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Related: About this forumDisgraced GOP leader DeLay seen dining with disgraced lobbyist Abramoff
No doubt evil plans of some sort were being hatched by these two conservative crooks:
At what had to be one of the most intriguing lunch tables in Washington yesterday, sushi was on the menu, and we can only imagine that second acts were a topic of conversation.
Former House majority leader Tom DeLay was seen lunching with disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff at Sushi Taro off Dupont Circle, a sharp-eyed source tells us. The confab sure looked like an effort to get the old band back together: The two men have a long and scandalous history together, including as travelling buddies on now-infamous trips to the Northern Marianas Islands and to Scotland.
Of course, since those golden days in the early 2000s, theyve each been convicted of felonies DeLay for laundering political contributions, Abramoff for fraud and corruption stemming in part from his lobbying of DeLay (Ambramoff served time in prison, and while DeLay was sentenced in 2011 to a three-year stint in the clink, hes been out on bail while he appeals).
Abramoff has executed an impressive comeback (hes got a book out, often pundit-izes on corruption, and even has a gig hosting a radio show), while DeLay has kept a lower profile, taking speaking engagements and devoting time to conservative causes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/tom-delay-jack-abramoff-seen-dining-together/2012/12/05/610c7ab4-3efa-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_blog.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop
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Disgraced GOP leader DeLay seen dining with disgraced lobbyist Abramoff (Original Post)
Adenoid_Hynkel
Dec 2012
OP
I thought criminal on parole were not allowed to be in the company of other criminals. nt
Mnemosyne
Dec 2012
#4
I'll have the disgraced Cobb Salad with the disgraced dressing on the side (nt)
Jeff In Milwaukee
Dec 2012
#10
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)1. Once a crook, always a crook.
JeffHead
(1,186 posts)2. Maybe Jack hooked Tom up with his prison contacts...
So old Tommy doesn't get shanked in the chow line.
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Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)4. I thought criminal on parole were not allowed to be in the company of other criminals. nt
former9thward
(32,025 posts)12. Who is on parole?
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)14. Isn't Abramoff? nt
former9thward
(32,025 posts)15. I have no idea.
But he has been out for a long time. Federal parole is fairly short.
niyad
(113,348 posts)5. did the bugman EVER go to jail?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)8. Nope. He's appealing it
Richard Cleary
(15 posts)6. Aah yes...Abraham Jackoff!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)13. Welcome to DU!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)7. Birds of a feather...
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)9. Only Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed are missing! Two other crooks.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)11. yes I was wondering why Grover was missing. The three amigos.
Didn't even think about Ralphie Reed. Of course he may be in a class by himself.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)10. I'll have the disgraced Cobb Salad with the disgraced dressing on the side (nt)