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UPDATE: Another Republican in Abramoff's Web

"The Post stands by its reporting that Jack Abramoff directed campaign money to some Democrats." post.blog

As you know, last week, just above the “new horoscope announcement” on post.blog, we got the above non-denial denial on Deborah Howell’s bungling on the Abramoff Republican money train.

Again, we’re not saying that Democrats didn’t received lobbying money, which is legally protected by the Constitution.

What Deborah Howell asserted, and has been parroted by other parties, which we actively dispute, is that Jack Abramoff "directed” that money and the inference that Democratic senators secretly aided Mr. Abramoff by using his or her office to benefit contributors through actions.

What Ms. Howell did by saying Democrats took money too, without offering specific facts on the money received, was link Democratic senators into the Republican K-Street political juggernaut and the pay to play pay off scheme put together by the Republican-led Congress.

Perhaps Ms. Howell and "the editors" should read her paper’s own reporting before standing by Ms. Howell's comments.

"Scanlon is cooperating with investigators, but so far there is no indication that he has implicated any Democrats."
Washington Post