Abramoff Expected to Plead Guilty to 3 Felony Charges

Well, that didn't take long. Abramoff is expected to plead guilty today to three charges of felony. Surprise surprise.

We all know the drill of these ethically-challenged milk toasts: when they are so obviously culpable that "guilty" zits literally ooze from every greasy pore in their bodies, it's time to play "Let's-Make-A-Shoot-My-Errant-Mouth-Off-Deal."

Now the only question is where, exactly, that mouth will spit it's venom: who will be implicated and how many? I'd assume the poison is, while not necessarily lethal, capable of inflicting quite a bit of damage to the other slithering slime-balls out there.

But then again, the supreme criminal of the land--King George--will probably give them all a pardon, in the end.

That is, unless the surviving wimps in Congress can somehow manage to grow balls between now and then, and impeach the Premier Perp first.

Doesn't the suspense just kill ya?

Read all about it:

• Abramoff Expected to Plead Guilty to 3 Felony Charges - Washington Post
• The DeLay-Abramoff Money Trail - Washington Post
• The Fast Rise and Steep Fall of Jack Abramoff - Washington Post
• TomPaine.com - Abramoff, Hear His Pleas
• Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

Photo: Former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff leaves the courthouse in Miami in this August 18, 2005 file photo. Abramoff is expected to plead guilty on January 3, 2006 to charges of conspiracy, tax evasion and fraud in a plea deal with prosecutors as part of their corruption investigation, a Justice Department official said. (Carlos Barria/Files/Reuters)