Old friends
http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2323
by Jim Hightower
They say that nobody loves you when you are down and out--but this is
ridiculous.
Poor Jack Abramoff.
Only months ago, this supersleaze lobbyist was the darling of top
Republican politicos, delivering bundles of campaign cash to them,
including some $200,000 to George W’s ’04 election run.
Abramoff took lawmakers on all-expenses paid jaunts to exotic locales,
including squiring Tom DeLay and his entourage to golf outings in
Scotland and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Jack even had his own posh restaurant on Capitol Hill, where he
routinely picked up tabs and held fundraisers for the GOP’s power
elite.
What a guy!
But that was yesterday.
Today, Republican leaders say, "Jack, who?"
In January, Abramoff pleaded guilty to bribery and corruption charges
and he’s now singing like a lark to prosecutors, naming politicos
involved in his scandals.
No Republican loves Jack now.
George W, for example, says curtly, "I don’t know him."
Wait a minute, retorts Abramoff--I met with Bush many times, we even
talked about family matters together.
I was invited to the ranch to visit with him.
I was one of his "pioneer" fundraisers.
He doesn’t know me?
Please.
An even deeper cut comes from Tom DeLay, who now coldly asserts, "Jack
Abramoff and I were not close personal friends. I met with him only
occasionally."
Say what, Jack explodes?
Tom, our families vacationed together!
I’ve been the go-to guy to sack up cash for your political gambits!
And have you forgotten the Northern Marianas, where you declared to a
business gathering that I am one of your "closest and dearest
friends?"
This is Jim Hightower saying ... Yes, Jack, Tom has forgotten you.
George, too.
It was OK that you were a sleazebag when you could help them, but now
you can’t, so they’ve dumped you, old pal.
You’re just ol’ whatzhizname.
You see, the difference between thieves and politicians is that
there’s honor among thieves.
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Mornin' coffee with Jim Hightower.
Harry
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