- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Although
President Bush says he doesn't recall meeting convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff,
the two have reportedly turned up in photos together.
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- Both Washingtonian and Time magazines have reported the
existence of about a half-dozen photos showing the two together.
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- Time reported on its Web site Sunday that its staff members
have seen at least six photos featuring Bush and Abramoff, who has pleaded
guilty to federal charges stemming from his lobbying practices and has
pledged to cooperate with investigators. They appeared to have been taken
at White House functions, according to the reports.
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- The White House has acknowledged that Abramoff attended
some events at the Executive Mansion, and spokeswoman Dana Perino said
Sunday it's not surprising that the two would have met.
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- "The president has taken tens upon thousands of
pictures at such events," Perino said.
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- Abramoff met a few times with White House staff and attended
Hanukkah receptions in 2001 and 2002, the White House has said, but officials
there have refused to disclose how many times he's been into the complex
or what business he had there.
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- The White House also has not released any photos featuring
the president and Abramoff, who was declared a Bush "pioneer"
for raising at least $100,000 for the Bush-Cheney '04 re-election campaign.
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- Contributions that came directly from Abramoff, his wife
and one of the American Indian tribes he represented - a total of $6,000
- were donated to the American Heart Association by the campaign just days
after Abramoff entered his guilty pleas.
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- The White House, after playing down the Bush-Abramoff
photos and the lobbyist's ties to the president, criticized Abramoff for
breaking the law. "Mr. Abramoff admitted being involved in outrageous
wrongdoing," Perino said.
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- Comment
- Noble Eagle
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- Whooooooooaaaa Nelly....
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- Man... Boy Bush just keeps digging a deeper hole for
himself.
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- He claims he never met ambramoff... now pictures are
showing up.... so, Bush Lied Again.
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- Abramoff was a $100,000+ Pioneer for Bush with over TWO
HUNDRED contacts and visits to the White House in 2001 alone.
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- See...Bush is used to lying and getting away with it.
His claim that he never MET ambramoff...and now 'DOESN'T RECALL' is going
to become the next Monica Gate.
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- ..." I did not have sexual relations with that Lobbyist..."
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- We can also add: "I did not have sexual relations
with that Male Prostitute faux Reporter Jeff Gannon!"
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- Oh, man...the closer Bush gets to Impeachment and Embarrassment,
the closer we get to a manufactured terror attack. And then there is the
Ultimate Distraction --- GLOBAL THERMO NUCLEAR WAR...AND MARTIAL LAW.
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