"Delay Knew Everything, He Knew All The Details"

[Nbadan]

Luncheon Companion of Jack Abramoff Says the Former Lobbyist Lashed Out Last Week: 'Delay Knew Everything. He Knew All the Details.'


NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- At lunch at his downtown Washington restaurant last week, Jack Abramoff -- the once Washington superlobbyist who is now the target of a Justice Department criminal probe -- lashed out in frustration and was noticeably caustic about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, reports Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff in the April 18 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, April 11). "Everybody is lying," Abramoff told a former colleague. "Those S.O.B.s," Abramoff said about DeLay and his staffers, according to his luncheon companion. "DeLay knew everything. He knew all the details." There are e-mails and records that will implicate others, Abramoff said.

For years, Abramoff raised hundreds of thousands for DeLay's political
causes and hired DeLay's aides, or kicked them business, when they left his
employ. But now DeLay, too, has problems-in part because of overseas trips
allegedly paid for by Abramoff's clients. In response, DeLay and his aides
have said repeatedly they were unaware of Abramoff's behind-the-scenes
financing role.

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Its no small wonder that many Republican legislators who are owned by Delay's Republican Cash cow machine (http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB2XSUPD7E.html) are turning their backs on him.

[exstatic]

He's going Newt. I would say he will be an historic fact by 2008, at the latest.

[The Ressurrected One]

He's going Newt. I would say he will be an historic fact by 2008, at the latest.
Actually, Newt Gingrich is still pretty influential in American Politics...now Jim Wright, there's an implosion.

DeLay needs to go back to Texas and earn a living.

[MannyIsGod]

Delay needs to go to hell and earn a living.

[The Ressurrected One]

Delay needs to go to hell and earn a living.
Sounds harsh but, since you obviously have some insight and ability to judge eternal salvation...so be it.

[JoeChalupa]

There should be no Delay.

[The Ressurrected One]

Sanders paid wife, stepdaughter for campaign efforts (http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8676~2813819,0.html#)

What's amazing is nothing these people are doing is illegal...it leads me to wonder why DeLay is getting such a raking over.

Anyone that is being remotely honest with themselves can see that the mainstream media is an absolutely liberal institution. From polls that show the majority of reporters always vote for Democrats to studies of their broadcasts...the evidence is overwhelming. The left can protest the idea all it wants but, the leftist bias in our mainstream media is patently obvious and overwhelming. One need look no further than how the Bush-hating left covers this administration. But now we have an interesting tidbit, courtesy of Robert Novak, that takes the media bias to a new level: outright political propaganda.

The media is out for blood and their latest target is House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. The Texas Republican is being accused of ethical lapses. Some of what he did looks questionable, but is within the law and perhaps most importantly, is done by politicians of both parties all the time. No matter, the left wants him out. Democrats need a target; they need a hook if they're to have any hope of winning back the House next year. Since they've been mad at DeLay for his role in Congressional redistricting, he's become a convenient target.

Many have called for him to step aside, including a few spineless "Republicans." With DeLay in the headlines, the New York Times set out to find some more Republicans to call for his ouster. They wanted somebody to write an op-ed piece. A couple weeks ago someone from the Times sent former Louisiana Congressman Bob Livingston an e-mail asking if he would write such a piece. When informed that it would be supportive of DeLay, they took a pass. In other words, if it didn't support their political agenda, they had no interest in what he had to say.

If you remember, Livingston was set to become Speaker of the House when Newt Gingrich stepped down in 1998. He resigned when a sexual affair he was having became public and the job eventually fell to Dennis Hastert. At any rate, Livingston didn't wind up writing anything for the New York Times. Perhaps their slogan, 'All The News That's Fit To Print' now means that only Bush-hating, leftist, liberal propaganda is fit to print.

Forget media bias, folks. They've started just manufacturing the news.