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Feeney aide resigns.

By Nico Pitney on Apr 25th, 2007 at 10:40 am

Feeney aide resigns.

Word broke this week that the FBI is questioning Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) over his ties to criminal lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In related news: “Jason Roe, Tom Feeney’s former chief of staff who had left to serve as deputy campaign manager for Mitt Romney, abruptly resigned from Romney’s campaign yesterday,” citing “familial obligations.” The FBI has said it is focusing on a Feb. 2006 email that Roe wrote to a journalist saying, “Any assertion that this office knew Abramoff paid for the Scotland trip is a g–d—– lie.”



24 Responses to “Feeney aide resigns.”

  1. Badmoodman says:

    Ahhh, the highly contagious Spendmoretimewithfamilyitis.


  2. Raven says:

  3. Florida Mom says:

    Ah Florida. The joke of the nation.


  4. Lupeyg2 says:

    I understand the whole family obligations thing. I mean, you need to get all of the time that you can with them before you are put behind bars.


  5. Sharon says:

    Hey, isn’t this guy’s x boss running for something.? Or is it running from something.? I forget…Hummmm….Blessings


  6. klyde says:

    Want to see one crazy eyed mo-fo?
    Take a look at Rep Feeney Scary eyed crazy No wonder he’s a rethug.


  7. Zooey says:

    What Roe didn’t say, was that he quit to spend more time with the Manson Family.


  8. Zimzone says:

    Mittuns Romney is losing his campaign chief of staff?

    Oh, my! Whatever will he do!

    Maybe one of his Grandpa’s 12 wives are available…

    FEENEY PHUCKED!
    -film @ 11:00


  9. klyde says:

    Mitt who?

    That would be willard. The guy who spent a lot of time and effort pushing National Guard recruitment for everyone in his state except his 5 healthy sons. But the brutality of war and occupation are for people who don’t have perfect smiles, great hair, and crazy eyes like his trust funded boys.


  10. lw says:

    Apparently Rove didn’t read that part of the Bible about “taking the lord’s name in vain”. It was right there in the Old Testament, so I don’t know how he could have missed it.


  11. Republicans are the Fear and Smear Party says:


  12. Raven says:

    Jack Abramhoff:

    Thank you for your current contributions to the cause of justice.
    After all, it’s the least you can do for your country, given the corruption you have enabled to this point.
    Hope they are treating you well, I do suggest you watch your weight, and make regular use of the gym, ’cause when you get out, you’re going to have to run like hell.
    Better give LaLa a call, and have her get you an appointment for some facial re-arrangement as well.


  13. Zimzone says:

    Speaking of Jackoff Abramoff, isn’t it time TomTom DeLay got his official notice from the FBI?

    Are they waiting for the big fish fry ’till last?

    Tom, I think it’s treasonous to delay the inevitable investigation.
    Americans want closure on your dumb ass & your mouth.

    Go, FBI! We’d like to see a trifecta in April, so hurry!


  14. veritas says:

    Roe’s “familial obligations” = On The Run


  15. hterrya says:

    Abramoff was SO dirty, even Gonzo’s FBI has to investigate the folks he brought into his dirty, criminal schemes!

    Just think how many additional NeoCon representatives, senators, and their staffs would be on their way to the slammer if the NeoCons hadn’t been in control of Congress for so long, if this country had a REAL Attorney General, and if Gonzo’s corrupt boss had not been president for the last 6+ years!

    Their time is coming, for the whole stinkin’ lot of them.

    Lamar Smith (R), TX-21, is NEXT!


  16. Pete Bogs says:

    Romney was just here in Central Florida the night before last… I wonder if Roe was with him?

    this “resign to spend more time with my family” thing is way old – almost as old as “I do not recall”


  17. Angry One says:

    For Abramoff scandal news, documents, legal filings and other essential materials, see:
    “The Abramoff Scandal Resource Center.”


  18. chimpeach says:

    You’re going to love this. Guess who Jason Roe’s wife Patty works for. Congressman Rick Renzi. It gets even better:

    Harper’s Magazine 9/14/2006 – “The Patty Roe Story: the interesting ethics of Congressman Rick Renzi”


  19. chimpeach says:

    Roe will have more time to spend with his family if he and his wife get adjoining cells.


  20. hterrya says:

    #18 – Comment by Angry One — April 25, 2007 @ 11:38 am

    GREAT resource. I’ll be waiting anxiously to see Lamar Smith’s name in the Abramoff Hall of Shame. Since the resource lists Jack the Felon AND the Hammer, that is a two-fer, and Lamar has been in bed with BOTH of them!

    SO, it shouldn’t be too long now!


  21. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    Re. chimpeach post #19

    Could we get O’Reilly to draw us a chart of the Abramoff connections?


  22. chimpeach says:

    #22 PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC)

    Could we get O’Reilly to draw us a chart of the Abramoff connections?

    Sure, but I think they’d all lead to George Soros.


  23. Robbien says:

    This Jason Roe made Keith Olberman’s “Worst Person in the World” back in Oct. ‘06

    “But our winner–we need to clarify a previous worst. We reported that Illinois congressional candidate Peter Roskam had said his opponent Tammy Duckworth wanted to “cut and run from Iraq” even though she lost both her legs there while serving as a helicopter pilot.

    Jason Roe from the Roskam campaign charged us with intellectual dishonesty because Roskam merely said that the Illinois sixth is “not a cut and run district.”

    Hey, pal, this is about campaigning against a woman who has no legs because they were cut off while she served in Iraq and still being insensitive enough to use the phrase “cut and run.” You leave the intellectual to us, we‘ll leave the dishonest to you.

    Peter Roskam and staffer, Jason Roe, today‘s “Worst Persons in the World.”

    http://clint-curtis.blogspot.com/2006/10/olbermann-declares-feeney-chief-of.html



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