Before The Dems Start Foaming At The Mouth....... Again.

Hey boys and girls!!!! It's time for another game of The Evil Republicans...... Staring (not your) President Bush There is no question that Republicans took money from Jack Abramoff and his lobby group. But guess what, since nothing ever changes in politics, it looks like the Democrats had their hand out too. Abramoff Lobbying & Political Contributions from Greenberg Traurig LLP, PAC to Democrats, per FEC (Federal Election Commission) Records: http://www.fec.gov/ * Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least - $22,500 * Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least - $6,500 * Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least - $1,250 * Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least - $2,000 * Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least - $20,250 * Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least - $21,765 * Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least - $7,500 * Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least - $12,950 * Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least - $8,000 * Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least - $7,500 * Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least - $14,792 * Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least - $79,300 * Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least - $14,000 * Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least - $2,000 * Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least - $1,250 * Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least - $45,750 * Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least - $9,000 * Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least - $2,000 * Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least - $14,250 * Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least - $3,300 * Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least - $98,550 * Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least - $28,000 * Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least - $4,000 * Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least - $6,000 * Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least - $29,830 * Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least - $14,891 * Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least - $10,550 * Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least - $78,991 * Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least - $20,168 * Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least - $5,200 * Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least - $7,500 * Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least - $2,300 * Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least - $3,500 * Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least - $68,941 * Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least - $4,000 * Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least - $4,500 * Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least - $4,300 * Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least - $29,550 * Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least - $6,250 * Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least - $6,250 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700 Democratic National Cmte $65,720 Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500 Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980 Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000 Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500 Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000 Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500 Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000 Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600 Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000 Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500 Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500 Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000 Chris John (D-La) $15,000 John Breaux (D-La) $13,750 Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600 Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000 Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500 Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100 Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000 Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000 Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000 Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000 Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500 Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000 Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000 Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500 Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000 Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000 Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523 Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250 Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250 Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000 David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000 Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000 Democratic Party of Montana $5,000 Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000 Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000 Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000 Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000 Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000 Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500 Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000 Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000 Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000 Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000 Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000 George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000 Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500 James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500 Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100 Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000 Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000 John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000 David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000 Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000 Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000 Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000 Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000 Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000 Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500 Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500 Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500 Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250 Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250 Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000 Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000 Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000 Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000 John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000 Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000 Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000 Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000 Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000 John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000 Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000 Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000 Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000 Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000 Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000 Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000 Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000 Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000 Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000 Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000 Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500 Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500 John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,400 Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000 Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $1,000 Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000 Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000 Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000 Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000 Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000 Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000 Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000 Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000 David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000 Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000 Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000 Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000 Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000 Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000 Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000 Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000 Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000 Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720 Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500 Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500 Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500 Democratic Party of Washington $500 Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500 Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500 From the Washington Post Among the biggest beneficiaries were Capitol Hill's most powerful Democrats, including Thomas A. Daschle (S.D.) and Harry M. Reid (Nev.), the top two Senate Democrats at the time, Richard A. Gephardt (Mo.), then-leader of the House Democrats, and the two lawmakers in charge of raising funds for their Democratic colleagues in both chambers, according to a Washington Post study. Reid succeeded Daschle as Democratic leader after Daschle lost his Senate seat last November. *How about a complete list of who the Greenberg Traurig LLP, PAC donates money to? http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/com_supopp/C00266585/ Here's the deal... What Jack Abramoff did was wrong. He belongs in jail, picking up dropped soap in the shower, and being someone's girlfriend for a long time. I hope no one is questioning those statements. But the idea that this is another evil Bush/Republican scenario is ridiculous: i.e.: Bush is listening to my phone call right now. Bushco, by taking money from a corrupt lobbying group, proves he is the devil. Bush blew up the levees in New Orleans. Bush remotely controlled the planes on 9/11. Or, this looney left freak: here that somehow believes Bush is responsible for the mining accident in West Virginia because of who he knows in the mining industry: The defense will be that Bush didn't cause the explosion that collapsed the mine. My response will be that he didn't do anything to prevent it. In fact, if anything, the actions of his administration made the situation worse. A New York Times article dated August 9, 2004 detailed the Bush administration's close relationship with the coal mining industry. Yeah, I know I went off on a tangent... Anyway, I would hope those on the liberal side of thought agree that no matter your political affiliation, Republican or Democrat, if you break the law, you belong in jail. And please, those of you on the left, for your own health, take off the foil hat once and a while, ok? *(Tip of the hat to: Redstate.org for tracking down the political donation website)