Jack Spills the Beans - USA

April 2006
Jack Abramoff, the once all-powerful American lobbyist has been convicted of fraud. It's a case that raises serious questions about the influence of lobbyists on US politics.

Ambramoff used his influence in Washington to get the Tigua Casinos shut down and then offered to make sure they re-opened -- but at a price. Arturo Sinclair, Governor of the Tigua Tribe, was given "a list of the key contributions your'e gonna have to make" and told that his casino chain would re-open. Little did he know, Ambramoff had been "a 90% factor in our shutdown." Close links with The White House and the Republican party have already forced House Republican Leader Tom DeLay to step down. Congressman Zach Wamp is one of many in the political arena that now demand "full disclosure, and transparency". Already dubbed "one of the largest scandals in American political history" by campaigner Melanie Sloan, it is possible that this is only the beginning of a complete shake-up on Capitol Hill.

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[15karatefan]

Personally this man is a genius because he had over 100 congressional offices in his back pocket and therefore had nearly a 1/4 of America in his hand and could do whatever he pleased. Also he made over 20 million a year, and he probably had some US supreme court justices in his back pocket too.

[ed11561]

jack is a piece of shit- he shuts down the indians casinos & then CHARGES them to reopen them. What a scumbag piece of shit. ABRAMOFF? A nice Christian boy? You guess.

manipulating-conniving piece of shit.

[ed11561]

JACK ABRAMOFF=PURE SCUM =ALL LOBBYISTS.

[daveusaz1218]

@HBSchool I agree there is corruption on both sides

[HBSchool]

Brother, I don't have a dog in that fight- I'm a Libertarian. That being said, I believe the two parties to be EQUALLY corrupt. My source, OpenSecrets, is non-partisan. In regard to your dogma, you would do well to spend some time gathering your facts and applying an acid test to what it is you think you know about corruption in politics. If you look closely, you'll see that each party has it's own group of industries controlling it. In many instances, the pot is split 50-50.

[daveusaz1218]

@HBSchool You go view right wing propoganda, the whole world knows who the obstructionist are, So why do you think saying the real obstructionist are the Dems will fool anybody. Anybody who listened to Mitch McConnell say his main objective is to make sure Obama is a one term president, or saw any of the right wing mainstream propoganda media at work during the pre 2010 elections. And still believes that Republicans are doing whats best for America, is simply a fool, a moron, a tool or all 3.

[HBSchool]

@daveusaz1218

And I'll venture the guess that most of the problem would come from Democrats as, statistically, they have the most to lose. Go spend some time over at Opensecrets(dot)org. If you would take a look at the "Top Recipients of

Contributions from Lobbyists, 2010 Cycle", you'll notice that 7 of the top 10 recipients are Democrats.

[HBSchool]

@daveusaz1218

Whoa, killer, all I asked for was the bills title. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any floor action on the "Saving American Democracy Amendment", which is what was put forward by Sen. Sanders. That means neither of us knows who's against what and that we're just going to have to wait and see. In any event, I have little faith that such an amendment would EVER get ratified.

[daveusaz1218]

@HBSchool Gee, your smart, yes Dems hold the majority in the senate and bills go from the House to the Senate. Ted Deutch has proposed the same constitutional amendment in the house that Bernie Sanders has proposed in the senate. That corporations are not people and can not donate to election campaigns and the government can regulate campaign spending. Just some of the politicians I think will vote against it, J. Boehner, M. McConnell, P. Ryan, E. Cantor and maybe Ted Deutch will too

[HBSchool]

@daveusaz1218

Which bill, exactly? Isn't Bernie Sanders in the Senate? Don't Democrats hold the Senate? Let's look at his bill, see where it's at, and who voted against it.