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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: 240 is Back on September 02, 2008, 12:25:49 PM
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This is unreal.
It looks like Sarah Palin's claim to represent a cleaner brand of politics could be about to take a bruising.
The Washington Post reports today that, while Mayor of Wasilla, Palin oversaw the hiring of a lobbyist, Steven Silver -- a former chief of staff to now-indicted GOP senator Ted Stevens -- to help win federal earmarks for the city.
But Silver appears to have additional ties that could further undercut Palin's image as a squeaky-clean reformer. According to Senate lobbying disclosure reports examined by TPMmuckraker, from 2002 to 2004 Silver listed as a client Jack Abramoff's lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig. On Greenberg's behalf, Silver lobbied the federal government on "issues relating to Indian/Native American policy," "exploration for oil and gas" and "legislation relating to gaming issues" -- the very issues that Abramoff headed up for Greenberg at the time. In other words, Silver appears to have been a part of "Team Abramoff."
Indeed, one specific bill that Silver lobbied on for Greenberg, according to the forms, was S.627, also known as the Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act. A former Greenberg lobbyist confirmed to TPMmuckraker that Silver would have been working to oppose the bill. And it was an earlier version of this very bill that Abramoff famously worked to spike, with the support of Christian conservative leaders Lou Sheldon and Ralph Reed.
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hahahahahahaah....aaaaaa aaah. it's just too much, really.
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Just like Obama's ties to communists, terrorists, Resko's, not to mention the rest of the corrupt Chicago machine. But we don;'t need to talk about that right?
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Just like Obama's ties to communists, terrorists, Resko's, not to mention the rest of the corrupt Chicago machine. But we don;'t need to talk about that right?
Did someone tell you that you couldn't post a thread on that shit? No? Then post a fucking thread on it ::)
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Just like Obama's ties to communists, terrorists, Resko's, not to mention the rest of the corrupt Chicago machine. But we don;'t need to talk about that right?
Hey start a thread... this one is about Palin's connection to Abramoff
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Did someone tell you that you couldn't post a thread on that shit? No? Then post a fucking thread on it ::)
I was thinking the exact same thing!
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More garbage. Six degrees of separation.
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More garbage. Six degrees of separation.
Yeah, Palin seems to be squeaky clean so far. The racist church and national separation thigns are just decorations on a well-rounded resume chock with foreign policy experience. Bravo.