The Bush-Abramoff Photos Could Turn Up Soon

Posted on January 23, 2006

Time magazine reports that it has seen five photos of President Bush with disgraced lobbyist/admitted felon Jack Abramoff, leading to another round of tap dancing from White House press secretary Scott McClellan.

Although the White House initially denied any involvement with Abramoff, it has had to amend its statements to state that Abramoff did meet with White House staffers. And President Bush has met Abramoff and posed for pictures with him. Now these photos could just be your standard photo-ops -- thousands of people have gotten their picture taken with the president. But what it does show is that the more that reporters dig into the Abramoff story, the more interesting facts come to light. It's clear that Abramoff had a lot more contact with the White House than the White House originally admitted to.

Scott McClellan says that President Bush doesn't remember meeting Jack Abramoff. But clearly they have met on at least five occasions. Does President Bush really expect us to believe that he doesn't remember meeting the man who raised $100, 000.00 for his re-election campaign? No smart politician forgets a fundraising dynamo like Jack Abramoff.

The hunt is on for those photos, which are sure to turn up on the Internet very soon.