Well, now...it seems the Mafia is still in power even in these days, but this new Mafia is not the Sicilian Mafia with whom you may be familiar. No, the new Mafia consists of a portion of the GOP (and let's not forget to add a few Dems to the mix) who lead careers filled with corruption. So can you really say you don't believe this guy's claims that "the White House made him do it"? Yeah, like any good pig, he's squealing about his former boss to save his own hide, but don't they all do that?
Tom Noe, the GOP fund-raiser at the heart of Ohio's biggest political scandal in a generation, claimed that pressure from the Bush-Cheney campaign led him to commit the campaign-finance crimes for which he was sentenced yesterday to federal prison.
U.S. District Judge David Katz ordered Noe, 52, to spend 27 months in prison and to pay $136,200 in fines for giving two dozen friends and associates money to attend a high-priced luncheon with President Bush in 2003 in Columbus.
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The former coin dealer made two statements during the hearing. He twice read excerpts from a written statement he gave to court officials prior to sentencing in which he acknowledged his illegal role. But he blamed it in part on pressure from unnamed campaign officials to become a Bush "Pioneer," someone who raises more than $100,000 for the campaign.
He said he had friends who wanted to attend the fund-raiser "and I wanted to help them attend," he said yesterday.
"I knew it was wrong to do so. I alone accept responsibility for what I have done," he said. "I'm going to repeat that. I knew it was wrong to do so. I alone accept responsibility for what I have done."
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