Qwest for fire

Via Daily Kos, an interesting press release from the Republican National Convention:

To help meet its goal of holding the most tech-savvy convention in history, the Committee on Arrangements (COA) for the 2008 Republican National Convention today announced that Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) will serve as the Official Communications Provider for the Sept. 1-4 event.

Why is that significant? Because Qwest is the only telecommunication company not to be willing to hand over its records to the Bush Administration. In other words, if your communications services are being served by Qwest, it's very likely you're not being spied upon.

After all the bloviation about how patriotic the telecommunications companies are for "cooperating" with Bush on its illegal spying and wiretap program (for a price, of course), why would the Republican party want to associate itself with the one holdout? Hint: it's all bullshit.