Ney calls it a day
Slate
by Timothy Noah
08/08/06
Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, has finally thrown in the towel on his hapless re-election bid. Ney is the member of Congress most identified with the scandals surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney (aka 'Representative #1') is named in no fewer than four plea agreements as the recipient of much largesse from and doer of many favors for Abramoff. ... Ney, incidentally, is the blowhard who punished France by renaming pommes frites 'freedom fries' during the run-up to the Iraq invasion...
http://www.slate.com/id/2147357/entry/0/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Timothy Noah
08/08/06
Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, has finally thrown in the towel on his hapless re-election bid. Ney is the member of Congress most identified with the scandals surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney (aka 'Representative #1') is named in no fewer than four plea agreements as the recipient of much largesse from and doer of many favors for Abramoff. ... Ney, incidentally, is the blowhard who punished France by renaming pommes frites 'freedom fries' during the run-up to the Iraq invasion...
http://www.slate.com/id/2147357/entry/0/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 10. Aug, 14:25
