Why did Dean back down on Fox News Sunday? [View All]

His old line was “No democrat took money from Jack Abramoff. Democrats took money from Indian tribes that happened to be Abramoff clients, but these tribes can hardly be considered under the control of Mr. Abramoff and furthermore, Mr. Abramoff was cheating them out of $25 million dollars at the time”

His new line on Fox News Sunday was, “No democrat took money from Jack Abramoff. Democrats took money from his clients, but there is no evidence that they knew they were Abramoff clients, and there is no evidence that they got any special favors or legislation from their donations.” The problem with this is it sounds like the kind of ‘half-truth’ the Republicans are famous for and it can be demonstrated false. I heard on the very same show that Harry Reid cast a vote in opposition to an Indian casino and the next day he received a check from a different Indian tribe (presumably an Abramoff client) that opposed that casino. Now why can’t he stick to the first story? It’s true and it’s bulletproof. I think he did us all a great disservice yesterday.