How dare you talk naughty about the RNC! Don't you know they are going to save us from the terrorists! Damn you liberal media!!!!!

I'm going back to Fox News where I'll never see stories like this!!!

Off with his head!

Repubs need to quit whining about all the bad press they are getting. It is their fault they let Duke Cunningham and Bob Ney stay in place well after it was obvious they were corrupt. Mark Foley, same thing.
Repubs have a bigger problem with the scandals reaching the media than the scandals themselves.
So I guess you could say it is a corrupt party ran by corrupt people who are supported by that think it is okay to be corrupt.

Harry Reid got 4X that much money from Jack Abramhoff.

And refused to return it.

No scandal there.

The contributions might have kept him off of any terror watchlists he might have otherwise made; sinister stuff indeed. i.e. they looked at his bank records and he didn't match the 'profile' because he gave to the RNCC.

Patrick - no one suggests that the RNC supports terror. The federal employees responsibile for catching guys like this ... CAUGHT A GUY LIKE THIS !! I wonder if the non-politically-appointed federal employees who caught this guy are Democrats or Republicans...Oh, yeah. Stuff like that doesn't matter to patriots, does it ??

The Dems are just as culpable as the Pubs, they're just more shame faced about accepting money!

Our two party system needs to be torn apart and overhauled. These two partys only serve a narrow section of special interest electorate. Many of us moderate swing voters are sick to death of all the sniping. We can't win a war in the military or opinion arenas if we're all acting like spoiled children. Grow up, kids!

This seems to be more about the "pay-to-play" politics of the Bush Administration, which makes campaign donations almost required for consideration in government contracts. When you run the government that way, you will find that you are only doing business with corrupt people who are willing to bribe to get ahead. It shouldn't be a surprise when a terrorist, drug dealer, or pedophile gets swept up in that bottom dredging. And for this, Bush and the republicans are uniquely responsible.

From the party that said a victory for the democrats is a terrorist victory.

Republicans make me sick. Im going to go throw up now.

Whoever said "wake up America"..

America has awoken and we're tired of fighting phony wars, based on bs intelligence and scare tactics. If we really want to bring justice to those who attacked us and protect the homeland why are we NOT pursuing OBL/Taliban/Al Queada.

Ed

The only amount that turned up on opensecrets.com was to $500.00 to the RNCC in 2002.

Perhaps the author could post the search criteria?

Hey, the terrorists owe a great deal to the Republican party. With Republican help they have created a breeding ground for terrorism in Iraq. So if they want to show their gratitude by donating to the RNC it is completely understandable!

Perhaps it was part of his cover.
Who would think that a Republican could be a terrorist

And the Republican President wanted to place our ports in the hand of muslims----now the R's are taking money from an accused terrorist ally ---they simply didn't accept money but the made him "Man of the Year, etc--Are we really safe from terrorism with the R's in charge? To jim jones this is not lame slander but another serious breach bordering on a "scam"

Is he a "big" GOP contributor? Well, he has contributed more to the GOP than I have in the past year.

why is the answer to corruption evidence always "But THEY do it too!"

I love my country. Not so sure about my countrymen these days.

I agree that we are all Americans first. Plus, we should root out corruption wherever it lives. Blinding ourselves such that we only see the other guy's perfidy will not solve anything. Log in our own eye vs sliver in his, and all that.

Face it: Democrats and Republicans have been corrupt --Independents, too. More than monetary corruption, however, there is the much more insidious ethical corruption of ideas. Anyone who "believes" something merely to get elected or because it polls well is evil. Using these falsely based beliefs as arguments/tools against an enemy may win you temporary pleasure, but will lose you the war. We want to win the war, right?

brian ross is such an incredible
investigative reporter. he asks the tough questions unlike like
timmy lynne russert.

i would love to see him and
christiane amanpour host a show.

jack jett

It's interesting to see all the Republicans here trying to deflect the bad news by claiming the amount of money wasn't "that much." In their minds, it seems as if a little money from a terrorist supporter shuldn't be a big deal.

$15,000 isn't chump change. But even if it WAS, the fact remains that the RNC took money from a man who aids terrorists. I don't care if the RNC took $5, or a quarter!

Finally - it all makes sense. The political group that supports idiotic wars for profit, who has turned a blind eye to most of our domestic problems in America, the one who likes to snoop in your mail and eavesdrop on your phone calls is the SAME party who takes money from an accused terrorist! Who's side are you ON, Republicans?

In general for all politicians Dems and Repubs money = access. Whether this is an instance of businessman seeking access for business purposes or a terrorist financier seeking access for ??? the issue is the system that allows the money of the rich to buy access for the purpose of influencing and manipulating our government. As long as the system is set up to allow the buying of politicians, politicians will be bought.