Once again a reminder: DEMOCRATS DID NOT RECEIVE $$ FROM ABRAMOFF [View All]

[LynneSin]

http://www.capitaleye.org/abramoff_donor.asp

Not a single democrat there.

The democrats did receive donations from American Tribes, some of which had associations with Abramoff but not necessarily made because of Abramoff. If you're a senator or representative who happens to try and do good works for the Native Americans (Like Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island) you might be on the receiving end of donations.

The scandal, in a nutshell:

Abramoff was funnelling money he received from Indian Tribes who turned to Abramoff in hopes of getting favors to have their casinos opened. Abramoff worked with Rick Reed (fundie nut-job from Georgia); Reed is 'anti-casino' and would lobby against competitive tribes who were trying to open up casinos against Abramoff tribes. The money that the Tribes were donating to Abramoff were funnelled back into many many Republican candidates and PACS. Abramoff never donated to Democrats, couldn't stand them.

Welcome to the new Democratic Majority - republicans are gonna pull every dirty trick in the book to try and get back the majority. If you're in congress, a democrat and even JAY-WALKED illegally you're past will come back to haunt you!


EDIT NOTE:

For even more details (because trust me, there is alot I didn't mention like Marianas Island) you can get a better summary here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff