Posted on 01/27/2006 5:27:11 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Got a different impression watching today. While Lauer/Russert both admitted that the issue affects both parties they pointed out the dems received second hand contributions vs. GOP members who received $$ personally from Abramoff - precisely how Reid & Co. have been spinning it.
I have another take. Dean emphatically claimed no Dems had received a dime. But whether they received money directly from Abramoff, or from an Indian casino at Abramoff's direction, is a distinction without a difference.
Dean is so transparent, even to the soccer moms I would imagine, that I hope he is around for a while.
Thanks for the post glgb.
"On yesterday's Today show, Howard Dean did his best angry imitation of Bill Clinton's "I did not have sex" and/or Rafael Palmeiro's "I have never used steroids, period" performances."
Or bob "the torch" toricelli's banging on a table saying "Never!" bang, "Never!" bang, "Never!" bang!
This individual knew that I am a conservative Reaganite republican, but she wanted an honest opinion as to who would be the best Demo to run against GWB.
I picked Howard Dean. "Why?" she asked. I explained that Dean was a maverick in the Democrat party and sooner or later his mouth would get him in trouble and a landslide for Bush would ensue.
I was sad he self destructed in the primaries, but his position as the mouth of the DNC has put him right where he should be. Showing the DNC as the whacked party it has turned out to be.
Thanks Howard, your mouth ensures Republican majority in the House, Senate and the White House for years to come.
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