Best of Intentions.. A Capitol Aides' Story

pettyfog · Oct 8, 2007

Why the old saying, When you lie with pigs is as true as it ever was.

Except all us farm boys know pigs wont lie in their own shit unless they have to.

A political world of greed and ambition overwhelmed the principles and idealism that Neil Volz said he took to Washington for his post as a key aide to former Rep. Bob Ney.

In his first public comments since the corruption scandal that landed Ney in prison, Volz told The Columbus Dispatch he eventually realized the pay-to-play scheme was wrong and his only option was to cooperate, accept a guilty plea and subsequent probation term.

"I came to Washington this total idealist," Volz, Ney's former chief of staff, told the newspaper for Sunday's editions. "But it's kind of like I took on this mind-set that there was a machine at work and I was just a cog in the machine. And, therefore, I need to get mine."

Ney, a six-term Republican from Heath, resigned his office amid the probe and is serving a 2 1/2 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy and making false statements. He acknowledged trading his influence for golf trips, gifts and campaign donations arranged by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates.

Abramoff is serving six years in prison on an unrelated criminal case in Florida.

Volz, 37, first noticed the pattern when he was on the receiving end of the gifts while he worked in Ney's office. The behavior continued after Volz jumped to a position within Abramoff's firm, with Volz expected to use his expense account to pay the lawmaker's bills, including expenses on a trips to New Orleans and Scotland.
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moral: Unless it's periodically cleaned out, sooner or later the shit covers every bit of the pen.

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