AP's Pete Yost Endorses GOP Lies

The Republicans have been caught red-handed in Abramoffgate. So what is their defense? To say Democrats took Abramoff money too.

Of course that is just another REPUBLICAN BIG LIE. Abramoff was a hard-core Republican and never gave a single penny to a Democrat in his life.

Howard Dean smacked down the REPUBLICAN BIG LIE on Wolf Blitzer's show on 1/9/06.

"There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, not one, not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican. Every person under investigation is a Republican. Every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. And we've looked through all of those FEC reports to make sure that's true."

But Republicans cannot stop lying. On Friday, GOP spokesliar Tracey Schmitt told Pete Yost of the AP: "Considering 28 of the 31 Democrats have received Abramoff-affiliated funds themselves, it appears their hypocrisy has exceeded even their partisanship."

What the hell are "Abramoff-affiliated funds"? If Abramoff called Pizza Hut in DC and a Pizza Hut delivery man in California gave $1 to Barbara Boxer, is that an "Abramoff-affiliated fund"?

This is utter bullshit, and it is utter bullshit that Pete Yost included this in his article. Let's demand a retraction and an apology: pyost@ap.org  202-776-9464