Muddying waters on Abramoff: Capitaleye.com list of D and R recipients

[virtual disobedience]

Here is the latest Repug counterattack. It looks like they are conflating direct contributions from Abramoff with contributions from any group he touched, but I don't know how they arrived at these figures:
http://www.capitaleye.org/abramoff_recips.asp

Is this getting circulated beyond Freepville?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551786/posts

If so it needs to be debunked quickly.

Here is their summary for 2000-2006:
To:
Dems $1,541,673
Repubs $2,886,088
From:
Abramoff $204,253
Indian Tribes Only $4,192,008
SunCruz Casinos Only $34,500
Total $4,430,761

It looks like they purposely made their charts confusing.

I don't know a thing about Capital Eye. Anyone?

[sirjohn]

1. How dare they include Democrats in this? n/t

[rkc3]

2. Check out this post from earlier today.

Straightforward and concise - lays it all to rest.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2348516

[virtual disobedience]

3. Great! I did a search on Capital Eye and didn't see it.

[Narraback]

4. Newsmeat gives a different view

Abramoff

Jack Abramoff , 47 (bio)
lobbyist, GOP fundraiser; convicted of conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud $172,933 Republican
$88,985 special interest
total: $261,918


http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Jack_Abramoff.php

[papau]

5. Note that not a dime of his own money went to Democrats.