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	<title>Comments on: Abramoff  Scandal Brings New Scrutiny to Lobbying</title>
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		<title>By: OKeeffe</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/abramoff_scandal_brings_new_scrutiny_to_lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-70559</link>
		<dc:creator>OKeeffe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2005/12/12/GR2005121200286.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;

The information in this link shows that this is not just a Republican scandal.  Yes, more Republicans took Abramoff&#039;s money and gifts but there were a bunch of Democrats that partook in the bounty too.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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<p>The information in this link shows that this is not just a Republican scandal.  Yes, more Republicans took Abramoff's money and gifts but there were a bunch of Democrats that partook in the bounty too.</a></p>
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		<title>By: kjadsfh</title>
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		<dc:creator>kjadsfh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 06:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Nice attempt at parodyâor are you truly unhinged?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Listen, we&#039;ve been dealing with this &quot;First Nations&quot; BS for years.  Remember the words of the only Democrat who has ever been on the right side in national security issues, Andrew Jackson:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Rightly considered, the policy of the General Government toward the red man is not only liberal, but generous. He is unwilling to submit to the laws of the States and mingle with their population. To save him from this alternative, or perhaps utter annihilation, the General Government kindly offers him a new home, and proposes to pay the whole expense of his removal and settlement. . . .&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Nice attempt at parodyâor are you truly unhinged?</p></blockquote>
<p>Listen, we've been dealing with this "First Nations" BS for years.  Remember the words of the only Democrat who has ever been on the right side in national security issues, Andrew Jackson:</p>
<blockquote><p>Rightly considered, the policy of the General Government toward the red man is not only liberal, but generous. He is unwilling to submit to the laws of the States and mingle with their population. To save him from this alternative, or perhaps utter annihilation, the General Government kindly offers him a new home, and proposes to pay the whole expense of his removal and settlement. . . .</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: McGehee</title>
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		<dc:creator>McGehee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Ever since they came to this country, the Indians have reneged on their committments and engaged in massive trickery.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Nice attempt at parody -- or are you truly unhinged?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Ever since they came to this country, the Indians have reneged on their committments and engaged in massive trickery.</p></blockquote>
<p>Nice attempt at parody -- or are you truly unhinged?</p>
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		<title>By: kjadsfh</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/abramoff_scandal_brings_new_scrutiny_to_lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-70131</link>
		<dc:creator>kjadsfh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love how the mainstream media spins this alleged &quot;scandal&quot;!

Missing in most discussions is the fact that these corrupt and dishonest Indian tribes are behind all of the bribery.  Ever since they came to this country, the Indians have reneged on their committments and engaged in massive trickery.

Hopefully, Bush will echo his predecessor, Andrew Jackson&#039;s 1830 state of the union address and deal with the indian problem, once and for all.

The other thing that is missing from MSM discussion is the fact that the lead Justice Department Prosecutor, Mary Butler, is a lifelong big government bureaucrat partisan hack.  

She was hired by Janet Reno after working as a law clerk for communist judge Thurgood Marshall right out of law school.  In between she worked as legal counsel for the Governor Ann Richards campaign when George W. defeated Richards back in the 1990s. She also worked with Ronnie Earle for a while.

This entire Abramhoff investigation was motivated by Butler&#039;s desire to get back at Bush and the Republicans.  Hopefully Gonzalez will give her the  ax before this thing gets out of hand.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love how the mainstream media spins this alleged "scandal"!</p>
<p>Missing in most discussions is the fact that these corrupt and dishonest Indian tribes are behind all of the bribery.  Ever since they came to this country, the Indians have reneged on their committments and engaged in massive trickery.</p>
<p>Hopefully, Bush will echo his predecessor, Andrew Jackson's 1830 state of the union address and deal with the indian problem, once and for all.</p>
<p>The other thing that is missing from MSM discussion is the fact that the lead Justice Department Prosecutor, Mary Butler, is a lifelong big government bureaucrat partisan hack.  </p>
<p>She was hired by Janet Reno after working as a law clerk for communist judge Thurgood Marshall right out of law school.  In between she worked as legal counsel for the Governor Ann Richards campaign when George W. defeated Richards back in the 1990s. She also worked with Ronnie Earle for a while.</p>
<p>This entire Abramhoff investigation was motivated by Butler's desire to get back at Bush and the Republicans.  Hopefully Gonzalez will give her the  ax before this thing gets out of hand.</p>
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		<title>By: McGehee</title>
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		<dc:creator>McGehee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Y&#039;know, I could&#039;ve sworn McCain-Feingold was supposed to put an end to all this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Y'know, I could've sworn McCain-Feingold was supposed to put an end to all this.</p>
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		<title>By: The Florida Masochist</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Florida Masochist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The Knucklehead of the Day award&lt;/strong&gt;

Today&#039;s winner is Lobbyist Jack Abramoff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Knucklehead of the Day award</strong></p>
<p>Today's winner is Lobbyist Jack Abramoff.</p>
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		<title>By: Eli Rabett</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eli Rabett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack Abramoff was Tom Delay&#039;s bag man who collected from those who were willing to pay to play.  In Delay world, AKA the House of Representatives, if you didn&#039;t pay, you didn&#039;t play.  

In spite of everyone trying to spin this to be a bipartisan scandal, the fact is that Abramoff was a creature of the Republican party, having been president of the College Republican National Committee, was a key player in the K Street project of the REPUBLICAN party, and gave no money to Democrats or Democratic organizations.  

That some of his clients gave some (much less than to Republicans) money to Democrats is a whole lot less interesting than the emerging evidence of systematic corruption among Republicans in the House (Delay, Ney, etc), Senate (Coryn, Burns, Frist - by his own manipulations of stocks, etc.)  and Administration (Safavian, Giles, etc...).  There is a long list of Republicans who conspired with and accepted huge piles of money from Abramoff, his charities and his clients.  There is no rational calculus that makes this other than it is, a scandal of Republican hubris.  Throw the bums into jail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack Abramoff was Tom Delay's bag man who collected from those who were willing to pay to play.  In Delay world, AKA the House of Representatives, if you didn't pay, you didn't play.  </p>
<p>In spite of everyone trying to spin this to be a bipartisan scandal, the fact is that Abramoff was a creature of the Republican party, having been president of the College Republican National Committee, was a key player in the K Street project of the REPUBLICAN party, and gave no money to Democrats or Democratic organizations.  </p>
<p>That some of his clients gave some (much less than to Republicans) money to Democrats is a whole lot less interesting than the emerging evidence of systematic corruption among Republicans in the House (Delay, Ney, etc), Senate (Coryn, Burns, Frist - by his own manipulations of stocks, etc.)  and Administration (Safavian, Giles, etc...).  There is a long list of Republicans who conspired with and accepted huge piles of money from Abramoff, his charities and his clients.  There is no rational calculus that makes this other than it is, a scandal of Republican hubris.  Throw the bums into jail.</p>
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		<title>By: Myopic Zeal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Myopic Zeal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty, Washington Sweats&lt;/strong&gt;

	Is the Abramoff problem a Republican problem as the Democrats are suggesting?  Or is it going to hit each party equally hard?  Will we finally get some exposure on the corruption in Washington?  Here&#8217;s hoping that whoever is guilty is held accou...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty, Washington Sweats</strong></p>
<p>	Is the Abramoff problem a Republican problem as the Democrats are suggesting?  Or is it going to hit each party equally hard?  Will we finally get some exposure on the corruption in Washington?  Here&#8217;s hoping that whoever is guilty is held accou...</p>
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