Posted on 02/10/2006 6:05:51 AM PST by KeyLargo
Ol' Dingy Harry's been kinda quiet lately. [giggle]
So all these Democrats taking money from Idians Casinos must have all Republican staffs. No wonder they are so screwed up!
Uh-oh. Now Reid will be grilled by the Cape Cod Orca (thanks holdonnow) about his contacts with "Abraham-off" or maybe not. Maybe ol' Fat Ted doesn't have the stones to take on "the Body."
Paging John Dean!
So its only bribery if you changed your mind because of it? (And you are a Republican of course)
Well, now that the esteemed senator has got caught with his hands in the cookie jar, I don't suppose we'll hear a whole lot more about the Republican scandal.
Of course no one will hold him to account for all his blatant lies.
Why isn't this on the front page of the NYTimes? Ohhh.
WALLACE: So if we find — and I just want to — we have to wrap this up. But if we find that there were some Democrats who wrote letters on behalf of some of the Indian tribes that Abramoff represented, then what do you say, sir?
DEAN: That's a big problem, and those Democrats are in trouble, and they should be in trouble. And our party, if the American people will put us back in power in '06, we will have on the president's desk things that outlaw all those kinds of behaviors. Right now it's a Republican scandal. Maybe they'll find that some Democrats did something wrong, too. That hasn't been the case yet.
But our reforms in the Democratic Party are going to be aimed at both Democrats and Republicans. We want to clean up Congress, and we will within 100 days of the new Congress in 2007.
WALLACE: Chairman Dean, we're going to follow up on that. Thank you. Thanks so much for joining us. And don't be a stranger. You're always welcome here.
DEAN: We'll see you soon. Thanks, Chris.
Pinky is in trouble!
by Matt Margolis :: December 20, 2005 10:44 AM
Harry Reid refuses to hold himself to the same standards he holds for Republicans, or even the standards of his fellow Democrats, who have returned donations they received connected to embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff. On "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace last weekend, Reid was unable to admit his hypocrisy for being connected to Abramoff, and once again refused to return the donations he's received:
WALLACE: ... One of the biggest scandals in Washington right now involves Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist who's under investigation, and his clients.
It turns out that you received $66,000 in campaign contributions from Abramoff and his clients. Some of your colleagues...
REID: Chris, Chris...
WALLACE: May I ask the question?
REID: Don't try to say I received money from Abramoff.
REID: I've never met the man, don't know anything...
WALLACE: But you've received money from...
REID: Make sure that all your viewers understand — not a penny from Abramoff. I've been on the Indian Affairs Committee my whole time in the Senate.
WALLACE: But you've received money from his firm. You've received money from some of his clients. The question I'm asking if I may get the question out, Senator. Some of your colleagues, both Republican and Democrats, have given back campaign contributions that had any taint of Abramoff to it. Are you going to do so?
REID: Well, first of all, Chris, make sure that — again, I'll repeat, Abramoff gave me no money. His firm gave me no money. He may have worked a firm where people have given me money. But I have — I feel totally at ease that I haven't done anything that is even close to being wrong.
And I'm going to continue doing what I've done for my entire tenure in Congress. My record — any money that I've received — it's a federal law. You can look who gave it to me, how much, when they gave it to me, and what their occupations are.
So don't lump me in with Jack Abramoff. This is a Republican scandal. Don't try to give any of it to me.
http://www.noagenda.org/2005/11/a_web_of_hypocrisy_2.php
Harry's home town TV station is tearing him a new one.
The Searchlight is on...
but no one is home.
Perhaps his wife will take in laundry for a little extra money.
BUT IT'S A REPUBLICAN SCANDAL
What is wrong with this guy? Didn't he know that there were records that he was involved with Abramoff? He reminds me of a preacher who preaches against maturbation to teens while he's having an affair with the church organist.
You guys all seem to think that Harry is bright and intelligent. Based on interviews...I'd say he was the least capable senator of the whole bunch of making rational and independent thinking. His chief of staff is earning every dime of his paycheck...keeping Harry up to date and giving verbage to feed the media. That guy should be the guy representing Neveda...not Harry. I doubt if Harry is capable of understanding what Abramoff wanted in the first place when they met. The chief of staff probably arranged everything and ensured that the check went to the right off-shore account...and that no notes were kept of the whole meeting. Lets remember this...Kennedy is the king of accepting off-shore money and hiding it...he even arranges tax code to be written so he can shift the money into the states later and avoid taxation.
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