Aaaaaaand....Scene

We've got an Oscar contender on our hands. Rep. Robert Ney told the Senate he didn't know anything about the Texas Indian tribe he apparently had many conversations with along with Jack Abramoff. A Ney spokesman said he (Ney) didn't recall the name of the tribe when asked about them in the hearings. Ah...yeah. Sure.

Abramaoff has rolled on everybody, why should he spare Ney? He says Ney agreed to work to reopen casinos that the "forgotten" tribe were forced to close. In exchange, turns out Abramoff and this influential tribe were Ney's biggest contributors in 2002.

Hmmm....

In the classic WDC way, Ney sic'ed his handlers on the press who said he couldn't recall the supposed many meetings he had with Abramoff and the reps from the tribes.

Ah, selective memory. The absolute best kind.

Will this make a difference in the grand scheme of things (i.e. mid-term elections)? Probably not so much. But it's still one more black mark on the Repub's record that SHOULD indicate a larger problem. How long before the public catches on to the fact that corruption in DC has less to do with who's blowing who (literally) than who's blowing who (you know how)?