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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 3/10/2009
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From NBC’s Pete Williams The Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal has claimed another casualty.
Today, it's Ann Copland , a former legislative aide and executive assistant for nearly 30 years to Sen. Thad Chochran , a Mississippi Republican.
She admitted today that from 2002 through 2004, she illegally accepted favors from Abramoff and two of his lobbying colleagues, which they gave her in hopes of getting her to help them get favorable treatment for an Indian tribe they represented.
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... start making up stuff about Sen. Blanche Lincoln being out of touch. Not to mention, the party getting its ass handed to it the last two cycles, and which remains hugely unpopular, really shouldn't be talking about the winners being "out of touch". You know what it sounds like? It sounds like me yelling, "Yankees suck!" when the Yankees are in first place. It may be fun to yell it, but let's be honest, I'm just being bitter and jealous. Jack Abramoff is still claiming victims. MN-Sen: Vote for America examines the 88 rejected ...
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