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.
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
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.
Reid can say he's innocent with a clear conscience b/c it's not the money being reported that's the problem---it's the money that's not being reported.
Reid's sons -- Rory, 40, Leif, 35, Josh, 31, and Key, 28 --work for Nevada's largest law firm, Lionel Sawyer Collins.
Son Rory Reid is a partner in the firm and was a Nevada lobbyist before his election to the Clark County Board of Commissioners in November.
Son Leif Reid is a litigator who has represented mining and resort industry associations in Nevada.
Son Key Reid was hired to open the firm's Washington office in 2002 and help lead its federal lobbying effort with former Sen. Richard H. Bryan, D-Nev., who splits his time between the capital and Nevada.
SIL Steven Barringer, 47, married to the senator's daughter, Lana, is a lawyer, federal lobbyist and partner in the small Washington-based lobbying firm of McClure, Gerard and Neuenschwander.
Sources: Federal lobbyist forms filed with the House and Senate by Key Reid for 2002 and Steven Barringer for 1999 through 2002; state lobbyist forms filed by Rory Reid for 2002 with the Nevada Legislative Reference Office; congressional bills, news releases and documents; legal records; newpaper interviews with Sen. Harry Reid; interviews with clients of the Reid family.
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