Today he's decided to defend himself against Abramoff-related corruption charges by comparing himself to... wait for it... a bank robber!
| "I don't know who Abramoff influenced, but he didn't influence me," Mr. Burns says in his commercial — a sound bite the Democrats immediately recycled into a third commercial of their own redoubling their attacks.
In an interview, Mr. Burns, a former agricultural auctioneer and broadcaster, dismissed as irrelevant the relative size of the campaign contributions he had received from Mr. Abramoff and his associates, saying some Democrats had taken money from the same sources. "What's the difference between one dollar and one thousand? Its all dollars," Mr. Burns said. "Just like you rob a bank down here. If you get a thousand you go to jail, and if you get a million you go to jail." |
I'm sure the whole "what's the difference between one dollar and a thousand" defense will go down big with your average Montanan. Brilliant.
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