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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 07:23 PM
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Abramoff-linked duo visited White House dozens of times...
'WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican activists Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed totaled more than 100 visits to the Bush White House, according to documents released Wednesday that provide the first official accounting of the access and influence the two presidential allies have enjoyed.

The White House released the Secret Service visit records to settle a lawsuit by the Democratic Party and an ethics watchdog group seeking visitor logs for the two GOP strategists and others who emerged as figures in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

Earlier this month, the White House suggested to the judge in the lawsuit that such records need not be disclosed because the information was privileged and might reveal how Bush and his staff get private advice, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.

White House officials said Norquist, who runs the nonprofit Americans for Tax Reform, was cleared for 97 visits to the White House complex between 2001 and 2006, including a half-dozen with the president.'
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/20/white.house.abramoff.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories
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cally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 07:46 PM
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1. Interesting...I hope
they all get indicted and then give evidence against their cronies.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 07:50 PM
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2. Grover Norquist is one little toady in particular that has never had...
to answer for ANY of the ill-will he has so wantonly created in DC, i would enjoy watching him go down a notch...or three/four
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 08:27 PM
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3. It sure seems that a goodly number of these people in trouble...
have connections to non-profit organizations.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 09:03 PM
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4. oh yes, does make you wonder doesn't it...
x(
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