Friday, September 23, 2005

Republican Culture of Corruption - The White House

It was bound to happen, but it is, oh so poetic how it happened.

Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff bragged two years ago that he was in contact with White House political aide Karl Rove on behalf of a large, Bermuda-based corporation that wanted to avoid incurring some taxes and continue receiving federal contracts, according to a written statement by President Bush's nominee to be deputy attorney general.

Timothy E. Flanigan, general counsel for conglomerate Tyco International Ltd., said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that Abramoff's lobbying firm initially boasted that Abramoff could help Tyco fend off a special liability tax because he "had good relationships with members of Congress," including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.).

Abramoff later said "he had contact with Mr. Karl Rove"


A Bush nominee, who in his new job could be responsible for prosecuting corruption, outs the corruption in the administration.

Abramoff, Ney, DeLay, Rove, and so many others, it should now be clear to everyone that the web of corruption of the Republicans reached to the very highest levels of the governments, including the White House.

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