Posted on 01/21/2006 5:21:29 PM PST by wjersey
No democrat will get past that sentence.
It's true. It's not much of a defense, though...especially considering the R's are in power. When you want to influence stuff, you'd naturally pay more to the side with more control.
That's why they're taking a different line; parse the statements carefully. Abramoff's personal contributions were entirely Republican. But there was nothing the slightest bit shady, unusual or large about his personal campaign donations. They're on the same level as yours or mine. Basically, they're putting this forward as a Republican scandal because Abramoff apparently votes R.
Beyond the fact that large sums were flying around, I have yet to see information on what votes were supposedly influenced, by the way. Anyone? Just what was the crime itself?
If it is, there's a lot of Freepers going to Hell. . .like me, for instance.
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