{"id":8255,"date":"2006-01-05T12:17:33","date_gmt":"2006-01-05T19:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/01\/05\/this-is-a-republican-scandal.html"},"modified":"2006-01-05T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2006-01-05T19:17:33","slug":"this_is_a_repub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/01\/05\/this_is_a_repub.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This is a Republican scandal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So quoth Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-0601050072jan05,1,7234190.story?coll=chi-news-hed&#038;ctrack=1&#038;cset=true\" target=\"_blank\">the Abramoff brouhaha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wrong, Harry.  It&#8217;s a <em>Congressional <\/em>Scandal, and with names like yours and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) being bandied about as &#8220;recipients of large contributions from tribes represented by Abramoff,&#8221; the only reason I suspect we&#8217;ll see more Republicans than Democrats lined up against the wall on this is because they have a majority in both houses and have been in power more over the past decade or so.<\/p>\n<p>I am not one to automatically associate lobbying with bribery, or to presume that contributors are actually puppet masters.  I like to think the system usually works, within the bounds of human frailty.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m getting the tar, feathers, and rail ready for these guys this time.  It&#8217;s about time someone reminded Congress of whom they are actually supposed to represent.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogula-rasa.com\/archives\/002024.php\">Ginny<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So quoth Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) on the Abramoff brouhaha. Wrong, Harry. It&#8217;s a Congressional Scandal, and with names like yours and Rep. 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