“Bracing for the worst,
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“Bracing for the worst,
Administration officials obtained from the Secret Service a list of all the times Abramoff entered the White House complex, and they scrambled to determine the reason for each visit. Bush aides are also trying to identify all the photos that may exist of the two men together,” Time magazine reports.
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Jeff Gannon and Now Abramoff, How is it they dont KNOW who or Why they Visited?
January 8th, 2006 at 9:49 pmI guess Judy Miller will show up in the pics as well as Kenny Lay, another Person HE claims he didnt Know.
But Wait!
Yes We Do KNOW!
The TBR Journal will be serializing the personal and confidential correspondence of George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, and Kenneth Lay, CEO of Enron.
The Journal will also be expanded to cover in depth CIA reports, DHS memos and articles about the raging economic war between the rest of the world and the Bush White House.
More McCarthyite guilt-by-association from the totalitarians of ThinkNegative. How unsurprising.
January 8th, 2006 at 9:50 pmThat’s funny.
January 8th, 2006 at 9:51 pmNo issue at all say the wing-nuts, but
here the WH is “pre-spinning” any pictures that
may exist of Abramoff and Bush (who seems to
not even know who Abramoff is according to
Scottie).
I wonder what Chimpy’s nickname for
old Jack was? “Jackie Boy” maybe?
Same old, same old.
So, the left thinks that Bush should return 94K that was given to him by innocent people (who were inspired by Abramoff to donate to Bush)?
And the left thinks that Harry Reid should keep 100K+ that was given to him by Indian tribes (who were inspired by Abramoff to donate to Reid)?
How is this not a double standard?
January 8th, 2006 at 9:53 pm“who” is the new troll I guess.
January 8th, 2006 at 9:53 pmMust be new to get third shift on a Sunday.
afterthought has no arguments or ideas, so he’s reduced to petty name-calling.
January 8th, 2006 at 9:54 pmI wonder what the real total that Abramoff
January 8th, 2006 at 9:57 pmcollected for Chimpy?
Abramoff said he had $120K WAY before the election.
Could be all clean money, but with a criminal
(he admitted being a crook in the plea), who knows?
Oh,
January 8th, 2006 at 9:58 pmTroll seems to have gone to the same
troll-school as NED based on the exact same
wording.
How could anyone be surprised? The entire Republican power structure is a model of how to erode a deomcracy. Those ethics classes sure came too late.
January 8th, 2006 at 9:58 pmMcCarthy was a Republican, too.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:00 pmHow could anyone be surprised? The entire Democrat power structure is a model of how to erode a democracy. Those ethics classes sure came too late.
http://www.noagenda.org
January 8th, 2006 at 10:06 pmNo agenda’s better than the worst agenda ever.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:08 pmYesterday the talk around town was that White House Aids are in full cooperation with the Abramhoff investigation.
Word has it that Abramhoff and Rove are very connected. Could be why Fitz is holding off on Rove’s indictments.
There’s so much more to indict for.
I give this administration six months max.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:12 pmwho, NED, IRI, and the rest of the trolls are a bunch of bottom feeders, they just suck up the shit and spit out trash.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:12 pm[…] (via thinkprogress.org) “Bracing for the worst, Administration officials obtained from the Secret Service a list of all the times Abramoff entered the White House complex, and they scrambled to determine the reason for each visit. Bush aides are also trying to identify all the photos that may exist of the two men together,†Time magazine reports. […]
January 8th, 2006 at 10:12 pmWhere’s Horton?
January 8th, 2006 at 10:13 pm#
So, the left thinks that Bush should return 94K that was given to him by innocent people (who were inspired by Abramoff to donate to Bush)?
And the left thinks that Harry Reid should keep 100K+ that was given to him by Indian tribes (who were inspired by Abramoff to donate to Reid)?
How is this not a double standard?
Comment by Gary Ruppert — January 8, 2006 @ 9:53 pm
Never said it wasnt… if they find him parcel too, then by all means go after him.
Now back to the Question you never Answered Ruppert,
January 8th, 2006 at 10:19 pmAre you a Man that Fights for his Freedom?
Or Have you Sold it to fear?
Does a Law in the Books Gary, when your Home at Night, alone, with Wife and Kids protect you?
January 8th, 2006 at 10:30 pmOr is it the Man that Protects Himself and his family?
Does the Law stop a Terrorist Gary?
Or a Bank Robber?
Or a Pedophile?
How so does Bush Save you with wiretaps?
or is it just Comfort Talk?
Comfort Laws, Men busy with papers, shuffling, shuffling.
scared little men, whom fear the Ghettos, poor people, and the Dark alleys, and all the things they cannot, or refuse to see?
#18 - laugh,
January 8th, 2006 at 10:42 pmPal, I’m with you, but what did that last post mean?
Don’t worry about Gary R., everyone.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:44 pmHe’s the same ill-informed troll who tried to say Brownback wasn’t a lawyer in the thread about him. Why he keeps coming back with lies is beyond me.
Who actually sounds an awful lot like that cry baby, WWWWWWW-WAAAAAllace. Same M.O. He’s just pathetic.
How the WH thinks it can “take back” all dealings & photos is beyond me.
Abramoff was even connected to him in Texas, when the idiot was Gov. Emperor is buck naked, folks!
….eeeewwwwwwwww…….
and it a’int pretty!
January 8th, 2006 at 10:45 pmSomeone give that man a robe, or a wooden barrell….
Brrrrrrrrrr!
“who” the troll is really is really working on his overtime for the RNC tonight. I mean he’s everywhere.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:48 pmAbramoff’s personal assistant left to become Karl Rove’s personal assistant. Abramoff and Bush advisor Grover Norquist were partners who charged $25,000 a pop to arrange personal introductions to President Bush. Abramoff was a “Bush Pioneer” who raised more than $100,000 for the 2004 Presidential campaign.
Abramoff is not exactly a stranger to George Bush.
Then again, George doesn’t remember his best friend Ken Lay, either.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:49 pmNot one of these gutless retards will defend “pay to play”. They’ll just hide the pictures.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:50 pmIve lived in some Bad neighborhoods, Congressman and many of these people are scared to death to enter these.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:50 pmYet they Speak of Terrorists they have never seen, they Write laws to remove our Rights, yet they are out of touch with the reality of the Streets of America, they Spend Billions with Packages to Aid other Countries yet they Fear a supposed Liberal? Scared little Men.
You’re catching the spirit, laugh. Welcome aboard! Goodnight!
January 8th, 2006 at 10:53 pm##18 - laugh,
Pal, I’m with you, but what did that last post mean?
Comment by WaltTheMan — January 8, 2006 @ 10:42 pm
January 8th, 2006 at 10:53 pmHope that clears it up =)
#24 Not true.
“who” and “Gary Ruppert” will defend pay-to-play as a Judeo-Christian value espoused by the Founding Fathers.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:54 pmThe top secret task to expunge any hint of W and Abramoff in the same room is being undertaken with the codename: Operation Photoshop.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:01 pmAbramoff’s personal assistant left to become Karl Rove’s personal assistant.
I heard that too Running Dog. Thats why word on the street is that Rove is going down in this pile too.
Rove sure knows how to keep the prosecuters busy, huh?
January 8th, 2006 at 11:02 pmLike the Cincinnati Bungles, Abramhoof, Rove, Cheney, Bush and the rest of the most dopiest people in any presidential administration are going down. HARD!
January 8th, 2006 at 11:04 pmI would like the title of that magazine to be changed from
January 8th, 2006 at 11:05 pmThe Man who Bought Washington’ to ‘The Man who Brought Down Washington’. This shit has been going on for far too long. Someone has to be held accountable for the curruption, cronism and violation of civil liberities that have happened in the last 5 years.
Read the first page of the article. According to the article Bubble boy is not friends with Delay and thinks Delay is beneath him.
Read it, its comical.
Buble boy is distancing himself by treating Delay like he treats us.
Guess Delay will have no problem spilling his gutts, huh?
The Hammer can’t be too happy knowing the knife in his back comes from his buddie Bushie.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:14 pmSusan,
January 8th, 2006 at 11:22 pmThe same Bush who claimed he was innocent, and should return as Majority Leader?
WOW!
Is there ANY depth too low for W?
“That’s Jack? I didn’t recognize him; he sure has changed. He was such a sweet kid in Texas; used to be the caddy for the team. But that’s the extent of it; he just went after my balls”, said George Bush, as he was confronted with a picture from an audience member that had infiltrated the prescreened members.
So that’s where his balls went to! Who’ll be choking on ‘em now! jk. Heck, we know that the msm/repub’s are going to start spinning, I figure I’d let loose some creativity and help ‘em out.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:25 pmTom Delay, if you’re out there, read what Bushie is saying behind your back.
Publically he supported you, as did Cheney (recent fundraiser) and now he’s saying you were “a neccessary burden!”
The mafia wannabes crack me up.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:25 pmRight now, about half of our Government’s manpower is dedicated to shredding evidence for one or another crime and the other half tracking down tiny bits they may have dropped along the way. They will never admit to guilt. They are criminal and arrogant and they have everything to lose. After all that has happened they will pile lie apon lie all over again and the news will never call them on their lies.
BULLSHIT! I call them on their lies.
Trolls too.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:25 pm#29, BadMoodMan,
Are you joking?
How would you know?
How can someone collect all pictures?
It seems undoable, to me.
What - do you go to news agencies A-Z and demand negatives?
How do you destroy archived material?
I just don’t get it. Does he really think he can rewrite History?
Can he?…..
January 8th, 2006 at 11:26 pmHey, Regan had a Popes funeral. Yes, they are rewriting history. Have some government cheese.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:31 pm#38 Not to worry. Several lib sites are offering prize rewards for cached photos of Bush/Abramoff.
The Internets have a long memory.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:33 pmm.parker,
How?
January 8th, 2006 at 11:34 pmI guess I’m still that dopey “just do right and things will be right” idealist, but,
How?
Change all internet stories and photos?
I just can’t get my head around the enormity of this.
I’m sorroy I meant Raygun.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:34 pm#38
January 8th, 2006 at 11:37 pmIt would appear, in regards to looking for photos, the administration is searching for existing/published photos to see what type of cover story they will need to concoct to explain any appearances of “W” alongside Abramoff. The administration could not possibly gather and remove all photos which are owned by private entities. This sounds like a data gathering operation, not a gathering evidence to shred operation, at least in this instance.
True Blue, every visit to the White House is documented. Every single call is documented.
Remember, Fitz got all phone and visit logs to make his case against Libby.
The majority of what is needed is already in Fitz’s hands.
The rest, will be gathered by wire taps (eg. Cunningham) and plain ol big mouths.
I give em 6 months max. We will get our country back.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:38 pmThanks, Running Dog, M.Duchamp, and Susan,
I was starting to feel like one of those little kids who need their mom to scoop ‘em up and tell them everything will be OK…!
January 8th, 2006 at 11:44 pmWhew!
(…wait. does that mean I have to start being a grown-up again? Shoot….)
Great job laugh, it seem you ran all of the trolls off tonight. It sure makes reading a helluva lot more pleasant not having to step over BS.
January 8th, 2006 at 11:55 pmYou folks must believe this site is being watched, right?
January 8th, 2006 at 11:55 pmI do, at least. Just within the last couple of days I’ve been getting an error sign at the bottom of my screen when I come here. No where else. No. There’s crooks and Liars, too.
Other that THAT no where else.
The gvt. creeps me out.
Is there a simple explaination for this?
Ah yes. The Bush Whitehouse is good at “dissappearing” facts and people and words from the records.
How very Orwellian.
-Heckuva job Stalin.
-GSD
January 9th, 2006 at 12:13 amHey kids-
Next up…dots connecting Abramoff to….are you ready? Ney -> HAVA -> Diebold/ES&S I think this is where the whole rotten mess is leading to. Stolen elections allow Dimson to think he’s a King and allows the Republicans to pass a legislative agenda that would never fly if we had transparent election systems. Some great threads over at DU are starting to map out a unified field theory of Republican corruption.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/ discuss/ duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2355902&mesg_id=2355902
Abramoff money = election fraud
From Anonymous:
I was thrilled to see someone write about the Ney-HAVA connection. We need a journalist to pick up this story. Here is my synopsis of the events:
The real story behind Abramoff is that it is not simply about “influencepeddling.” It is in fact influence peddling to affect election outcomes.
In the equation of Abramoff Money Laundering the following holds true:
Input = Abramoff money
Output = Election fraud
Follow the story below from the first small potatoes case to the final mother-of-all-election-fraud cases in US history:
*Small potatoes: *The first players in the Abramoff drama to be sent to jail were former New Hampshire GOP Chair Chuck McGee and his boss former Bush New England Campaign Manager Jim Tobin. In 2002 the NH GOP paid $15,600 to a firm that jammed the NH Dem get-out-the-vote phone lines.
Days before the payment was made, the NH GOP accepted 3 payments of $5000 each from the following sources: 1) Abramoff client the Mississippi Choctow Tribe 2) Abramoff client the California Aqua Tigua Caliente Tribe 3) Tom Delay’s ARMPAC.
Input: Abramoff money –> Output: Election fraud
*Mother-of-all-election-fraud: *In 2002 House Administration Chair Congressman Bob Ney of Ohio was a prime sponsor of the (sic) “Help America Vote Act” (HAVA). In fact, HAVA was actually written in Bob Ney’s office. HAVA, under the guise of resolving the 2000 election fraud issues, was actually written to promote the distribution of computerized voting systems across the nation. The bill was designed to send $3.8 billion taxpayer dollars straight into the pockets of corporations like Diebold, whose voting equipment has now been unequivacolly proven to provide an open door to election rigging. Diebold, one of the prime lobbyists for HAVA, was at the time a client of Greenberg Traurig, Abramoff’s firm.
I have compiled plenty of information on this issue, which I am ready to provide in order to get this story out. I have access to eye witnesses and players who were physically present and participating in Bob Ney’s office when HAVA was written. As sexy as congressional scandal is, it pales in comparison to the real story behind the Abramoff affair: the theft of our democracy.
January 9th, 2006 at 1:35 am#49
January 9th, 2006 at 2:03 amYowza!
These pricks are slowly dismantelling our sweet, but flawed 200 plus year old democracy.
-GSD
January 9th, 2006 at 2:18 amFrom the article:
If DeLay weren’t so crooked himself, I would feel sorry for him having to push Bush’s agenda through, knowing that the American people don’t support any of it.
January 9th, 2006 at 8:16 am#2 “More McCarthyite guilt-by-association from the totalitarians of ThinkNegative. How unsurprising.
Comment by who — January 8, 2006 @ 9:50 pm”
Can’t you read? The article clearly says it’s the WHITE HOUSE that’s scrambling. Whether that’s due to just wanting to cover their asses, or is an exhibition of consciousness of guilt is left unsaid. Think Progress merely provides a link.
TROLLS ARE EITHER STUPID OR PAID STOOGES.
Treat them as such.
January 9th, 2006 at 9:07 am#3, Afterthought
January 9th, 2006 at 9:35 amI heard his nickname (at least in school) is
Abram Jack-off.
Falwell made some remarks yesterday about this is the culmination of their thirty year plan — with Alito on the SCOTUS, they will be able to proceed.
January 9th, 2006 at 9:39 am#56 - Looking at that way, it makes Falwell’s racist remarks of the 60s even more chilling. . .
TROLLS ARE EITHER IDIOTS OR PAID STOOGES.
Treat them as such.
January 9th, 2006 at 9:58 amDoes he really think he can rewrite History?
Can he?…..
Comment by True Blue #38
He who controls the archives, controls the history…
January 9th, 2006 at 10:02 amMore McCarthyite guilt-by-association from the totalitarians of ThinkNegative. How unsurprising.
Comment by who #2
Still stuck in Oz huh?
Creating your own reality will never help you find yourself, who…
…and you desperately need to find yourself…
January 9th, 2006 at 10:04 amWhen will the Teflon be boiled/burned/scrubbed off the surface of GWBush?
Keep the pressure on. His is the most failed Presidency ever, be he’s still in his cushy office instead of jail, where he really belongs.
January 9th, 2006 at 11:53 amAnyone cranked up Google or Yahoo to see what info (photos?) can be found? Popped in “Jack Abramoff and George Bush” at Yahoo and found these tidbits from USA Today:
In President Bush’s first 10 months, GOP fundraiser Jack Abramoff and his lobbying team logged nearly 200 contacts with the new administration as they pressed for friendly hires at federal agencies and sought to keep the Northern Mariana Islands exempt from the minimum wage and other laws, records show.
And…
The meetings between Abramoff’s lobbying team and the administration ranged from Attorney General John Ashcroft to policy advisers in Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, according to his lobbying firm billing records.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/ news/ washington/ 2005-05-06-abramoff-bush_x.htm
More (as time permits) later.
January 9th, 2006 at 1:06 pmPopped in “Jack Abramoff and George Bush†at Yahoo and found these tidbits from USA Today:
Comment by WC #61
WC,
Good post…
Also everyone should know that Abramoff was on Bushiva’s 2000 transition team…
Hopefully, they (Bushiva and L’il Dick) won’t be able to hide all the pictures of Bushiva and Abramoff. And hopefully Dems’ll be able to plaster them all over MSM (print and video) during ‘06 and ‘08 elections…
January 9th, 2006 at 1:13 pmhttp://www.usatoday.com/ news/ washington/ 2005-05-06-abramoff-bush_x.htm
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