The giant political mess in Washington has hit the state of Kentucky! According to this article from the associate press Senators and a Congresseman accepted money from Jack Abramoff.
Hopefully the country will now wake up to the political corruption caused by lobbying. For too many years our Government has been run by a political patronage of the have’s and have nots. Perhaps, we shall finally see a voice of the people taking hold in the U.S.A.
Excerpt and original story below.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky’s two senators, a congressman and the state’s Republican Party plan to donate to charity contributions they received from an embattled lobbyist and the Indian tribes that hired him.
Republican Sen. Jim Bunning said in a written statement Thursday morning that he would send the $1,000 Jack Abramoff gave his 2004 re-election campaign to the St. Elizabeth Medical Center’s new inpatient hospice program.
“Even though these contributions were handled legitimately and within the law, they are tainted by a guy who is simply bad news,” Bunning said.
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