Wall Street Journal says Bush, Abramoff woes persist

[sabra]

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Heat_continues_Wall_Street_Journal_says_0207.html

Heat continues: Wall Street Journal says Bush, Abramoff woes persist
RAW STORY


"The scandal surrounding disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has shaken up Capitol Hill. But it still poses significant problems for the Bush White House," the Wall Street Journal's Jeanne Cummings writes in a story for Wednesday editions. The story leads the Journal's politics and policy section. Excerpts:

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A court hearing scheduled later this month may bring fresh attention to the case of former White House aide David Safavian, who is charged with lying in connection with a golf trip Mr. Abramoff arranged. Justice Department officials haven't closed their review of actions by former Interior Department official J. Steven Griles, who disputes claims that he favored Abramoff clients, such as Native American tribes involved in casinos. Calls for the White House to release photos of Mr. Abramoff with the president -- and details of his contacts with presidential aides including Karl Rove -- haven't abated.

"Their refusal to release information is inexcusable," says Tom Fitton, president of conservative legal organization Judicial Watch. As a result, the scandal "is now in the White House."

Mr. Abramoff was an early backer of the president, having been listed as a co-chairman pledged to raise $25,000 for Mr. Bush at a 1999 Washington reception. He gave money to the president's recount committee in 2000 and was in the elite tier of fund-raisers for the president's 2004 re-election committee. An Abramoff aide, Susan Ralston, later went to work as Mr. Rove's executive assistant at the White House.

[waiting for hope]

1. As the plot thickens -

Rove will somehow absolve himself of any scandal - maybe he thinks it's time to throw Bush under the bus....:evilgrin:

[FormerRepublican]

2. Oops - I guess they needs to send out masked men with baseball bats...

...again. And make a few hits, since Bushits urinary authority allows him to kill Americans for any ol' reason.

[Jujiman]

3. Strange How This Scandal Isn't Being Mentioned In The Mainstream...

Scandal? What scandal? What photos? Bush never met him! What $100,000?

:eyes:

[Mnemosyne]

4. .

[Loge23]

5. Front page of the WSJ today

In the "What's News" section:
"Bush may find it harder to keep the Abramoff scandal at arms's length as ...Safavian is pressured to cut a deal..."
The full story, on page A4, details Safavian, Rove (yet again), and Griles as all being on the hot seat here.
How many more scandals can the pigman survive??

[stop the bleeding]

6. Interesting that Steven Griles - keeps coming up - DU keeps ignoring him.

See this thread with 2 addtional links within it. It is the OP not the portion that the moderator locked.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2029302#2029305

Myself and a few other DU'er's have been trying to shine the light on Griles and as stated before alomost no one here gets it.

I don't know if I am wasting my time or not.

[electropop]

8. Thanks for the perspective. Griles is another link to the Chimp.

The more directions it comes at him from, the more trouble he's gonna have.

[electropop]

7. Ironically, the guy who helped put him in the WH is helping drag him out.

You lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Metaphorically speaking.

[sendero]

9. The ..

... dual nature of everything, so to speak :)

[electropop]

10. What once was Yin,

is now yanking his Yan. Ouch. Karma sucks, doesn't it?

[sendero]

11. Don't I know it my friend...

... I've paid Karmic debts for even unintentional misdeeds :)