[Huck]

I think it would be more accurate to say he was a "lobbyist who was a Republican".

LOL. He's a Republican. Deal with it. It doesn't say he lobbied Republicans exclusively. It accurately describes him as a Republican lobbyist.

[USNA74]

Please, there's nothing to "deal with" -- that he was a Republican and a lobbyist are two separate thoughts. All I'm saying is that a good editor would have split them up. Clearly, as written, one could misinterpret and believe he was a lobbyist who exclusively lobbied Republicans -- especially when the excerpt makes no mention of Democratic members who accepted his money.

By the way, just for the record, I think Abramoff is scum and whoever is found to have been wrapped up with him in a quid pro quo deal deserves to be thrown out or voted out of the Capitol, Republican or Democrat.