I try not to be political here, however, the leading article in the Washington Post today just calls for a comment or two. (You can find the article here). Jack Abramoff is everthing I do not want to be, ever. He is everything I want to stay away from - so far, he seems to be a sleazy, corrupt, selfish, scandalous, lying... fill in the rest... man. Oh, and "Abramoff also worked on behalf of the apartheid South African government" according to the Post. So add the label racist as well. (Ironic that he supported the apartheid government given his Jewish heritage.)
What gets me more are comments from people like Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), who defend Abramoff saying "I think he's been dealt a bad hand and the worst, rawest deal I've ever seen in my life. Words like bribery are being used to describe things that happened every day in Washington and are not bribes."
Notice the "happened every day in Washington". And yet we have the audacity to go tell other countries, particularly developing nations - mostly in Africa - how to fight corruption and clean up their politics!
The good news is that such drivel is finally coming out, even on Capitol Hill, after being dragged out by Spitzer on Wall Street. May the Deity bless Abramoff's prosecutors.
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