Anyway, that strangest of all pairs, Jack Abramoff (Orthodox Jew) and former Christian Coalition chief Ralph Reed, now running for Lieutenant Governor in Georgia, are among those named in a suit for defrauding the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas.
The others named in this case involving losses in the millions - possibly tens of millions - are former Abramoff co-worker Jon Van Horne; and, two former Congressional aides who pleaded guilty to corruption with Abramoff, Neil Volz (Bob Ney of Ohio) and Michael Scanlon (Tom DeLay).
Speaking of DeLay, this putz has so much hubris he could fill the entire Astrodome, with enough left over to power a shuttle to the space station and back.
The guy's under indictment and awaiting trial, with myriad scandals hanging over his head. He's given up his seat in the House because, let's face it, nobody wants him around there dirtying up the hallowed halls anymore. Smiler Tom dumped grade A manure on top of his constituents when he told them, essentially, I took all the money I conned out of you and stole from taxpayers everywhere else, bought property in Virginia - and I ain't comin' back.
But... as a result of a quirk in the law that might keep his name on the November ballot, because Smiler Tom was too much of an egomaniac to step aside and let the primaries proceed without his smarmy interference, the guy's now threatening America that he'll actually run.
He knew damn well what the law was, and stayed in the primary just for this very reason. Smiler even said at the time of the primary that he felt an entitlement to the seat in that district, and there was no way he was going to let some Liberal Democrat take it over.
Providing he hasn't been jailed or convicted.
As former Nixon aide John Dean's new book title states, these Neo-cons have no conscience among them at all.
Over in Georgia, the first woman to be elected state school superintendent, Linda Schrenko, attacked Democrats for corruption when she ran in 2002 as a Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Now, she's just a few weeks away from beginning an eight-year sentence after robbing the educational funds for deaf and gifted students of $600,000, half of which she used in the campaign to fight Democratic corruption.
Schrenko is unquestionably a Georgia prima donna - she spent more than $9,000 of her ill-gotten loot on a facelift; the 56-year-old showed up at her sentencing not looking demur and contrite, rather dressed like a successful businesswoman, made up as though she was on the prowl, and wearing the same "what, me worry?" smart ass smile DeLay always has spread across his mug.
In a show of total chutzpah, her attorney requested that she be incarcerated at the women's Federal facility in Tallahassee, Florida. What gall! She stole from deaf students, now please be nice to her. Warm weather, 365 days a year.
Let me see -- for someone who's used to Georgia's warm climate, true punishment would include the harsh winters of a northern Yankee state.
What is it about people like DeLay and Schrenko? Are they truly clueless, or completely void of any sense of morality?
At least in Georgia a court ruling came down, allowing that it won't be necessary to provide a picture ID to vote. Score one for the poor and downtrodden.
Traveling a bit north, can anybody tell me why Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) has such an anti-Mexican phobia? For the love of Mike, it's almost impossible to get any further from the southern border in the contiguous 48 than Wisconsin! Yet, he's been one nasty sombitch regarding illegals as long as this ridiculous debate has been shoved to the front of all the more important issues.
The others named in this case involving losses in the millions - possibly tens of millions - are former Abramoff co-worker Jon Van Horne; and, two former Congressional aides who pleaded guilty to corruption with Abramoff, Neil Volz (Bob Ney of Ohio) and Michael Scanlon (Tom DeLay).
Speaking of DeLay, this putz has so much hubris he could fill the entire Astrodome, with enough left over to power a shuttle to the space station and back.
The guy's under indictment and awaiting trial, with myriad scandals hanging over his head. He's given up his seat in the House because, let's face it, nobody wants him around there dirtying up the hallowed halls anymore. Smiler Tom dumped grade A manure on top of his constituents when he told them, essentially, I took all the money I conned out of you and stole from taxpayers everywhere else, bought property in Virginia - and I ain't comin' back.
He knew damn well what the law was, and stayed in the primary just for this very reason. Smiler even said at the time of the primary that he felt an entitlement to the seat in that district, and there was no way he was going to let some Liberal Democrat take it over.
Providing he hasn't been jailed or convicted.
As former Nixon aide John Dean's new book title states, these Neo-cons have no conscience among them at all.
Over in Georgia, the first woman to be elected state school superintendent, Linda Schrenko, attacked Democrats for corruption when she ran in 2002 as a Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Now, she's just a few weeks away from beginning an eight-year sentence after robbing the educational funds for deaf and gifted students of $600,000, half of which she used in the campaign to fight Democratic corruption.
Schrenko is unquestionably a Georgia prima donna - she spent more than $9,000 of her ill-gotten loot on a facelift; the 56-year-old showed up at her sentencing not looking demur and contrite, rather dressed like a successful businesswoman, made up as though she was on the prowl, and wearing the same "what, me worry?" smart ass smile DeLay always has spread across his mug.
In a show of total chutzpah, her attorney requested that she be incarcerated at the women's Federal facility in Tallahassee, Florida. What gall! She stole from deaf students, now please be nice to her. Warm weather, 365 days a year.
Let me see -- for someone who's used to Georgia's warm climate, true punishment would include the harsh winters of a northern Yankee state.
What is it about people like DeLay and Schrenko? Are they truly clueless, or completely void of any sense of morality?
At least in Georgia a court ruling came down, allowing that it won't be necessary to provide a picture ID to vote. Score one for the poor and downtrodden.
Traveling a bit north, can anybody tell me why Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) has such an anti-Mexican phobia? For the love of Mike, it's almost impossible to get any further from the southern border in the contiguous 48 than Wisconsin! Yet, he's been one nasty sombitch regarding illegals as long as this ridiculous debate has been shoved to the front of all the more important issues.
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