Abramoff Bills Contradict DeLay’s ‘Clean Bill of Health’ Claim
By on Mar 2nd, 2006 at 4:09 pm
Abramoff Bills Contradict DeLay’s ‘Clean Bill of Health’ Claim
During his interview with Fox News today, Tom DeLay said his hands are clean of Abramoff’s malfeasance:
I’ve hired lawyers that look through everything that we’ve done, my relationship with Jack Abramoff, every contact we made with him, everything. And they’ve given me a complete bill — clean bill of health.
DeLay might want new lawyers. From an ABC News report published today:
When Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and his wife flew from Houston to a golf resort in Scotland in June 2000, the first-class airfare cost $14,001, a big-ticket item for a public servant. But someone else paid.
The American Express bills of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff show he footed the bill for the tickets, in an apparent violation of House ethics rules.
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Shoot the moron.
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:12 pmAs long as you lie and everyone else is to so no one questions you then you are clean…that is the rule.
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:14 pmHow can his hands be clean if he’s shoveling this much manure?
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:16 pmhttp://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=15790
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:20 pmUmmmm….oops!
I meant I didn’t do anything wrong except that thing…. and all the others.
Hey, did I tell you about that test I took in high school? I got 100% on it, if you don’t count all the questions I got wrong.
And I figured out the cure for cancer. Only I my dog ate it.
And I am a descendant of Jesus. Just ignore the fact that I’m really not.
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:21 pmThe lie gets more coverage than the truth,
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:27 pmtherefore the truth doesn’t matter… except
to the courts, I hope.
We live in Orwell’s “1984″, some of us know
it, others never will.
Now I’m off for some “Victory Gin”!
Delay is a child Molester im certain…..scumbags like him and Bush always touch children….only a matter of time before this comes to light for them both.
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:30 pmThey all sit on the Republican Throne of Lies.
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:32 pmHe stumbles on (my lawyers have) “given me a complete bill…”
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:32 pmYeah, a complete list of just how screwed you are.
A completed bill for our services because there is nothing more we or any other army of lawyers can do for you now.
#9,
And when have lawyers ever failed to give
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:45 pma client “a complete bill”?
Thank you very much…
I’m here all week…
STOP Throwing things…
I always thought is was doctors (not lawyers) who are supposed to comment on your health? Maybe Delay is so twisted around with all his lies that he now gets legal advice from his doctors and medical advice from his lawyers…
March 2nd, 2006 at 4:55 pmMaybe he means the lawyers gave him a healthy bill(very big number) which if he paid completely, would clean him out?
Oh lordy, lordy. If Texans don’t revolt against these scumbags that feed them sh#t everyday and expect no consequences, then good riddance. Having pride is one thing but when that pride gets in the way of admitting errors in judgement and you continue to follow the same path even when its clear that you are following sh#theads, well thats just stupidity.
March 2nd, 2006 at 5:04 pmI thought this was old news. Am I wrong?
March 2nd, 2006 at 5:32 pm(think of goofie from the real disney cartoons), ‘ok mr delay…ahee…if you say so..gorsh..’
March 2nd, 2006 at 6:50 pmIf you look at the picture that abcnews had obtained they look like they were very close friends
March 2nd, 2006 at 7:56 pm#10
March 2nd, 2006 at 8:08 pm(Moi?) Did I hit something or somethings?
Delay’s saying his hands are clean is like the four year old who claims he didn’t eat the chocolate cake when his face is covered in crumbs and frosting.
March 2nd, 2006 at 8:59 pmYou don’t believe either one — except you can excuse the four year old for being a kid.
I think he’s telling the truth.
March 2nd, 2006 at 9:09 pmSee ya bug man.
March 2nd, 2006 at 9:24 pmbush … delay … even lbj was a jerkass.
the state of texas owes the rest of america an apology
personally, i’m for a constitutional amendment that prevents texans from any government post besides their congressional delegations.
March 2nd, 2006 at 9:57 pmTom DeLay got caught red-handed in dirty deals with Jack Abramoff, so he must RESIGN from his House seat, and return to Texas as a Cockroach Exterminator for the rest of his damn dumb life!
March 3rd, 2006 at 1:17 amIt’s the GOP mantra; when all else fails, deny everything, admit to nothing. If you tell a lie often enough, people might begin to believe you.
March 3rd, 2006 at 10:34 amWar is Peace.
Black is White.
DeLay is Honest.
Awww, no trolls?
I guess DeLay isn’t on Troll Talking Points these days.
March 3rd, 2006 at 10:38 amPS: Haha, I guess trial attorneys are now OK for Republicans to consort with.
Suddenly one man’s frivolous lawsuit is another man’s courageous countersuit.
Fucking neocon hypocrite liars. They obviously don’t believe in the religion they spout so loudly for all to hear, or they would be dreading eternal damnation.
March 3rd, 2006 at 10:42 am[...] DeLay isn’t real bright, is he? Especially since he claimed on Fox that his records were squeaky clean. [...]
March 3rd, 2006 at 11:03 amLet’s put old Tommy Boy in a slow boat to Dubai.
March 3rd, 2006 at 3:29 pmHe can work on the docks, learn Arabic & do all
the bug exterminating on the ships.
This MoFu has got to go!
The “circle of trust” only works as long as everybody lies to protect the lie. If someone finally tells the truth in order to get a shortened sentence, then the whole thing comes crumbling down. Tom seems to think that the lie is still continuing and that all “team players” are “still aboard”.
March 3rd, 2006 at 3:56 pm[...] Read the Think Progress article here about Tom Delay’s latest corruption [...]
March 3rd, 2006 at 4:08 pm