Thursday, July 24, 2008

As God is my witness …


I have no idea where to go with this:

Dan Froomkin reports that the latest list of White House staffers and their respective salaries has been released. Among the highest-paid White House staffers: Press Secretary Dana Perino, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Counsel Fred Fielding, and Counselor Ed Gillespie. Froomkin highlights some interesting bits from the disclosure:

– After four years of stagnating at $30,000, the bottom of the payscale was finally raised this year to $33,400.

– There are fully 25 lawyers in the White House counsel’s office.

– Staci A. Wheeler, the White House’s director of fact checking, is — at $60,000 — either being paid way too little or way too much, depending on how you want to look at it.

Teh Boy Emperor has a director of fact checking ... the possibilities for snark are absolutely endless.

2 comments:

  1. Well, it's obvious, i'n'it? Got to keep those facts IN CHECK. Wouldn't want them to escape out into the open...

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  2. So strange, because in the journalism biz the fact checker is like a scary, scary, thunderbolt wielding god.

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