OK. This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have read in ages. Via
the Cincinnati Enquirer:

Abramoff’s dad furious at Clooney jab

By Erica Solvig The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The father of controversial Washington lobbyist
Jack Abramoff is responding to actor George Clooney for what he’s describing
as a “glib and ridiculous attack” on his son.

Frank Abramoff of Rancho Mirage, Calif., in a letter addressed to Clooney
and sent Thursday to the Desert Sun newspaper of Palm Springs, said he was
watching the Golden Globes on Monday night when Clooney, during his
acceptance speech for best supporting actor, thanked Jack Abramoff “just
because” and made a comment about the lobbyist’s name.

“Who would name their kid Jack with the last words ‘off’ at the end of
your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up,” said Clooney, a Kentucky
native, during the internationally televised awards show.

In the letter, Frank Abramoff furiously defends the name, saying his son
is named after Frank’s father. In the two-page letter, he calls Clooney’s
act a “lapse in lucidity” and an “obscene query.”

He also wrote: “One wonders how your father would respond, were the roles
reversed.” Clooney’s father, Nick, is a veteran Cincinnati journalist.

Former GOP lobbyist Abramoff admitted bribing public officials and
defrauding his American Indian clients of millions of dollars.

In a telephone interview with the Desert Sun on Thursday, Frank Abramoff
said Clooney was “an idiot” and described the actions as “pure,
unadulterated stupidity.”

“You want to make fun. You can do that, but you don’t make fun of someone
else’s hardships and misery,” the 78-year-old Abramoff said. “We’ve gone
through quite a bit, our family. But the political end of it and the media
end of it and all the other areas are one thing. When you see something like
that on a show for 500 million people, it was not only a slap in my son’s
face but in my father’s.”

You know, when your going to go out and commit crimes like Jack Abramoff did
then you better expect to have some jokes thrown at you. Look at all the jokes
Michael Jackson was the butt of and he was found innocent. Jack Abramoff pleaded
guilty to serious crimes.

Frank Abramoff, if you happen to do a vanity search and come across this
blog, then I have some things to say about your son. He is a jack-off. He is the
biggest scum in this country and he should be taken out and shot. He not only
tried to sell off our democracy but he did so by hurting the American Indians,
which so happens to be part of my heritage. Your mad at George Clooney for
telling some little jokes? How do you think the people feel who lost millions
because of your slimy, crooked, asshole son and his greedy actions. You should
thank George Clooney for using some restraint because if it was me on that stage
I would of talked to you about the need for abortion or classes on raising your
children.

And to George. From one Cincinnati boy to another, I loved the comments you
made. I am sure your father did also. At least your a son who has gone out and
made something of himself the legal way. Your fortune and fame does not come
from swindling money from the innocent while trying to sell of our very
democracy.