Hi Jo,

I wrote Mr. Brady a very nice, sarcastic letter with researched sources (ha!) and links to the facts on this little matter. I read the artful (not to anyone whose actually literate, but good enough for the knuckle-draggers) dodge that Ms. Howell did, highlighting that Abramoff's 'clients' gave money to Democrats, while attempting to tar Democrats with Abramoff, the "professional Republican" associating with those clients (but Abramoff giving money only to Republicans). (Dang. Loonngg sentence ). I'm constantly correcting individuals who think Abramoff gave to both. I'm also very strident about the Miserable Failure breaking the law, and being a common felon. Makes lots of people I associate now scurry away when I approach .

Ms. Howell is the ombudsman for a major newspaper. Ms. Howell can't take criticism. Think about that.
Very sad to see the Post go down the way it is. Very sad. I've been a steady reader for 40 years, and can't stand what it has become in the past few years. You just can't offer two versions of fact, no matter how hard you try, or want to.

I'd be willing to replace every Democrat found to have taken money from Jack 'off with a Republican IF the Republicans would be willing to reciprocate with a Democrat replacing every Republican found to have taken money. Deal?

Jo,
Who is your ombusdman? Who takes the heat for you and protects you from the insinutations, challenges and ad hominem attacks that must sometimes come your way? I mean, you've been blogging for a while now and we all know that sometimes a few republican malcontents will do something called "trolling" or "spamming" (look these terms up since I'm sure your ombudsman protects you from such maliciousness)...Oh right, you decided you could take the heat.
Maybe WaPo should have looked at the serious issues raised by readers about the so-called readers' representative and addressed the issues themselves, so that word "transparency" would actually mean what it's supposed to mean.

I'm constantly correcting individuals who think Abramoff gave to both.

Hmm. The WaPo says it has lists in which Abramoff directed his Indian clients to give money specifically to this politician or that, mostly Republicans but many Dems, too. Sounds like Abramoff gave money to Dems too, and anything else is just a silly semantical game.

And Howell states explicitly that she did not ask for the blog to be taken down, which is corroborated by her boss. He took it down because the moonbats resorted to they usual tactics: name-calling and foaming at the mouth.

She lied.

Bean...let's just wait and see, how many Democrats get charged....we have what, three members of your congress who have gone down for taking bribes thus far...INCLUDING YOUR MAJORITY LEADER.
She lied on a major news publication, and sold partisan talking points as fact. Period.

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