Tom DeLay, like Bush, hardly knew Jack

Lobbyist's Credit Card Bill Outs DeLay Trip Delay's Trip to Golf Resort Paid for by Abramoff

"The paper trail seems so obvious, it makes you wonder whether anyone ever worried about getting caught. When Congressman Tom Delay and his wife flew from Houston to a golf resort in Scotland, in June, 2000, the first class air fare cost $14,001. A big ticket item for a public servant. But someone else was paying. The American Express bills of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff show he footed the bill for the tickets, in an apparent violation of House ethics rules. "The source of the travel expenses may not be...a registered lobbyist," according to the House rules. Abramoff was a registered lobbyist at the time".

Now that's a nice way to fly to Europe. Nothing but the best for our public servants and their wives. And of course it's silly to think Tom DeLay was ever expected to return any favors for this type of treatment. And to think, DeLay hardly even knew Jack Abramoff and he still got those two first class tickets to Scotland.