Evidence proves White House lied about relationship with corrupt lobbyist

[Quixote1818]

Mounting evidence proves White House lied about relationship with corrupt lobbyist
By DOUG THOMPSON
Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue
Jan 19, 2006, 00:00


White House claims that President George W. Bush doesn’t know corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff may soon rank up there with “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” as a blatant public lie destroyed by mounting evidence.

Abramoff, the GOP loyalist who White House spokesman Scott McClellan claims Bush doesn’t know, was a key player in Bush’s transition team after the disputed 2000 Presidential election. Abramoff, working on Interior Department transition issues, attended a number of meetings with Bush during the transition.

“Bush tapped Abramoff as member of his Presidential Transition Team, advising the administration on policy and hiring at the Interior Department, which oversees Native American issues,” writes Richard Wolfe and Holly Baily in Newsweek. “That level of close access to Bush, DeLay and other GOP leaders has been cited by many of the Indian tribes who hired Abramoff with hopes of gaining greater influence with the administration and Congress on gaming issues.”

Although McClellan claims Bush did not meet with Abramoff, another White House spokesman, Erin Healy, said last year that "they may have met on occasion. After the Abramoff scandal broke, Healy amended her statement to add that the President “did not consider him a close friend” and claimed the White House had limited contact with the lobbyist. McClellan Tuesday claimed he could find only two contacts between the White House and Abramoff.

Continued: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8014.shtml

[soupkitchen]

1. The "I did not have sex with that man" scandal

[DemInDistress]

2. hence, the new osama threat..

the heat is on !!!
I tell freeps or ask them..Will the Bush Crime Family attack America again ? hell yes...

[The Whiskey Priest]

3. Well, the Evidenciers are just helping the Terrerist….

9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11……

[mattclearing]

4. Yeah, this was posted here yesterday.

It's still CHB. If this were true, then other reputable publications would have it by now...certainly at least Salon, the Nation, Village Vanguard, etc.

The fact that CHB is the only place you get this stuff should clue you in to why you shouldn't trust it.

That said, Bush and Abramoff clearly had a better relationship than the White House wants us to believe. All of CHB's reports have the ring of truth...that is why so many believe it.

[Quixote1818]

6. I disagree

CHB has been breaking the hot storied with consistency way before the other news organizations have. You know why? Because Thompson use to be a Republican and has dozens of people inside the Administration who feed him info. Thompson nailed Spy gate way before anyone else did. Even a number of CHB skeptics here on DU started to look at CHB differently after that. Walt Star to ripped CHB relentlessly posted a thread about how he was beginning to think CHB was a reputable outlet. People hate CHB here on DU because he use to go after Clinton. Well, I would rather have someone who goes after everyone rather than a partisan news organization that only goes after Republicans.

[mattclearing]

7. That Thompson nailed the NSA story is true.

And I did look at him differently after that. But I never recanted like Walt because for each time he was backed up later on (and the NSA thing is the only scoop of his that seems to have been confirmed elsewhere), there are five stories that are never confirmed by anyone else.

The idea that Thompson is the only person with access to this information is silly. The second he posts something like this, other media outlets that are better connected than him jump on it, trying to substantiate it. The fact that no one confirms the bulk of his stories should tell you something.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Quixote1818]

9. You make some good points but I still have respect for CHB

You make valid arguments and it probably comes down to perception. I have read CHB for years and it just seems to me that their stories end up getting picked up by the mainstream media eventually. What you wrote above could most certainly be said about Raw Story as well. They always seem to blow things out of proportion, for instance they had everyone on DU thinking their was going to be 22 indictments from Rove gate and the whole Bush Administration was about to come tumbling down like a deck of cards. CHB never went their to their credit. I take CHB with a grain of salt but I find they tend to hit more then say Raw Story does. When a bunch of people on DU start attacking one outlet then people get a perception that that outlet is weak yet for some reason we lay off other outlets that in my opinion have had very suspect results.

It's also hard to substantiate what Thompson reports because those feeding him the info have to remain anonymous or else they will lose their jobs with the Bush Administration.

I just heard on the Al Franken show that the Bush Administration is trying to find every photo with Bush and Jack ....Off and have them destroyed. Kind of interesting.

Peace

[catmandu57]

5. When haven't they lied?

They've been lying since before the 2000 theft, if their lips are moving they're fucking lying. Nobody has gave a fat rat's ass, about it before and they're going to keep on lying, even though they've been caught red fucking handed.

[donkeyotay]

8. There's going to be way too much of an evidence trail left for them

to deny this. Drip, drip, drip.

“Bush tapped Abramoff as member of his Presidential Transition Team, advising the administration on policy and hiring at the Interior Department, which oversees Native American issues,” writes Richard Wolfe and Holly Baily in Newsweek. “That level of close access to Bush, DeLay and other GOP leaders has been cited by many of the Indian tribes who hired Abramoff with hopes of gaining greater influence with the administration and Congress on gaming issues.”