Do you think Lou Dobbs just doesn't know Bush gave back Abramoff money?

[NNN0LHI]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/05/ldt.01.html

<snip>DOBBS: Our nation's lawmakers were hard at work once again today giving back tainted campaign money from lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his clients. Since Abramoff's guilty pleas, many of our nation's most powerful lawmakers have quickly tried to distance themselves from what is a growing, widening scandal.

Those giving back Abramoff-related cash so far include the current House majority leader, Roy Blunt, former House majority leader Tom DeLay, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin. Seventeen Senate Republicans have announced Abramoff-related give-backs so far, as well as nine Senate Democrats.

In the House it gets better. Thirty-five Republicans and seven Democrats are handing back their cash.

One Republican governor also giving back Abramoff-related money, Robert Ehrlich, Jr. of Maryland. And there are still some lawmakers who have decided against giving back their Abramoff-related donations altogether, including none other than Senate Minority Leader Senator Harry Reid. He received some $61,000 worth of Abramoff-related money. Turning now to the crisis in Israel over the hospitalization of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after he suffered a massive stroke, Sharon remains in the hospital in Jerusalem. He is in critical condition tonight. Doctors say that Sharon is on life support after his surgery and he will be in a medically-induced coma for at least another 24 hours.

Sharon's grave illness...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/bushdonations04.html

WASHINGTON-- President Bush, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and his successor Roy Blunt Wednesday joined the growing list of officials shedding political donations from Jack Abramoff, the once powerful lobbyist who has agreed to testify in a broad-ranging political corruption investigation.

Bush's re-election campaign is giving up $6,000 in campaign contributions connected to Abramoff, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud, corruption and tax evasion charges in Washington. The lobbyist was due in federal court in Miami Wednesday afternoon to plead guilty to fraud charges stemming from his purchases of a Florida gambling boat fleet called SunCruz.

In a plea agreement with government prosecutors, Abramoff agreed to tell the FBI about alleged bribes to lawmakers and their aides on issues ranging from Internet gambling to wireless phone service in the House.

The full extent of the investigation is not yet known, but Justice Department officials said they intended to make use of the trove of e-mails and other material in Abramoff's possession as part of a probe that is believed to be focusing on as many as 20 members of Congress and aides.

[benburch]

1. $6000 down, $94,000+ to go.

Thats how much was raised for Bush by this thug.

[havocmom]

2. Can we include the $$ spent buying support for bushco agenda

at national and local levels too? What he gave bushco is WAY more than $100,000. Probably incalculable.

[librechik]

3. yeah--he doesn't know. That's the ticket. n/t

[skids]

4. Give him some credit.

He did put up the "CULTURE OF CORRUPTION" meme and did use numbers instead of fuzzy "both Dems and Reps" rhetoric. On the whole, not great, but more balanced than 90% of the rest of the LSM.