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Gee you say I'm jumping the gun, that evrybody gets a fair trial? just think albout all the assumptions the conservatives made about Clinton before his impeachment trial.

Now this is what I was saying about the republicans trying to blame it all on Democrats. Theyre good at this--look how theyre going after the whistleblower who leaked the news about Bush 's illegal spying practices on American citizens. You havent heard the last of that. Republicans think they finally got what they aslways wanted---to spy on their fellow citizens without being bothered by those pesky Constitutional guarantees. But what goes around comes around.

First let me say that if any Democrat is cought up in this and committed crimes in any way, they deserve condign justice just as Republicans do
if Reid committed crimes, let him get what he deserves and with the Republicans running Congress thats all they'll want to look at him first last and always. But that won't stick
Now: Name another Democrat involved.
Can't??? Match this, all Republicans

Tom DeLay

Bob Ney

Grover Norquist

Ralph Reed

John Doolittle

Dana Rohrabacher

Chris Cannon

Dan Burton

Richard Pombo

George Radanovich

Robert Ehrlich

Tom Feeney

Rob Simmons

Denny Hastert

Ben Fitial (Governor-elect CNMI)

Roy Blunt

Conrad Burns

Dennis Rehberg

Jim Saxton

Charles Taylor

Mike Fitzpatrick

Pete Sessions

Tom Davis

George Nethercutt

Charles Pickering

Kay Granger

Steven Griles

These are all Republicans implicated in this scandal. Its not about who took money from Abramoff by the way, or his Indian Clients--that was legal. There's 210 Congressmen (mostly Republiicans) who took money from Abranoffs clients What was illegal is the favors the Republicans did for Abramoff in return--that you'll NEVER be able to prove on Reid. But theyre going to do it with Delay and Ney and their revolving door staffers taking jobs with Abramoffs lobbying firm
Reid didn't get invited on the million dollar golf trips to Scotland that Delay, Ney and Safavian did THAT ARE ON ABRAMOFFS VISA CARD. Including the $2000 greens fees per golfer. Its illegal to take gratuities from lobbyists that have business before the government--as Abramoff did when Delay Ney and Safavian took those golf trips. Republicans don't think this is a crime--taking money from someone with business before the Congress but rest assured: it is! THIS is what the crimes are about--not necssarily who took money from who
Delay and Ney are trying to pretend this was all part of ffundrainsing and that they had no effect on their voting on issues exactly the way Abramoff wanted them to.
Whats going to come out is how Delay and Ney and the others complied with Abramoffs wish list in terms of policy creation--that they voted exactly the way he wanted them to after taking his bribes.
You'll never stick Reid with that---but Delay, Ney, Pombo, Rorhrabacher, Doolittle, Burns, Blunt and others have a whole lot off explaining to do. theyve got their names all over legislation benfitting Abramoffs Indian clients aand his Marianas sweat shop owners.
BRING THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ON!!! As soon as posssible!!
Its lots of fun to watch Republicans being led away in handcuffs.