Bush asked to list sources of Noe, Abramoff gifts

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http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060107/NEWS09/601070432

COLUMBUS - An activist group called on President Bush yesterday to disclose the sources of all campaign contributions collected by former Toledo-area coin dealer Tom Noe, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and other Bush "Pioneers" and "Rangers" convicted, indicted, or under investigation on corruption allegations.

"The President should not fall victim to the Nixonian tendency to keep bad things secret," said Ned Wigglesworth, analyst for TheRestofUs.org, a watchdog group based in California. "He owes it to himself and the American people to disclose this information so the public can take a closer look at the Pioneers."

In October, a federal grand jury in Toledo indicted Mr. Noe on charges he laundered donations into Mr. Bush's re-election campaign. He has pleaded not guilty. State officials have accused the former Maumee coin dealer of stealing at least $4 million from the rare-coin investment he managed for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

Mr. Noe attained the elite status of a Bush Pioneer in 2004 by raising at least $100,000 for President Bush's re-election campaign.

[David Dunham]

1. Nice request, but there's no way Bush will do this.

[EST]

2. It ain't gonna be easy

After all, these are crooks. Robert Kennedy stirred them up in the sixties by putting a bunch in jail. They swore to get even. By taking over the government in so many places, they've definitely done that. The thug party was, being more temperamentally suited, a fairly easy takeover - too many bleeding heart do-gooders in the other party.

This will, ultimately, be the social war, as all signs point to now. One of the things we have to do, starting right now, is to re-examine every office holder in this party and make it quite clear that anyone who has too much of a cloud over his integrity would be more comfortable with an R after his name.

The reason I fight for democrats is that the overwhelming number of honest people, people of discretion, compassion, courage and integrity tend to gang up on this side of the fence. I did not become a dem just for the purpose of having a flag to fly.