Abramoff: "The Democrats, on the other hand, are going overboard..."

[sabra]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/08/politics/main1384881.shtml

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Abramoff said he thought about, but decided against, selling his photos with the Bushes for money. Publications were making Abramoff offers that rose to the low seven figures, Vanity Fair reports.

He blames the Bush administration for the media attention.

"My so-called relationship with Bush, Rove and everyone else at the White House has only become important because instead of just releasing details about the very few times I was there, they created a feeding frenzy by their deafening silence," Abramoff told the magazine.

"The Democrats, on the other hand, are going overboard, virtually insisting I was there to plan the invasion of Iraq."

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Sorry if the Dems care about America, Jackie, old pal.

:eyes:

[0007]

2. Don't get off your feed now Jack. No one is talking about you

being a neocon.

[Atman]

3. BULLSHIT!

The law forbids him from profiting off his crimes. He was reportedly offered seven figures for photographs of him with Bushies, but once he plead guilty, he was no longer legally allowed to take the money, he'd have to give it to the indian tribes. As was explained earlier by one talking head, Abramoff is a loyal partisan, and he knows where his support comes from.

He'll get far more than seven figures from the GOP if he plays along.

[cantstandbush]

4. Did he deny he wasn't there to help plan the invasion of Iraq?

sorry, I must have missed it if he did.

[buddysmellgood]

7. I agree. We have to look into it now. He's begging us to.

[unblock]

5. he was just a poor lobbyist. why would any believe he had connections?

:sarcasm:

[WhiteTara]

6. "The Democrats, on the other hand, are going overboard,

virtually insisting I was there to plan the invasion of Iraq."

No Jack, we don't think you planned that; just the stealing of our money. You're just a greedy f*ck, that's all.

[xray s]

8. Jack wasn't there to plan the invasion of Iraq

He was there to cash in on the invasion of Iraq.

[KittyWampus]

9. Logs show Abramoff was at or contacting the WH almost every business day

IIRC

[niyad]

10. let's see, we've gone from bush saying, "I don't know him" to abramoff

waxing eloquent about him and *talking about their offspring in dozens of meetings, to "the very few times I was there" does jack forget that WE HAVE THE PICTURES????

[sutz12]

11. How can he protect them....

since they've all been throwing him under the bus?

How can he have any loyalty to these guys?

Oh, that's right. Personal loyalty is more important than the country or the law or such trivialities like that.