YourCanadianDaddy you keep trying to put the baby in with the bathwater. Not one Democrat took money from Jack Abramoff. Not one. You conveniently keep glossing over that fact, by referring to "Abrahmoff and affiliates" when it was only by affiliates ie clients. Never by Jack. Political contributions are legal. Political Payola is not. Abramoff and his lieutenants have been indicted, plead guilty and been sentenced. His affiliates, and clients have not.
If you want to talk about affiliations, Jack was very closely affiliated with Tom Delay, and with Bush and with the national Republican party. I'd put up a list of Republicans who took money from those "affiliates" but it would be easier to say who didn't
No one.
As far as Frist goes, his "blind trust" had remarkable foresight to sell off the holdings he had never been conflcited about before the stock was set to take a bath. You may think he is squeaky clean on that, but the SEC doesn't.
Deflections? You are the one who trying to deflect attention away from the rotten core of the Republcan leadership apple, through one minor Democrat's legal problems. Delay, Ney, Frist, Libby Rove versus one Congresswoman? Its apples and oranges, there is no comparison. And your list of Democrats in trouble? I saw something from 2 decades ago, fines, FEC problems and a complaint by a Republican Watchdog group. I didn't see how any were going to the big house to do serious time after they cooperated in the ongoing investigation. They are after bigger fish, not the minnows you listed.
Sorry Charlie, I appealed your grade to the principal and he gave me a B+ LOL
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