Ney Blames Legal Troubles On Media, Liberal Groups, And Overzealous Justice Department
Ney Blames Legal Troubles On Media, Liberal Groups, And Overzealous Justice Department
Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) — known as “Representative #1″ in four plea deals in the Abramoff case — insisted yesterday, “I haven’t done anything wrong.” He’s actually just the victim of a major conspiracy involving the federal government, the media, Jack Abramoff, and the “liberal establishment”:
Justice Department:
While I am very saddened to see what has happened today, I also understand that Neil [Volz] has been under tremendous pressure from the government. … For a young man like Neil, it is virtually impossible to have the financial resources to adequately defend yourself against the federal government. [5/9/06]
Media:
The last several months have not been easy. … I have seen my name savaged by the national media. [1/27/06]
Liberal groups:
I have watched as the liberal establishment in Washington engaged in a coordinated smear campaign against me. [1/27/06]
Jack Abramoff:
I, like these Indian tribes and other members of Congress, was duped by Jack Abramoff. [10/18/05]
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Sounds like an honest guy. We should take him at his word
May 9th, 2006 at 1:09 pmAnother representative of The Party of Personal Responsibilty flaps his yap again. ……………yawn
May 9th, 2006 at 1:09 pmHe is reading DeLay’s script from last year isn’t he.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:11 pmI agree with John… can’t they come up with a new whipping boy? Oh, say , The Devil himself perhaps?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:13 pmThe culture of corruption is so entrenched and ingrained with these people they simply don’t see anything wrong with it. I am speaking of Congress in general.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:14 pmSounds like a Liar.
I wouldnt take his word.
How did the Media make him corrupt?
Did any people here make Ney Corrupt?
Cast a Spell of Corruption?
Did the Justice dept say Hey Ney, Be Corrupt?.
Did the GOP make Ney Corrupt? Pretty Much.
Its the Modus Operandi.
So the GOP, much to Squishys dismay, is the root of corruption. and not the Media, the Liberals, or the Justice dept.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:14 pmMr Ney, Grow some Nads and quite blaming others. You look liker and Are a huge Hypocrite.
Hey he added the federal government in, not just the liberals and the media. Every politicians says these kind of crap right before they head to jail, or resign. So who are the other reps?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:14 pmWheeeeee….this is fun. In a sad “American political cesspool” kind of way.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:15 pmMust be that vast left wing conspiracy we hear so much about
May 9th, 2006 at 1:15 pmSounds like an Honest Guy.
Squishy you should consider a career in standup comedy.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:16 pmCan any of the corrupt Republican take responsibility for their actions? Always blame someone else.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:16 pmKhagans
“Did the GOP make Ney Corrupt? Pretty Much.”
He hasn’t been found guilty, so what is he hypocritical of?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:17 pmWhat am I missing here?? Ney blames the “liberal establishment in Washington” for his problems. With the White House, Senate, House, and Supreme Court each being run by the Repugnicans, where is the liberal establishment in town?? Oh, wait, Bob must be tripping again and thinks its 2009 already when we ARE the liberal establishment in charge of the White House, Senate, House and Supreme Court again. That has to be it.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:17 pmHey, at least he did not blame Clinton….yet!
May 9th, 2006 at 1:20 pmElizabeth graduated from McLean High School in 1984. She received her bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1996.
Prior to attending law school, Cheney-Perry worked for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development between 1989 and 1993. After 1993, she took a job at Armitage Associates LLP, the consulting firm founded by Richard Armitage, then a former Defense Department official who later served as Deputy Secretary of State.
A whole group of war monger wackos!!
Chicken Hawks Extraordinaire
and no wonder Cheneys lie so easily
They are Lawyers, from the School of Crimea
Chicago the Corrupt Capital of America!
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Khagans
“Did the GOP make Ney Corrupt? Pretty Much.â€
He hasn’t been found guilty, so what is he hypocritical of?
Comment by squegeeboo — May 9, 2006 @ 1:17 pm
May 9th, 2006 at 1:22 pm~~
Just read whatever he says, you don’t have to BREAK A LAW to be a hypocrite or a LIAR. Bush Lies all the time, has he been charged? NO.
Your point again?
Damn!
He sounds so convincing…
…surely I’m guilty of something…
…I MUST be part of this conspiracy to get him…
…since I hate Ohio so much…
May 9th, 2006 at 1:22 pmLol maybe Ney was one of the Congressmen involved in the Hookergate scandal with Cunningham?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:22 pmWAAAAHHHHH! Asshole.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:22 pmA conspiracy?
He sounds like a moonbat. Conspiracies. The WHOLE world of is against poor Mr Ney.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:24 pmSounds like a case of paranoia.
#17 - That’s it, Jay. I love the smell of flop sweat in the morning.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:26 pmThe Vast Left Wing Conspiracy strimes again.
Please, can you liberals leave the Victim Party alone? They just want to bang whores, and embezzle your money, no harm , no foul…..
-GSD
May 9th, 2006 at 1:26 pmNey is just another “Banana Republican.”
May 9th, 2006 at 1:27 pmI, like these Indian tribes and other members of Congress, was duped by Jack Abramoff
Yes it was the Indians!! The Tribes put a Spell on Mr Abramoff and he, the Kocapelli, Played his magic flute, and the minions followed him into nefarity!!
Yes its Abramoff and the Indians! Thy Conspiracy is Found!!
Happy Squeegepoop?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:30 pmNey has already moved past “I’m innocent” and “I didn’t break the law” to “It’s all a liberal conspiracy” — Stage 3 of Republican Denial in record time.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:31 pmI am waiting anxiously to find out who are the 6 GOP members of Congress played poker with Cunningham, and Foggo of the CIA, while having sex with prostitutes at the Watergate hotel?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:31 pmNey probably was one of them, and DeLay possibly, and if Hastert was there the GOP is done > lol.
And where exactly is this “liberal establishment” in Washington? Can anybody point it out to me?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:33 pmSo, we see this differently than many in this land o ours. Does Ney’s bullshit fly anywhere? Do the reichtwingnutz actually believe this crap? The goosesteppers repeat it, but do they believe it?
I’d like to think that I’m giving them too much credit. I’d bet I’m not and some of ‘em are exactly this stupid, some even more so.
What a world.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:34 pmDo these people think they are invisible or invincible? How could they really believe they would never get caught? That is a 16 year olds mentality.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:35 pmWe cannot rule out that some GOP Senators might have taken part in the poker games with hookers too! Frist would be a prime suspect > lol.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:36 pmwhat about the queers and the jews, you can’t tell me they are not to blame?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:36 pmDuke Cunningham did the same thing before he said:
Ever notice how these guys never come clean right away, and they blame everyone else. The more they blame others, the more it must be true seems to be what is happening.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:36 pmThey should place blame for their troubles where it belongs - getting caught.
It goes like this:
I wouldn’t be in this mess if I hadn’t gotten caught.
See how that works?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:37 pmIf you have stiff helmet hair with a part on the side and a red Gin face,I say GUILTY!
May 9th, 2006 at 1:38 pmI want to see a pic of the CIA agent named “Nine Fingers” who played poker with Cunningham! I bet they played strip poker and Dusty Foggo lost all the time being buck naked > lol.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:41 pmSweet Hair…
May 9th, 2006 at 1:44 pmTheir philosophy: ‘Admit nothing, deny everything, and make counteraccusations.’
May 9th, 2006 at 1:47 pmHe does have good hair. Do you think it’s real?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:49 pmYou blew it, Ney!
The RNC talking point specifically stipulates you use the words, “Witch Hunt!”
May 9th, 2006 at 1:49 pmI am waiting anxiously to find out who are the 6 GOP members of Congress played poker with Cunningham, and Foggo of the CIA, while having sex with prostitutes at the Watergate hotel?
Ney probably was one of them, and DeLay possibly, and if Hastert was there the GOP is done > lol.
Comment by Jay Randal #25
Stop it Jay!
You’re making me positively giddy…
May 9th, 2006 at 1:50 pm#37 - It must be real, who’d buy hair like that?
This is what happens when you won’t let a gay man touch your hair.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:52 pm-Jon Stewart (the great, Jon Stewart)
Put this low-life crook and the rest of his GOP buddies in Guantanamo and torture them until they confess.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:54 pmDoes anyone know if there is a current list of republicans who have been convicted, indicted, or who are under investigation since Bush came into office?
I am sure this would be an extensive list at this point… would probably make a great moveon commercial right before the elections.
May 9th, 2006 at 1:55 pmtypical sociopath behaviour. Everyone else is to blame for his problems, except for the real cause, himself
May 9th, 2006 at 2:03 pm[…] Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is caught in the eye of the Abramoff storm. His excuse…From Think Progress: Ney Blames Legal Troubles On Media, Liberal Groups, And Overzealous Justice Department […]
May 9th, 2006 at 2:07 pmThis is what happens when you won’t let a gay man touch your hair.
-Jon Stewart (the great, Jon Stewart)
Comment by Zookeeper
Note to self, never read Zoo’s comments when I have a mouth full of coffee. Makes a terrible mess on my screen…….
May 9th, 2006 at 2:09 pmtypical sociopath behaviour. Everyone else is to blame for his problems, except for the real cause, himself
Comment by Wayne — May 9, 2006 @ 2:03 pm
Maybe he’s really Mighty Aphrodite? That glass slipper certainly fits!
May 9th, 2006 at 2:09 pmi may be mistaken, but i think melanie sloan just stated on franken that indictment for Ney is soon, within a couple of months…
May 9th, 2006 at 2:18 pm#32
I kind of like;
“I would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for you meddling kids”
May 9th, 2006 at 2:28 pmMaybe he’s really Mighty Aphrodite? That glass slipper certainly fits!
Comment by unbelievable
Naw, Ney actually has shown some minor signs of intellegence and coheasive thought patterns in the past.
May 9th, 2006 at 2:29 pmI’M WITH SQUEEGEE
LIKE THE PRESIDENT - WE SHOULD JUST TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD AND TRUST EVERYTHING HE SAYS
May 9th, 2006 at 2:47 pmAs a homosexual, I feel cheated that he didn’t try and pin it on me.
May 9th, 2006 at 2:49 pmHis comments are not alarming, he pretty much looks like a deer in the headlights. Post #35, great hair comment but I think its a rug.
May 9th, 2006 at 3:07 pmHey y’all - wouldn’t it be perfect if we inundated these guys with mail….I urge you to sign and send!!!!!
Tell Representatives Ney, Jefferson, and Doolittle, as well as Senator Burns, to resign.
May 9th, 2006 at 3:10 pmRepresentative Bob Ney, R-OH: Representative Ney is at the center of the Abramoff corruption scandal. Rep. Ney and his staff reportedly took numerous gifts and trips, including golfing at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. In addition, they had regular meals and drinks at Abramoff’s Washington restaurant and used Abramoff’s luxury box suites at Camden Yards baseball stadium in Baltimore for campaign fund-raisers. A former aide to Rep. Ney, Neil Volz, has just pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff to corrupt Ney and other members of his staff by peddling trips, free tickets and meals.
and squeegboy - this is okay with you?
May 9th, 2006 at 3:14 pmSo Lets See:
The Federal Government: House-Repuppetcan
Senate-Repuppetcan
Supreme Court-Repuppetcan
Every Major (and Minor)Agency-Repuppetcan
Media: Faux Infotainment Channel (Fox lol News) Repuppetcan
MSNBC/GE Military Industrial Complex Channel-Repuppetcan
Conservative News Network (CNN) or Fox II-Repuppetcan
ABC, CBS, NBC-???
Liberal Groups-WHERE??!!! WHO??!!! Name them so I can join
Jack Abramoff: Now hold on, now we’re getting Anti-Semitic.
Seems to me that Mr. Ney was done in by his own
Power Corrupts
May 9th, 2006 at 3:45 pmOy, Ney, he’s in deep shit.
-GSD
May 9th, 2006 at 4:18 pm#1 - Is that a straight line?
Why on earth would we give a Republican Congressman the benefit of the doubt? Give me one reason.
May 9th, 2006 at 4:51 pm#45 - Another Wayne after my heart. *sigh*
May 9th, 2006 at 4:56 pmGSD (#21) Very funny. In truth, Ney’s remarks make him sound guilty (and unrepentant). Shocking.
May 9th, 2006 at 4:57 pm#51 - Do you only do musical theater, or do you do hair, too? Just askin’, because, well, look at him. e_five? Is that a military ranking?
May 9th, 2006 at 4:58 pm#58 - “Why on earth would we give a Republican Congressman the benefit of the doubt? Give me one reason.” - Comment by Massachusetts Liberal
******EXCELLENT (!!) question from a state that bred our latest rehab-Congressman and who continues to send “Ted the Swimmer” to the Senate. By the way, how much over budget is the “Big Dig”?
I despise dishonest pols, and if Ney is as crooked as Cunningham, indict, try and convict him. But I haven’t been able to find any info here on another Congressional scandal, Alan Mollohan (D-WV). Thank you, Think Pessimism, for fair and balanced ethics coverage. (ha!!!)
May 9th, 2006 at 5:58 pmConsidering that the Big Dig is being run by Bechtel a republican company just like Haliburton, you really shouldn’t discuss how over budget it is. It makes it look like you don’t support republican cronyism.
Just as fair and balanced as Fox News and Red State. At least Judd still let’s you post here, unlike Red State.
May 9th, 2006 at 6:38 pmThis guy is really breaking my heart!!!!!!!!!!
May 9th, 2006 at 6:43 pm******EXCELLENT (!!) question from a state that bred our latest rehab-Congressman and who continues to send “Ted the Swimmer†to the Senate.
Comment by Mighty Hypocrite
EXCELLENT response from a person from the district that continued to send Randy Cunningham back to Congress until his recent felony conviction. You truly are a Mighty Hypocrite!
May 9th, 2006 at 7:38 pmMighty Moron, since you like to talk about Ted Kennedy so much, why don’t you join your friend Laura “I run men over, kill them and get away with it” Bush?
May 9th, 2006 at 9:58 pmIf the Abramoff and Cunningham scandals are linked together with the hookers at the Watergate hotel, then this could take down the entire GOP pack of fools in DC?! Pray it’s so > lol.
May 9th, 2006 at 10:02 pmBy the way, how much over budget is the “Big Dig�
Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 9, 2006 @ 5:58 pm
A whole lot less than the fiasco in Iraq and nobody is getting killed everyday , not to mention overbudget with the borrow(like junkies) and spend (like junkies again, sailors never thought they ever would have that much pay from the repug run goberment)
May 10th, 2006 at 12:20 amPs. Mighty Hypocrite,
May 10th, 2006 at 6:51 amI forgot to point out in #65, because hubby and I were about to go out, that all of George and Jeb Bush’s collected children have been picked up for either underage drunkenness or drugs. George himself has been arrested for drunk driving, and we all know about Laura’s fatal crash. In addition, Jeb’s wife was caught trying to bring several thousand $ worth of goods into the US without paying the required customs duties. Maybe some members of the Bush family ought to go into rehab.
Ever hear of the aphorism “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones?”
And incidentally, I’m still waiting to hear what your “authoritative” source on the death and supposed autopsy of Ted Kennedy’s passenger.
Crap excuses, nice toupe.
May 10th, 2006 at 7:55 amFor those unfamiliar with Jeb’s wife, Columba Bush’s run-in with Customs agents, I have copied and pasted the following from nddb.com.
“Executive summary: Wife of Florida governor Jeb Bush
In June 1999 Columba Bush was thwarted at Altanta International Airport attempting to smuggle $19,000 in French clothing and jewelry into the United States without declaring the purchases. Despite the fact that the U.S. customs officers gave her two opportunities to amend the form, Bush declined. Then they found the receipts in her purse. Bush wrote a check for $4,100 to cover the fine (three times the duty amount) and went on her way. A few days later she claimed her crime had been entirely inadvertent, calling it “an awful mistake.”
And to Mighty Hypocrite,
May 10th, 2006 at 8:05 amShe was trying to smuggle French(!) items, no less! Aren’t you going to call her a traitor or at least an America-hater?
#71 Aphro will find some excuse on the Fox site. The apologists are working overtime. Too bad we can’t find some tax on weak excuses; we would be back into surplus.
Ah well, if we want to balance the budget, we need to get the repubs out of the WH/Congress/Senate. The out of control spending and raising of our country’s credit limits that repubs continue is hurting our future. They have no forethought and are selling us out.
May 10th, 2006 at 10:09 am