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October 6, 2005
There Are Few Words to Describe
Delay and Blunt linked in donations scheme. I don't have much to say about this yet, other than the cancer keeps spreading. The Republicans picked Blunt to replace Tom DeLay, now he is under suspicion. No wonder people distrust government. You can read the article here.
Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess funds to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations that benefited both men's causes.
When the financial carousel stopped, DeLay's private charity, the consulting firm that employed DeLay's wife and the Missouri campaign of Blunt's son all ended up with money, according to campaign documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist recently charged in an ongoing federal corruption and fraud investigation, and Jim Ellis, the DeLay fundraiser indicted with his boss last week in Texas, also came into the picture.
Posted by Chip Spear at October 6, 2005 9:05 PM