Sen. Reid Aided Ambramoff Clients

Harry Reid just can't give the money back, it's all been spent. Besides in his mind when Republicans intervene on legislative matters and then receive donations from those on who's behalf they intervene, it's corruption. But when Sen.. Reid does the same It's just coincidence.

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and the senator's staff regularly had contact with the disgraced lobbyist's team about legislation affecting other clients.
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Reid also intervened on government matters at least five times in ways helpful to Abramoff's tribal clients, once opposing legislation on the Senate floor and four times sending letters pressing the Bush administration on tribal issues. Reid collected donations around the time of each action.

Abramoff's firm also hired one of Reid's top legislative aides as a lobbyist. The aide later helped throw a fundraiser for Reid at Abramoff's firm that raised donations from several of his lobbying partners.

And Reid's longtime chief of staff accepted a free trip to Malaysia arranged by a consulting firm connected to Abramoff that recently has gained attention in the influence-peddling investigation that has gripped the Capitol.

Now Sen. Reid says he never met Mr. Abramoff. He did take money from Abramoff's firm and clients so what's the difference. The Republicans say there is none. Sen. Reid says "I'm rubber and your glue. What you say bounces off me and sticks to you." Sen. Pot the Kettle returned your call.

Seriously, the scandal here is not that Republicans or Democrats took money for influence, but that Sen. Reid and his Democrat friends think we are all naive enough to believe they're any less involved in this than the Republicans.