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Sensational Unfair Reporting & Reid's history (1.00 / 1) (#9)
by Molly Bloom on Wed Nov 15, 2006 at 03:05:24 PM EST
The position here seems to be it is a scandal when a Republican does it and it's sensational unfair reporting when a Democrat does it. Oddly enough that exactly mirrors the position in the right-wing captive media.

Don't think I saw anything like that in the 8 previous responses on this thread.

I will point out that Casino Jack was a GOP true believer and the odds of him giving any "goodies" to a Democratic politican seem slim. Reid's personal history regarding past bribe attempts included assualting his would be briber (the FBI had Reid war a wire so this is on tape). If the mob couldn't bribe/blackmail/threaten  Reid, I don't think Casino Jack could do any better. That is just my opinion.

It could be Reid is in trouble or it could be Jack is willing to say anything at this point. That could help the GOP politicals who are implicated by Jack. Certainly they will say Jack will say anything to save himself.

"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
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both sides (none / 0) (#11)
by jimakaPPJ on Wed Nov 15, 2006 at 03:59:55 PM EST
Molly, we are plowing old ground here. Jack A was hired as a consultant by the tribes to tell them how and who to influence to assist them in their casino activities. This is neither surprising or unknown.

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.

Washington Post

You know, it is a funny thing about fires. You start one to burn your enemies, the wind changes and you also wind up getting burned.

In this case it may be that we get some cleaning done on both sides.

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Where's the quo to the quid (none / 0) (#14)
by Molly Bloom on Wed Nov 15, 2006 at 07:35:22 PM EST
or are you just blowing smoke with your "fire"?

"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
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