Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Payola, gifts, flub dream*

And now, to help you get a better handle on the Jack Abramoff plea bargain announced today, p3 presents its Awesome Abramoff Analysis. (Sources: NYTimes, Think Progress, the Abramoff plea agreement, and Raw Story. Apologies to Harper's and the late lamented SPY Magazine.)


0

Dollars contributed by Abramoff to Democratic candidates and committees between 2001 and 2004.
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Less than 1

Percentage of $6 million, raised by Abramoff’s Capital Athletic Foundation in its first four years allegedly for "needy and deserving" sportsmanship programs, actually spent on sports-related programs for youths.
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3

Felonies to which Abramoff has pleaded guilty.
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7

Approximate maximum number of years in prison Abramoff faces for Florida-based charges.
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10

Approximate maximum number of years in prison Abramoff faces for Washington based charges (It's not yet clear if the Florida and Washington sentences are to be served concurrently).
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29

Number of pages in the Abramoff plea agreement.
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30

Approximate number of years in prison Abramoff faced before cutting the deal with prosecutors.
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100

Percentage of Abramoff's "remaining days," during which he "will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done," according to Abramoff's statement following the announcement of the plea deal.
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210

Number of current members of Congress who have received contributions from Abramoff, his tribal clients or SunCruz Casinos since 1999.
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127,000

Dollars contributed by Abramoff to GOP candidates and committees between 2001 and 2004.
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4.2 million

Dollars charged by Abramoff to help the Tigua tribe reopen their casino in Texas after secretly helping the Texas Attorney General shut the casino down in the first place. (The casino stayed closed.)
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19 million

Dollars allegedly kicked back to Abramoff out of a $54 million contract billed to four tribes in one scheme.
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82 million

Dollars paid to Abramoff and a public relations associate by tribal clients between 2001 and 2003.
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AFFORDABLE--A LUST PIGMY

Anagram of "Abramoff pleads guilty" (*see also the title for this post).
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A lot of players--overwhelmingly in the GOP, since even corrupt Democrats wouldn't have had anything worth selling during the last few years of Republican dominance (but don't think we didn't see that $66,000 you got, Harry Reid!)--have already spent the morning speed-dialing their lawyers and have moved on to chopping and snorting Imodium A-D by now.

But cheer up, guys--there's a light at the end of the tunnel for those who don't survive the bloodletting to come: A free p3 "Good Riddance" bumper sticker!





That's gotta take some of the sting out of today, right?

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