Hats off to Radioactive Chief for a excellent bit of blogging. Steve Hildebrand announced that Daschle would not return money donated by Abramoff associates and tribal clients. To do so would "be a suggestion that he accepted the contributions for the wrong reasons and that's not the case." Fair enough. But Tim Johnson is returning $8,250 of money.
"The donations to Johnson's campaign include $6,250 from three of Abramoff's tribal clients and $2,000 from one of Abramoff's colleagues at his lobbying firm...."
Says RC:
OK then, according to Hildebrand's stated standard, Sen. Johnson's returned $8,250 could be interpreted as a sign that he "accepted the contributions for the wrong reason", and that THAT's why the funds had to be returned! (Of course, as icing on this logical cake, the same point could be made about Thune's $2,000 also.)
Oh what tangled webs we weave, when first when in stressful situations we practice to deceive.
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