Abramoff Claims Bush Presidency Promised Riches

The Bush Tax Cuts alone (not to mention the war profiteering and all the rest) fulfilled Bush's promise to make them all rich.--SS

Abramoff Claims Bush Presidency Promised Riches: The Hill reviews disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff's new book, Capitol Punishment, which says Ralph Reed made a "hard sell" to secure Abramoff's support for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential bid. According to the book, Reed said that "Bush personally told him that his presidency would make all of us very rich."



Asked by The Hill about the anecdote, Reed said: "I don't recall ever saying that to Jack."