Does Bush hear something creeping up on him????
I'm afraid this Abramoff thing is just starting. The Dems are going to exploit this to the hilt, I'm sure, in this election year.
The question is: How can the GOP effectively counter the bad publicity that's going to be generated? I'm afraid a few folks are going to have to fall on their swords and withdraw.
They will try to claim that anyone who received a dollar from this joker is tainted, but if they had no knowledge or malice aforethought, how can they be tainted?
I expect this story will disappear from the headlines when it becomes clear how many democrats are up to their hips in it.
of course he does. he also doesn't want the tainted money.
Abramoff Lobbying & Political Contributions to Democrats, per FEC Records
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500 * Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500 * Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250 * Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000 * Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250 * Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765 * Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500 * Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950 * Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000 * Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500 * Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792 * Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300 * Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000 * Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000 * Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250 * Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750 * Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000 * Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000 * Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250 * Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300 * Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550 * Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000 * Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000 * Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000 * Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830 * Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891 * Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550 * Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991 * Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168 * Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200 * Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500 * Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300 * Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500 * Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941 * Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000 * Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500 * Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300 * Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550 * Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250 * Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700
Democratic National Cmte $65,720
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000
Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500
Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000
Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500
Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000
Chris John (D-La) $15,000
John Breaux (D-La) $13,750
Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500
Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100
Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000
Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000
Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000 Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500 Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000 Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000 Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500 Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000 Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000 Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523 Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250 Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250 Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000 David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000 Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000 Democratic Party of Montana $5,000 Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000 Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000 Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000 Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000 Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000 Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500 Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000 Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000 Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000 Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000 Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000 George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000 Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500 James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500 Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100 Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000 Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000 John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000 David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000 Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000 Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000 Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000 Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000 Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000 Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500 Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500 Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500 Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250 Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250 Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000 Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000 Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000 Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000 John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000 Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000 Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000 Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000 Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000 John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000 Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000 Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000 Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000 Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000 Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000 Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000 Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000 Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000 Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000 Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000 Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500 Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500 John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,400 Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000 Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $1,000 Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000 Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000 Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000 Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000 Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000 Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000 Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000 Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000 David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000 Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000 Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000 Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000 Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000 Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000 Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000 Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000 Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000 Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720 Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500 Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500 Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500 Democratic Party of Washington $500 Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500 Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500
Grand Total $1,541,673