A long hard look at yourself can sometimes be too painful to face...
Jack Abramoff has a lot of people looking at him right now. They are writing about him too. What does Jack have to say about this?
''I've been shocked at how I've been portrayed in the media. The Jack Abramoff who has been made into a caricature and a punching bag in the national media is not the Jack Abramoff who I think exists. If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.''
Really? I wonder if any of the media Abramoff is reading are as harsh critiquing him as Abramoff has been on his own clients. Here's what Jack Abramoff had to say about the American Indian tribes he was supposedly representing... supposedly "helping".
''They are plain stupid. . . . Morons.''
''These mofos are the stupidest idiots in the land for sure.''
"We need to get some $ from those monkeys!!!!''
''that [expletive] idiot put my name on an e-mail list! what a [expletive] moron! he may have blown our cover!! Dammit. We are moving forward anyway and taking their [expletive] money.''
According to the NYT, e-mail seized from Abramoff told a story of front groups, secret kickbacks, manipulated tribal elections and political payoffs.
John McCain apparently agrees: ''What sets this tale apart, what makes it truly extraordinary, is the extent and degree of the apparent exploitation and deceit. Even in this town, where huge sums are routinely paid as the price of political access, the figures are astonishing.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/magazine/01ABRAMOFF.html?ei=5070&en=35e18d86ecb5b2e2&ex=1115092800&pagewanted=all&position=