[AgThorn]

The National Republican Senatorial Committee said Wednesday that 40 of 45 members of the Senate Democrat Caucus have taken money from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, his associates and Indian tribe clients.

This could be a good thing then, eh? Now, considering the source, what does the DNC say about the Senate Republican Caucus?

My thoughts are that there will probably be a backdoor effort to kill this whole thing if there is any real 'bi-partisan blood' to be spilled. Shame ... hopefully we can force it to be public in that case and let the heads role where they are. Time to change 'politics as usual'. However, I doubt it will happen. This will get swept under the rug as we move on to 'more important' things.

[gondramB]

This article makes it sound like the Dems listed took bribes when all we know is that they took donations. I understand the desire to minimize th Abrmoff damage but I think we want to used the standard that everyone who accepted a donation from Abrmaoff or his clients is guilty. We might as well just start figuring out how to replace 50 Republican senators if we do that - not to mention it's unfair.

[fhlh]

CNS News... I'd be impressed if this was from CBS news...

[sandbar]

Last night on local news, they kept saying "Republican scandal... Republican Lobbyist... Bush campaign contributions..." No mention of any of the democrats that took money from him.

Made me so sick I had to change the channel. How many others did too? I hope at some point they will figure that out.

[R.W.Ratikal]

Democrats who did not receive money from briber Jack Abramoff would make a shorter list than a list of recipients. Apparently Republicans are right in there getting their share of the plunder.

If the amounts politicians got from Abramoff are multiplied by the number of lobbyists in Washington, no wonder people will spend millions of dollars of their own money to get into Congress.

The average American might wonder why Abramoff could give millions of dollars to Congressmen while the average American can give only $1000?

The whole fraud of being able to give any amount of money to a candidate as long as it is given by a Political Action Committee is a cover-up so that fat cats can buy political favors. It's out in the open, money buys politicians.

Did Abramoff give soft cash or hard cash? LOL.

If there were no lobbyists would there ever be any legislation passed?

[TexasCajun]

There is a very impressive democrat list being posted, have you seen it?

[Iowa Granny]

drive by bookmarking.

[sgtbono2002]

I am sure all of those returning the funds they received from Abramoff were planning on returning then before they got caught.

When will Hillary pay for the plane she used in her first campaign?

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

Dan Rather told me only the Repubs did.

[mugs99]

Dorgan is among the lawmakers who have already returned campaign donations or given those donations to charity.

Lol...
If the cops find out you robbed a bank just donate the money to charity and you're off the hook!
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