Friday, January 20, 2006

Abramoff Scandal is a Republican Scandal (Updated Below)


To prove that the Jack Abramoff Scandal is a Republican scandal, you can use many sets of evidence. One is the Socratic method: Republicans get caught in the Abramoff scandal, and claim it is a bi-partisan problem. The Republicans are liars. Therefore, the Jack Abramoff scandal is a Republican scandal.

You can also point to the fact that Jack Abramoff never gave a dime to Democrats. For shits and giggles, partner Michael Scanlon is 100% Republican.

A new report on Democratic Underground showing that Abramoff clients (specifically the Indian Tribes) have decreased their Democratic Party contributions, while increasing Republican contributions. Check it out.

Despite the "liberal media" reporting that this is bipartisan, the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal is a 100% Republican problem.

Update: The Rockridge Institute, a liberal think tank that focuses on the framing of political issues (choosing the best words for a debate, essentially), has released a report on the "lobbying scandal." As they mentioned, Democratic reform legislation revealed Wednesday, phrased the bill as one for "honest government." They did not target lobbying reform, but instead reforming of congressmen, and their interaction with lobbyists. This shifts the public's attention to the congressmen as the entity for blame. With this strategy, it paints the congressmen (as mentioned above, all Republicans), as the bad guys, not just Jack Abramoff and pals. This hurts the Republicans more, which is deserved, and improve the Democrats chance of picking up seats in the House this November.

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