Bush (then TX Gov) wrote letter for Abramoff re: Marianas Islands

[UpInArms]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-06-abramoff-bush_x.htm

excerpt:

The records from Abramoff's firm, obtained by The Associated Press from the Marianas under an open records request, chronicle Abramoff's careful cultivation of relations with Bush's political team as far back as 1997.

In that year, Abramoff charged the Marianas for getting then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush to write a letter expressing support for the Pacific territory's school choice proposal, his billing records show.

"I hope you will keep my office informed on the progress of this initiative," Bush wrote in a July 18, 1997, letter praising the islands' school plan and copying in an Abramoff deputy.

White House spokeswoman Erin Healy said Thursday that Bush didn't consider Abramoff a friend. "They may have met on occasion, but the president does not know him," she said.

...more...

So much for Dimson not "knowing" Abramoff, huh?

[blm]

1. "I did NOT have relations with that man, Mr Lay....I mean, Abramoff."

"I mean, Rev Moon."

"I mean, Salem Bin Laden."

[leftstreet]

2. LOL n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. "I don't know Mr Lay"

Everybody gets christmas cards with hand written warm personal greetings from bush.

[maddezmom]

3. nice find

K&R

*'s mind is failing him(again), glad we have the proof in black and white.

[UpInArms]

4. thanks!

It's amazing that the scrubbers have not been out there doing their insidious dirtywork.

[stop the bleeding]

10. see this related story in the LBN - great post - K&R!

Bush Assistant Labor Secretary worked on troubled Abramoff accounts

[livetohike]

5. Bush couldn't find the Marianas Islands on the map if

it was the only thing on there :eyes:.

Wonder what Abramoff paid him to write this letter?

[LiberalFighter]

6. We need to know every Abramoff placement in the gw* admin

[stop the bleeding]

9. See this link in the LBN related to your question / different source

Bush Assistant Labor Secretary worked on troubled Abramoff accounts

[Beetwasher]

7. Great Find K&R!!!!

n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. Do we ever really "know" anyone in this mortal plane of existence?

I'm sure George W. Bush was only engaging in deep philosphical reflection on the subject of knowledge, existence, and human perception. He probably was inspired by his recent readings from the Principia Philosophiae by Rene Descartes, which he read in the original Latin, of course.

[SoCalDem]

12. Yeppers.. I found it last night.. Our pres has amnesia??

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x42630


SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-03-06 02:47 PM
Original message
Abramoff got GOV Bush to write a letter re school choice in 1997
Edited on Tue Jan-03-06 02:52 PM by SoCalDem

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-06-abra...

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The records from Abramoff's firm, obtained by The Associated Press from the Marianas under an open records request, chronicle Abramoff's careful cultivation of relations with Bush's political team as far back as 1997.

In that year, Abramoff charged the Marianas for getting then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush to write a letter expressing support for the Pacific territory's school choice proposal, his billing records show.

"I hope you will keep my office informed on the progress of this initiative," Bush wrote in a July 18, 1997, letter praising the islands' school plan and copying in an Abramoff deputy.]

White House spokeswoman Erin Healy said Thursday that Bush didn't consider Abramoff a friend. "They may have met on occasion, but the president does not know him," she said.

As for the number of Abramoff lobbying team contacts with Bush officials documented in the billing records, Healy said: "We do not know how he defines 'contacts.

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