Bob Ney & His Head Squirrel Might Soon Be No More.

[Botany]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_on_go_pr_wh/lobbyist_fraud_money

DAVID HAMMER, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush and several other Republican officials have begun shedding campaign donations from former House aide and lobbyist Neil Volz, the latest person to plead guilty in a widening lobbying scandal.

Volz, who pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy to corrupt his former boss, Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record), R-Ohio, has given $26,035 to Republican political campaigns and committees since 2002, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

I will not miss Bob Ney


but I will miss his trained Fox Squirrel



BTW Ney = HAVA = Diebold = EES = White House = Stolen elections




I just remembered after DeLay's top guy pleaded guilty .... DeLay announced that he was quitting the House real soon
I expect Ney to do the same.

[The Magistrate]

1. That Is A Bogus Charge, Sir

How could anyone conceivably corrupt a Republican Congressman?

That is a gift they are born with, and raised up to refine....

[Berry Cool]

2. I know this is irrelevant, but it feels so good to say it.

Ney must have the worst toupee since Donald Trump.

[AlCzervik]

4. you'd think with all the graft he got he could have gotten a better one

or maybe he thought keeping the exisitng road kill made him look like a regular income level guy.

[Botany]

5. and a nice case of hypertension too.

Red enough in the face?

[Judi Lynn]

7. It would be such a relief to know it's gone far away, and won't return!

It's an amazingly horrible toupe.

[Botany]

3. Used to be some good ones .....

.... Pete McClusky of California. And some others ....

but the article is funny ..... Repugs scrambling to dump the dirty money now. :rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

6. Now....that's about as bad as it could get......

I mean, if you're gonna wear a big toupee, at least get one that costs more than $5! My goodness....this IS sad!

[Toucano]

8. Bye, bye Freedom Fry Guy! n/t

[Drum]

9. aka,

[NYC]

10. Ask Ney to resign.

http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=20766

Will the corruption and sleaze ever end? Representative Cunningham was the first one convicted for illegal behavior, but other indictments are most certainly going to come out in upcoming weeks. Here are four of the worst to keep your eyes on:

* Representative Bob Ney, R-OH: Representative Ney is at the center of the Abramoff corruption scandal. Rep. Ney and his staff reportedly took numerous gifts and trips, including golfing at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. In addition, they had regular meals and drinks at Abramoff's Washington restaurant and used Abramoff's luxury box suites at Camden Yards baseball stadium in Baltimore for campaign fund-raisers. A former aide to Rep. Ney, Neil Volz, has just pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff to corrupt Ney and other members of his staff by peddling trips, free tickets and meals.

* Senator Conrad Burns, R-MT: Senator Burns received close to $150,000 in campaign funds from Indian tribes through Jack Abramoff and his associates. Originally, Sen. Burns pledged to return the money after the Abramoff story made headlines -- but in late April, it was reported that Rep. Burns will now use the money to pay for his defense against corruption charges.

* Representative William Jefferson, D-LA: A Louisville businessman recently pled guilty in federal court to paying more than $400,000 in bribes to Jefferson; he has also been accused of misusing federal resources in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The nonpartisan ethics watchdog group CREW has called for an investigation; recently, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi agreed.

* Representative John Doolittle, R-CA: Representative Doolittle has been paying 15% commissions on all his fundraising to a company, Sierra Dominion, that is owned by his wife (and also on retainer from Jack Abramoff’s company). This resulted in Rep. Doolittle, in effect, enriching himself by skimming off campaign funds into his own household budget.

Do these elected officials have no shame? They should come to their senses and resign and allow the public to elect honest replacements.

Call to action
Ask Representatives Ney, Jefferson, and Doolittle, as well as Senator Burns, to resign.