Rove Protege Tim Griffin Now On Judiciary Committee

[deminks]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/rove_protege_tim_griffin_now_on_judiciary_committee.php

A few years ago, Tim Griffin was a key figure in of the biggest scandals in the Bush administration. Democrats said -- and the Justice Department Inspector General later concluded -- that the Bush White House and Justice Department pushed out U.S. Attorney H.E. "Bud" Cummins III to give Griffin, a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, a plum spot as interim U.S. attorney that would pad his resume.

Now Griffin, who was elected to Congress from Arkansas in November, has been named by House Republicans to be a member of the House Judiciary Committee -- the very same committee which took a close look at his own role in the scandal that ultimately lead to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

"Tim Griffin was a linchpin of one of the dirtiest, Washington-insider schemes that brought down the Bush-era Justice Department and now, ironically, House Republicans have appointed him to oversee the very department he helped undermine," Jesse Ferguson of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said in a statement.

"Griffin loves to talk about his 6-month stint as a US Attorney but forgets to tell voters that he was forced to quit amid the national scandal about his hiring," Ferguson added. "It came to light that Tim Griffin was illegitimately appointed to the role of US Attorney as part of a massive controversy over unprecedented political influence over the Department of Justice. Arkansas families are right to question the character of Tim 'Dirty Tricks' Griffin and question his appointment to oversee our justice system knowing his rap sheet."

[EFerrari]

1. And before that, he was Rove's head vote cager.

http://www.gregpalast.com/decision-2010tim-griffin-and-allegations-of-voter-caging/

[mrdmk]

2. He is a good person to have...

... so long he is on your side!!!

[aquart]

3. He isn't.

[mrdmk]

9. Sorry, I forgot this...

:sarcasm:

[annabanana]

4. Abso - friggen - lutely - amazing. . He was one of the

worst of the worst in the "loyal bushie" supporting, honest US Atty firing mess.. There is no way in hell he should be allowed within 100 miles of a courthouse, never mind the House Judiciary Committee.

[L. Coyote]

6. This guy stole elections for a living, FCS! Talk about irony!

Reality is too twisted to be for real :rofl:

[Hawkeye-X]

5. This is where gridlock will exist.

For the next two years, and guess who's going to get the blame.

THE FUCKING REPUBLICANS if we do it right.

And they will be voted out en-masse in 2012, and permanently in the minority. Teabagging will be back to its true nature soon.

And the people who were previously teabaggers will be permanently scarred for life.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Tim Griffin gets elected to Congress from Arkansas

and 5000 birds fall from the sky. There is a correlation there somewhere. I just know it.:tinfoilhat:

[Solly Mack]

8. "...that brought down the Bush-era Justice Department "

Uh..."bought down"? Like some sort of actual accountability took place? LMAO



Golly...who could ever conceive of the same old pieces of shit coming back again and again because they were never truly held accountable to begin with .....

[annabanana]

10. Kicking for the sheer affrontry of it all!