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23 September 2006Dogging TreborLast year I was the recipient of a flyer from the mysterious "Citizens Against Corporate Welfare," which took Rep. Trebor Worthen to task for supporting a couple of bills which they (and, for that matter, I) didn't much like. The Citizens, whoever they may be, are now cranking out material as "Citizens for Corrupt-Free Government," which sounds a little awkward — "corrupt" works better as an adjective or a verb, I think, than as a noun — but while they may have changed their name, they haven't changed their target. Worthen, says their new flyer, was one of 32 Republicans running for the Oklahoma House who got money from Ernest Istook's First Freedom Fund PAC; what's more, the first contribution to said PAC came from your friend and his, disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. I'm just jaded enough to wonder if this is a first: Istook bestowing funds on something actually in Oklahoma. Posted at 8:48 AM to Political Science FictionSo, is the money like cocaine-tainted money, in that the taint rubs off on everyone who touches it, no matter how many hands it's been passed through? Or is Istook a secretly known agent of Jack Abramoff, so that anyone -- even the paperboy -- who accepts money from Istook is presumed to be Abramoff's man? Posted by: McGehee at 10:19 AM on 23 September 2006I suspect the former, based on this sentence from the flyer: "Call Trebor and tell him to return the dirty money!" If Istook's working for anyone — anyone other than Istook, that is — I'd bet on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, inasmuch as (1) Istook is a member, which means nothing in itself, and (2) the same sort of light-rail system he opposed for Oklahoma City got built, with his assistance, in Salt Lake City, which does. Posted by: CGHill at 10:33 AM on 23 September 2006 |