Abramoff's Poison Spreads
For the current crop of lawmakers, the situation from Abramoff may have turned from uncomfortable to politically dangerous.
Two members of Congress, including Representative Bob Ney (R-Ohio), could be facing charges stemming from lobbyist kingpin Jack Abramoff's plea deal. This is in addition to other people that may be facing charges of their own, also stemming from the Abramoff deal.
Abramoff doing his best Al Capone impersonation. Abramoff is the criminal on the left.
And for the future of the cream of the crop, potential presidential candidate, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R), announced that the Republican Governors Association (RGA) will give up $500,000 in donations it received from a donor, Michael Scanlon, connected to the Abramoff investigation. Romney is the newly elected chairman of the RGA.
The donations will be given to Red Cross chapters in states badly damaged by hurricanes in 2005. It's such a great idea to give it after the crap hits the fan. Because the Red Cross didn't need that money until it was found to be tainted, it seems.
From the article:
"When influence peddling is alleged, a political institution like the Republican Governors Association wants to be above any possible shadow of complicity," the governor said late Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Dumping the money after one of your contributors goes down is not putting the Association above a shadow of complicity. This is implying that you were rather okay until Scanlon made a guilty plea of his own. If this was the case, then throwing the money away to distance yourself is just showing that you didn't care, or actually was encouraging the donations, about the fact that Scanlon was tied to Abramoff and a part of their scams on Capitol Hill and elsewhere in the lobbying world.
Sorry, Mitt, this one doesn't fly. And the entire RGA should be added to the Master List of those looking to dump the poison money before anyone notices.
Two members of Congress, including Representative Bob Ney (R-Ohio), could be facing charges stemming from lobbyist kingpin Jack Abramoff's plea deal. This is in addition to other people that may be facing charges of their own, also stemming from the Abramoff deal.
Abramoff doing his best Al Capone impersonation. Abramoff is the criminal on the left.
And for the future of the cream of the crop, potential presidential candidate, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R), announced that the Republican Governors Association (RGA) will give up $500,000 in donations it received from a donor, Michael Scanlon, connected to the Abramoff investigation. Romney is the newly elected chairman of the RGA.
The donations will be given to Red Cross chapters in states badly damaged by hurricanes in 2005. It's such a great idea to give it after the crap hits the fan. Because the Red Cross didn't need that money until it was found to be tainted, it seems.
From the article:
"When influence peddling is alleged, a political institution like the Republican Governors Association wants to be above any possible shadow of complicity," the governor said late Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Dumping the money after one of your contributors goes down is not putting the Association above a shadow of complicity. This is implying that you were rather okay until Scanlon made a guilty plea of his own. If this was the case, then throwing the money away to distance yourself is just showing that you didn't care, or actually was encouraging the donations, about the fact that Scanlon was tied to Abramoff and a part of their scams on Capitol Hill and elsewhere in the lobbying world.
Sorry, Mitt, this one doesn't fly. And the entire RGA should be added to the Master List of those looking to dump the poison money before anyone notices.
posted by Will at 3:12 AM
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