Rove's Protege-Griffin: Cries In Public & Says Public Service "Not Worth It"

[kpete]

Former U.S. Attorney Griffin Gives Emotional Address at Clinton School
Thursday June 14, 2007 2:49pm


Little Rock (AP) - Former interim U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin tearily announced Thursday that public service is, "not worth it."

Griffin was named to replace Bud Cummins after Cummins was fired by the Bush administration along with seven other U.S. Attorneys.

Griffin addressed a lunchtime audience at the Clinton School of Public service Thursday, sometimes crying as he said he had no plans to return to politics. The Justice Department has drawn strident criticism from Democrats and Republicans for appointing Griffin and other replacement prosecutors without Senate hearings and is accused of inserting political partisans in those jobs.

Griffin is a protege of White House adviser Karl Rove.


more at:
http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0607/431476.html

[King Coal]

1. Cry baby Cry, Make your mother sigh.

[Supersedeas]

2. you are making Sarah Taylor very angry -- very angry indeed.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

He wants to open a 'bipartisan law practice'?

What does he mean by that? Republican and More Republican?

Also be sure to vote on the gay adoption poll on that page.

[KansDem]

5. He and his fellow Repubs get all the fat corporate clients...

The Dems get all the rest...

[Downtown Hound]

3. OOHHH! WAAAHHHH! EEEEEEEEEE!

Shut up you fucking crybaby.

[seemslikeadream]

4. Corrupt Public Service

maybe

[Philosoraptor]

6. I know I have a heart, cause I can feel it breaking.

[KansDem]

7. I can't help but think this guy KNEW he was in on the scam...

Why is it whenever a Repub is caught committing a crime, they either drop the F-bomb or cry?

[fasttense]

8. Well, I guess lying, cheating and stealing is just not worth what it

use to be. Corrupt public service is just not profitable for little Tim Griffin. What's a crook to do?

[hatrack]

9. "Not worth it", Tim? Couldn't get on with Halliburton? Not enough MONEY?

Fuck you.

[City Lights]

10. Wah, wah, wah...

:nopity:

[Greyskye]

11. cry me a river you crooked POS

[mod mom]

12. boo f-ing hoo timmy boy. If Mr Griffin hadn't disenfranchised Af Ams including those serving

overseas in the military, there would be many children, wives, mothers and fathers with their loved ones still alive. These despicable creatures all have blood on their hands in my opinion.

[Solly Mack]

13. LMAO

like that asswipe was there for service to the public

[AlinPA]

14. Just what is "public service"? They get paid.

[BlooInBloo]

15. (shrug) It worked for Paris - look at all the support she got on DU.

[southern_belle]

16. Awwww, bless his little

cold heart!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. He should be crying in prison. It's because of him, at least thousands weren't able to cast their

votes.

There was talk that Fred Thompson was going to hire him. Maybe Mr. Thompson was made aware of the webs that Griffin weaved and wanted to keep far away from him.

[Canuckistanian]

18. I have a different take - "crime doesn't pay"

You're living on borrowed time, Tim.

[Robbien]

19. This is what the GOP thinks is a good United States Attorney?

No wonder the only thing these Gonzo appointed USAs are told to do is promote other GOPers. Cannot trust them to do much of anything else.

[Bake]

20. He was never a "public servant"

All he ever did was service Rove.

Go home, crybaby. We don't need your type in public service anyway.

Bake

[salin]

26. Bingo! Subverting the DOJ mission to act as a political operative

is *NOT* public service.

[annabanana]

21. Oh fer cryin' out loud!

(literally)
What makes him think he was qualified for that post they were putting him in? He was gameing the system from the beginning and I have NO sympathy.. none, zilch.. the big goose egg...

[eppur_se_muova]

22. Public service "not worth it"? How would he know if he's never tried it?

Screwing over the voters to gain political power is NOT "public service".

[caligirl]

23. Frank Burns MASH ,sounds and looks like him.

[Gabi Hayes]

24. what does the CFTBL have to say about this five day old quote?

“I can tell you I’ve had discussions with my good friend Tim Griffin,” Thompson’s spokesman Mark Corallo told me.

Corallo also made clear that the Thompson campaign was not fazed by allegations implicating Griffin in so-called “caging” operations to disqualify black voters or by charges that Griffin inflated his résumé as a prosecutor.......

.....Despite Griffin’s baggage, Thompson is reportedly considering giving Griffin an important job on the campaign. When I asked what role Griffin might play in the campaign, spokesman Corallo answered, “that’s something that’s still under discussion.”

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/060907b.html

so does this latest mean that CFTBL has already dropped him? will he brought to task for ever considering him?

[Jack Rabbit]

25. Public service might be more satisfiying if one serves the public

. . . instead of a fascist cabal.

[mod mom]

27. Video of Griffin stating he didn't know what caging was-had to look it up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06VT3BX4LPo

[SoCalDem]

28. Boo-Hoo..cry me a river..

Public service, defined as crony appointments has a way of backfiring. TRUE public service is its own reward. If one expects to make money and gain power from public service, they are doing it for the wrong reasons, and deserve all the rebukes they recieve.