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Home Front: Politix
Abramoff's Democratic contributions
2006-01-06
In the "One Word" section under "Hypocricy"



Democrats have been salivating over the scandal and subsequent guilty plea of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. They hope that their Republican counterparts will be bogged down with corruption (or at least guilt by association) while Democrats claim the moral high ground. Not so fast, however. According to a document released by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, 40 of the 45 Democrats in the Senate have taken money from Abramoff, his associates and clients. Even Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has received nearly $70,000 from the dubious sources. It would appear that the "culture of corruption" derided by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has a little more "bipartisan support" than many Democrats would like.

Posted by:Bobby

#4  Oh, SURE! See if *I* find any more GOOD news for you closet Pelosi-supporters!

Well, it was short, anyways.....
Posted by: Bobby   2006-01-06 21:15  

#3  It could be better than term limits... but only if a readily understandable quid pro quo can be proved.
Posted by: eLarson   2006-01-06 17:36  

#2  FWIW - None of Abramoff's personal campaign contributions were to Dems. He's a GOP operative from back in his college days with Norquist and Reed and has never wavered. Some of his clients have contibuted to Dems, but it's not clear any of that was as the result of advice or direction from Abramoff.

In addition, the charges against Abramoff have nothing to do with campaign contributions. AFAIK, they were all above board and clean. It was the below the table action that's gotten him in trouble, and all or very nearly all of that was with those on the GOP side.

Plenty of corruption to go around, although since '94 there have been few Dems worth bribing due to limited influence. But Abramoff only worked one side of the aisle, and seems to have taken it to new level.
Posted by: Flinetch Spealet2175   2006-01-06 14:39  

#1  Abramoff's Democratic contributions
In the "One Word" section under "Hypocricy"

CORRECTION:

Invisible as in MSM will do its best to bury this story and render it invisible.
Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen   2006-01-06 14:18  

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