Comments on: SOURCE: Abramoff Considered Hastert ‘A Reliable Ally For His Clients’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:21:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Janet Peters http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-586169 Janet Peters Wed, 31 May 2006 03:26:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-586169 I write about Hastert at least twice a week.This man need to go.Vote him out he didn't even want to run.Bush ask him. I write about Hastert at least twice a week.This man need to go.Vote him out he didn’t even want to run.Bush ask him.

]]> By: dave http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-584431 dave Tue, 30 May 2006 12:46:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-584431 <strong>Gee another REPUGLICAN caught taking bribes[who would ever thunk it].Every time someones name comes up in the Abranoff scandal they turn into Sgt Shultz {THEY KNOW NOTHING THEY SEE NOTHING THEY DID NOTHING] Give me a break ! DAVE</strong> Gee another REPUGLICAN caught taking bribes[who would ever thunk it].Every time someones name comes up in the Abranoff scandal they turn into Sgt Shultz {THEY KNOW NOTHING THEY SEE NOTHING THEY DID NOTHING] Give me a break ! DAVE

]]> By: Art Durand aka Whitebear http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-581018 Art Durand aka Whitebear Sun, 28 May 2006 23:43:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-581018 The perfect neo-con plan. Declare all of DC a Federal Prison without guards or walls. Give the politicians life sentences without parole and let the greed roll on. The perfect neo-con plan.
Declare all of DC a Federal Prison without guards or walls. Give the politicians life sentences without parole and let the greed roll on.

]]> By: Dale Peters http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-578189 Dale Peters Sun, 28 May 2006 03:17:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-578189 <strong>J.Dennis Hastert Is from our State he has been caught by Veterans For Progress IL in lies to the newspapers.When we caught him saying he votes veteran.No he does not we have his votes.He has only voted to cut our benefits,But he does vote what the White House want him too.He then wrote a letters again claiming he only votes on issues that are a very near vote.Nope we got him again he voted on bill that the votes where so large that it would pass in a heart beat.Speaker Hastert lies and he is covering up something hm like why did he get 70,000 for writing a letter .Show me where to sign up for that.John Leasch is running against Hastert with our support.He needs yours go to his web site at Leasch for congress you see the veteran can beat him.</strong> J.Dennis Hastert Is from our State he has been caught by Veterans For Progress IL in lies to the newspapers.When we caught him saying he votes veteran.No he does not we have his votes.He has only voted to cut our benefits,But he does vote what the White House want him too.He then wrote a letters again claiming he only votes on issues that are a very near vote.Nope we got him again he voted on bill that the votes where so large that it would pass in a heart beat.Speaker Hastert lies and he is covering up something hm like why did he get 70,000 for writing a letter .Show me where to sign up for that.John Leasch is running against Hastert with our support.He needs yours go to his web site at Leasch for congress you see the veteran can beat him.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-577130 Jay Randal Sat, 27 May 2006 06:57:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-577130 Hastert is the next to fall because Abramoff has spilled the beans on Denny taking bribes in regards to Indian casinos! Hastert is the next to fall because Abramoff has spilled the beans on Denny taking bribes in regards to Indian casinos!

]]> By: William http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-576652 William Sat, 27 May 2006 03:26:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-576652 He was a high school wrestling coach from a hick suburb 40 miles west of Chicago. To think he has power is unbelievable. He was a high school wrestling coach from a hick suburb 40 miles west of Chicago. To think he has power is unbelievable.

]]> By: Sharon Cox http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-576575 Sharon Cox Sat, 27 May 2006 01:49:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-576575 Terry # 10 that was a riot of a post..... Just another no neck, fat, bloated old white man that has had to many power breakfast's of biscuts and gravy and been feeding at the political trouth to long......Time to boot them all out......Patty Murry has joined the ranks of ( I will not vote for when she comes up for vote) She also voted for Hayden....We need more new progressives folks.......Blessings Terry # 10 that was a riot of a post…..

Just another no neck, fat, bloated old white man that has had to many power breakfast’s of biscuts and gravy and been feeding at the political trouth to long……Time to boot them all out……Patty Murry has joined the ranks of ( I will not vote for when she comes up for vote) She also voted for Hayden….We need more new progressives folks…….Blessings

]]> By: Heynow http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-576316 Heynow Fri, 26 May 2006 23:08:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-576316 Hastert is going to lose a lot of weight in prison. Hastert is going to lose a lot of weight in prison.

]]> By: RealityCheck http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-576288 RealityCheck Fri, 26 May 2006 22:56:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-576288 # 38, you're on to something. If congress was required to subject themselves to the same laws that they inflict on others - random drug testing, warrentless surveillance, not being able to get insurance coverage, maybe somebody would think twice about the laws they pass... # 38, you’re on to something. If congress was required to subject themselves to the same laws that they inflict on others – random drug testing, warrentless surveillance, not being able to get insurance coverage, maybe somebody would think twice about the laws they pass…

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-576208 Marie Fri, 26 May 2006 21:50:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-576208 No doubt Hastert is on the Abramaoff A-list. He's going to be in trouble in Illinois if more of this crud seeps out and he knows it. So he will throw his considerable body weight around Washington in order to protect numerous and powerful Republicans (a few wayward Democrats) and mostly himself. No doubt Hastert is on the Abramaoff A-list. He’s going to be in trouble in Illinois if more of this crud seeps out and he knows it. So he will throw his considerable body weight around Washington in order to protect numerous and powerful Republicans (a few wayward Democrats) and mostly himself.

]]> By: Zookeeper http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575519 Zookeeper Fri, 26 May 2006 20:11:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575519 #29 - I agree. ;) #29 – I agree. ;)

]]> By: Just plain mad http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575382 Just plain mad Fri, 26 May 2006 19:08:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575382 Congressmen and Senators are hypocrites for passing the Patriot Act and then complaining when their offices are searched. Do these people have brains? I think most have turned to jello, while some are lacking a spine as well, yet they OK Hayden for the CIA. Perhaps all offices AND homes should be searched. Maybe, put them in prison for vacation too, showing them how the PATRIOT Act "works". They certainly give themselves a lot of time off. Congressmen and Senators are hypocrites for passing the Patriot Act and then complaining when their offices are searched. Do these people have brains? I think most have turned to jello, while some are lacking a spine as well, yet they OK Hayden for the CIA.

Perhaps all offices AND homes should be searched. Maybe, put them in prison for vacation too, showing them how the PATRIOT Act “works”. They certainly give themselves a lot of time off.

]]> By: The Great Society :: Hastert Under Investigation for Corruption; “Reliable Ally” for Abramoff :: May :: 2006 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575378 The Great Society :: Hastert Under Investigation for Corruption; “Reliable Ally” for Abramoff :: May :: 2006 Fri, 26 May 2006 19:06:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575378 [...] Today, Think Progress is reporting that Kim Eisler, friend to Jack Abramoff, says “Jack considered Hastert a reliable ally for his clients.” Abramoff evidently trusted Hastert enough to have him help one of his tribal clients in Louisiana, far from Hastert’s district in Illinois. The client, the Coushatta tribe, opposed a plan by the Jena Band tribe to open a competing casino in Louisiana. Abramoff successfully lobbied his congressional allies to write a June 10, 2003, letter to then Interior Secretary Gail Norton opposing the casino. Co-signers on the letter included Hastert and Reps. Tom DeLay (R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Eric Cantor (R-VA), a group of people “who do not normally weigh in on Indian issues.” Note that Abramoff held a fundraiser for the Speaker on June 3, a week before Hastert signed the letter. At that event — hosted at Abramoff’s restaurant — Abramoff’s firm and tribal clients gave at least $21,500 to Hastert’s PAC. Eisler also tells Think Progress that “the pictures of Bush that I saw at Jack’s house several months ago, many of them were taken at a Hastert fundraiser.” (emphasis from Think Progress) [...] [...] Today, Think Progress is reporting that Kim Eisler, friend to Jack Abramoff, says “Jack considered Hastert a reliable ally for his clients.” Abramoff evidently trusted Hastert enough to have him help one of his tribal clients in Louisiana, far from Hastert’s district in Illinois. The client, the Coushatta tribe, opposed a plan by the Jena Band tribe to open a competing casino in Louisiana. Abramoff successfully lobbied his congressional allies to write a June 10, 2003, letter to then Interior Secretary Gail Norton opposing the casino. Co-signers on the letter included Hastert and Reps. Tom DeLay (R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Eric Cantor (R-VA), a group of people “who do not normally weigh in on Indian issues.” Note that Abramoff held a fundraiser for the Speaker on June 3, a week before Hastert signed the letter. At that event — hosted at Abramoff’s restaurant — Abramoff’s firm and tribal clients gave at least $21,500 to Hastert’s PAC. Eisler also tells Think Progress that “the pictures of Bush that I saw at Jack’s house several months ago, many of them were taken at a Hastert fundraiser.” (emphasis from Think Progress) [...]

]]> By: Clif http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575370 Clif Fri, 26 May 2006 19:02:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575370 wonder what it is to a congress persona? Comment by oldtree — May 26, 2006 @ 2:59 pm Business as usual wonder what it is to a congress persona?

Comment by oldtree — May 26, 2006 @ 2:59 pm

Business as usual

]]> By: oldtree http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575364 oldtree Fri, 26 May 2006 18:59:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575364 for anyone but a congress person (non grata) this would be bribery and a crime? wonder what it is to a congress persona? for anyone but a congress person (non grata) this would be bribery and a crime?
wonder what it is to a congress persona?

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575360 unbelievable Fri, 26 May 2006 18:56:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575360 You could serve him as a pork sandwich and no one would suspect any difference. Greasy and fatty... You could serve him as a pork sandwich and no one would suspect any difference. Greasy and fatty…

]]> By: Clif http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575331 Clif Fri, 26 May 2006 18:37:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575331 Records detail Scotland golfing excursion by Bob Ney, Ralph Reed By PETE YOST ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, May 26 — Scotland travel records for Rep. Bob Ney and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed spilled onto the public record in a federal criminal trial Friday, underscoring potential peril for politicians in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap05-26-005801.asp?t=apnew&vts=52620061102 DRIP...DRIP...DRIP... it keeps on going like the energiser bunny, denny is gonna have a lot of cell mates to choose from Records detail Scotland golfing excursion by Bob Ney, Ralph Reed

By PETE YOST
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON, May 26 — Scotland travel records for Rep. Bob Ney and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed spilled onto the public record in a federal criminal trial Friday, underscoring potential peril for politicians in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap05-26-005801.asp?t=apnew&vts=52620061102

DRIP…DRIP…DRIP… it keeps on going like the energiser bunny, denny is gonna have a lot of cell mates to choose from

]]> By: Tony W http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575319 Tony W Fri, 26 May 2006 18:31:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575319 I don't care if my cell mate Bubba is hung like it...one cell down is my buddy "Kenny Boy" Lay and he's an oil man.. I don’t care if my cell mate Bubba is hung like it…one cell down is my buddy “Kenny Boy” Lay and he’s an oil man..

]]> By: Jackie Rawlings http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575318 Jackie Rawlings Fri, 26 May 2006 18:30:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575318 Hastert is doing what all GOP and Enron friends of the White House do say their not guilty until like Enron your found guilty. Look Americans believe that Bush is not lying to them and it worked so these guys are doing the same thing. I do feel bad for the families of the dead soldiers who still support Bush even knowing now that he lead their son's and daughters to their death. I guess some parents love and respect the lying sinfull satan worker President Bush more then their own children. You'd think these people would stand up for their kids I notice none have done so as we lose more troops based on the lie told by Bush/Cheney. That lets the world know what Americans think of family values. In America it's all about the money and Americans can be paid to do what this White House run by Satan worshipers tells them to do. Hastert is doing what all GOP and Enron friends of the White House do say their not guilty until like Enron your found guilty. Look Americans believe that Bush is not lying to them and it worked so these guys are doing the same thing. I do feel bad for the families of the dead soldiers who still support Bush even knowing now that he lead their son’s and daughters to their death. I guess some parents love and respect the lying sinfull satan worker President Bush more then their own children. You’d think these people would stand up for their kids I notice none have done so as we lose more troops based on the lie told by Bush/Cheney. That lets the world know what Americans think of family values. In America it’s all about the money and Americans can be paid to do what this White House run by Satan worshipers tells them to do.

]]> By: Simply Red http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/comment-page-1/#comment-575317 Simply Red Fri, 26 May 2006 18:30:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/26/hastert-abramoff-ally/#comment-575317 Boy, this is going to blow (excuse the expression) his chance of becoming president after Bush and Cheney are impeachedin 2007. He was so looking forward to being able to continue the corruption of the Bush administration. Now he faces getting thrown out of office or having to resign. ALL INCUMBENTS SHOULD EXPECT NOT TO GET RE-ELECTED THIS YEAR -- 2006. Boy, this is going to blow (excuse the expression) his chance of becoming president after Bush and Cheney are impeachedin 2007. He was so looking forward to being able to continue the corruption of the Bush administration. Now he faces getting thrown out of office or having to resign.

ALL INCUMBENTS SHOULD EXPECT NOT TO GET RE-ELECTED THIS YEAR — 2006.

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