Abramoff Reports to Prison Tomorrow; Offers Testimony on Democratic Senators

ABC NEWS ^ | November 14, 2006 4:13 PM | Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz

[Nalu]

Sources close to the investigation say Abramoff has provided information on his dealings with and campaign contributions and gifts to "dozens of members of Congress and staff," including what Abramoff has reportedly described as "six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic senators."

[Parley Baer]

Wouldn't that be sweet if a couple of those on the list had to resign. Hahahahaha.

[Old Grumpy]

"Suppose the Hilldebeest is corrupt??"

Nah. After all, according to Gore, she and Slick had the MOST ETHICAL presidency in history. Doncha know she carried those ethics right into her senator spot.

[rockthecasbah]

"Dodd ... I would be especially happy to see him get nailed, resign, and Rob Simmons be appointed to the Senate."

Not holding my breath, but that would be a nice Christmas present.

[bray]

Careful what you wish for Rats!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[mewzilla]

Casey's Abramoff-linked donations draw flak from GOP, Santorum

[Armedanddangerous]

That's the first thing I wondered Ike...

[SirLinksalot]

Why is Abramoff only talking NOW about Democrats ?

Why was he silent about them before the elections ?

[B4Ranch]

That would be 60 to 80 senators then.

[Diplomat]

He wasn't silent about it. It's just that a corrupt rat is not newsworthy during the run-up to the election.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic senators."

And let's hope and pray that_______is in the list...

[Almondjoy]

Who was that Dem?

[PghBaldy]

Wow. I sure hope Fox and Rush (among others) cover these Dems...

[PghBaldy]

I hope Dick "Deanna" Durban is one of them.

[LC HOGHEAD]

"Six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic senators."

YET THEY DONT NAME ANY OF THEM, AND SPEND THE BULK OF THE ARTICLE IMPLICATING AND CRITISIZING KARL ROVE. TYPICAL ABC BS BY BRIAN ROSS

[ichabod1]

What about Feinstein? Isn't she up to her hips in Casino interests too?

[rfp1234]

--What about Feinstein? Isn't she up to her hips in Casino interests too?--

Plus, her Hubby has massive real estate investment interests with the CHI-COMS.

http://www.uhuh.com/1calfraud/stacks/feinblum.htm

[kevinm13]

ABC and Brian Ross should be ashamed at the timing of this report. I'm sure they had the line about 6 to 8 corrupt Dem Senators several weeks ago.

Nancy "Stretch" Pelosi has suggested draining the swamp. I dare you. Never going to happen. Lots of stuff hidden in the darkness below the surface.

I think every single earmark should be voted on line by line. They should have sponsors and each should be part of the budget process. All lobbyists should funnel their activities through a common filter and should be licensed and forced to publish reports on their activities. Clean up the mess, now!

[SirLinksalot]

John Hindraker of Powerline Blog ( the same one that helped called Dan Rather on his memogate lies ) cautions us with these words :

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With hindsight, the Jack Abramoff "scandal" was one of the major factors that cost Republicans control of Congress. Still, no one seems to know what the "scandal" consists of. Press reports would make sense if you assume that it is illegal to contribute money to candidates you support; otherwise not. Have Abramoff's purported "revelations" actually yielded evidence against anyone? Possibly Bob Ney; I'm not sure whether the offense he pled guilty to was Abramoff-related or not. Otherwise, as far as I know, nobody.

Lots of people, including the excellent Gateway Pundit, are now buzzing about the report--anonymous, of course--that Abramoff has provided information on "six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic Senators." Well, maybe. But the definition of "corruption" that seems to be operative here is that A) someone contributed money to a Congressman's or Senator's campaign, and B) the Congressman or Senator subsequently did something that person approved of. This isn't corruption, it's democracy.

Whether Abramoff has anything more to say is, at this point, completely unknown. For my part, I'm skeptical. Remember that Abramoff got caught trying to defraud a partner out of many millions of dollars in a business deal involving a gambling boat. The prosecutors had him dead to rights. This, of course, had nothing to do with Congress. So what did Abramoff do? He told the prosecutors that he had hot evidence against lots of Congressmen. I suspect that what is going on here is similar to the John Karr case. Faced with going to prison in Thailand for child molestation--an unpleasant prospect--he hit upon the brilliant scheme of announcing that he was guilty of the JonBenet Ramsey murder. He wasn't, but the claim got him extradited to the United States, where, as far as I know, he now resides.

Abramoff might have something on someone. But I'll have to see the goods before I jump on the bandwagon.

[Tail Gunner John]

The new media spin: "enough of this corruption distraction, its time to get back to governing (democratic style)".

Now that the dems have ridden that horse to victory expect the msm to kill it.

[Diplomat]

This just reinforces the point that I was making, that it really doesn't matter whether or not Abramhoff has the goods or not, the MSM will focus 100% on the Republicans and ignore the Democrats. Especially during an election season as evidenced by their reporting of this story.