PD Story On Missouri Millennium Fund Raises Far More Questions Than It Answers

Today's story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding the money Jack Abramoff funneled to Missouri Republicans via the Missouri Millennium Fund raises far more questions than it answers.

While I applaud Shesgreen for taking on a story that others Missouri journalists have yet to touch, she sure was gentle with Kit Bond.

"I don't know Mr. Abramoff, and I can't say how he got the idea" to donate to the fund, he said.

Why can't you say Kit? Can't say is different from don't know, isn't it?

Here's an idea. Perhaps they gave because someone asked. So Kit, who asked? Was it you? If not, who was it?

Let's see, who else was on the ballot in Missouri in 2002? That's right, Jim Talent was, and didn't the Missouri Republican Party, who benefitted mightily from the generosity of Mr. Abramoff and his clients, spend millions on Talent's behalf in 2002. Yep, sure did.

And who was the treasurer of the Missouri Millenium Fund? Oh, that's right. It was Garrett Lott, the same guy who was treasurer of Jim Talent's campaign in 2002.

 There's so much more to come......