Ex-Rep. Doolittle, caught up in Abramoff scandal, now a lobbyist

[Seedersandleechers]

Source: McClatchy

Sacramento, Calif.,-area residents once called him Republican state senator, then congressman. Federal prosecutors once called him, ominously, Representative 5. Now, starting over at the age of 61, he unashamedly calls himself a lobbyist.

"It's funny," Doolittle said. "That's such a negative term, but if people ask, that's what I say I am."

He laughed. He laughs easily, which is saying something, given all that's transpired.

"I know," said his former colleague Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., "that he and his wife went through a great deal."



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America - what a country!

[Autumn]

1. He's too crooked to legislate government and laws

so he has no choice but to buy our government and laws. Yeah a real problem

[hughee99]

7. There's such a thing as "too crooked to legislate"? There's an impeached federal judge

currently serving in congress.

[russspeakeasy]

2. "he and his wife went through a great deal" ?

No, he and his wife "got" a great deal.

[SoapBox]

3. Rotten, Rotten, Rotten...

to the core!

[xchrom]

4. imagine that...

:eyes:

[shanti]

5. he went out kicking and screaming

and i'm glad! it figures a bum like this would end up a lobbyist. next up-dan lungren!

[Citizen Worker]

6. Ha, ha. Who said crime doesn't pay? It sure does if you're a member of the right club.