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Corruption or Coincidence
While the democrats bray about a "culture of corruption" they neglect to point out that their leadership, including Nevada's embarassing senior Senator, has ties to Abramoff.
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Republican ties to Abramoff are evidence of corruption; democrat ties to Abramoff are merely coincidence
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- 12.15.2005
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Reid’s Abramoff Affiliated Indian Tribe Money
SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE
$10,000 2004
AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS
$2,000 2004
SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE
$4,000 2004
AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS
$7,500 2004
MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS
$2,000 2002
MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS
$5,000 2004
SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE
$10,000 2004
CHITIMATCHA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA
$5,000 2002
SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE
$5,000 2002
Sub Total $50,500
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- 01.07.2006
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Democrats have tried painting Jack Abramoff's sleazy and allegedly criminal lobbying efforts as a strictly Republican scandal for the last several months, tying Abramoff chiefly to Tom DeLay. However, as the investigation into Abramoff continues, more and more ties to Democrats have emerged, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. Now it appears that the ranking Senate Democrat on the committee that has taken the lead in investigating Abramoff has more than a oversight connection to Abramoff himself:
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Captainsquartersblog.com - 11.29.2005
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Edward Ayoob is a former veteran legislative aide to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, hired as a lobbyist by Abramoff.
Reid, who undertook several actions favorable to Abramoff's clients, ultimately received more than $66,000 in Abramoff-related donations from 2001 to 2004.
Ayoob held a fundraising reception for Reid at the offices of Abramoff's firm, Greenberg Traurig.
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Working for Change.com - 12.12.2005
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Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid sent a letter to Norton on March 5, 2002 ... The next day, the Coushattas issued a $5,000 check to Reid's tax-exempt political group, the Searchlight Leadership Fund. A second Abramoff tribe sent another $5,000 to Reid's group. Reid ultimately received more than $66,000 in Abramoff-related donations between 2001 and 2004. ...
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Captainsquartersblog.com - 11.17.2005
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The next time a Democrat talks about the culture of corruption, ask him or her when Harry Reid will step down from his leadership role in the Senate. The culture unfortunately pervades DC politics without regard to the R or D after the name; it relies on human nature and greed, one of our least partisan and most unfortunate impulses. Talking about it as a partisan issue may well be the rankest and most foolish demagoguery found in our political debate.
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Captainsquartersblog.com - 11.17.2005
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PS Washington Post Says
"Don't Bet on Coincidence"
On the Senate side, Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), now the Senate minority leader, also wrote Ms. Norton in opposition to the casino. The letter was dated March 5, 2002. On March 6, 2002, one of Mr. Abramoff's tribal clients wrote a $5,000 check to Mr. Reid's Searchlight Leadership Fund. "There is absolutely no connection between the letter and the fundraising," said Mr. Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley. Another coincidence! Mr. Reid's Abramoff-related total: $66,000 between 2001 and 2004.
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Washington Post - 11.18.2005
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