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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:48 PM
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Jack Abramoff: What's with the baseball hat?
First the Michael Corleone fedora, now this.
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:50 PM
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1. Jewish men do not go outside with bare heads.
Edited on Wed Mar-29-06 07:50 PM by Vincardog
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:54 PM
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10. I thought if you were orthodox, you wore a yarmulke (sp?). Or will any
hate do? :shrug:
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 08:02 AM
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24. Isn't Lieberman orthodox also, and I have never seen
Holy Joe wearing any headgear, except for the yarmulke (sp?) occasionally.

:shrug:
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 08:14 AM
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26. He only has to wear it outside
while he's traveling. A yarmulke is only one choice among many.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 08:54 AM
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29. holy joe wears it when he's acting like a Deomcrat...
which is NEVER.
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 08:11 AM
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25. Any head covering is fine
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mhl6277 Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:50 PM
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2. he is orthodox jew
at least that's what i remember hearing
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:54 PM
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8. It's the orthodox Jewish head covering, and he's paranoid
that a yarmulke would taint his trial. Heard someone say that weeks ago. The fedoda was WAY too 'mobbed-up' so he uses a baseball cap. odd choice???
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 05:56 AM
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20. I must've missed the part in the Torah about money laundering. n/t
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 10:55 AM
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31. Hi mhl6277!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:50 PM
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3. Bald spot. Malignant narcissist...nt
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:51 PM
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4. he needs to keep his head covered for religious reasons
mainly, if god can get a clear shot at his noggin, a lightning bolt is gonna smack him silly!
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:54 PM
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9. Good one, BlueEyedSon!
:rofl:
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:52 PM
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5. He Hopes the Average Joe will Like Him
He hates being disliked by the masses....
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:53 PM
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6. Yes, he's Orthodox ...
... which means having the head covered at all times.

Funny how he's so observant about such things, when he never considered that BUYING THE VOTES OF AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH MONEY, TRIPS, GIFTS, ETC. might not be too 'kosher'.

As a Jew, I am truly appalled.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 06:38 AM
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21. Funny, I don't recall seeing him wearing any hats
Edited on Thu Mar-30-06 06:40 AM by DoYouEverWonder
before he got indicited?

I guess getting indicted is a good way to find religion.

No hat here:



Not even a yamaka?
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dogfacedboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 08:16 AM
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27. All convicts seem to 'find God'. n/t
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itzamirakul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 07:36 AM
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22. Just this week I read somewhere that he was not orthodox until he
went to see Fiddler on the Roof, and he liked the play so well that he adopted the Orthodox practices. So maybe he isn't quite sure what kind of head coverings to use.
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Binka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 08:20 AM
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28. He Was About 12 When He Converted
Nothing screams CLASSY like a $5000 suit and a baseball cap!
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 12:57 PM
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34. "If I were a rich man ...
... I'd buy every, every, every, every, everyone I see!"
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:54 PM
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7. Wide brim fedoras or Homborgs are quite common for Orthodox
Jewish men in my area of the country, the northeast. It is, as I understand it, a religious tradition.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:56 PM
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12. So, he observes the hat wearing rules, but I guess Judaism has no rules
against bribery, being involved with murders, fraud etc.?
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:03 PM
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15. He thinks he's serving a higher purpose.
It's in the PNAC by-laws. Though shalt put no law ahead of the ultimate, complete victory of Likud and the GOP.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:55 PM
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11. He's a criminal who takes his religion very seriously.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:56 PM
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13. You beat me by a second, see my post right above, LOL!
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:04 PM
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16. The RWers practically write it for us, don't they?
:toast:
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DemonFighterLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 07:45 AM
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23. Yep, now that he is in over his head
He starts to pray that God will spare him because dubco no longer will.
Jack, we hardly knew yee- g dub

:donut:
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 10:57 AM
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33. Like the Stern Gang? n/t
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:00 PM
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14. He wore a golf hat going into court to hear the jury's decision
Edited on Wed Mar-29-06 08:04 PM by leveymg
I think it's his way of trying to be a regular Joey-Jack while still covering his head. Trying not look like the Mobster he is.
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Myrna Minkoff Donating Member (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:14 PM
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17. Probably hired a PR person eom
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 05:43 AM
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19. He is a PR person
Edited on Thu Mar-30-06 05:43 AM by leveymg
Clients have included apartheidt South Africa, Pakistan as it was developing the Islamic Bomb, the Council of Islamic Bankers (headed by one of UBL's biggest moneymen) after 9/11.

He was willing to pay for play with just about the worst of the worst.

Welcome to DU.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 10:56 AM
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32. Hi Myrna Minkoff!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:23 PM
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18. If he has to wear a hat, maybe this one fits the bill....
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 10:17 AM
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30. It's a sign of deep, deep malignancy
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SiouxJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 01:03 PM
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35. Trying to look more like Opie, less like Boris Badinoff. n/t
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