This is not the first time that Bush and company have used taxpayer money to promote their agenda. Below are two other documented instances of this happening. So, the question now becomes, what other problems lie under Bushco's rocks?
"May 20--When the Bush administration distributed mock news videos to promote its Medicare prescription drug law, it violated federal restrictions against using taxpayer money for propaganda, according to a May 19 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO).
After the prescription drug bill passed last fall, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) distributed video "news releases" to television stations around the country praising the drug program. In the videos, actors portray reporters. The GAO report found because viewers couldn't tell the message came from the government, the video news releases violated restrictions against using federal funds for publicity or propaganda."
This offense is documented here
"Shortly before last year's Super Bowl, local news stations across the country aired a story by Mike Morris describing plans for a new White House ad campaign on the dangers of drug abuse.
What viewers did not know was that Morris is not a journalist and his "report" was produced by the government, actions that constituted illegal "covert propaganda," according to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office.
In the second ruling of its kind, the investigative arm of Congress this week scolded the Bush administration for distributing phony prepackaged news reports that include a "suggested live intro" for anchors to read, interviews with Washington officials and a closing that mimics a typical broadcast news sign off. "
This is documented here