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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:22 PM
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Seriously. What was up with Abramoff's "Black Bart" getup?
Edited on Thu Jan-05-06 09:25 PM by PretzelWarrior
was it some cartoonish messaging meant to say, "I'M the bad guy. Not anyone I'm going to implicate. I should be viewed as the chief architect of evil and all others are going to get slaps on the hand whereas I will walk because I wore a black hat and trench coat, turned in some names, and asked for the Almighty's forgivenes.

I mean, who dresses like that? Even if it was cold and rainy.

I'm surprised he didn't make a public statement in front of a printed backdrop with the words repeated in a tiled mosaic, "I'm A REALLY BAD CROOK" along with "Don't look over there. I Did it."
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:25 PM
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1. I thought it had been established that...
the coat was to cover up a bullet proof vest, and the Inspector Gadget secret agent hat concealed fresh hair plugs. :pocorn:
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:33 PM
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8. I thought it was integral ballistic clothing, myself
Of the sort worn by heads of state. To INCLUDE the hat.

The car looked hardened, as well, and it would not surprise me if the foolish baseball hat he was photographed in subsequently also was "hardened."

Were I him, I'd be shopping at the same tailor.
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:26 PM
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2. It rhymes with "Mevlar"
Jacky didn't want to get "whackied" so he wore the whole Kevlar spring ensemble.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:28 PM
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3. Hee hee!
:D
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:32 PM
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6. Including the Carbon-reinforced steel codpiece
It was a gift from Dubya.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:38 PM
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11. umm....is it "smevlar?"
...just guessing!
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:29 PM
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4. The old "crutch" trick was used up by Scooter. Novak used up the "cane"
trick. There was nothing left. PR people burned the mid-night oil and came up with that.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:31 PM
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5. The "fashion tragedy" trick?
He looked like a pimp with a court date.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:44 PM
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14. The hat may have something to do with being an orthodox jew - though
how he qualifies for that anymore I do not know. So the head must be covered. So I can understand the need for a hat.

The whole get up - is a little scary. Baseball cap much better.
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:33 PM
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7. yeah. I can't wait for DeLay's legal troubles to start again
He'll be grinning from ear to ear as he's found guilty on mutliple bribery and racketeering charges saying he's gonna put a hit out on the judge who did this to him. "There will be consequences for your judicial activism." Then he'll say it was all a part of his plan and things are going swimmingly and he's headed off to a night of Tom Delay fealty at the Sugarland Mental Institution.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:33 PM
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9. I thought Day Two's Outfit was also funny...
Edited on Thu Jan-05-06 09:34 PM by C_U_L8R
the "Leave It To Beaver" look complete with crooked baseball cap.
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yorkiemommie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:37 PM
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10. like his hero, bush....
he likes to play dress-up
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:42 PM
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12. Can you imagine his counsel's reaction when he set eyes on him?
He must've muttered, "Oh shit" a thousand times. Instead of dressing clean-cut and looking innocent, he dresses like a hit man. Abramoff is whacko.
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InsultComicDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:42 PM
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13. I hear Abramoff is getting no jail time at all
...because he presented one of these



:smoke:
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 09:48 PM
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15. I understand that * is now devoting one division
of the US Mint to creation and disbursement of the "Get out of Jail Free" card.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:47 PM
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16. Jack was sending a message to those involved and got the point across
then he realized he fucked up with the gangster look and tried a diversion with the baseball cap -- seems someone spoke with Jackie boy... it's a fact that Delay may as well forget any attempts at making a comeback, and that's just for openers...!
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:58 PM
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17. I think he's starting a new clothing line for Capital Criminals
he's got street cred and now he can model a whole new line of bad boy designs for sale at

WhiteManSpeakedWithForkedTongue.com
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LiberalInGeorgia2005 Donating Member (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:10 PM
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18. I wear a hat like that
Just not that color. Though no trech coat here.

But I don't see how what he wore matters.
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:16 PM
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19. because these people are obsessively image conscious
so someone like him wearing such a strikingly symbolic getup is weird and either means they woke up and said, "Fuck it" or they had a misguided attempt at visual messaging or .....

it's just strange.
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 07:08 AM
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20. Olbermann said that on his first day
he looked like Boris Badunov.

"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
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reichstag911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 10:18 AM
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21. It's an Orthodox Jewish thing.
See http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/01/06/hats/ . (subs. req.)
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 11:48 AM
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23. But that doesn't explain the black trench coat. That's not Jewish, is it?
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reichstag911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 11:57 AM
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24. Don't know...
...just read the Orthodox piece in Salon, and thought it answered the question. Maybe the overcoat was just because it was...umm...cold?!? Maybe?
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 12:58 PM
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25. It wasn't that cold. His lawyer was wearing a sport coat and no hat.
Also this was in Wash D.C. on Tuesday, correct? It wasn't overcoat weather. OTOH some have suggest3ed he was wearinr the trench coat to hide a bullet proof vest. Now that is a possibility.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 09:13 PM
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26. No. Black trench coats are definitely not any sort of Jewish wear.
This man is simply a lover of attention.
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 09:17 PM
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27. The hat says "modern orthodox"
and so does the coat.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 10:02 AM
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29. This man is no more Jewish orthodox than Pat Robertson
He's full of shit. Further, in no other photograph has this man gone out of his way to look like this. He's customarily dressed in expensive suits and nothing on his head.

He's a criminal clown.
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 11:00 AM
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30. I've noticed the bare head
But the outfit was very stylish ... where I come from.

BTW, not all Orthodox Jews wear visible fringes or cover their heads conspicuously.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 11:34 AM
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32. I know :)
But all of a sudden there he is, head covered and dressed all in black. He's a hypocrite par excellence. Too bad he won't be getting 100 years in prison. :(
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zann725 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 11:21 AM
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22. He definitely was trying to LOOK like a Mob leader.
He appeared to be bragging about his status, or "threatening" to "hurt" anyone who tries and attack him legally.
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 09:18 PM
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28. I think he needed it to hide the awkward body armor.
Seriously!

Some repuke criminal's operative could pop Jack, then pass it off as "the revenge of Gus Boulis' connections" or some other crap.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 11:15 AM
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31. yeah it is an Orthodox Jewish thing. I so wish he wasn't a religous Jew
Then I think about Pat Robertson and I remember extremist of all religons tend to be a bit crazy and evil. Bottom line: long black coats and hats of all kinds are worn by Orthodox Jews.
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