Bob (Ney) and Jack (Abramoff)-Congressman Ney's cozy relationship ...

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Bob and Jack
Congressman Ney's cozy relationship with D.C. lobbyist is all about one hand washing the other - in dirty water

Thursday, October 20, 2005

There's a bad smell wafting up from Ohio's 18th Congressional District, the foul air of a congressman sweaty from carrying a lobbyist's baggage, fearing where he's carried it, and refusing to come clean about the relationship.

Bob Ney, the six-term Republican from Licking County, has some explaining to do about his mutually profitable labors for Jack Abramoff, as sleazy a cover-all-the-angles lobbyist as infests Washington...

There was a $100,000 trip to Scotland to speak to a parliament that wasn't in session - and a visit to the pricey home of golf. And Abramoff-backed fund-raisers held in capital glam spots. And campaign contributions apparently routed from Abramoff's clients through front accounts to Ney's interests.

But now the businessman whom Ney badmouthed is dead of a mob-type hit; Abramoff has been charged with fraud in the deal; his Ney-praised partner's associate is charged in the killing; federal investigators are deep into a wide inquiry. And Ney has retained a high-priced Washington lawyer to speak for him - when he chooses to, which he has not recently done...

end up with all this bad news sticking to them? It just isn't fair. I guess the fucking liberals in this country now want to criminalize murder and fraud. Just leave those wonderful republicans alone.

Oy vey, Mr. Ney.