Nbadan
01-23-2006, 02:32 PM
Bush Aide Says Abramoff Photos Coincidence
Monday January 23, 2006 1:03 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - An adviser to President Bush said Monday that Bush's photographs in the company of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff amount to a coincidence and shouldn't be interpreted any more seriously than that.
``He doesn't have a personal relationship with him,'' White House counselor Dan Bartlett said of Bush and Abramoff, who recently pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his lobbying practices and has pledged to cooperate with government prosecutors.
``We acknowledge he (Abramaoff) attended some Hannukuah celebrations,'' Bartlett said in an appearance on NBC's ``Today'' show. ``Any suggestions by critics or anyone else to suggest the president is doing something nefarious with Abramoff is absurd.''
Bush himself has said that he doesn't recall meeting Abramoff.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5564534,00.html)
See, according to Bartlett, Jack Abramoff was just celebrating Hannukuah, or Heiniken, with the President. Nothing to see here sheeple.
Oppsiiieee...
This careful judge of what it means to be an "honorable public servant" had reason to prefer the Bush administration's taste in appointees. After the 2000 election, Abramoff was named to the Bush transition team for the Interior Department, which regulates the Indian casinos that paid Abramoff his inflated fees.
Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010501903.html)
All that money going from Abramoff's pockets to the coffers of Republican Senators and Congressmen, well, that's a coincidink too...so there.
:hat
Monday January 23, 2006 1:03 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - An adviser to President Bush said Monday that Bush's photographs in the company of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff amount to a coincidence and shouldn't be interpreted any more seriously than that.
``He doesn't have a personal relationship with him,'' White House counselor Dan Bartlett said of Bush and Abramoff, who recently pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his lobbying practices and has pledged to cooperate with government prosecutors.
``We acknowledge he (Abramaoff) attended some Hannukuah celebrations,'' Bartlett said in an appearance on NBC's ``Today'' show. ``Any suggestions by critics or anyone else to suggest the president is doing something nefarious with Abramoff is absurd.''
Bush himself has said that he doesn't recall meeting Abramoff.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5564534,00.html)
See, according to Bartlett, Jack Abramoff was just celebrating Hannukuah, or Heiniken, with the President. Nothing to see here sheeple.
Oppsiiieee...
This careful judge of what it means to be an "honorable public servant" had reason to prefer the Bush administration's taste in appointees. After the 2000 election, Abramoff was named to the Bush transition team for the Interior Department, which regulates the Indian casinos that paid Abramoff his inflated fees.
Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010501903.html)
All that money going from Abramoff's pockets to the coffers of Republican Senators and Congressmen, well, that's a coincidink too...so there.
:hat