Reid-Abramoff ties reported on CNN

[CTyankee]

I heard a brief news segment on CNN News right after Stephanie MIller's show that it has been revealed that Jack Abramoff had more extensive discussions with Sen. Reid than had been previously disclosed and that money had been dispatched forthwith. This is news to me. My understanding is that Sen. Reid had dealt with Indian tribes long before Jack A. had been on the scene and that Sen. Reid's dealings were entirely separate from anything Jack A. was doing. What's the story here?

[John Q. Citizen]

1. How does this comply with late breaking news rules of posting?

[bettyellen]

5. it doesn't, i thought that big STOP read this!! thing stopped people

but lately i've seen all sorts of stream of conciousness crap in LBN.
:shrug:

[John Q. Citizen]

20. A bunch of yahoos, I tell ya!

Always trying to be 'breaking' when it's usually just late. News it isn't to you I'm sure, but back in the day, back in the dark days of 04, when LBN really meant something, well those were the days weren't they?

Now they trip out in LBN like it's a rainy night in Palanque.

Thank Skinner we have such good trip guides for streaming consciousnesses.

[hippiechick]

2. It's callled a diversion ...

Big bad mean old Democrat pointing a finger at the upright and ethically pure GOP, well, golly look what the news media found ... :eyes:

[CTyankee]

19. Excuse me, it was reported as news on my liberal radio

station. I had no idea that it was anything new until it was reported on WAVZ New Haven, a liberal radio station. Whatwas I to think?

[Demeter]

3. I Expect It Means Getting Rid Of Reid

So does this point to a cause/effect relation: DINO's are compromised by tainted influence? Stay tuned for the next episode.....

[NMDemDist2]

4. not LBN but here's a link for you

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602100001

[ClassWarrior]

6. None of Jackoff's ILLEGAL contributions went to Dems. Not a penny.

NGU.

[Writer]

7. Think about this: Why is SENATOR REID the one who is finger-pointed...

Out of more than 40 Democratic senators who might (but don't) have circumstantial, tangential connections to Abramoff.

Why REID? I mean... it could have been Ken Salazar... could have been Barbara Boxer... hey! it could have been Hillary Clinton...

Might as well pick on the leader, right?

[madfloridian]

8. DNC and Atrios have both debunked this.

Loudly.

[Botany]

9. Reid has alway had ties w/ native americans

but none w/ abramoff ....

this is pure shit!

[blue cat]

10. It's crazy to think that the partisan Abramoff

had ties with Democrats.

[ClassWarrior]

12. No doubt. I mean why would the guy risk prison to STEAL money...

...from his clients and LAUNDER it through fake charities - only to spread it around to both sides??! :crazy:

NGU.

[Scout1071]

11. Here's a thread on it from earlier today:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=381677&mesg_id=381677

[CTyankee]

13. Thanks to everyone who responded but

please, folks, I was asking for guidance here. I was NOT accusing Reid of doing anything wrong, just wondering. It was just a news item on CNN, on our liberal WAVZ radio news here in New Haven.

Stop hyperventilating, folks. Just trying to get information!

[ClassWarrior]

14. Who's hyperventilating? LOL

Are you going to call us "wild-eyed" and "out of control" next?

:rofl:

NGU.

[blue cat]

15. I'm glad that you posted this

Just goes to show that the media is misleading the American public by not explaining what this scandal means. It is a purely Republican scandal, and only Republicans have been indicted.

[CTyankee]

17. Oh, ClassWarrier, please, I was alarmed when I heard it!

I just didn't expect that this would come up. I truly believe that Jack A. did not give money to Dems. But this just alarmed me, perhaps unjustifiably, but I have been arguing this with my repub. acquaitances for some time now so I don't want to be blindsided. Give me a break...

[ClassWarrior]

21. So really you're the one hyperventilating?

I was just funnin' ya...

NGU.

[cali]

16. I posted something about this last night

and ended up with over a hundred posts, most of them slamming me. I got called freeper, among other choice things. In the course of the thread, I discovered most people hadn't even read the new AP story, and didn't know that 4 tribes that Abramoff represented, not from Nevada, gave to Reid. They'd never given to him before, and he did write letters on their behalf to the executive branch. I've read Atrios and listened last night to Dean on VPR, so I'm 90% convinced that this is just coincidence and republican antics, but it doesn't look good, and appearances can be damaging. People more than hyperventilated- they lost it.

[Nothing Without Hope]

18. This is probably another go-round of AP lies THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN

DEBUNKED. We need to know if they're up to their usual Bushie spin games with the same material or if they have changed their story nnow since the last one was proven false. (Hey, that doesn't stop them.)

Here are earlier threads on the AP Reid/Abramoff false story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x372952
thread title (2-9-06 GD): AP tries to link Reid (D-NV) to Abramoff, Josh Marshall crushes the piece

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x376016
thread title (2-9-06 GD): WOW... Media Matters - AP Did a Hit Piece on Reid!!!
Comment/excerpt: Media Matters article. “The article suggested that Reid coordinated with Abramoff to sabotage proposed legislation that would have raised the minimum wage in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory represented by Abramoff, without noting that, in fact, Reid was a co-sponsor of that legislation and spoke on the Senate floor in favor of its passage."

[CTyankee]

22. Thank you for your calm and informative response

I think it is really important for DUers to know that this lie is being repeated, with a fresh new coat of paint, as "news" on CNN. They referenced "new evidence" or something like that and I just about tripped on the treadmill at the gym. It was one of those WTF moments. I thought I should check it out on DU and find out what was the REAL story.

Lifelong liberal Democrat here.