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SOURCE W/LINKS: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/nataffdaily/story/9130607
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Connecting the Dots: Abramoff and Rove
Did you know that Jack Abramoff and Karl Rove shared an executive
assistant?
In 2001, Karl Rove needed a Gal Friday, someone to help oversee
the "strategic planning, political affairs, public liaison, and
intergovernmental affairs efforts of the White House."
He chose Susan Ralston, who came highly recommended from a friend:
Jack Abramoff. Ralston performed similar duties for the Don of K
Street -- that is until Abramoff realized she'd be far more useful
embedded in the West Wing. (Ralston had also previous worked for
Abramoff and Rove's fellow College Republican crony Ralph Reed.)
Installing his top assistant as Rove's gatekeeper appeared to pay
dividends. In 2003, Abramoff was hired by scandal-ridden Tyco to
help the corporation secure lucrative federal contracts despite its
being incorporated -- for tax-evasion purposes -- in Bermuda.
According to the Washington Post, Abramoff later bragged that he'd
been able to lobby Rove directly on the issue. The article targets
Ralston as the only likely conduit.
Of course, such Abramoffian entanglements are now radioactive.
According to Time, Bush has ordered his aides to round up all
pictures of him and Abramoff to head off any bad press. Perhaps Bush
should instruct them to widen the search to include photos like this
buddy-buddy pic of him with Ralston.
Posted Jan 09, 2006 4:56 PM
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Abramoff was one of the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign's "pioneers"—meaning he raised at least $100,000, most of it from others, in increments of $2,000. After Abramoff pleaded guilty, Bush aides announced they had donated to the American Heart Association $6,000 that had been given to the campaign by Abramoff, his wife and one of his Indian-tribe clients. But Republican officials said they plan to keep the remaining $94,000. A Bush aide said it cannot be assumed that the other donors, who were simply recruited by Abramoff, have done anything wrong: "That's not a fair standard."
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1147153,00.html
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Cap & Gown Club was founded in 1891 by a group of undergraduates from the Class of 1893 who had formed an eating society called the "Oliver Twist Club." With some help from the godfather of so many of the clubs, Moses Taylor Pyne, Class of 1877, the group was reborn as Cap & Gown. Under the direction of Thomas O. Speir, Class of 1887, the new club constructed a building for itself on the south side of Prospect Avenue, across from the University Field, on the lot that Cap still occupies. (Cap & Gown thus holds the distinction of being the only one of Princeton's eating clubs to stay in the same geographic location for its entire existence.)
http://www.princeton.edu/~capgown/history.htm
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* Alito's Abortion Dodgeball
* Corruption and the College Republican
* NSA Whistleblower Revealed
* Abramoff in the (White) House
* Blunt and Boehner: Dumb and Dumber
* Abramoff's Dirty Dozen
* Bush Clings to Abramoff Cash
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SOURCE W/LINKS: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/nataffdaily/story/9130607
Rollingstone.com
Back to Connecting the Dots: Abramoff and Rove
Connecting the Dots: Abramoff and Rove
Did you know that Jack Abramoff and Karl Rove shared an executive
assistant?
In 2001, Karl Rove needed a Gal Friday, someone to help oversee
the "strategic planning, political affairs, public liaison, and
intergovernmental affairs efforts of the White House."
He chose Susan Ralston, who came highly recommended from a friend:
Jack Abramoff. Ralston performed similar duties for the Don of K
Street -- that is until Abramoff realized she'd be far more useful
embedded in the West Wing. (Ralston had also previous worked for
Abramoff and Rove's fellow College Republican crony Ralph Reed.)
Installing his top assistant as Rove's gatekeeper appeared to pay
dividends. In 2003, Abramoff was hired by scandal-ridden Tyco to
help the corporation secure lucrative federal contracts despite its
being incorporated -- for tax-evasion purposes -- in Bermuda.
According to the Washington Post, Abramoff later bragged that he'd
been able to lobby Rove directly on the issue. The article targets
Ralston as the only likely conduit.
Of course, such Abramoffian entanglements are now radioactive.
According to Time, Bush has ordered his aides to round up all
pictures of him and Abramoff to head off any bad press. Perhaps Bush
should instruct them to widen the search to include photos like this
buddy-buddy pic of him with Ralston.
Posted Jan 09, 2006 4:56 PM
================================
Abramoff was one of the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign's "pioneers"—meaning he raised at least $100,000, most of it from others, in increments of $2,000. After Abramoff pleaded guilty, Bush aides announced they had donated to the American Heart Association $6,000 that had been given to the campaign by Abramoff, his wife and one of his Indian-tribe clients. But Republican officials said they plan to keep the remaining $94,000. A Bush aide said it cannot be assumed that the other donors, who were simply recruited by Abramoff, have done anything wrong: "That's not a fair standard."
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1147153,00.html
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Cap & Gown Club was founded in 1891 by a group of undergraduates from the Class of 1893 who had formed an eating society called the "Oliver Twist Club." With some help from the godfather of so many of the clubs, Moses Taylor Pyne, Class of 1877, the group was reborn as Cap & Gown. Under the direction of Thomas O. Speir, Class of 1887, the new club constructed a building for itself on the south side of Prospect Avenue, across from the University Field, on the lot that Cap still occupies. (Cap & Gown thus holds the distinction of being the only one of Princeton's eating clubs to stay in the same geographic location for its entire existence.)
http://www.princeton.edu/~capgown/history.htm
=============================
* Alito's Abortion Dodgeball
* Corruption and the College Republican
* NSA Whistleblower Revealed
* Abramoff in the (White) House
* Blunt and Boehner: Dumb and Dumber
* Abramoff's Dirty Dozen
* Bush Clings to Abramoff Cash
More National Affairs Daily
CLICK FOR LINKS:
