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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 03:07 PM
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Ex-Ohio lawmaker Ney in halfway house
Source: Associated Press

CINCINNATI - Former U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, who pleaded guilty in a congressional bribery scandal tied to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has been moved from prison to a halfway house in Cincinnati, according to the federal prisons Web site.

Ney, a Republican who served six House terms, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in January 2007 after pleading guilty to trading political favors for golf trips, campaign donations and other gifts in the Abramoff lobbying scandal.




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/ap_on_re_us/ney_prison;_ylt=AmsWJKpYamHETH88CM.mKWJbIwgF



Gee, I wonder if people that are involved in low level drug offenses will be getting the same treatment.
:eyes:
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 03:11 PM
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1. Ten months is all this asshole had to serve
and will come out most presumably a lobbyist. This is how the ilk take care of their own.
Justice was not served.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 03:34 PM
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4. Either that
or an official in the next republican presidents administration ala negraponte.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 03:13 PM
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2. He is the bastard (no offense intended to those born outside of wedded bliss) who blocked
scrutiny into election fraud prior to '04.

I'm sure orange will totally become him.


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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 03:16 PM
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3. HE IS SLIME
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