Mover Mike

I just ordered The Perfect Villain: John McCain and the Demonization of Jack Abramoff by Gary S. Chafetz.

Dr. Jack Wheeler writes in his latest To The Point (by subscription only) that John McCain was instrumental, as Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, to nail lobbyist Jack Abramoff. “Jack Abramoff is in jail today because of John McCain.”

Now set for release in mid-September, comes Chafetz book. Here’s the editorial review from Amazon:

Gary Chafetz is a liberal Boston journalist who set out to chronicle the scandal involving conservative gun-for-hire and super-lobbyist, Jack Abramoff. Instead he uncovered a Shakespearean tragedy of deceit, betrayal and political vendetta in which the true villains are Presidential aspirant John McCain, the Washington Post newspaper and the U.S. Department of Justice–all of whom participated in the railroading of an innocent man. Chafetz benefited from exclusive and unconditional access to the jailed Abramoff and to many never-before-released documents. The blizzard of stories originating from the Washington political machine painted Abramoff as an implausibly greedy lobbyist who cheated Indian tribes, bribed politicians and corrupted the political process–a fascinating tale but, ultimately, untrue. The true story, as Chafetz recounts in The Perfect Villain, is even more riveting and compelling.

I’m guessing the story will be big, but Democrats will have a problem. Do they cozy up to Abramoff to get at McCain? They have absolutely vilified Abramoff as representative of the Republicans! Interesting problem, what?

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