Lobbyist (Abramoff), rabbi (talk radio host) plot to trick private club

[Newsjock]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/229692_lapin23.html?dpfrom=thead

Thursday, June 23, 2005
Lobbyist, rabbi plot to trick private club
In e-mails, Abramoff asked Lapin to help pad his resume

By CHARLES POPE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON -- In September 2000, before he became a target of federal investigations, Jack Abramoff was blazing a trail as a super lobbyist for Seattle-based Preston Gates & Ellis, bringing in millions of dollars in fees and earning a reputation as one of the town's premier influence traffickers.

So it wasn't surprising that Abramoff was nominated to join the Cosmos Club, one of Washington's most selective private clubs. For Abramoff, it was a major honor and yet another avenue to pursue his trade.

But Abramoff worried that his resume wasn't substantial enough to compete with a membership that includes senior government officials, ambassadors, Nobel Prize winners and business leaders.

The solution, Abramoff decided, was Mercer Island rabbi and Seattle talk show host Daniel Lapin.

Lapin is far more than a local rabbi. He is a major player in the conservative religious movement, well known for his Toward Tradition, an organization that has a goal of "working to advance our nation toward the traditional Judeo-Christian values."

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[Behind the Aegis]

1. What am I missing here?

What is the point of this? The article ends saying it doesn't know if any awards were produced or not...it, like this article, is somewhat anticlimactic.

[Fridays Child]

2. Abramoff's house of cards is looking pretty shaky.

I just hope it collapses on DeLay, too.

[Trillo]

3. It goes to show the depths of depravity that some will go to fool.

Is it any wonder that so many lack trust of others with sharks like this cruising to bruise?

[Ian David]

4. See related threads:

Anti-Gay, Anti-Recycling Rabbi implicated in Indian Casino Scandal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=221&topic_id=13168&mesg_id=13168

Lobbyist (Abramoff), rabbi (talk radio host) plot to trick private club
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1573422

American Humanist Assn. Expose' of Rev. Daniel Lapin's Toward Truth
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=184&topic_id=4080


While moderates speak, Bush courts antigay contingent
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=714306

Abramoff, Lobbyists, and Extremists Pay Tribute to Tom Delay's Record
Topic started by paineinthearse on May-12-05 03:50 PM (24 replies)
Last modified by paineinthearse on May-12-05 11:49 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1779427

[Malikshah]

5. Wow-- these threads appear pretty damning

As if one needed more evidence.

I guess the Corporate Media and others do.

No quarter to these criminals!

[LightningFlash]

7. Wherever you find Mafia false christians....

You find these goons in the council for national policy.

[Beacho]

6. Oh man this gets sweeter all the time

Lapin is a real pig, a kosher version of the dominionist, who are his allies