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Jack Cafferty should be a porn star, his wang is so huge:
CAFFERTY: Meantime, one of my very favorite stories is the blood that's beginning to run in the streets of the nation's capital. Waiting for the other shoe to drop, as it were.
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and wire fraud. It is his second guilty plea in two days. Probably more to come. He's going to help prosecutors investigating corruption in Congress. The Justice Department says they'll use Abramoff's e-mails and other records to focus on as many as 20 members of Congress and their aides. I can't wait.
As one expert told USA Today, quote, "the fear level on Capitol Hill on a scale of 100 is 105. Anybody touched by Abramoff is having difficulty sleeping these days." Gee - what a shame.
Get a load of who took money from Abramoff. This is just a partial list. House Speaker Dennis Hastert took $70,000. Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is currently under criminal indictment in Texas, took $57,000. His successor, Roy Blount, also had his hand out to Abramoff.
Even the president's re-election campaign took money from this creep. Until something is done about the ability of lobbyists and special interests groups to buy influence, until realistic limits are put on campaign financing and until term limits force these clowns out of office before they can become corrupt, nothing is likely to change.
Here's the question -- what should happen to politician who took money from the lobbyist, Jack Abramoff? Can you spell orange jumpsuit? You can email us at caffertyfile@cnn.com or go to caffertyfile@cnn.com and we'll read some of your responses later.
Those guys are emptying their pockets, Wolf, faster than when you go through one of those airport security checkpoints and have to dump all your stuff in the little coin basket.
WOLF BLITZER: I suspect there's more of that coming down the road. Jack, thanks very much.
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and wire fraud. It is his second guilty plea in two days. Probably more to come. He's going to help prosecutors investigating corruption in Congress. The Justice Department says they'll use Abramoff's e-mails and other records to focus on as many as 20 members of Congress and their aides. I can't wait.
As one expert told USA Today, quote, "the fear level on Capitol Hill on a scale of 100 is 105. Anybody touched by Abramoff is having difficulty sleeping these days." Gee - what a shame.
Get a load of who took money from Abramoff. This is just a partial list. House Speaker Dennis Hastert took $70,000. Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is currently under criminal indictment in Texas, took $57,000. His successor, Roy Blount, also had his hand out to Abramoff.
Even the president's re-election campaign took money from this creep. Until something is done about the ability of lobbyists and special interests groups to buy influence, until realistic limits are put on campaign financing and until term limits force these clowns out of office before they can become corrupt, nothing is likely to change.
Here's the question -- what should happen to politician who took money from the lobbyist, Jack Abramoff? Can you spell orange jumpsuit? You can email us at caffertyfile@cnn.com or go to caffertyfile@cnn.com and we'll read some of your responses later.
Those guys are emptying their pockets, Wolf, faster than when you go through one of those airport security checkpoints and have to dump all your stuff in the little coin basket.
WOLF BLITZER: I suspect there's more of that coming down the road. Jack, thanks very much.
Heh. We'll post some of the responses when the transcript comes up.
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