Boo Fuckin' HOO...Abramoff wants "forgiveness from the Almighty?"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

WASHINGTON - Embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud, agreeing to cooperate in an influence-peddling investigation that threatens powerful members of Congress.

In a heavily scripted court appearance, Abramoff agreed with U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle when she said he had engaged in a conspiracy involving “corruption of public officials.” The lobbyist also agreed when she said he and others had engaged in a scheme to provide campaign contributions, trips and other items “in exchange for certain official acts.”

“Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes,” Abramoff said, addressing the judge. “I hope I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I’ve wronged or caused to suffer.”

To each of the three charges, Abramoff said, “I plead guilty, your honor.” Huvelle and lawyers in the case said Abramoff had agreed to make an estimated $25 million in restitution to his victims and pay $1.7 million to the Internal Revenue Service for taxes he evaded. As is typically the case in such pleadings, what happened in the courtroom Tuesday was arranged in advance between lawyers for the defendant and the prosecutors. “All of my remaining days, I will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done,” Abramoff told the court.

[mr_hat]

1. How very Judeo-Christian of him.

[hatrack]

2. Flogging God, As Usual

Looks like the life of CONVICTED FELON Chuck Colson has served as a wonderful example for criminals and sleazebags of all stripe on Capitol Hill. :puke:

[Jawja]

3. Perhaps he

and Ralph Reed can get on their knees and pray together? :shrug:

[PretzelWarrior]

4. He'd better be worrying about The Great Spirit. he's definitely way up

on his sh!t list next to William Henry Harrison, etc.

[skids]

8. LOL n/t

[OneTwentyoNine]

5. ROFLOL....whats next from those RW idiots "The devil made me do it"??

Seems even in the very end they want to somehow kowtow to the flaming RW religious nut cases for forgiveness and hopefully a little "helpin hand" in getting out of the mess their in.

Have a NICE fucking life assmunch....

[rurallib]

6. "Religion, the last refuge of a scoundrel" -- Lisa Simpson

Wait til we hear the calls for Jesus Christ from the lips of the likes of Ney and DeLay etc. Ol' JC's got a busy year coming up.
Might have to call in Santa and the Easter Bunny to help with the workload.

[DainBramaged]

7. Can't wait till he screams OH GOD PLEASE STOP

when Bubba catches up to him for the next 10 years.

[wiley]

9. He's got to be wearing a vest.

Or is that the latest Prada? God will not forgive him for selling out our country, buying seats for the CORRUPT REPUBLICANS, or any other of his crimes. And who are we to do something God would not do? I wonder how all the other CORRUPT REPUBLICANS will react. Already Ney says he had no idea of the scandalous abuse...blah, blah, liar,liar,liar.

IMPEACH
CORRUPT REPUBLICANS

[OldLeftieLawyer]

10. Oh, how I LOVE organized religion....

Abramoff's an Orthodox Jew, and a shitload of his ill-gotten gains went towards establishing and maintaining a Jewish prep school for boys - it failed, but check it out here: http://www.indianz.com/News/2005/008235.asp

Let's hear it for those gung-ho Holy Rollers of all denominations. Sleazy hypocritical bastards.

[dgauss]

11. Forgiveness from the Almighty?

Abramoff is getting more ambitious with who he's trying to scam.

[gratuitous]

12. I'll let the Almighty deal with Abramoff's sins

But as for his crimes, I want to know how he's going to atone for those? How will he repair the damage his corruption has done to the public trust? What will he do to reimburse his clients for ripping them off? And what will he do to retrieve the "official acts" he caused to be done? He no longer has the money, access and influence to game the system as he did in the past. How can he reach forgiveness without the means to rectify his crimes?

[billybob537]

13. Boo Fucking HOO

Don't drop the soap.
BUBBA likes it when you resist.

[G Edward Cook]

14. How Rich?

How much money does this guy have? He is going to pay back 26.7 million. If he was selling pot the gov would take all his money. Will he keep working in jail?

[Contrary1]

15. I can't believe all you guys missed the obvious...

[brook]

17. Bingo!

Nailed it!

[ddeclue]

16. Jimmy? Jimmy Baker is that you??

Doug D.

[Cha]

18. abramoff should have given

to Dems and then he wouldn't be making bush out a LIAR AGAIN!

"Despite Chris Matthews’ minimization of the Jack Abramoff scandal, a November 25, 2005 Washington Post article identified four lawmakers under investigation in connection to Abramoff -- former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), Rep. Rob Ney (R-OH), and Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA) -- all Republicans. Our search of the Center for Responsive Politics database of campaign contributions did not find any contributions from Abramoff to Democrats or Democratic leadership political action committees.

Despite those facts, we have documented Washington Post staff writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum miscasting the rising tide of ethics investigations and corruption scandals plaguing primarily Republican officials as a bipartisan problem. We have also noted a number of national media figures that have cast the recent spate of political scandals as "nonpartisan," while the vast majority of government officials who have been indicted or are under investigation are Republicans."



http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/abramoff-only-gave-money-to.html

[betterdeadthanred]

19. They all find religion and want forgiveness

once they get caught. Amazing.

[OneTwentyoNine]

20. Yeah..sob,sob...Reminds me of Duke Cunningham.......n/t

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

21. Since I got caught, “All of my remaining days,

I will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done,” Abramoff told the court.

Otherwise, off on another golf trip, casino deal, influence peddling, exploiting of labor and worse.

Whoo hoo.

I am so sorry I got caught.
:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Left Is Write]

26. That's the truth of it.

He's sorry? He's sorry he got caught.

[AnnieBW]

22. Jeebus May Forgive Him

But Wakan Tanka and all of the Honored Ancestors are gonna make him PAY!!!

[Mz Pip]

23. He's playing to his base

It works so well for the rest of those assholes why should it exclude him?

He's just sorry that he got caught.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[No Exit]

24. Cue music from "La Traviata"

This thing is more of a tear-jerker than "Old Yeller". Jimmy Swaggart's gonna sue for copyright infringement!

:cry: :cry: :nopity: :nopity:

[sleipnir]

25. Maybe he'll find it and the end of the hangman's rope for treason.

That's what he seems to be guilty of and he should be punished accordingly.

I have no sympathy for this traitor.

[jbnow]

27. Maybe he is serving God's purpose

through his very greed and crimes. If it opens up the view of the corruption in the political party he has done truth (and us) a favor.

God might shake his hand before kicking his ass.

[eridani]

28. Faith as the ultimate "get out of jail free" card

Really disgusting, and not actually mainstream Christian at all.

[banana republican]

29. Let those who have died because of his arrogance forgive him.

LET THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN POVERTY AND FOOD FORGIVE HIM;

LET THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SICKNESS AND MEDICAL CARE FORGIVE HIM;

LET THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY FORGIVE HIM;

LET THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN JAIL AND JUSTICE FORGIVE HIM

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER; THE SON; AND YOU KNOW WHO; FORGIVE HIM.

FORGIVE HIM DEAR GOD; BECAUSE I FIND IT HARD TO FORGIVE.

SIGNED A CHRISTIAN

[Free the Press]

30. He may be preemptively seeking forgiveness for the sins he is about to do!

It seems as though this whole Abramoff scandal is about to have the script flipped to aim directly at Democrats.

Read here about the prosecutor:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x41598

Now, ask yourself, why isn't Senator Ney sweating yet?

Once Abramoff has testified against the Democrats, will he be pardoned so he can get back to work?

What's next? DeLay's money laundering appeal is granted and he resumes his leadership post?

[Raksha]

31. What a maroon! As an allegedly "observant Jew"

he knows God can't forgive him until he asks forgiveness and makes restitution to every person he has wronged. THAT should keep him busy for a while! Even if all he ever did was sit in a synagogue a certain number of times for appearances' sake, he should have absorbed that much.

My 1000th post!

[Vidar]

32. "Ahh have sinned. I done got caught"