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If Abramoff gives us names that lead to convictions, here's what I'd do for him...
Someone below the level of congressman: one year per name, maximum of five years.
Congressmen and senators: two years per name, maximum of six years.
Anyone working at the White House except for Bush: five years per name, maximum of ten years.
If he gives up Bush, Bush is impeached and removed (or see the scenario below), then subsequently tried in criminal court, convicted and jailed, we give Abramoff three years in Club Fed and revoke his lobbyist's license.
The scenario below: Bush doesn't need to be impeached to be gone. There are other ways--in countries with a longer history of monarchy than this one has, it's called a palace coup. Quit your shuddering, you over there in the corner; this is how they got rid of Nixon. I believe that if Bush's shitty approval ratings start to endanger the Republicans in Congress because they're the ones who make it possible for Bush to be a crook, a number of high-level Repukes will pay a visit to Mr. Bush in the White House. They will present him two choices:
Choice One: Vice President Cheney resigns. He is to be replaced by a nice bland old-school Republican, preferably one from outside the Beltway who is not named Bush. Dirk Kempthorne would be halfway acceptable. Or he can just face the music and appoint Senator Kerry as Cheney's replacement. A couple of months later, Bush resigns with full pension. President Kempthorne (or President Kerry) will pardon him and he can go back to Crawford, live off his investments and ride bikes for the rest of his life.
Choice Two: "We'll start by impeaching Vice President Cheney. We will choose a Democrat to be Speaker of the House--nothing in the House rules says we can't--because we're going to stick our fingers in our ears and make loud funny noises so we can't hear who you nominate to replace him as we impeach you and we think it would be lots of fun to dump all the shit you broke on a Democrat. And considering how the Democrats managed to fix your father's fuckups, if we get a Democratic president in there right now and work with him we might actually be able to take credit for fixing your mess. And you'll go down in history as the first president to be removed by impeachment. Now let us tell you what this really means to you. According to the Constitution, the only punishment that can be applied to a president who commits crimes while in office is removal from that office. Fortunately for us and unfortunately for you, the Constitution does not say what to do with a president who's committed so many crimes they can't be counted. So here's how we're going to play it. We figure you committed tens of thousands of crimes. We also know that it only takes one to impeach you. We've decided to choose twelve kinda middle-of-the-road crimes and use them to throw you out of office. Then we're going to take five hundred of your really bad crimes and use them to get you the death penalty. And because they're war crimes, the only possible way we can execute you is by firing squad. Would you like to face New York police officers who were on duty on 9/11...or infantrymen who lost legs in Iraq?"
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