Santorum denies ties to 'K Street Project'

[RT_Fanatic]

Santorum denies ties to 'K Street Project'
Thursday, January 26, 2006

By Maeve Reston, Post-Gazette National Bureau

WASHINGTON -- With Democrats comparing his ties to lobbyists with "organized crime," Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., yesterday swung back, saying the Democratic criticism amounted to libel and unequivocally denying that he helped shape the GOP's controversial "K Street Project."

The "K Street Project," which was led by conservative activist Grover Norquist and then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, was an effort to press Washington's lobbying firms and trade associations to hire Republicans who share their agenda. It gets its name from the street where many of the firms are based.

Democrat have criticized the project as an attempt to funnel millions of dollars in lobbying money to the GOP.
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[LynneSin]

1. Well, if Rick Santorum says they aren't connected then it must be true

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :rofl: :rofl: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Does this mean we can sue for libel too!!??

The President has been telling the country for 4 years that if we aren't with him, then we are with the terrorists. We've been completely slandered and we should sue the pResident.

[Gman]

3. Santorrum's political gymnastics are incredible to watch

I don't think I've ever seen a politician twist and turn so much to say that everything he's said and done in the past is just a flat out lie. "Who you gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes?"

[zbdent]

4. And yet, when a client of Jack Abramoff gives a dollar to a Democrat,

"He/she is more/just as corrupt as Tom DeLay . . ."

:eyes:

[JPZenger]

5. Denials are always great targets

I love when a scuzzy politician makes an outright denial. It then provides incentives to collect prooof that they are lying.

Did you catch Santorum's recent speech where he compared putting a Santorum bumper sticker on your car to the sacrifices that service-persons make in fighting in Iraq?

[DKStreet]

6. Rats on a sinking ship come to mind....eom