"Dan Bartlett says right-wing bloggers 'regurgitate exactly

and put up on their blogs what you said to them'. Wouldn't

you agree, Mr. Hinderaker, that this sounds more like puking

than blogging? Uh ..... Mr. Hinderaker?"

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"I mean," writes Dan Bartlett, former counselor to President Bush,

"talk about a direct IV into the vein of your support. It’s a very

efficient way to communicate. They [right-wing bloggers] regurgitate

exactly and put up on their blogs what you said to them. It is

something that we’ve cultivated and have really tried to put

quite a bit of focus on."

"The candidates for the Republican presidential nomination?

What a bunch of duds! Like I told P. J. O'Rourke and the other

Republican Party Reptiles, there's only one surefire winner

out there: the GEICO Gecko!"

"Is it true, Mr. Bartlett, you are leaving the Bush

Administration so that you can spend more

time with your pet tarantula?"