cronie in the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. He served on the transition team and was Deputy general counsel for the Bush Campaign. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association. As keynote speaker at SUPERCOMM 2003 he cited Verizon as a success story of the recent FCC deregulation. Stephen Burk, CEO of Verizon, gave $100,000 to the Bush Campaign in 2004. I’m sure Martin is up to some Whoring to get Burk payback on his money.

Who: CEO of Clear Channel Communications

What: Clear Channel paid for billboards across Florida after the 2004 showing Bush’s picture larger than life and declaring him "Our Leader".

Detail: On the billboards it stated this was a "political public service message brought to you by Clear Channel Outdoor". There’s pictures of this thing all over the web. Clear Channel corporate office, located in San Antonio, Texas, issued a statement that the billboard was a product of their Jacksonville office. Their statement was "Clear Channel Outdoor markets are operated locally. Local managers determine what copy to use when a location has time that is not sold to an advertiser". Again, the Republican Whoring way is not to take any responsibility for departments under their control. Since Clear Channel owns 1,182 radio stations, 145,895 billboards in the US, and 39 TV stations, why would they have to have any accountability? Oh yes, they can choose who they sponsor and they sponsor Rush Limbaugh, druggie and Republican Whore extraordinaire (Rush is too hackneyed for this list).

Who: Owner and CEO of the Washington Post

What: Graham contributed $100,000 in the name of the Washington Post to the 2005 Bush Inagural Balls. (Now the contribution is tax deductible as a company entertainment expense)

Detail: Graham wants a seat in the front row at the one and only press conference next Bush term. Donald inherited the paper when his mother, Katherine Graham passed away in 2001. She was quoted as saying "There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn’t. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows". Can a newspaper be objective about what is legitimate at the same time it is dancing at the ball? Donald Graham also owns Newsweek magazine.

Who: CEO of Diebold, Inc

What: In an attempt to try and convince the state of Ohio to buy their voting machines, O’Dell wrote a letter to Kenneth Blackwell stating "We will try to deliver the vote to George Bush this next election"

Detail: That is some bold Whoring - in writing no less. Since then Diebold has delivered voting machines to Ohio. George Bush did win Ohio, and with the flick of a switch, we can guess that Blackwell will be the next governor of Ohio.

Who: Ohio Secretary of State

What: Attempted to disallow over 300,000 voter registrations in Ohio by issuing a last-minuite directive that new voter registrations be on 80-lb weight paper or be disallowed. (10/04)

Detail: Only after a lawsuit was filed by the Ohio Democratic Party did Blackwell back down from this stunt. This was so controversial Ohio State Senators, Marc Bann and Robert Hagan, and Teresa Fedor called for his resignation. Fedor stated in 2000 Blackwell was in Florida helping the Republican party as on of their principle electoral system advisors. As a gift for this Whoring, the Republican Party is trying to have him elected as Governor of Ohio in 2006.

Who: Judge in the State of Washington, Pierce County Superior Court

What: Arend ruled to exclude the counting of 700 absentee ballots from traditionally Democratic King County during the 04 governors race in Washington State.

Detail: Dino Rossi, GOP candidate for governor in the close race, filed the request in her court in Pierce Co. rather than King Co. Both Rossi and Arend have ties to real estate development in Washington state. Rossi shopped for a judge that would rule in his favor, regardless of the law. She helped out her buddy and ruled she could not find a legitimate reason why the ballots should be counted. When Arend ran for Judge in 1999, the Washington Bar classified her as "minimally qualified", one step above "not qualified" to serve as Judge. Arend’s ruling was quickly overturned by a higher court, and the votes were hand-counted. Christine Gregoire, a Democrat, won the race by just 130 votes out of 3 million cast.

Who: Conservative commentator and host of the TV Program The Right Side

What: Williams accepted $240,000 from the US Education department to plug Bush’s No Child Left Behind program (1/10/05)

Detail: Williams has since apologized for this stunt, but the Bush Camp refused to take responsibility. A spokesman for Bush said the money came from the Department of Education, not the Bush Administration. Isn’t Bush the president and oversees the Department of Education?

Who: House Republican from District 5 in Arizona.

What: Hayworth accepted $15,000 of illegal money from DeLay’s TRMPAC

Detail: Hayworth stands with his buddy, Tom DeLay, and profits from DeLay’s illegal activities. Birds of a feather….

Who: Senate Republican Majority leader from Texas.

What: DeLay’s campaign received illegal campaign contributions from corporations, which, consequently, is illegal in Texas (for now, anyway).

Detail: Three Campaign Workers for Delay were indicted along with 8 corporations making illegal donations. The donations were accepted through TRMPAC (Texans for Republican Majority Political Action Committee). Even Delay’s own daughter was used by him to front the funneling in of illegal money. Delay denies he knew anything about it.