The last thing a Republican criminal sees......today Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff's partner in much of the Indian gambling-congressional cash-n-carry hijinks you've been hearing about, pled guilty to bribe a congressman and other public officials. He agreed to pay back $19 million to Indian tribes he and Abramoff defrauded. He was also sentenced to 51 to 63 months in federal prison.However, that sentence was immediately suspended. And it will be reduced if Scanlon continues to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
The first thing to note is the political and legal fate of Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH). A few days ago a fellow blogger sent me a post in which he incorrectly stated that Ney was not running for reelection. I pointed out the error -- he'd confused him with retiring Ohio Rep. Mike Oxley (R). But I told him not to feel bad since he was right. Ney is retiring too; he just doesn't know it yet.
Which brings us back to Scanlon's plea. In their charge against Scanlon, federal prosecutors assert that Scanlon and Abramoff offered and Ney accepted numerous bribes for various official acts. (He's referenced as 'Legislator #1'; but it's Ney.) By pleading guilty, Scanlon of course agrees that that is true. And he will testify to that effect.
The dominos are starting to fall. Can't wait for Brute, Arch and MK to traipse into the room and get all pouty about "innocent until proven guilty," something that never concerned them when it was Dems in the hotseat. Well, now we got one, guys, and he's pled guilty. He did it. And by "it", we mean "conspiring with Abramoff to bribe Republican congressman." And that's a crime. Just so you know. Your memories seem kind of selective.
JC
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. . who are all these 'anonymous' messages left on ratttler?! too chicken to actually sign up (ops yellow elephant comes to mind. . .) and too chicken to leave an id. .
just too chicken all around. .
. . .i notice that after a post about for example brute, there comes a so called comment by a totaly 'anonymous' person. . ..
interesting. . .
brutally chicken!
Okay. I see you people are grasping at straws to save yourselves from the question. So what do you say we just drop it? I knew you wouldn't have an answer anyway. But FYI some people don't like to receive spam and other things so they don't give out any information at these sites. Now if this was the blog of someone important or credible then they might. Nobody really cares about conversing with YOU -- especially since you tend to ignore their end of the conversations. So you see, it really isn't because of YOU that people hit the anonymous button when they come here. And since I've proved my point I won't be coming back. Thanks for laughs.
I'm sure the use of anonymous is mostly laziness. What I am posting about is Jesus Clause mental health! I was worried when he spent countless hours in a violent game, but NOW! look at the pic! Jesus Clause is bringing his weapons in to the ratttler! How American. I recommend body armor, for starters. :)
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