1 Democrat, or Republican -- if they sold interests and took bribes they should all be shown the door, and a prison sentence if found guilty. It's in all our interest to get corrupt politicians out of office.

2 davec,

this story will have no legs.  He's a Democrat.

3 Yeah Bluto it is really..... funny.
Must be that MSM thing again, or maybe the FBI has been taken over by the leftists ? Bluto is your point that the FBI are now all Democrats and that we can't trust them ?
Are there no media outlets anywhere that dare to print the truth ?
Jack Abramoff, first appointed to a position by Ronald Reagan, bilked clients out of perhaps 100 million and all the top Democrat got was 20 grand a year for 3 years ? Come on Bluto he should have gotten more than that: BE FAIR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff

4 JR, a Clinton-appointed judge demanded that Abramoff be jailed immediately in an attempt to foil the investigation into Reid and “six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic senators.” - http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/abramoff_report.html

Looks like it's not going to work though.

5 The wikipedia article is rather extensive but as you can see he was a staunch Republican from at least in college. Increibly corrupt, and a real disgrace for the Republicans.
As for the story not havibg any legs let's see how far it goes with the "conservative" news outlets. Again i am not sure how much juice you get from a congressman for 20Gs a year. At that rate they would be affordable even for the middle class!

6 Really, John. I consider myself middle class, and I'll tell you that $20,000 per year in bribes would be way more than I could afford.

7 Something that Ace of Spades has pointed out: the governor of Nevada is a Republican. If Reid is forced to resign, the governor will appoint a replacement. Probably not a Democrat.

8 Oh, yeah, according to John's logic, small bribes are ok as long as they go to Democrats. And his definition of small seems pretty large to me. I think they would be large enough to land you in jail.

9

Did anybody hear what the forehead say  about Mr. Howard Dean?

 

Dump him...yup.........DUMP HIM!

 

Dems are geniuses...no really...I actually had this conversation with someone…

 

If the Dems dump Dean and Dirty Harry they own the government for the next many many years.

 

That (Whats his name) Carvil dude is a Bloody Genus…No doubt.

10 Papa  R:   could you translate that  into english?

11 Let the games begin, love it!!!

12 John Ryan:
Let's hear your reply to Jesusland Joe?

13 John Ryan, let me put this as succinctly as possible:



The argument of how much a politician got - 10K or 200K - is not
"nuance". And guilt is not determined by how much or how little. And "Yeah, but..."
is not an argument.  The public and MSM outcry has so far drowned
out any chance of looking objectively into who was on Abramoff's
dole.  The Democrats set the paramenters and the MSM slid right in
behind following the script.  Don't you want to know the
truth?  Or are you satisfied that all the right people have been
implicated?

14 ack ... parameters.

15 He's satisfied, Oyster.

16

My comment was part of a longer conversation and I guess I just blurted out the punch line.

 

Sorry for the confusion na., I will go slower this time.

 

Think of the Dems as two groups, the Masses and the Players.

 

The masses in the Democratic Party are every little person calling themselves a democrat and they mistakenly run around thinking they have say in the Democratic Party.

 

The players in the Democratic Party are the ones that DO have a say.  They think like there in a very sophisticated game of Survivor and al that rally counts is the last man standling. 

 

Oh sure, the players in the Democratic Party all look for alliances, friends, associates and partners in crime.

 

BUT

 

None of these players are in it for the party or group, they are in it for the individual.

 

So what did I mean, the players in the Democratice Party are just plain smarter than the world thinks.  They put together a game plan to win the elections and they are not resting on their laurels.

 

This comment by the forehead is very revealing and is just an indicator of how much the Dem Players are in it for themselves and show how they think.

 

The leadership or players in the Democratic Party, that have had the power, are working hard to consolidate and fortify that power again.  They are going to look at any avenue they can to achieve that goal.  They will look over the political landscape and find any hindrances to achieving power and will capitalized on any opportunity.

 

As far as Howard dean is concerned, they know he has talked too much.  They see that although he may have been somewhat useful in the past he is not going to help in the future.  And they know, that because of what he has said and done in the past, some people would not cling on to the democratic moniker just because they don’t like Howard Dean.

 

And

 

There is a slim chance he might gain favor with the American people and that cannot happen.

 

So why do I think the forehead is so bright, well think of Johnny-fair-play, for what it is worth he was a Bloody genius too. 

17 According to the commie John Ryan the republican crook got a 100 million while the democrat crook only got $30,000. Just goes to show what small thinkers the democrats are. Only a complete dumbass would sacifice his career and freedom for $30,000. But, we must remember he's a democrat.