A hint of Democratic strategy in regards to Abramoff?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

I'm listening to Arkansas Public Television's "Arkansas Week in Review", which this week features a live interview with our Senator Mark Pryor (D). A wide range of topics were covered, with Pryor taking a cautious course, as befits a Democrat in a state that voted for Bush. But let me talk about Abramoff.

He conceded that if he finds he got any money from Abramoff, he'd take care of it-it appears that the journalist questioning him threw it out that he had gotten some contributions "from someone connected to Abramoff" just before they went on air; he also conceded that perhaps other Democrats had received money. But then he talked about working with Sen. Reid on investigating things-and then said, what for him, I found rather surprising-he felt Abramoff's scheme was to increase GOP power. Yes, I know we've talked about it here for quite a while, but it shocked me almost to hear someone who is usually rather cautious and timid to talk so vehemently about it-the journalist who interviewed him seemed surprised as well, but Pryor kept insisting that Abramoff was part of the repuke (my word) scheme to take over and maintain power.

Could this mean that Reid and other Dems are planning to bring this out more and let the general public know about this?

Edited for typo!

[ClassWarrior]

1. It's what I've been saying - the ILLEGAL money was stolen and...

...laundered to avoid the finance laws - then channeled to the Reps. Now why would somebody go to the trouble and risk of doing that, just to "spread it around" to both sides?? Wouldn't that be pointless? No, Jack's a frickin' money pipeline for the corrupt Party of Nixon.

NGU.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Will the Dems in Congress take this and run with it?

Pryor usually keeps a low profile-I hope the fact he brought this up means that Reid and others have some solid evidence they plan to bring out, or know that Abramoff has really spilled the beans.

[Quakerfriend]

5. Exactly!!

And, he made out like a bandit for doing the repugs this 'favor'. I could NEVER have imagined a more corrupt bunch of slimes than these men.

[stop the bleeding]

2. what is "scemem"???? otherwise it sounds pretty good.

I found rather surprising-he felt Abramoff's scemem was to increase GOP power.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Thanks, teach

Spelling was never my best subject. It has been changed. :)

[stop the bleeding]

6. Like I have room to talk,

you really had me thinking that this was a real word and I almost went and consulted Websters.

[ecstatic]

7. Good question , but obviously there is no real, unified strategy

Once again, it's each Dem for him/herself. Otherwise, NONE of the Democrats would have returned the money, since NONE of them did anything wrong.