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Bush-Abramoff Photo Released

By Jeralyn, Section Corruption Cases
Posted on Mon Jan 08, 2007 at 09:16:31 PM EST
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Via CREWE and Huffpo:

CREW was provided a photo of President Bush and Jack Abramoff taken at a campaign fundraiser in December 2003. The White House did not want anyone to see this photo.

ABC has more on how last spring Bush moved to restrict public access to White House visitor logs.

The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public.

The Bush administration didn't reveal the existence of the memorandum of understanding until last fall.

The purpose of the memo related not to Abramoff, but to the White House's attempt to keep private the Secret Service logs of Cheney's visitors.

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    Bush-Abramoff Photo Released | 19 comments (19 topical)

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    It kind of reminds me of these guys (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by aw on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 09:12:50 AM EST
    Bert and Ernie

    Rubber duckie you're the one.... (none / 0) (#14)
    by peacrevol on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 09:48:28 AM EST


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    Indeed (4.00 / 1) (#17)
    by jondee on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 12:54:20 PM EST
    Power tie: 400, quality time in the Oval Office: Haiti's budget for 2006, Monica dry cleaning tips: priceless.

    Can we have a subtitle contest? (none / 0) (#1)
    by Che's Lounge on Mon Jan 08, 2007 at 09:22:43 PM EST
    Exhibit A

    Jack Abramoff's Last Good Day (none / 0) (#2)
    by roy on Mon Jan 08, 2007 at 09:40:47 PM EST


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    Perp Walk (none / 0) (#5)
    by Sailor on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 02:33:30 AM EST


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    A two-fer (none / 0) (#13)
    by Edger on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 09:27:04 AM EST
    Huuuuh...

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    Fredo & Moe Green (none / 0) (#6)
    by Edger on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 02:49:06 AM EST


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    Actually I rather liked the caption Huffpo used: (none / 0) (#8)
    by Edger on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 06:39:48 AM EST
    Bush With Jailed Lobbyist Jack Abramoff...

    They're close buddies. It's not good to keep them apart.

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    note how we can see both of The Unit's hands (none / 0) (#3)
    by scribe on Mon Jan 08, 2007 at 09:50:26 PM EST
    but not Jack's left hand?

    I never knew Presidential ventriloquism was a subject taught at Brandeis....

    isn't that sweet! (none / 0) (#4)
    by cpinva on Mon Jan 08, 2007 at 10:53:49 PM EST
    they look kind of cute together, really. in a "could we be any doofier?" kind of way.

    Sic Semper Tyrannis (none / 0) (#7)
    by Aaron on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 03:47:33 AM EST
    A picture of our president, the traitor to the Republic, and one of his accomplices in crime.

    With the new GOP policy of smiling... (none / 0) (#9)
    by stormbear on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 08:13:33 AM EST
    ... for the cameras during booking, I can't tell if these are mugshots or not!

    Jack has packed on the weight since that photo (none / 0) (#10)
    by Kitt on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 08:40:06 AM EST
    All that good eating and favor granting.

    So the Secret Service is under the auspices of Homeland Security; they sign an agreement with the White House to not release the logs of the visitors trasping thru. Yep, time to break out the photo logs.

    Will the Defendants Please Rise.... (none / 0) (#11)
    by kdog on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 09:03:21 AM EST


    Interesting (none / 0) (#15)
    by scarshapedstar on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 12:19:33 PM EST
    Not too long ago the White House claimed this picture didn't exist.

    What will we tell the children?

    Looks like... (none / 0) (#16)
    by desertswine on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 12:39:17 PM EST
    Jack Abramoff and J. Fred Muggs.

    You Got Away With It (none / 0) (#18)
    by john horse on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 04:52:09 PM EST
    One of the guys in the picture reminds me of a frat boy that Todd Snider once knew.  He even wrote a song about it called You Got Away With It.

    Is it me (none / 0) (#19)
    by Che's Lounge on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 09:33:11 PM EST
    or could Honest Abe have spent a bit more on his clothier?

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