the 9th passenger is probably the underaged son (teen in the picture) who went to learn how to drink beer, be elite, and bilk the U.S. taxpayers

Enough.

If we can afford to pay for reconstructing Iraq, then we can afford to pay for public campaign finance.

Enough.

This is photographic evidence of pay-to-play legislation in America, virtually all of which falls directly in the lap of the Republican Party.

No matter the fallacious assertions that Abramoff gave money to Democrats or that corruption is a bipartisan problem, the facts lead to the obvious conclusion that corruption is a direct result of a conservative Republican congress.

Ralph Reed just validates it; LOAFERS DON'T GO WITH JEANS

It appears No. 9 is a child...

What The Hell,

Tony Snow on Fox and the White House Propaganda on the Same Day Your Kidding me, right.

Smile and say "Indictment"

Ohio is full of GOP corruption. Ney is just another of many here in Ohio.

Even worse is Ken Blackwell, Secy of States who owned stock in Diebold, forced all the counties to buy their machines (which have been corrupted) and is now overseeing the 2006 election in which he is running for governor. He gets to rig his own election!

Is it time to do some serious "House cleaning"? I mean both the Senate and the House.

America cannot tolerate any more incummbent and corrupt politicians. We need congress(wo)men who would work in the interests of the American people - not corporate interests!

The Demos are leading in the polls for the Nov. election, but what can be done to be certain that Rove doesn't manipulate the diebold paperless machines again???? We are becoming a banana republic--save us!

All the links have been stopped. I am really curious now. Could someone, please, write out the names in the passenger list of course excluding the minor... or provide alternative links before all of this goes into the "black hole"?

What the heck? Did the
DOJ ordered the links sealed? Or did the NSA just hack its way into ABC News?

Bush's first act after leaving office - PARDONS FOR ALL - including Kennyboy Lay. Disgusting!

Nothing is more seductive than a Gulfstream corporate jet. Add all of the trimmings that go with such an activity and almost no one can so no. That's why Jack Welch, with his masssive personal fortune, still had that benefit included in his retirement package.

The focus is on republicans today, because the news stories are on republicans. One poster said this seems to have all started in the last 5 years, as if Bush brought it all with him. As I recall, the democrats got elected in the 70's because of Nixon's watergate scandal. The republicans got elected in the 90's and 2000 because of democrat scandals. Anyone who claims that only the other guy's party has corruption is fooling themselves. Even the laws that were passed to try to head this off were corrupted by both parties as they sought advantage over the other.

It's not just a Republican thing; it's the current, abysmal state of our nation. However, the neo-conservatives in power are taking advantage of our country in ways unheard of in the previous century. The activities of the slime involved with Abramoff, however, will be the undoing of many politicians, both Republican and Democrats (although mostly Republicans - they are more likely to be enticed by $).

The kid on the flight learned a valuable lesson - that it pays to be a fat, dishonest, double-talking politician, cause you get to go on cool trips for free, and eat of the twizzlers and bacon you want.

I wonder if any of the recipients reported the value on their income tax returns since they received the "gifts" in their capacities as employees of the government.

The only way to really stop all of this is to some serious election reforms. We are not represented by our peers. We are represented by the RICH, and who do you think they care about. Check the percentage of millionaires in the Congress.

The ninth passenger is one of Abramoff's sons. Start them out young.

Congress simply needs to have an independent third party or law enforcement agencies to investigate and enforce the rules it makes. The committee should beable to create laws and rules, but not also enforce them.