Raw Story: " Bush Florida 2000 recount committee still owes lobbyist's...

former firm $320k"

http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/abramoff_florida_recount_bush_505.htm

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

If so, the photograph taken of President George W. Bush and embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was priceless—the windswept DeLay strutting down the tarmac beside the president, two Republican leaders rankled by political setbacks joined at the hip.

There’s a backstory that lurks behind Bush’s decision to stand by DeLay. It involves Greenberg Traurig, the firm that employed the powerful lobbyist who paid for palatial DeLay junkets. Greenberg Traurig has yet to receive more than $320,000 in legal fees charged to a Bush committee during the 2000 Florida recount, RAW STORY can confirm.

As a corporation, Greenberg’s unpaid tab represents a massive in-kind campaign contribution, far larger than anything that went unreported by DeLay. But it appears to be legal: corporations are allowed to donate any amount to the nebulous type of committee employed during the recount. It would, however, violate the committee's self-imposed $5,000 contribution limit from individual donors.

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http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/abramoff_florida_recount_bush_505.htm

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

If so, the photograph taken of President George W. Bush and embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was priceless—the windswept DeLay strutting down the tarmac beside the president, two Republican leaders rankled by political setbacks joined at the hip.

There’s a backstory that lurks behind Bush’s decision to stand by DeLay. It involves Greenberg Traurig, the firm that employed the powerful lobbyist who paid for palatial DeLay junkets. Greenberg Traurig has yet to receive more than $320,000 in legal fees charged to a Bush committee during the 2000 Florida recount, RAW STORY can confirm.

else with the bill for services rendered has finally come full circle. Tuck your butt under and ruuuuuuun Mr Prez*

Because if the bill is unpaid for this long (five years) its a contribution, not a sale of services.

Please forward to Dean's Pac, Democracy for America: http://www.democracyforamerica.com/contactus.php

Request they send it on the appropriate office at DNC. They've acknowledged my messages in the past.

Thanks for that! :kick:

You might also contact Conyer. http://www.conyersblog.us

I'm still fuming over the 2000 coup.

my mailings didn't go out until around 5 this afternoon. I'm hoping someone, somewhere will take the ball and run with this. I'll support them all the way.

No matter what, and no matter how long it takes, the Coup 2000 needs to be dealt with. It should never be forgotten or brushed under the rug, so to speak.

It's up to us to assure that our children and their children know about this part of American history. That's why I have cd's full of articles and threads to preserve our history because I know that it will be rewritten by the conservatives.

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It needs to be investigated.

EOM

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for the early evening crowd. . .

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and wrote off his campaign appearance at a Sox game as a campaign appearance.

I tip my hat to Raw Story. They are hot on the trail of these crooks and thugs.

When I looked at the picture that accompanied the story, it made me sad. How terribly, terribly sad that these people are so corrupt that they would sell us and our system of government down the river like they have. When I looked at that picture, I shuddered. I could literally feel the evil and the corruption coming from those two individuals.

You'd have to be the lowest form of life to sell out the principles on which our government is founded. What scum. I'm so glad I don't have to know them or ever even shake hands with them. It's bad enough that I have to feel the effects of their corruption from afar.


Cher

But don't worry. There are plenty of Paula Abdul, Jacko and Runaway Bride stories to keep us entertained.

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