This is why the Armstrong Williams thing is so, so bad.

Just my luck, the day I pen a pro-Wal-Mart screed in the N.Y. Post, Wal-Mart announces it is launching a nationwide PR campaign to improve its image. Immediately, I get e-mails asking if I’m part of that PR campaign.

Of course, I’m not. But this is the question all right-leaning types will hear all year. OK, probably only until February. By then, it’ll all be forgotten. Kaus has a name for it.

But still…