Brent Budowsky -- Men And Women Of Faith: Google "Abramoff, Marianas, Rove, Republicans, Forced Abortion"

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 10/10/2006 - 5:19am. Guest Contribution

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by Brent Budowsky

To men and women of faith, in my title I suggested a Google because I do not ask you to believe me, or anyone else, in this politically supercharged election. In this case the truth is more repugnant and immoral than any political comment could fully describe and I suggest you research this yourself and talk about the results with fellow believers.

Jack Abramoff made a fortune of money, then donated a fortune to Republicans, lobbying for the Marianas. These Islands in the Pacific are an American territory not subject to all U.S. laws and on these islands, horrific, disgusting and sinful acts are committed especially against women and children.

This is no different than Mark Foley raising huge political money, then giving a hundred thousand to the Chairman for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, and be protected by Republican Leaders for so long. Congressman Reynolds may partially apologize, but when it mattered, Congressman Foley's money talked, because in Washington, if the abusers give more money than the young page, the abusers are protected and pages are endangered.

Same with Jack Abramoff, his money, the support it bought on the Marianas, the damage it did to abused children and women with forced abortions.

Please, do not believe me, check the facts independently and carefully yourself. Key words that will bring up volumes of objective stories include: Abramoff, Marianas, Rove, Republicans, forced abortion, and forced prostitution.

Among the stories you will find news about Karl Rove's chief deputy resigning, because of her ties to Abramoff. Among many other details you will find an email from her to Abramoff with "good news" that "KR" (Rove) would be helping Abramoff on the Marianas. She formerely worked for Abramoff, before joining Rove, prior to her resignation because of those ties.

There will be stories about forced abortions, forced prositition, extreme abuse of children, and horrors that are genuinely unspeakable.

There will be stories alongside them, about Republican leaders in Congress taking huge amounts of money from Abramoff.

There will be stories alongside those, about the Republicans that Abramoff gave so much money to, working with him on behalf of his Marianas clients.

There will be stories in which you will recognize the same names of Republicans under major investigation over the page abuse scandal.

There will be stories about these same senior Republicans helping Abramoff, who have been indicted, convicted or forced to resign senior Republican positions over various scandals, scams and abuses.

I am not going to detail the specific horror stories about what has happened in these Marianas cases, we have enough heated statements in this political campaign already.

I simply suggest to all men and women of faith, who want standards of honor, integrity and trust in Washington, to take a careful look at this and decide. The only way to clean up the moral mess in Washington is to clean out the people who make it happen. They will continue to make it happen so long as they are there to be corrupted by money and power.

These are not isolated examples, these are abuses that are extreme, repeated, and those who committed them have high powered Republican lobbyists giving large money in return for support from powerful Republicans in Congress and the White House.

This election is not about Democrats versus Republicans, it is about right versus wrong. Men and women of faith can do the the research, check the facts, and know that change must come to Washington.

We cannot have Congressmen who abuse pages, donate huge amounts of money to the Republican Campaign Committee and no matter how many times Congressman Reynolds apologizes, he took the money and Congressman Foley kept the job for far too long.

We cannot have Republican lobbyists who make huge money, give it to Republicans in our government, while they support actions that result in forced abortion, forced prostitution, and child abuse in the Marianas or anywhere else.

Those who violate our trust must be held wholly accountable. Enough is enough. It is high time for change.

Brent Budowsky

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Brent Budowsky served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, responsible for commerce and intelligence matters, including one of the core drafters of the CIA Identities Law. Served as Legislative Director to Congressman Bill Alexander, then Chief Deputy Whip, House of Representatives. Currently a member of the International Advisory Council of the Intelligence Summit. Left goverment in 1990 for marketing and public affairs business including major corporate entertainment and talent management. He can be reached at brentbbi@webtv.net.