January 24, 2006 6:48 AM

Cry me a river...please

Clooney’s Globes joke made lobbyist’s daughter cry

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The father of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff says George Clooney’s off-color joke about his son’s name during the Golden Globe Awards made the lobbyist’s 12-year-old daughter cry.

So, guess what, little girl? Your daddy’s a corrupt vote-buying CRIMINAL. Yes, he’s already pleaded guilty…and you’re crying because Georg Clooney made a joke about your father? Look, Daddy’s about to go to Da Big House to be someon’s girlfriend; I think you’ve got bigger problems to worry about that George Clooney having a bit of fun at your father’s expense. Besides, when you’re a little bit older, you’ll understand that Conservatives, like your father, have been poking fun at Liberals for years…so, if you’re looking for an apology, well, I’d suggest that you not hold your breath. Clooney owes no one an apology.

In a letter to Clooney posted Friday on the Web site of the Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, Frank Abramoff said he was astonished by the actor’s “glib and ridiculous attack” during Monday’s televised program.

“Your words were deeply hurtful to many innocent and decent people,” Abramoff wrote. “One day the truth about my son will come out and there will be a lot of people in your industry and others lined up to apologize for their efforts to destroy him and our family.”

Here’s a news flash, Mr. Abramoff: the truth about your son has already come out. In fact, he’s already entered a guilty plea. Should we be feeling sorry for your granddaughter because Jack Abramoff is her father? Imagine growing up knowing that your father is a corrupt, influence-buying felon? Now there’s something to cry about, eh??

“Are you proud of that?” Abramoff wrote. “Shame on you.”

And you, Mr. Abramoff? Are you proud of your son, who is almost single-handedly responsible for perhaps the single biggest scandal in Washington since Watergate? Methinks that perhaps your anger is somewhat misdirected.

Clooney’s father, Nick Clooney, told the newspaper: “I understand what it is like to have one’s son criticized in a very public way. It’s very painful and it’s very difficult.”

He added, “The difference here, and it must be said, is Mr. Abramoff’s son, instead of pursuing some positive efforts to do what he hoped would change the climate of the American politics, has confessed and has been convicted by that confession of subverting the political process.”

Jack Abramoff has entered a guilty plea- HE IS A CONVICTED (AND ADMITTED) FELON. If anyone should be angry and crying here, it’s Abramoff’s father and his daughter. They should be angry at him for putting them through the trauma he has due to his corrupt, immoral, and criminal behavior. George Clooney is hardly the problem here.

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