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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 08:39 AM
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DNC: Week-Old House Republican Leader Now Implicated in Culture of Corrup
Edited on Thu Oct-06-05 08:40 AM by MaineDem
For Immediate Release:
October 5, 2005
Contact: Karen Finney - 202-863-8148

Week-Old House Republican Leader Now Implicated in Culture of
Corruption

WASHINGTON -According to a late-breaking Associated Press story this
afternoon, newly-appointed House Republican Leader Roy Blunt was
involved in a campaign finance scheme involving Tom DeLay, Jim Ellis,
and scandal-plagued super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff - all of whom have been
indicted on corruption charges in unrelated cases.

In 2000, Blunt and DeLay, the recently indicted former House Republican
Leader, conspired to funnel campaign money to family members and conceal
the identity of their political contributors, which likely include
Abramoff and at least one of his clients, a sweatshop in the Northern
Mariana Islands.

DNC Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement saying the
involvement of the newest House Republican leader in this latest
campaign finance scandal is evidence of just how entrenched the
Republicans' culture of corruption in Washington, DC is.

"Roy Blunt has been the House Republican Leader for six days and
already he has been implicated in a troubling campaign finance scandal,"
said DNC Chairman Howard Dean. "Seems that while the names in the
Republican leadership keep changing, their culture of corruption remains
firmly in place in Washington, DC. The American people want more from
their leaders, and Democrats are going to reform Washington. We are
going to change the way business is done in Washington, and we are going
to end the culture of corruption and restore responsible governance."


To read this afternoon's entire Associated Press story about Blunt's
involvement in the latest campaign finance scandal go to:
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1005/266152.html

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www.democrats.org. This communication is not authorized by any
candidate or candidate's committee.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 08:40 AM
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1. Wonder who they will offer up next and how long it will be before
their corruption issues surface?
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 08:44 AM
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4. It doesn't matter who they offer up, they will
be dirty and it will not take long to nail each one as they come up. Maybe we can have a majority before 2006. Just keep putting them in jail. :evilgrin:
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 08:46 AM
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5. Gee, kind of like baseball...batter up. n/t
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 08:43 AM
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2. Statements like these from Dean:
"Seems that while the names in the Republican leadership keep changing, their culture of corruption remains firmly in place in Washington, DC."

Are why I love this man :loveya:
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 08:43 AM
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3. This is TOO FUNNY.... 1 Fucking week and he is in Twoubles..OMG
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:30 AM
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6. Wow! Bob Livingston redux
The party of "integrity and honesty" has struck again!
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:38 AM
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7. There it is! The "culture of corruption"!
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:40 AM
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8. they'll have to find someone who wasn't given DeLay/Abramoff money
, isn't gay and hasn't taken 25 trips overseas
with his chief of staff.
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