Chairman Dean continues to drive home the fact that the Republicans own Abramoff lock, stock and barrel. That is, he continues to have to do so because TV's talking heads can't shake loose of the RNC "Dems did it, too" talking points.
This morning, he had to slap the crap out of "Today" talking head Katie Couric. From Think Progress:
COURIC: Hey, wait a second. Democrats took — Democrats took money from Abramoff too, Mr. Dean.Yeah, you "look into" it and get back to us, Katie. We won't hold our breath.
DEAN: That is absolutely false. That did not happen. Not one dime of money from Jack Abramoff went to any Democrat at any time.
COURIC: Let me just tell you — According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Abramoff and his associates gave $3 million to Republicans and $1.5 million to Democrats, including Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid.
DEAN: Not one dime of Jack Abramoff money ever went to any Democrat. We can show you the FEC reports, we’d be very happy to do it. There’s a lot of stuff in the press that the Republican National Committee’s been spinning that this is a bipartisan scandal. It is a Republican-financed scandal. Not one dime of money from Jack Abramoff ever went to any Democrat, not one dime.
COURIC: Well, we’ll obviously have to look into that and clarify that for our viewers at a later date. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Mr. Dean, Governor Dean, thanks so much for talking with us.
DEAN: Thanks very much.
1 comments:
Boy, I'd watch ever saying "never" to something like this. Just as sure as Dean says it, someone is going to find at least one example. But you're right about the White House. Such arrogance! McClellan said he wouldn't say anything that didn't pertain to the investigation, but if a reporter had asked him something dealing with the investigation, McClellan would then have said, "We don't comment on anything to do with an ongoing investigation." Just watch it happen!
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