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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 12:42 AM
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"In 8- to-10-hour stretches since August, Mr. Abramoff, 46, has recounted
in detail how he orchestrated kickbacks from unsuspecting tribes, arranged overseas travel for Mr. DeLay and others and lent his stadium suites to members of Congress."


From Big-Time Lobbyist to Object of Derision

Even after his fall, Mr. Abramoff, who will be sentenced after fulfilling his agreement to cooperate with prosecutors, remains unreformed in some ways. He continues spewing messages on his BlackBerry, even though his crimes were partly exposed by hundreds of brash e-mail messages chronicling his activities and contempt for his clients.

When he has ventured out, it has been mostly to meet government lawyers to work out his plea deal, in which he agreed to cooperate in the investigations of lawmakers and pay restitution and taxes that prosecutors say will exceed $26 million.

In 8- to-10-hour stretches since August, Mr. Abramoff, 46, has recounted in detail how he orchestrated kickbacks from unsuspecting tribes, arranged overseas travel for Mr. DeLay and others and lent his stadium suites to members of Congress.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/politics/10lobbyist.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=a991d603fa865ef9&hp&ex=1136955600&partner=homepage



8-10 hour stretches since August? That is a lot of time to chat. Any wires also? Hmmmm.

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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 12:54 AM
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1. I wonder if he now hates his life? He has spent his life climbing to
the top of a mound of shit.

As evil as these neo cons are, they aren't very tough. They are crumbling like wet cardboard.
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 01:03 AM
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2. Yeah, there's nothing like derision, humiliation ...
... and watching your 'good friends' say they don't even know you to take the gleam out of a Neo-Con's eye.

Happy trails, Jackie! Hope your fellow prisoners like the hats ...
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 11:56 AM
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5. I can imagine how people who trusted him feel now that he has turned on
him. Of course they should have know he was a snake and sooner or later they would get bit.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 01:11 AM
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3. Oh, poor wittle baby
Daddy knows:sarcasm:
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 01:12 AM
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4. Wooo Hooo! That means what he told them
has probably been checked out already. I doubt they'd agree to a deal unless they verified what he said first. Is the sky about to fall on the republicans???
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