Well, a small skinny whore, among other alleged things that I won't go into, since Mr. Williams likes to sue people (he was sued for male-on-male sexual harassment a few years back, then countered sued the people suing him until, reportedly, one of the folks he was suing tried to put in the record the fact that they claim they saw Williams at a gay bar - suddenly the law suit went away).
Anyway, it appears the Bushies were paying Williams to give his "independent" analysis of the Bush's No Child Left Behind program.
$240,000. Jesus Friggin Christ.
But Armstrong is an honorable man.
The story from the SF Chronicle:
The Bush administration paid a prominent commentator to promote the No Child Left Behind schools law to fellow blacks and to give the education secretary media time, records show.
A company run by Armstrong Williams, the syndicated commentator, was paid $240,000 by the Education Department. The goal was to deliver positive messages about Bush's education overhaul, using Williams' broad reach with minorities.
The deal, which drew a fast rebuke from Democrats on Capitol Hill, is the latest to put the department on the defensive for the way it has promoted Bush's signature domestic policy.
The contract required Williams' company, the Graham Williams Group, to produce radio and TV ads that feature one-minute "reads" by Education Secretary Rod Paige. The deal also allowed Paige and other department officials to appear as studio guests with Williams.
Williams, one of the leading black conservative voices in the country, was also to use his influence with other black journalists to get them to talk about No Child Left Behind.
