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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:00 PM
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GOP Senator: 7 Lawmakers HEADED TO PRISON After Corruption Probes!
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 05:06 PM by kpete
GOP senator expects seven lawmakers headed to prison after corruption probes

RAW STORY
Published: Saturday April 15, 2006


A Republican senator told a town hall meeting on Friday that he expects at least seven lawmakers will go to jail in the wake of investigations related to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others, according to an Oklahoma newspaper, RAW STORY has found.

Speaking in Wagoner, Oklahoma, Senator Tom Coburn (OK-R) said that "if you've been keeping up with things, you've got a pretty good idea" who the unnamed lawmakers might be.

Tulsa World reports that Coburn indicated that six congressman and a senator would end up being convicted on corruption charges and that "members of both parties have been involved in questionable dealings."

Last month, Senator Coburn voted against the lobbying reform bill after an amendment was rejected "that would have given Senators greater power to block egregious earmarks."


more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/GOP_Senator_says_7_lawmakers_headed_0415.html
edit to add link:
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4773216
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:02 PM
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1. Rut-Roh
:popcorn: :popcorn:
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:03 PM
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2. I hope Hastert is amonst the congressmen
And Frist is the senator.
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 06:09 PM
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11. i'm with you hang-a-left
i pray that fat pig Hastert gets what coming to him....he makes me gag !!
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:03 PM
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3. ok, DeLay and Ney... who else?
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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:07 PM
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4. come on.....who else?
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:12 PM
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5. My guess on the senator is Burns
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:12 PM
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6. article does NOT give names
WAGONER, Okla. U-S Senator Tom Coburn isn't naming names, but he expects six congressmen and a fellow senator will go to jail.

That's because he thinks they'll be facing corruption charges following investigations involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others.

Speaking at a town hall meeting in Wagoner last night, Coburn said that "if you've been keeping up with things, you've got a pretty good idea" of who the seven lawmakers are.

The Oklahoma Republican says members of both parties have been involved in questionable dealings.

The remarks were made in relation to his attempts to curb "earmarking," which is the practice of inserting appropriations for specific projects into unrelated bills.

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4773216
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:16 PM
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7. J.D. Hayworth, may one of them be him. n/t
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Guckert Donating Member (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:30 PM
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9. I will pray to thier God every day that that piece of slime gets locked up
Their God of Corruption, Greed, and Hate. Not Jesus or his Dad.
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CrazyForKucinich Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:51 AM
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20. that would be great.
I can't stand that guy.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:19 PM
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8. Do we have a guess, or can we make a wish list?
Wouldnt ya like to see Boehner on the list along with DeLay. I've heard he was anything but lilly white when he took over the leadership spot.
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:33 PM
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10. There WAS a list, and as I recall Hayworth was one of the top
implicated individuals.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 06:10 PM
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12. Is this another one of those "more later" and later=never rawstories?
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robertarctor Donating Member (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 06:32 PM
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13. John Doolittle and his wife, perhaps?
Doolittle's as dirty as they come.
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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 07:03 PM
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14. K&R BABY!
:kick:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:44 PM
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15. Is Coburn one and distracting attention? Hmmmm. nt
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:59 PM
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16. Members of both parties? LIAR --
LI-AAAAAARRRRRRRRR.

:mad:
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:46 AM
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17. Roy Blunt, eventually.
Blunt kept the machine oiled for five months, ending earlier this year. He almost certainly presided over the destruction of evidence during that time, he's almost certainly obstructed investigators in that time, and he's almost certain to get caught for it, eventually.

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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:48 AM
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18. Please let one of them be Ney. n/t
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:41 AM
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19. let's guess
Ney, Doolittle, DeLay, Hastert, Hayworth, Charles Taylor, and Conrad Burns.
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