Rep. Ney to Temporarily Cede Panel Chair

[SW FL Dem]

Breaking CNN.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060115/ap_on_go_co/ney_abramoff_1

Edited to add link and conform title.

[ananda]

1. How do those Freedom Fries..

.. taste now, Mr. Ney?

[boobooday]

2. EXCELLENT

Don't let the leadership door hit you in the corrupt bum, Mr. Ney.

[rodeodance]

21. ney ney ney

[Submariner]

3. He thinks "temporarily" Bye forever ASSHOLE!

[President Jesus]

4. 'temporarily'

[napi21]

5. Another temporary step-down, huh? Yea right.

I'm thinkin He can be DeLay's cellmate!

[FlemingsGhost]

6. Wasn't Delay "temporarily" stepping away from leadership roles?

Now he's looking at a permanent vacation.


Let's hope it's a trend ...

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Uh, Bob, better make that step #1. Because it's only the first one

Adios, dipsh*t.

[John Q. Citizen]

8. Another one bites the dust! N/T

[sasquatch]

9. *BOOM**BOOM**BOOM* AND ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!!

[hang a left]

10. Check out the Newsweek and Time Stories I posted in LBN

a little bit ago.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

11. I am sure that the timing of this announcement...

In relationship to those stories, is utter coincidence. One in a million.

[gademocrat7]

12. Delay, Ney and hopefully more to come...

Like Blount, Burns and any other repug with Abramoff money in their coffers.

[MGKrebs]

13. HAHAHAHAHAHA

/meanness.

[rodeodance]

14. te he.

[grateful581]

15. Temporarily my ass

Your gone ney and your not coming back.
Hope you get thrown in jail

[stevedeshazer]

16. Maybe Hastert will wait until *February* 31st to convene the House?

November 31st, anyone? :)

[stevedeshazer]

17. Oh, and K & R btw....

[jazzjunkysue]

18. "What a world, what a world." They all go down the same way: Total denial

of reality. It's amazing. You'd think they'd seen enough dead leaves drop from trees at this point to avoid the cliche "I'm not like the others. I'm gonna hold onto my pathetic little power anthill."

Another successful democratic conspiracy. Where's the beer?
:bounce:

[rodeodance]

19. but the Dems have to take this and run with it.

[rodeodance]

20. nominate

[Historic NY]

22. And the search goes on for an honest Republican..............

Bye Ney........next.

[Judi Lynn]

23. Republican urged to stand aside over lobbying

Republican urged to stand aside over lobbying
By Caroline Danielin Washington
Published: January 16 2006 02:00 | Last updated: January 16 2006 02:00

Pressure increased yesterday on Bob Ney to stand down as chairman of the House administration committee, to address growing fears that he will be the next Republican congressman to be ensnared by the growing lobbying scandal.

John Boehner, one of the three Republicans jostling to replace Tom DeLay as the House majority leader after he was forced to step aside in September, told Fox News: "I think Bob Ney has to make some serious decisions about whether he should stay there . . . For the good of the party Bob needs to seriously consider stepping aside."

Mr Boehner, like Mr Ney, represents Ohio. On Friday, Dennis Hastert, the House speaker, led the effort to persuade Mr Ney to step down from the committee that would have oversight of any reforms amid concerns about his ties to Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who has pleaded guilty to corruption charges. Mr Ney accepted favours, including a golf trip to Scotland and campaign funding from Mr Abramoff.

Concern about the scandal affecting Republican prospects in the mid-term elections this year has made lobbying reform a central issue in the House leadership contest. All the candidates - Mr Boehner, Roy Blunt and John Shadegg - yesterday sought to play down ties to corporate lobbyists.
(snip/...)

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1f4c0f66-8635-11da-bee0-0000779e2340.html

[cmd]

24. He calls himself ROLAIDS!

I found this in the Ohio forum.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEY_ABRAMOFF?SITE=OHCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-01-15-19-13-26

"There's a lot of people that are having some heartburn with all the publicity and if they have heartburn I can be the Rolaids," Ney said in an interview with The Associated Press Radio Network from his home in Heath, Ohio.

:rofl:

[TygrBright]

25. Hahahahah... How do you spell relief?....

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happily,
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