Vulgar Pigboy Claims Dems "Knee-Deep" In Abramoff Scandal

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Vulgar Pigboy Claims Dems "Knee-Deep" In Abramoff Scandal

Just had to share this gem:

Democrats Knee-Deep in Abramoff Money
January 5, 2005

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RUSH: I need to provide a little disclaimer here. The following message or thing
I'm going to say is not intended to absolve Jack Abramoff from any laws that he broke. We know he broke laws because he's admitting to it. I say this merely to differentiate between personal greed and damage to the public good. A lot of people are focusing on the laws that Abramoff broke. Others are focusing on the influence he bought, and still others are asking, "Will it effect one party or both parties?" It's going to affect both parties. In fact, Republicans are scrambling to give the money back. Harry Reid and Dingy Harry and a bunch of Democrats are going to hold onto the money they got from Abramoff. (Laughing.) They're not going to give it back. But, you know, the Democrats aren't crowing much about this. The media is, but the Democrats aren't. And the reason Democrats aren't crowing is because if you look at a list of all the people that got money from Abramoff, it is chock full of Democrats.

I mean, the best estimate, the minimal, minimum estimate of how much the Democrats got is a million and a half bucks from this guy. And that's minimal. So, I mean, everybody is quaking in their boots, and there are leaks from the DOJ, sources close to the investigation. I've dealt with sources close to the investigation. I can tell you that they lie all the time, and I'll tell you, they're putting out there that it may impact as many as 20 people. They're interested in talking to 20 people, meaning members of Congress and so forth. Well, I will guarantee you they're not all going to be Republicans, and the Democrats know it. But there's another issue here besides all of these, the laws Abramoff broke, the influence he bought, about how many in which party or both parties will be affected, and that is the harm to common good. What harm to common good took place here? Whatever Jack Abramoff did, he did not block ANWR. The oil exploration that we so desperately need, that was other lobbyists on the other side of K Street, the left side. Jack Abramoff did not affect the stalling of the Patriot Act and the national security we so desperately need. That was other lobbyists on the other side of K Street, the left side. And Jack Abramoff did not shut down Social Security reform. That was lobbyists on the other side, a-hem, of K Street, the left side. And that's nothing but a financial ticking time bomb out there that we need to diffuse, but, oh, no, no, no, we couldn't do that. A whole lot of other lobbyists have stopped a whole lot of good for this country. Abramoff, whatever he did, didn't block ANWR, didn't affect the stalling of the Patriot Act, and did not shut down Social Security reform. Again my disclaimer: I am not excusing anything or absolving Abramoff from anything he did. I just like to bring added perspective to the one-sided presentation of the news that we get out there.

Rush Limbaugh

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