It's a Bipartisan Scandal (Democrats Also Ended Up Receiving Money From Jack Abramoff)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | January 30, 2006 | Jack Kelly

[Savage Beast]

Leftists (there's nothing liberal about these people, as the staff of Washington Post has had a good opportunity to discover, should they be so inclined) hate truth like vampires hate light.

The funniest thing about this is the Washington Post's getting a black eye when truth accidentally penetrates the Leftist propaganda.

The more obvious the truth, the more energy required for its denial, and the more explosive the reaction when truth comes crashing through!

The result can be tragedy--Oedipus and Jocasta, Lear, MacBeth, for a few examples,

But the result can also be hilarious comedy. This Washington Post episode is a knee slapper to make fans of The Three Stooges and Lucille Ball roll in the aisles.

(They did some comedy together, by the way. It's a shame they couldn't have gotten in on the contemporary MSM shenanegans. There's just soooooooooo much material!)

[Liz]

Named by the NRSC as the worst examples of "Democrat hypocrisy" for taking money from Abramoff and his associates are:
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who received at least $68,941;
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who received at least $45,750;
Sen. Byron Dorgan, (D-N.D.) who received at least $79,300, and,
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who received at least $6,250

ABRAMOFF'S DELAWARE CONNECTION: Keep in mind that the names of Delaware Sens Joe Biden (of Judiciary anti-Alito fame) and Tom Carper surfaced on lists of federal lawmakers who received money, from the ubiquitous super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff at the center of the largest ever public corruption involving Congress and its staff members.

In brief, Abramoff and his cronies, including his aide, former Rehoboth Beach, Del lifeguard Mike Scanlon, ripped off Indian tribes seeking federal gambling licenses by playing them off each other and charging both sides millions for legal services. Carper showed up on a list produced by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which has so far tracked almost $4.5 million in contributions to some 240 lawmakers. Carper's staff found about $7,000 in campaign money linked to Abramoff, which the senator first thought he'd keep because he's never met Abramoff or his partners.

Biden received only $1,250 (that we know of), which was a straight-up individual campaign contribution. The Biden money came from one of 1,500 lawyers -- yes, that's one thousand five hundred, a scary number -- who work at Greenberg Traurig LLP, Abramoff's old law firm. G-T has offices in London, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Brussels, Chicago, New York, Zurich, Los Angeles. And, of course, Wilmington, Del.

Here's how to follow through:
Sen Biden
PHONE: 1-202-224-5042
FAX: 1-202-224-0139
E-MAIL: senator@biden.senate.gov

[Lancey Howard]

"In denial" is exactly correct, but the rats are not in denial about receiving Abramoff money - - they KNOW they did. What they are in denial about is that they got Abramoff money and they cannot hide it. Twenty years ago - - fifteen years ago, even - - the rats would have issued their denial and proclaimed their innocence and their allies in the socialist "mainstream" liberal newsrooms would have taken the hint and gladly helped them along.

But that just doesn't work anymore, and the Democrats are in denial about it. They STILL have not been able to fully digest that the days when they controlled a monopoly on the selection, spin, and dissemination of the news are OVER.