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Just how close was the relationship between the White House and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff? The Bush Administration again faced questions about those ties after an e-mail Abramoff sent a journalist friend surfaced last week in which Abramoff wrote that he had met President Bush almost a dozen times over the past five years, and even received an invitation to the President's Crawford, Texas, ranch along with other large political donors. Bush "has one of the best memories of any politician I have ever met," Abramoff mused in the e-mail last month, adding that...
...skiing, it takes a split second to fall and break your neck, and it's much easier for it to happen if you aren't completely sober. Enzo Concina Piacenza, Italy Republican Reform "Can This Elephant Be Cleaned Up?" reported on the influence-peddling scandal in Washington involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff and members of Congress [Jan. 23]. It's a sad point in U.S. history when a lobbyist's extensive ties become equivalent to political clout. Even with the exposure of the Abramoff scandal, Republicans "debate how they can project change while keeping things much the same." What an insult...
...Making of a Scandal Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was not "The Man Who Bought Washington," as your headline said [Jan. 16]. No one can raise enough money to do that. In my 23 years of staff work in the U.S. House of Representatives, I never knew of a member who could be bought. But there were always a few around who could be rented for a time. There was a simple test in the offices where I worked: if something offered to us could also be given to the average person-a pencil, calendar, ballpoint pen-we could accept...
...shameful that lobbyist Abramoff was able to buy Washington, but it is truly reprehensible that members of Congress took part in the sale. Priscilla Brown Cedar Falls, Iowa...
...unilateral withdrawal from Gaza was a peace initiative need to think again. Yes, he was pragmatic and confronted extremist Jewish settlers; however, he did not demonstrate enough of the goodwill needed to win over the Palestinians. Saleh A. Mubarak Seffner, Florida, U.S. The Making of a Scandal Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was not "The Man Who Bought Washington," as your headline said [Jan. 16]. No one can raise enough money to do that. In my 23 years of staff work in the U.S. House of Representatives, I never knew of a member who could be bought. But there were always...