His Desire to Make Amends

[bleever]

You could see the deep shame on his face, in those clips we've seen over and over again. You could almost feel his contrition looking at his face, his posture. We learned that he was an Orthodox Jew, likely wearing a yarmulke under that fedora.

So what has he actually been doing since he made his plea deal, and disappeared into the custody of the justice system? An update:

Abramoff’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said his client is spending a great deal of time helping federal authorities sift through evidence – including billing records – “as part of his desire to make amends.”

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061010/NEWS01/61010007

Onward.

[movonne]

1. Yea right

[rosesaylavee]

2. Do you trust that he is

trying to make amends? Very interesting if that is what he is doing.

[bleever]

3. He is going through the records

with the feds.

Even without wanting to "rat out" anyone, he's providing a road map to the prosecution.

[rosesaylavee]

4. Good.

May there be more like just like him.

[Patsy Stone]

5. Atoning

It's a crowd-pleaser.

Look, all you need to know is that Pombo doesn't know the guy. He's never met him, he never spoke to him, and he certainly never got $7,500 from the man -- no matter what you hear. 'k?

[bleever]

7. "I swear to God: a STAFFER e.ndorsed that check."

He's a minor league DeLay about to get the watershed treatment, if we're lucky, way before the Bugman did.

[snowbear]

6. If he REALLY wanted to make amends...

.. he'd come completely clean and would be screaming from the mountaintops about all the secret meetings with Rove and Bush.

[bleever]

8. And that is precisely

what I hope this statement from Mr. Lowell (and lawyers are professionally bound to be as reticent as possible) is indicating.

:thumbsup: