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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (50846)	1/8/2006 9:54:07 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

You're such a clever lawyer... I'm sure you could do a bang up job defending the 50 or so GOP congresspeople and senators when they get indicted.

To: jlallen who wrote (50846)	1/8/2006 10:08:45 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

Dean Crushes Blitzer On Abramoff Politics Oh, baby. Stop what you're doing and watch this video clip (via Atrios). Howard Dean leaves Wolf Blitzer sputtering. I'll be back later with a transcript. UPDATE: Ok, here's my transcript, but watch the video if you can to get the full effect. BLITZER: Should Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, who's now pleaded guilty to bribery charges among other charges, a Republican lobbyist in Washington — should the Democrats who took money from him give that money to charity or give it back? DEAN: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff. Not one. Not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican, every person under investigation is a Republican, every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money, and we've looked through all those FEC reports to make sure that's true. BLITZER: [Stammering] But through various Abramoff-related organizations, and outfits, a bunch of Democrats did take money that presumably originated with Jack Abramoff. DEAN: That's not true either. There's no evidence for that either, there's no evidence... BLITZER: What about Senator, what about, what about, what about Senator Byron Dorgan? DEAN: Senator Byron Dorgan and some others took money from Indian tribes. They're not agents of Jack Abramoff. There's no evidence that I've seen that Jack Abramoff directed any contributions to Democrats. I know the Republican National Committee would like to get the Democrats involved in this. They're scared. They should be scared. They haven't told the truth, and they have misled the American people, and now it appears they're stealing from Indian tribes. The Democrats are not involved in this. BLITZER: [Long pause, apparently getting direction in his earpiece] [Sigh] Unfortunately, we, uh, Mr. Chairman, we've got to leave it right there. I love how Blitzer says that money donated by Indian tribes "presumably originated with Jack Abramoff," with absolutely no evidence or basis in fact. Objective journalism at its finest. pastpeak.com

To: jlallen who wrote (50846)	1/8/2006 10:17:14 PM
From: Land Shark	Respond to of 93284

Delay had to be pushed out by his Collegues: guardian.co.uk