"donations from Abramoff and his clients" -- translation

[skids]

What this means:

If the person who took "donations from Abramoff and his clients" is a Republican, there is a good likelihood it means just what it says: a republican took donations both from Abramoff directly and from someone who was an Abramoff client.

If the person who took "donations from Abramoff and his clients" is a Democrat, however, what this really means is: "donations from someone who was an Abramoff client." We know this because Abramoff didn't directly donate to Democrats.

Perhaps we should bombard the lamestream media with requests to be more accurate. Semantically, it would be a lie to say that a person who received donations from person B but not from person A received donations from "person A and person B." I guess the LSM doesn't care too much for journalistic integrity these days -- maybe we should remind them.

Not that there probably isn't a DINO or two embroiled in this, but the media needs to know we are awake.

[ClassWarrior]

1. None of the ILLEGAL donations went to Dems. None.

NGU.

[noonwitch]

3. That's a very important distinction that needs to be repeated

On every news show that a dem gets invited on.

[ClassWarrior]

4. None of the ILLEGAL donations went to Dems. None.

B-)

NGU.

[TahitiNut]

2. Abramoff had Microsoft as a lobbying client in 2004.

By the convoluted logic of cornered rats, the Repukelickers would have people believe that anyone receiving campaign contributions from Microsoft is somehow "dirty."

There seem to be no limits to the extent to which these bastards lie and deceive.

Here's a list of all Abramoff's clients since 1998 ...

Agua Caliente Band Of Cahuilla Indians
Alleghany Corp
American Casino Entertainment Services
American Classic Voyages Co
American Intl Center
American Pelagic Fishing Co
Atofina Chemicals
Battelle Memorial Inst
Bnsf Railway Co.
Brown-Forman Corp
Business Software Alliance
Cash America Intl, Inc
Channel One Network
Cherokee Nation Enterprise
Chitimacha Tribe Of Louisiana
Coastal Transportation
Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands
Court TV
Coushatta Tribe Of Louisiana
Dh2
Dredging Contractors Of America
Dry Prairie Rural Water
Elottery, Inc
Envirocare Of Utah
Estate Of Kurt Nottenbohm
Flight Intl
Fluor Corp
Foster Wheeler Corp
Future Of Puerto Rico
General Council For Islamic Banks
Grant County Public Utility Dist No. 2
Guam Intl Airport Authority
H.D. Vest Financial Services
Hazardous Waste Action Coalition
Hill Betts & Nash
Hills, Howard
Intermodal Assn Of North America
Intl Interactive Alliance
Lake Carriers Assn
Magazine Publishers Of America
Microsoft Corp
Mississippi Band Of Choctaw Indians
Mormac Marine Group
Natl Center For Economic Freedom
Natl Produce Production
Neptune Orient Lines
Northern Telecom
OMI Corp
Pitney Bowes
Port Of Seattle
Prime Time 24
Primedia Inc
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
Saipan Garment Manufacturers Assn
Sandia Pueblo
Shaw Environmental & Infrastucture
Simpson Investment Co
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortia
Suncruz Casino LLC
Sunmar Shipping
Tate & Lyle North American Sugars
Transportation Inst
Tyco
U S Maritime Coalition
Unisys Corp
Usfhp Conference Group
Voor Huisen Project Management
Voor Huisen Project Management Service Bedryt B.V., Ltd
Westerman Shapiro Draghi & Miller, LLP
Western Pacific Economic Council

[Beetwasher]

7. Right! EVERY SINGLE POLITICIAN IN THE COUNTRY MUST BE GUILTY!

Because pretty much every politician probably got some money from at least ONE of Abramoff's clients at one time or another.

The Indian tribes were Abramoff's VICTIMS. He stole money from them. That's the crime. Their political donations are NOT a crime.

Infuriating ain't it to see how many idiots are sucked in by the bullshit Repub propoganda?

Great post, you should start a new thread w/ that list.

[papau]

5. Interesting Charts shows ZERO $'s of Abramoff money going to Democrats.

[myrna minx]

6. And point the corporate media in the direction of the k-street project...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x49880