Thursday, March 09, 2006

The Bob and John Corruption Show

*Leaky, leaky, leaky. Yep, folks, the new Vanity Fair is coming out and there have been leaks about the contents. It has an interview with Jack Abramoff and he is naming names. Besides the usual Abramoff homeboys (W, DeLay, Newt, Conrad Burns), there is a little mention of Ohio's favorite Scotland golfing congressman--Bob Ney. Here is something from MyDD---
...Today the advanced copy of the Abramoff article in the April issue of Vanity Fair was released and has since spread like wildfire.
The article states, "The most obvious target is Ney. In their heyday, he and Abramoff played golf together, traveled together, philosophized together. Ney was one of the few elected officials Abramoff invited to the Bar Mitzvah of one of his three sons..."

*Rep. John Boehner is receiving plenty of criticism for his travels. According to the Journal News:
...The Campaign for a Cleaner Congress said Boehner, R-West Chester Township, went back to the district 149 times between January 1999 and September 2005, compared with 180 trips outside his district, including to Rome; Boca Raton, Fla.; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Pebble Beach, Calif...