Eric Cantor Sandwich — Hold the Ethics
Eric Cantor Sandwich — Hold the Ethics
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) is currently the front-runner in the race for House Majority Whip. Yesterday, Hotline wrote that “[m]ore than any other Republican lawmaker,” Cantor has “a personal reason to oppose Jack Abramoff and everything he represents.”
Abramoff secretly helped Cantor’s primary opponent in 2000.
Now Cantor’s campaign is trumpeting this line, calling him “the only candidate for leadership that Jack Abramoff and his gaming clients spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to beat.”
That’s the spin. Here are the facts: From 2000-2004, Cantor happily accepted $13,000 directly from Abramoff — no small sum. In 2003, the Virginia congressman developed a sudden interest in Louisiana gambling, and signed a letter aimed at helping one of Abramoff’s tribal clients.
Abramoff even hosted a $500-a-plate “sandwich-naming” fund-raising party for Cantor at the kosher deli Abramoff owned (the “Eric Cantor” was a roast beef on challah). The Forward sets the stage:
At the party, Abramoff built up Cantor, telling the Forward that the Virginia lawmaker would become “the party’s most visible liaison to Jewish groups and in my view will be an important liaison to conservatives and religious Christians.” …
In June 2003, the Forward disclosed that Cantor had neither paid for nor listed as a debt in his campaign finance filings the cost of the catering at the Stacks fund-raiser. Experts said that the failure to report the debt likely violated campaign finance laws. After the Forward reported the lapse, Cantor’s campaign obtained an invoice and quickly paid $1,732 for the event.
Does Cantor personally like Jack Abramoff? Probably not. Does he oppose “everything” Abramoff “represents”? Laughable.
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January 13th, 2006 at 1:33 pmWe’re fast running out of republiscum names…
All of these sombiches are tainted…
January 13th, 2006 at 1:35 pmJeez, that haggling about the sandwich is just like an episode on the Larry David show. But on to the real topic, the guilty parties heading up the reform is so bogus. How appropriate that the deli is named Stacks. These guys keep stacking the deck, now with trying to pose an Abramoff buddy as a guy who would clean house. It’s like OJ trying to find the real killer.
January 13th, 2006 at 1:37 pmAnd of course we won’t see any of this in the mainstream media
January 13th, 2006 at 1:37 pmGood research and digging on this one. Keep pushing it out there and it will build a record of documentation and research so the lazy traditional media will have it all done for them when they’re finally forced to cover these facts. That’s how it seems to work these days.
Re-post links to it at other blogs to make sure more attention gets it picked up. Certainly bash everyone over the ehad with it if this chump starts making some progress in the polls.
Get In Their Face!
January 13th, 2006 at 1:44 pmI love how Jews and Christians put aside their disgust of one another for money. Even though time and again everything they do turns to sh*t.
January 13th, 2006 at 1:50 pmJack’s sandwich stall:
The DeLay – a pork stuffed sub, served with extra gravy. $100k. (Earmarked as a delicacy.)
The Ney – aka The “Overseas Golf” Club, served on Scottish Rye. $100k.
The Bush – An oily delicacy of explosive Arab flavors, served on a Poppy seed bun. $100k.
The Congress – A wrap filled with the Native American delicacy du jour. $Name your price.
The No Spin Falafel – Splotchy and thick, but the wackos love it. $5.99
January 13th, 2006 at 2:04 pm#7 Very funny, Leakin’ DC! Surely there must be some bologna (baloney) in those sandwiches, though…
January 13th, 2006 at 2:14 pmIs there any Republican that hasn’t blown Abramoff?
January 13th, 2006 at 2:20 pm7 & 8- I would respectfully submit:
The Pat Roberts- listed as beef on the menu; actually full of Bologna and cheese.
January 13th, 2006 at 2:33 pmThe Dick Cheney-Grilled chickenhawk breast with lots of mayo
January 13th, 2006 at 2:44 pmThe Jack..A.off- Lots of green tops this thinly sliced turkey nestled between hot buns with a generous slathering of secret sauce, and no it’s not mayo.
January 13th, 2006 at 3:03 pmThe Ted Stevens- A slab of dried up pork grizzle on a stale hoagie bun. No toppings or substitutions. Take it or leave it.
January 13th, 2006 at 3:10 pmStacks was owned by Abramoff!? Is THAT why it shut down? I freaking loved that place… sigh…
I guess now according to the wingnuts, any Democrat I donate money to is corrupt because I have given money to Abramoff, right?
January 13th, 2006 at 3:26 pmThe Bill Frist – A flat bread sandwich with grilled chickin© breast, bland light mayo, mixed greens, and raw eggs. Order three, and comes with a free diagnosis from the Senate floor!
January 13th, 2006 at 3:29 pmThe Sam Brownback – It says it’s an egg sandwich on toast, but you actually get dead baby chickens on your bread because Sam couldn’t bear the idea of killing them while they were still in the egg…
:running away:
January 13th, 2006 at 3:51 pmAll the Republicans in DC are ethically challenged!
Rep.Cantor is corrupt just like all the rest of them!
If Americans were intelligent next November elections, then at least 100 Repub Representatives should be thrown-out and as many Repub Senators as possible too!
January 13th, 2006 at 4:08 pmThe “Harry Reid” – Bologna and sauerkraut on Wonder Bread with “gould”en mustard. (This must be the kind of sandwich that gives poor Harry that perpetually constipated look.)
January 13th, 2006 at 4:22 pmThe “Harry Reid” – Bologna and sauerkraut on Wonder Bread with “gould”en mustard. (This must be the kind of sandwich that gives poor Harry that perpetually constipated look.)
January 13th, 2006 at 4:22 pm# 16
WITCH,
That ones a keeper.
January 13th, 2006 at 4:27 pmThe Karl Rove- A glob of greasy pork fat piled high with head cheese served on a sourdough pita and smeared with 6 week old mayo and topped with rotton tomatoes and stale brown lettuce.
Wash it down with some tepid hot dog water and you’ve got a meal fit for a turdblossom.
January 13th, 2006 at 4:29 pm“The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees,” Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. “Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them.”
That pretty much sums up what the republican leadership believes of the ‘fine’ folks that come here to spout the rhetoric of the rightwing. You prove them right daily, how sad for you and for our great country. I feel sorry for you – just like all of the poor suckers who make a fool of themselves unwittingly on reality TV. Poor republican suckers – you’re so easily convinced to make a fool of yourselves in public.
January 13th, 2006 at 5:00 pmThe Pat Fitzgerald-aka the Hero, lean strips of USDA beefsteak on fresh Chicago Jewish Rye, smothered in delicious American cheddar, a dab of grey poupon and sliced right down the middle.
January 13th, 2006 at 6:29 pmThe Robertson-
January 14th, 2006 at 12:17 amFilled with Chili Cheese and beans, its sure to BLOW YOU UP
#“The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees,†Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. “Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them.â€
Comment by RightPunch — January 13, 2006 @ 5:00 pm
Welp that Explains FAUX News, Coulters, Rushes, O’lielly, and Falwell, and Compassionate Conservative as well Maybe. THX for that Quote by Scanlon, lets send it to the church groups.
January 14th, 2006 at 12:22 amThe Cunningham – soggy white bread holds weepy fake beef, a stripe of yellow mustard, and a microphone inside.
January 14th, 2006 at 10:24 amThe GOP special:
A combination of eggs, beans and chilies served on a loaf of all American white bread. Guaranteed to generate 50% more hot air then any other sandwich on the list.
January 14th, 2006 at 11:28 amI think we ought to arrest every sonofabitch that ever took a dinner, a dime or debutante from someone seeking political favor. Do you know what would happen? Washington DC and ever state capital would be empty. Let’s do it.
January 14th, 2006 at 5:16 pmFine with me on that I-R-I > every Politician who takes bribes or contributions (lol) to pass bills for lobbyists should be removed from office PERIOD.
January 15th, 2006 at 1:43 am#29 Wow! You posted something I can agree with. Can we start on this now.? Let’s clean out the house, senate and whitehouse post haste. All of them, right now..
January 15th, 2006 at 7:57 amMy coment about this Cantor fellow is this. Put a wig on him and slap a wart on his nose and he would look like an OZ witch. Bet if he get’s the job he will wiggle his nose and make more messes than the bums before him….
January 15th, 2006 at 8:03 amWhat about the Faux daily special.. nothing real, all imitation, no nutritional value, bad for your health, but since millions keep sloping it up we keep it on the menu
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March 19th, 2008 at 6:53 pm