State By State GOP Scandal Scorecard
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State by State GOP Scandal Scorecard at WayneMadsenReport.com.
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State by State GOP Scandal Scorecard at WayneMadsenReport.com.
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I agree that recently there are a number of corrupt members of the Republican Party and it is easy to attack the party, but when you do this and forget to discuss the corrupt members of the Democrat Party it just appears that you are showing bias. Just because there some corrupt people in the party it by no means condemns the entire GOP. One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch. As I have stated on my blog, if Libby and DeLay are convicted then they should be hammered to the full extent of the law. If they aren’t convicted then they should be left alone, after all an indictment isn’t a conviction.
Gee: I wouldn’t think of trying to tarnish the whole party with the few (and growing number of ) shady activities being engaged in by the parties leaders.
Just because Tom Delay was indicted for laundering money he recieved from Jack Abramoff, paid into his not-for-profits and PAC’s, which came from cheating Indian tribes, by billing them for work not performed, to help them run their Casinos. And just because Jack Abramoff passed some of the Indian gaming money to Reed, of the Christian Coalition, for helping him scare the Indians by chanting “No Gambling”. I wouldn’t think of tarnishing the whole party with it, even if Scanlon’s plea agreement is expected to expose some 35 more Republicans as implicated in bribe taking. I agree, that’s not the whole party.
The rest of the parties membership, appears to each have problems of their own, too numerous to mention here, but I don’t yet believe that there might not be some one of them who isn’t either under investigation, or facing indictment, wearing a wire, or otherwise involved in plea negotiations. So as not to unfairly prejudice those plea investigations, I’ll not accuse them of anything yet, I’ll just keep reading and suspending my judgement. BTW; Wasn’t the Cunnigham thing something? A decorated war hero and God fearing Republican, certainly put on a show of sincere contrition didn’t he?
Obwon2
Thank you Obwon2! Where can I visit you? We were laughing over here.
I post in nyc.politics on usenet. Been a regular of OJ
during the trials and a “vet” of the Clinton era/saga. 🙂
(oh, my, I just re-read what I wrote, I should have a
website, eh? But alas, no time. Feel free to email me
though).
But, back on subject for a moment, here’s the brief,
unfinished list, I had to retype in prep for research.
Believe me this isn’t the half of it. 9-11 appears to
have so many domestic artifacts in it, it would be very
difficult (if not impossible?) to think it isn’t a “homegrown”
attack like Ok. City. But later for that. Just look at this
reference to some of the “few bad apples”.
from: http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/gopscorecard.htm
Alabama
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Sen. Richard Shelby
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Gov. Robert Riley
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff.
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Alaska
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Senate President Ben Stevens
(son of US Senate Pro Tem
President Ted Stevens)
Probed for accepting consulting fees from
oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition.
Sen. Ted Stevens
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Arkansas
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Arkansas Republican Party
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Arizona
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Rep. J. D. Hayworth
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Rick Renzi
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
California
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ethics probe for accepting salary from
two men’s fitness magazines while governor,
possible kickback from American Media
publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and
silence money to a woman who had
an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger.
This probe may go criminal.
Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham
Probed for bribery regarding financial ties
with and favors for defense firm MZM.
Pleaded guilty to tax evasion, conspiracy,
Nov. 28, 2005.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Tied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Richard Pombo
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. John Doolittle
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff,
including Indian casino money
Rep. Ed Royce
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Colorado
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Colorado Republican Party
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Connecticut
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Gov. John Rowland
Convicted, imprisoned 2004
Rep. Rob Simmons
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Delaware
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Attorney General Jane Brady
Accused of helping MBNA Bank of
Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws.
DC, Wash
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Jack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist
Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy
Adam Kidan,
DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise in DC
and Abramoff associate
Michael Scanlon,
former chief of staff to Tom DeLay
Being probed for involvement in Indian
casino scandal with Abramoff, Kidan,
and DeLay.
Indicted Nov. 18, 2005 for conspiracy
to defraud Indian tribes. Pleaded
guilty Nov. 21
Steve Rosen, American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Indicted for criminal conspiracy
involving classified national security
information
Keith Weismann, AIPAC
Indicted for criminal conspiracy
involving classified national
security information
Larry Franklin, Colonel, USAF
Reserves, Dept. of Defense
Indicted for criminal conspiracy
involving classified national
security information
Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President’s
Chief of Staff Probed for illegal disclosure
of CIA classified information. Indicted on
5 counts: Obstruction of justice, making
false statements and perjury
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove
Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified
information
David H. Safavian, Head of Procurement
Policy, Office of Management and Budget,
former Chief of Staff, General Service
Administration
Arrested by FBI for making false statements
about helping Jack Abramoff acquire two
Federal properties in DC and Maryland.
Kenneth Tomlinson
Ex-Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Chairman and current Broadcasting Board
of Governors member
Under investigation for violating the
Public Broadcasting Act
Patricia Harrison,
President Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Probed for violating Public Broadcasting Act
Vice President Dick Cheney
Investigated for criminal conspiracy
in divulging the identity of covert CIA agent
President George W. Bush
Probed in Abramoff scandal for accepting
bags of illegal campaign cash from Seminole
casino interests in Florida
J. Steven Griles,
former Interior Deputy Secretary
Probed for links to Abramoff
Florida
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Rep. Katherine Harris, US Senate candidate
Probed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc.
(related to Duke Cunningham probe)
Rep. Tom Feeney
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff.
Probed for corporate ties to Yang Enterprises,
involved in over billing state of Florida.
Feeney was Jeb Bush’s 1994 running mate
for Lt. Gov.
Rep. Ric Keller
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
and Kidan.
Georgia
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Ralph Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov.
Probed for involvement in Abramoff,
Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money
laundering.
Sen. John Isakson
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Phil Gingrey
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Jack Kingston
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Guam
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Gov. Felix Camacho
Probed for ties to Abramoff and demoting
Acting US Attorney for Guam Frederick
Black
Hawaii
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New Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC
Campaign violations filed against a
number of GOP candidates for the state
legislature and US House for skirting
spending limits.
Dalton Tanonaka, former Lt.
gubernatorial and congressional candidate
Under FEC investigation for disguising and
failing to report campaign loans. Also
investigated for possible illegal foreign
funding from Hong Kong and Japan.
State Rep. and House Minority Leader Galen Fox
Convicted on federal charges of fondling a woman
on a Honolulu to Los Angeles commercial flight
Idaho
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Rep. Michael Simpson
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Butch Otter
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Illinois
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Probed for accepting money from Turkey.
Rep. Jerry Weller
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
(Weller is married to the daughter of
Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer
[300,0000 Guatemalans] Efrain Rios Montt).
Republican National Treasurer Bob Kjellander
Under Federal probe for steering investment
contracts to Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund.
Former House Leader State Rep. Lee Daniels (Elmhurst)
Under Federal investigation for misuse of state
employees for political activity and state
contract kickbacks
Indiana
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Rep. Dan Burton
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Gov. Mitch Daniels
Under investigation for soliciting campaign
donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept.
of Transportation contracts)
Thomas Sharp, INDOT Commissioner
Under investigation for soliciting campaign
donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept.
of Transportation contracts)
Jim Kittle, GOP state chairman
Under investigation for soliciting campaign
donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept.
of Transportation contracts)
Rep. Chris Chocola
Received DeLay ARMPAC money.
FEC investigating
Iowa
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Rep. Jim Ryun
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Sam Brownback
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Adam Taff
2004 congressional candidate (KS-3),
indicted for campaign violations and
wire fraud.
Kentucky
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Gov. Ernie Fletcher
Criminal probe in a state employees’
merit system scandal. Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC,
linked to Abramoff.
Transportation Commissioner Dan Druen
Merit system scandal, witness tampering.
Indicted.
Deputy Personnel Secretary Bob Wilson
Merit system scandal. Indicted
Darrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Gov. Personnel Adviser Basil Turbyfill
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Transportation Secretary ill Nighbert
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Dick Murgatroyd, Gov. Deputy Chief of Staff
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Jim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Cory Meadows, Executive Director,
Transportation Dept.
Merit system scandal. Indicted.
Environmental Protection Commissioner
Lloyd Cress
Probed in merit system scandal
Sen. Jim Bunning
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Lt. Gov. Stephen Pence
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Dave Disponett
Indicted for violation of Kentucky
civil service law
Louisiana
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Sen. David Vitter
Linked to Abramoff in a case involving
a Louisiana Indian tribe.
Maine
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Maine Republican Party
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Maryland
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Joseph Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Resigned for starting a rumor campaign
against Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley.
Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Massachusetts
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Gov. Mitt Romney’s Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs
Under ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000
contract to conservative Boston Herald
columnist to write columns supportive of
Romney’s policies.
Lawrence Novak, Vice Chair, state GOP
Arrested by FBI for drug money laundering
Michigan
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Rep. Dave Camp
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Attorney General Mike Cox
Failed to pursue felony pollution charges
against Graceland Fruit after a major
Department of Environmental Quality
investigation.
Rep. Candice Miller
Investigated by House Erthics Committee
for accepting campaign contributions in
return for her yes vote on the 2004
Medicare bill.
Minnesota
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Rep. Gil Gutknecht
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Missouri
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Sen. Christopher Bond
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Jim Talent
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Gov. Matt Blunt, son of Roy Blunt
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Rep. Roy Blunt, House Majority Leader
Investigated for trading illegal PAC money
with DeLay through Blunt’s Rely on Your
Beliefs Fund. Received Indian casino money
from tribes represented by Abramoff.
Mississippi
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Rep. Charles Pickering
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Roger Wicker
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Thad Cochran
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Trent Lott
Received funds from casino Indian
tribes represented by Abramoff
Montana
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Sen. Conrad Burns
Probed for links to Abramoff
Rep. Dennis Rehberg
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Nebraska
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Former Rep. Jon Christensen
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Received tainted money from DeLay.
Refused to return it
Nevada
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Sen. John Ensign
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Jon Porter
Received $25,000 from DeLay’s ARMPAC
New Hampshire
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Sen. John Sununu
Probed for receipt of money from
DeLay tainted PAC
Rep. Jeb Bradley
Probed for receipt of money from
DeLay tainted PAC
House Speaker Gene Chandler
Campaign contributions violations
James Tobin, Northeast political director
National Republican Senatorial Campaign
Committee
Indicted, conspiracy, GOTV phone line
jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign
Chuck McGee, former Exec. Dir. New
Hampshire Republican Party
Pleaded guilty, conspiracy, GOTV phone
line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign
Allen Raymond, GOP Marketplace President
Pleaded guilty to conspiracy, GOTV phone
line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign
New Jersey
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GOP State Chairman Tom Wilson
Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million
from the Burlington County Bridge
Commission
Rep. Jim Saxton
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Mike Ferguson
Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million
from the Burlington County Bridge
Commission
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff,
may have illegally “wheeled” money from
DeLay through his “MIKEPAC” to GOP
candidates in Texas and other states
New Mexico
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Rep. Heather Wilson
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
New York
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Westchester County District Attorney
Jeanine Pirro and US Senate candidate
Probed for campaign donations from
mobsters. Her husband served a year
in prison for tax evasion.
Northern Marianas
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Gov. Froilan Tenorio
Grand Jury probe, ties to Abramoff
North Carolina
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Rep. Charles Taylor
Probed for ownership of shady Russian
bank – whose other major investor is a
former KGB general. Recipient of
contributions from Abramoff
Hayes Martin, Taylor Campaign Treasurer
Indicted, fraud and money laundering
Rep. Walter Jones
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
North Dakota
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Richard Clayburgh, House candidate
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Ohio
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Gov. Bob Taft,
Misuse of state funds/ethics violations
Convicted, four first degree misdemeanors,
pleaded no contest (admission of guilt).
$4000 fine and public apology, two Federal
Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still
investigating Taft.
Thomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign
chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike Commissioner;
University Regent
Misuse of state funds for rare coin fund.
Indicted by Federal grand jury, arrested
in Florida.
Bernadette Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife; chair
Lucas County GOP; chair Lucas Co. Board
of Elections
Misuse of state funds
Brian Hicks, Taft chief of staff, member
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Convicted
Cherie Carroll, Taft Chief of Staff
Executive Secretary
Convicted
Rep. Bob Ney
Being probed for involvement with
Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian
casino money laundering. Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff and
Kidan. Indictment may be imminent.
Rep. Jean Schmidt
Probe of financial ties to Games, Inc.,
and proposal to put Ohio State Lottery
on the Internet. Received contributions
from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Rep. Ralph Regula
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Douglas Moormann, Gov. Taft’s Executive
Assistant for Business and Industry
Under criminal investigation for accepting
loan from Noe
Oklahoma
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Rep. Ernest Istook
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. James Inhofe
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Tom Coburn
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Oregon
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Sen. Gordon Smith
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
State Rep. Dan Doyle
Misused campaign funds. Convicted.
Pennsylvania
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Rep. Don Sherwood
Investigated by DC police for assaulting
and choking a 29-year old Maryland woman
Rep. Curt Weldon
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Arlen Specter
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick
Recipient of money from DeLay’s ARMPAC
(subject of Federal indictments), money
laundered from Abramoff sources.
Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rican New Progressive Party
(GOP affiliate party)
Paid Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying
for 1998 statehood referendum
Rhode Island
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Former House candidate (2002) Mike Battles
Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq
contracts after allegations of over charging
and money laundering
Providence Mayor Vince Cianci
Imprisoned in 2002 for 5 years.
South Carolina
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Rep. Joe Wilson
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Rep. Gresham Barrett
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Rep. Henry Brown
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
South Dakota
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Sen. John Thune
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Bill Janklow
Guilty, second degree manslaughter,
imprisoned. Recipient of contributions
from Abramoff
Tennessee
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Rep. Van Hilleary
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Bill Frist
Under Securities and Exchange Commission
investigation for insider trading on his
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
stock
Texas
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Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader
Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties
to Abramoff/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops.
Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor,
and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay.
Indicted by Travis County District Attorney
for 1 count of criminal conspiracy and 2
counts of money laundering. Arrested and
booked at Harris County jail October 20,
2005. Recipient of contributions from
Abramoff. Conspiracy to commit money
laundering and money laundering charges
still stand after Texas Judge dropped the
one count of criminal conspiracy on
December 5, 2005.
Jim Ellis, Director Americans for a
Republican Majority (ARMPAC) PAC tied
to DeLay and Abramoff
Indicted
John Colyandro, Texans for a Republican
Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate
Indicted
Warren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate
Indicted
House Speaker Tom Craddick
Probed for campaign violations
involving TRMPAC and DeLay
Sam Walls, candidate for Texas House
Photos of him wearing women’s clothes
surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign
State Rep. Todd Baxter
Investigated for receiving ARMPAC and
TRMPAC money from Republican National
Committee. To resign from office on
Nov. 1, 2005
Rep. Kevin Brady
Recipient of $10,000 from ARMPAC in
2003. Arrested for DWI in South Dakota
Probed for receiving money from casino
Indian tribes represented by Abramoff
Utah
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Rep. Chris Cannon
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Vermont
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Gov. Jim Douglas
Opposition to universal health care in
Vermont tied to huge contributions from
insurance industry.
Virginia
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Rep. Virgil Goode
Probed for contributions from MZM, Inc.
(related to Duke Cunningham probe)
Jerry Kilgore, gubernatorial candidate
Received $5000 from MZM, Inc.
Rep. Eric Cantor
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Randy Forbes
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. George Allen
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Tom Davis
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
and Kidan.
Washington
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Rep. George Nethercutt
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Doc Hastings
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Spokane Mayor Jim West
Under Federal and state investigation for
abusing his office to obtain sexual favors
and soliciting sex over the Internet from
underage males.
West Virginia
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Rep. Shelly Moore Capito
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Wisconsin
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Rep. Paul Ryan
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Mark Green
Recipient of funds from DeLay’s ARMPAC
Wyoming
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Sen. Mike Enzi
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Barbara Cubin
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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I know some are going to say: “Gee, getting money from Abramoff seems pretty innocent!” Well, for starters it’s corrupt money, it has not only gone to congresspersons who just happened to have voted the right way, it’s also being recognised as corrupt funds and being returned by many. Does that say something? Probably, but there’s also a whole lot of corrupt money in both the GOP/RNC and Bush campaign coffers, and there’s “resistance” to the idea of giving it back. Like, for instance, the funds from Mo that were taken from a state retirement fund, invested into rare coins, that went “missing”, the Atty Gen. of that state has traced these funds, for example, to Bush campaign coffers, they aren’t about to give any of it back.
I could fill an encyclopedia like Britannica and still not cover all the scandals that are breaking over republicans. So the “One Bad Apple” theory is going the way of the flat earth beliefs.
Obwon2
Hey gang, let’s go christmas caroling:
[to the tune of “walkin in a winter wonder land”]
Mr. Blunt are you listenin?
In the Court chairs are glistenin
As Scanlon sings song, you’ll frogmarch along
for playing in the K-Street Wonderland.
In the medow we will build a strawman,
and pretend he’s Iraq’s Saddam
We’ll say “You have weapons”,
He’ll say “No Man,
But can you sell me more
when you’re in town?”
Later on, we’ll conspire
As we sit by the fire,
to face unafraid the plans to invade
supported by the K-Street Wonderland
[Okay, who wants to write the next verse?
Obwon2
Wow, didn’t know corruption was so rampant.
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