You Don't Know Jack?

Since Jack Abramoff's indictment, the disgraced lobbyist has been tossed unceremoniously into Capitol Hill's memory hole—it's a mystery how he got his reputation as a D.C. power player, because darnit, nobody seems to remember knowing him. But in a Vanity Fair profile [PDF] due out next week, Abramoff is determined to remind his erstwhile buddies about all the good times they shared. For instance:

Every appropriation we wanted [from Sen. Conrad Burns's (R-Mont.) committee] we got. Our staffs were as close as they could be. They practically used [Abramoff-owned restaurant] Signatures as their cafeteria. I mean, it's a little difficult for him to run from that record.

Whole thing's worth a read.

Comments

[R C Dean]

This Abramoff guy looks like he has a real mean strike, and knows how to hold a grudge. Let’s hope so, and let’s hope he decides to take it out on the Congressman who were only too happy to take his money, but now can’t remember his name.

[panurge]

Meanwhile, Burns has been steadily declining in Montana’s polls. Looks like its a pretty solid opening for the Dems:

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=eb284f48-a918-4762-b623-93912bbaf5de

[mk]

I had a plate of little kobe beef burgers from Signatures at the DC Taste Of The Nation benefit. Will I decline in the polls as well? Granted, I was only appropriating as much awesome food as I could possibly cram into my mouth, but still.

They were quite delicious.

[Paul]

*Sigh* Ok Ok, it was me. I put Abramoff on the map. I told him, over dinner one night, “Jack, go do good in the name of government!” The rest was history.

[John DeWitt]

Gad, what a bunch of self-serving creeps. Club Fed is (way!) too good for them. Let’s send everybody in Washington who’s never heard of Abramoff to Gitmo, and then tear down all the empty buildings.

[Jack Hoff]

This is good ‘n hilarious here:

Newt Gingrich, whose spokesman Rick Tyler tells Margolick that “Before [Abramoff’s] picture appeared on TV and in the newspapers, Newt wouldn’t have known him if he fell across him. He hadn’t seen him in 10 years.” A rankled Abramoff says “I have more pictures of [Newt] than I have of my wife.” Abramoff shows Margolick numerous photographs: “Here’s Newt. Newt. Newt. Newt. More Newt. Newt with Grover [Norquist, the Washington conservative Republican uber-strategist and longtime Abramoff friend] this time. But Newt never met me. Ollie North. Newt. Can’t be Newt … he never met me. Oh, Newt! What’s he doing there? Must be a Newt look-alike…. Newt again! It’s sick! I thought he never met me!”

[wsdave]

Jack who?

Hey, did you guys hear about that port security thing…

[joe]

Where’s all the pictures with Democrats? This was a bipartisan scandal, right fellas? Fellas?

Hello?