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Columnist Resigns His Post, Admitting Lobbyist Paid Him
The New York Times ^
| December 17, 2005
| ANNE E. KORNBLUT and PHILIP SHENON
Posted on 12/16/2005 10:24:07 PM PST by Mojave
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 - A senior scholar at the Cato Institute, the respected libertarian research organization, has resigned after revelations that he took payments from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for writing columns favorable to his clients.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: abramoff; bandow; cato; corruption; dougbandow; influence; jackabramoff; libertarian; libertarians; moneywhores; resignation; soros; witchhunt
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To: Lurker
Did this guy do something illegal?Did this guy do something unethical?
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:00:40 PM PST
by
Mojave
To: Unrepentant VN Vet
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:01:34 PM PST
by
Mojave
To: VeniVidiVici
CNN did this in exchange for being sodomized by Saddam. Don't know if they actually took money for it though.
Took money? Those fools pay to be reamed by petty thugs and America bashers.
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:06:24 PM PST
by
Buzwardo
To: goodnesswins
Wonder how many NY Times columnists have taken money? HHMMMMM. Start with Paul Krugman. And Enron.
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:11:05 PM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: Mojave
OK, so he didn't break any laws. Therefore the word 'corruption' doesn't apply in any legal sense.
Just wanted to clear that up.
L
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:17:14 PM PST
by
Lurker
("Son, there's only two things you need in this world; love and a .45.")
To: albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; Annie03; Baby Bear; bassmaner; ...
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:25:59 PM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: Mojave
Did this guy do something illegal? Did this guy do something unethical?
Or the real question, did he do something unlibertarian?
To: Lancer_N3502A
Okay, what's wrong with that statement? Nothing.
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:52:58 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Mojave
Wonder who is paying the so called 'economist' at NYSlimes for his ludicrous rantings. Perhaps it's The Nation!
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:54:37 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: cricket
McCain has another angel.....the guy who founded Monster.com
Mr. Clean is as dirty as they come.
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posted on
12/16/2005 11:55:59 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: Lurker
the word 'corruption' doesn't apply in any legal senseYep. Just an unethical libertarian "journalist".
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posted on
12/17/2005 12:48:51 AM PST
by
Mojave
To: Vince Ferrer
did he do something unlibertarian? No, Unethical and unlibertarian don't mean the same thing.
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posted on
12/17/2005 12:50:18 AM PST
by
Mojave
To: OldFriend
Wonder who is paying the so called 'economist' at NYSlimes Which one?
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posted on
12/17/2005 12:51:54 AM PST
by
Mojave
To: goodnesswins
I always thought that this was the way PR firms got the job done. You pay the PR firm to write good stuff about you. The PR firm pays the news guys to write it or they give a packaged story to the editor of the section you want it covered in. Good press starts popping up about how wonderful you are. How else did Clinton get elected, Meryl Streep get a part in a movie, gay issues get on the front page, no talent hacks sing at the Super Bowl halftime showetc.?
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posted on
12/17/2005 12:57:52 AM PST
by
carumba
(The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
To: Mojave
Oh look, it only took one post before we witnessed the gratuitous "druggie" slam on libertarians.
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posted on
12/17/2005 1:11:06 AM PST
by
jess35
To: jess35
Gratuitous? It's their raison d'être.
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posted on
12/17/2005 1:16:29 AM PST
by
Mojave
To: carumba
PR and Meryl Streep are mutually exclusive. Sheesh!
To: Vince Ferrer
To: Mojave
It's a shame you feel that way. I'm registered Republican but I voted libertarian over Bush in 04. When there is a but a hair's difference between GOP in power & the Dems in power - it's time for a change. I may not agree with the libertarians on the drug/illegal alien issue, but I agree on a lot else. Is one supposed to agree with every position on a party platform? Do you agree 100% with NCLB, McFG, Medicare....
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posted on
12/17/2005 5:51:38 AM PST
by
mosquitobite
(As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.)
To: OldFriend
McCain has another angel.....the guy who founded Monster.com Mr. Clean is as dirty as they come.Funny, how these other aspects of McCain's politics never come under any scrutiny; not even as a curious question on a Sunday morning. . .
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posted on
12/17/2005 7:07:22 AM PST
by
cricket
(No Freedom - No Peace)
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