Abramoff pleads guilty...
 

"WASHINGTON - Lobbyist Jack Abramoff will plead guilty to federal charges in Washington and Miami, clearing the way for him to cooperate in a massive government investigation of influence peddling involving members of Congress, his lawyer and the Justice Department said Tuesday."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10692635/

Should I make a comment about you making an incorrect thread titled (pleads as opposed to "to plead")? Eh, probably not worth it.

Nobody predicts the future and innocent until guilty, yada yada yada.

-Rudey

Actually, according to MSNBC, he has entered a guilty plea. That's where I got the info for the headline. My guess is that the website changed the headline before they changed the copy of the story which is quoted above.

Check the link. The copy has now been changed as well.

edited because I think I invented a word in my original post here.

If he really has so much damning info, why wouldn't he plead guilty without divulging anything and then get the President to absolve it?

Clinton did that.

It's every President's right to hide the truth.

-Rudey

And save the real dirt for the book?

No. Just wait until the next administration to be made an ambassador to some exotic country as a show of thanks.

-Rudey
--It's the American way.

Sorry, everything I have read, Abramhoff Plead Guilty for a Deal.

He may get up to 30 Years, yea right.

i hope He fingers a Ton of These Parasites who prey on Citizens that They are Supposed to Represent instead of their own Self Interests!

Being a Legislature has become a Vocation, ask Ted Kennedy!:mad:

An article Yahoo expects him to drag down a number of members of the GOP and even some Democrats with him. It even said "..analysts are already comparing its damage potential to the 1992 House banking scandal that led to the retirement or ouster of 77 lawmakers."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060103/...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

More at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...202158_pf.html

washingtonpost.com
Democrats Also Got Tribal Donations
Abramoff Issue's Fallout May Extend Beyond the GOP

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Derek Willis
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, June 3, 2005; A01

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff and an associate famously collected $82 million in lobbying and public relations fees from six Indian tribes and devoted a lot of their time to trying to persuade Republican lawmakers to act on their clients' behalf.

But Abramoff didn't work just with Republicans. He oversaw a team of two dozen lobbyists at the law firm Greenberg Traurig that included many Democrats. Moreover, the campaign contributions that Abramoff directed from the tribes went to Democratic as well as Republican legislators.

Among the biggest beneficiaries were Capitol Hill's most powerful Democrats, including Thomas A. Daschle (S.D.) and Harry M. Reid (Nev.), the top two Senate Democrats at the time, Richard A. Gephardt (Mo.), then-leader of the House Democrats, and the two lawmakers in charge of raising funds for their Democratic colleagues in both chambers, according to a Washington Post study. Reid succeeded Daschle as Democratic leader after Daschle lost his Senate seat last November.

Democrats are hoping to gain political advantage from federal and Senate investigations of Abramoff's activities and from the embattled lobbyist's former ties to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). Yet, many Democratic lawmakers also benefited from Abramoff's political operation, a fact that could hinder the Democrats' efforts to turn the lobbyist's troubles into a winning partisan issue....

... Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.) ran second, with $128,000 in the same period. From 1999 to 2001, Kennedy chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which solicited campaign donations for House candidates.

The Indians' largess flowed to higher-ranking Democrats as well. Senate Democratic leaders Reid and Daschle each received more than $40,000 from the tribes and from lobbyists on Abramoff's team during the period. Gephardt got $32,500.

Of the 18 largest recipients of tribe contributions directed by Abramoff's group, six, or one-third, were Democrats. These included Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), who chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2001 to 2002, and Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (N.D.), a leader in Indian affairs legislation.

Jack abram OFF is So Sorry that He did what He did!:rolleyes:

This guy knew exactly what He was doing and Played the friggen game of buying and selling!:mad:

So, Lets let Him Spill His Guts about Those that took the money and gratuities and went along their merry way!:(

I am tired of Peddlers of My Rights who do this.

Clean The Legislature of Scum Bags and Puss Sacks who prey on Us as Citizens.

Amazing who are giving money back so quick! Tells You something does it not?;)

Unfortunately, we tend to re-elect those who 'bring home the bacon' from Washington (new highways, bridges, band uniforms, farm subsidies, etc.), and they get more bacon if the 'go along' with the leaders.

Out of 450+ representatives, only 30 or 40 will have serious and well-funded oposition, and probably most of those 30 - 40 will win.

We're in a hell of a mess.

So, is The Washington Post now part of the "Media Wing of the Republican Party?"

Just wondering.

Thats something for the GOP to be proud about. Only 2/3 was Republicans. The Democrats are doomed!

I think they tried to slip this by on a slow summer Friday.

It's like the Sunday talk shows. They'll have one conservative and four libs, and contend they're balanced.

The 50 lefty WashPost stories are not balanced by one righty.

At least they did one, though.

Umm...Daschle...Reid? These aren't just any Democrats.

Personally I will trade any Republican out of office for the bitches from CA to be removed so I hope their names are there.

-Rudey

Personally, I do not care if someone is Right or Left, Democrat or Republican, Liberal, Moderate, or Conservative.

I only worry about how I as a Citizen is being Represented by Who I voted for.

I will never forget the Story about a Black Man from Texas who was elected and wanted to do some good. He was told in No uncertain terms that if He want to be there long dont screw with us. He lasted one term. He couldnt put up with the crap.:(

I still beleive in Term Limits, but that has to be past by guess who, DAH!:rolleyes:

Hah

Harry Reid isn't giving back the dirty money.

Richard J. Durbin is saying he's gonna give it back.

Hillary Clinton is giving $2,000 of it to New York charities.

Mitch McConnell is giving $18,500 to a Christian mission.

Senator John Thune is giving $2,000 to the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society.

It seems that both parties, and people very high up are involved. People are, in a sense admitting, it's dirty money and giving it up, except not entirely (how nobel). And the people that suffered the most are the Native American tribes which lost any influence they had and hope to get since taking tribal money won't be stylish for a while.

Lobbyists will always be there and people will always take their money. Every time it's legislated, a loophole is exploited.

-Rudey
--So who really benefits from prosecuting this?

There's great irony in this typo, in that Alfred Nobel created his awards (of the same name, obviously) out of a sense of guilt for his inventions - except his endowment was a small percentage of his total worth. Nothing like absolving guilt through small-time giving - it's gone on for years. What a f-ing joke.

Isnt that the truth!:(

The Elected Position has become a Vocation by many if not all ionstead of an avocation.

Scratch My Back and I will Scratch Yours.:rolleyes:

Of Course Newt GumBall has to step up to the plate and say Delay should be hung out and His Majority Leadership should be opened up for a newbie. Newt is a great one to talk and wants to run again. Hell, He ought to run alright!:mad:

This is why Term Limits will never happen. They vote and We as Citizens dont. The only Vote We have is to Vote against them. The problem is there are a lot of sheep who vote and are Non Thinkers.:confused:

Well, lets see how this thing plays out and for how long.

I heard that the Dems are quizzing Alito about privacy, abortions, and strip searching 10-year-old girls,

and the Republicans are asking him about prison terms for bribery.

So they can make future plans?

Just kidding. Really.

Did you completely miss the joke?

-Rudey

I don't think so. Did you miss mine?

No. It sounded like Hoosier's though. Someone needs funny lessons.

-Rudey

See, the joke was that the Democrats all want to do those things they're asking about, and the Republicans want to do the things they're asking about.

-RC
--The More You Know!