Griles to plead guilty.
J. Steven Griles, the “former No. 2 official in the Interior Department,” today “will admit lying to the Senate about his relationship with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who succeeded in gaining the official’s intervention at the agency for his Indian tribal clients.” “He is the 10th person — and the second high-level Bush administration official — to face criminal charges in the continuing Justice Department investigation into Abramoff’s lobbying activities.”
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Oh, that house of cards is falling!!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:07 amHe is the 10th person — and the second high-level Bush administration official — to face criminal charges in the continuing Justice Department investigation into Abramoff’s lobbying activities.
But not the last. A previous poster asked if the R investigation was continued after Lam was fired by Abu Gonzales. NO! But, this is still fallout from Gale Norton & Gonzales lying to Tribal entities.
Actually, the first USA fired was in Guam, investigating the Mariana sweatshop / sex factories visited by DeLay & set up by Jackoff.
Nice guys, eh? If anyone of you dipshit trolls think Abu Gonzales has not obstructed justice you’re further gone than we thought.
March is clean up month. Let’s throw Alberto on the curb with the other garbage. Maybe the garbage truck will head to Gitmo…Al needs a little R&R. You know, waterboarding, electrodes, feces facials, the works!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:11 amReich-wingers lose yet again = America’s Gain!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:12 amBush’s pardon list just started a new page.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:13 amBye, J. Steven.
We’re having a “Glad You’re Gone Party.”
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:17 amYet more evidence that this administration lies to Congress. This is the same guy that Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton cleared of any wrong doing. There are how many administration folks in jail or before the court at this moment in time? Please tell be because i have truly lost count.
Yes, but you can believe Rove and Harriet. Closed door, no oath, no transcript, and no lies…. Now that’s funny.
What would the GOPers have done if this was Clinton’s “generous offer”? Can you even imagine?
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:18 amAnd the hits just keep on coming.
It must be awfully hard for Chimpy to crawl out of that bed and shed his onesie for a suit these days… ^_^
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 amProbably adds fuel to the “give Jack A a break” fire. We’re going to hear all about how helpful he’s been in bringing the rest of this crowd to justice–supposedly singing like a bird there in the clink. Or singing like a cheese-eater.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 amAbramhoff may be spilling the beans right now:
“Former Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, sentenced to almost six years in prison for his fraudulent purchase of a South Florida gambling fleet, can receive a reduced sentence if he continues to assist prosecutors in a far-reaching Washington public corruption probe, federal officials said Wednesday.”
http://www.bradenton.com/ mld/ bradenton/ news/ nation/ 16948818.htm
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 amAnother one bites the dust…
One day and hopefully soon, an unlucky staffer will plead guilty to these wrongdoings and will not be “loyal” enough to keep his mouth shut about the really dark things… And the House of Bush will come crashing down…
But I may be dreaming. I can still dream can’t I?
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:30 amis that egg on nora o’donnell’s face?
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:31 am#9 - “Abramhoff may be spilling the beans right now…” Comment by . — March 23, 2007 @ 11:25 am
I wonder if he’ll have a “completely accidental suicide” before he can finsih spilling the beans?
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:33 amThanks TP. I heard this story on Air America this morning and wondered why it wasn’t here.
You guys rock. Now could you do just a little something about the trolls - some kind of troll flag maybe.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 amRoger, a large breasted pink elephant, offered to drive Alberto to the Mariana Islands, but neglected to plan for the fact 2,000 miles of water stood between them & their destination.
Roger, just drop Al off in Mexico. Tom DeLay has some time on his hands, & wants to play some golf at a cheap course, now that he’s unemployed. (He shouldn’t need his glasses for this one.)
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:38 amJack Abramoff on the Left: “It is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left. Our job is to remove them from power permanently.” - No wonder the GOP likes him so much! Bush doesn’t seem to know Jack Schitt, but I’ll bet dollars to donuts he knows Jack Abramoff.
If you can’t see how big the picture is perhaps you’re standing to close to the picture.
USAgate: Disruption in Corruption Investigations– NAIS, ABRAMOFF, ROVE AND CHENEY
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:38 amIt must be awfully hard for Chimpy to crawl out of that bed and shed his onesie for a suit these days… ^_^
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — March 23, 2007 @ 11:25 am
He has to wear his onesie under his suit, his pacifier is attached to it. (:’P) see his pacifier
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 amAnother ReichWingNut caught in a lie? Color me shocked! SHOCKED, I tell you.
LOL!!! So much for bringing “integrity” to Washington, eh boys?
ITMFAs now!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:44 amOnce these people can lose their fear of all that’s Rovian the beans will be spilling fast, crew will be jumping ship, backs will be stabbed, dog will be eating dog…all it takes is one subpoena.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 am10th, but certainly not the last - were it a Dem administration, the Republican’ts would be pushing to have the entire party prosecuted, sanctioned, and dissolved, which is exactly what should happen to the GOP.
This really has to rankle real-life mafiosi, who actually do long stretches in the can for crimes that are trivial in comparison.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:49 amWHY oh WHY haven’t the Trolls popped up on this one?? HMMMM!!
Kinda hard to defend maybe? No Rover Talking Points?
Here Trollie Trollies!!! Come out and play!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:49 amNothing about your beloved Iran taking British troops.
Christ, this site is a mouthpiece for Al Qaeda. We’ll have to point out Judd’s association with the Clinton campaign and this site when pointing out how radical she is in the general.
TP - your priorities are screwed up. Terrorists everywhere thank you.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:51 amWhat could the trolls say?
“Just because he pleaded guilty doesn’t mean he really was. Can you PROVE that he was?”
“But Clinton…”
It’s too much work. I can’t even think of something ridiculously stupid for a troll to say. Maybe they’ll come and take up the challenge.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:55 am“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!”
-The Wizard of Oz
“As America moves through the second Bush term, few aspects of life in this country have not been affected by Karl Rove, and his profound influence on the president and his policies. He is the political mastermind of an administration that has preached compassionate conservatism, but has practiced something considerably different. If Karl Rove were not sitting in his office in the White House, there might not have been no war in Iraq; there would be underprivileged children still attending Head Start programs, which have been reduced or eliminated; there would be low income families getting health care from the Childeren’s Health Insurance Program, instead of going without because of federal cutbacks in funding; there would be competitive bidding contracs to rebuild Iraq instead of delivery of deals to Halliburton and other companies that are GOP fund-raisers; there would have been no California recall; there would be congressional districts with lines drawn to help elect minorities; there would be a complete and honest report from the 9/11 Commission; there would be real accounting of Saudi Arabia’s involvement in acts of terrorism; there would be real funding for Homeland Security’s First Responders; there would even be more people with jobs; half of $87 billion requested for rebuilding Iraq might be used to implement full coverage health care for every man, woman, and child in America. And sadly, none of this is overstatement.” (Source: Rove Exposed: How Bush’s Brain Fooled America)
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:56 amYou got me. I secretly want to blow up my entire family and move to the middle east.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 am#21 Christ, this site is a mouthpiece for Al Qaeda.
And why do the Repugs hate America? They wouldn’t go after them in Afghanistan because there was no oil and thought Iraq would be easier anyway. And now they have created more terrorists all over the world. So how’s that working out for you guys? (and the rest of us have to pay the price.)
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm#25 - so I guess Clinton created the 9/11 hijackers by your theory thinking.
Republicans love this country. AND the last time I checked, America hasn’t been attacked since 9/11. AND no thanks to anti-wiretapping, anti-torture liberals like yourself. You hate civil rights for Americans, but you want thme terrorists. SICK.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:06 pmI have absolutely no evidence — and I will guess, without ever checking to see, that it’s in fact probably the opposite — but I will say that Clinton did it too. I also have absolutely no evidence — and, again, I would guess it’s the opposite — that all the liberals out there defended Clinton when he did it too (though, again, I have absolutely no evidence he did), and therefore all those liberals are hypocrites for cheering this conviction.
Now: everyone quote these parts: “Clinton did it too” and “all the liberals out there defended Clinton when he did it too”. Just ignore the parts where I said anything like “I have absolutely no evidence.” Get Drudge to put it on his website, and see how quickly major news productions parrot Drudge. Voila!
Now, for the best part (for me, of course; that’s why it’s the best part): get someone like Richard Mellon Scaife to please pay me thousands of dollars now that I have met his funding criteria.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:08 pmupside00,
Dont take retards bait.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:10 pmCracks me up. With all these Lying Sacks of S**t pleading guilty for their wrong-doings, one would think that ReichWingNuts might take the opportunity to wake up and question “why?” their sainted “leaders” are so corrupt.
One might think that ChristoFascistApologists might take a moment and question their blind faith that they have invested in these greedy torturing oil-grubbing b*st*rds.
Alas, no thinking can take place in the GOP vacuum chamber. Sad to see what’s become of the Party of Lincoln.
ITMFAs now!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:11 pmDo you really want to live in a country where the justice and the court system delivers different verdicts depending on what your political affilation is?
Ask yourself that question, because that’s what the GOP is offering voters right now.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:11 pmChrist, this site is a mouthpiece for Al Qaeda.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists
Then you better not visit here. The FBI is probably tracking the visitors to this site and they might accuse you of collaborating with us terrorists. Save yourself and never come back here.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm“AND the last time I checked, America hasn’t been attacked since 9/11. AND no thanks to anti-wiretapping, anti-torture liberals like yourself. You hate civil rights for Americans, but you want thme terrorists. SICK.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — March 23, 2007 @ 12:06 pm”
That’s just plain stupid to say that because we have not been attacked that the war in Iraq is preventing it…….
MORON!!!
It was over 8 YEARS from the 1st FALSE FLAG attack of the WTC to the second, so a little over 5 years of not being attacked is not a sign that Bush has done ANYTHING!!!!
But you don’t mind the fact that only after 3 weeks in office Bush was setting up all these spy rooms….. So was he able to read the future to know that he would need these spy rooms?????
He was a CRIMINAL FROM THE START!!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:12 pmIt’s about time this guy was convicted. I wondered why it was taking so long. I saw this guy on C-Span, testifying before Congress. It was SO obvious he was lying. He looked scared to death and his face turned bright red, while he tried desperately to lie his way out of illegal and unethical behavior. A ten month jail term isn’t long enough, however, by far. I would have liked to see him take the whole 5 years; might help discourage others from this kind of behavior.
Liberals Heart Terrorists…why do your kind always insist on setting up strawman arguments that have NOTHING to do with the topic? Oh yeah…because your kind has no reasonable defense for others of your kind. So your only option is an attempt to distract.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm#26
No, Clinton warned the Bushco Cabal over 40 times about 9/11 potential situations and they were all ignored by Sec of Shoes Rice and Rummy and Dubya. And they were mostly from Saudi Arabia, not Iraq, which last time I checked, was the country we illegally invaded and are now occupying, during a civil war.
As for the Anti-wiretapping, I actually love America and the constitution, which you Repugs have used for toilet paper. Good to get some adult leadership back in this country before you 29%ers totally destroy it!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 pmI’m guessing it’s a sort of “tough love” where you beat up your country, stab it once or twice, hold a gun to its head, laugh, and then tell it to “man up” while you go shoot its dog because it barked at you?
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 pmLHT doesn’t have the foggiest idea what he wants, aside from annoying the grownups.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 pmAaron G. Stock sez:
Yes…the telltale symptoms of COD (Clinton Obsessive Disorder).
Please read the following public service announcement for more information on COD:
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:14 pmI guess LHT answered the question. When there’s nothing the trolls can say in this thread to address the corruption of this administration, as yet another White House official is convicted, they try to hijack the thread and take it somewhere far far away from the topic at hand.
It’s just LHT’s way of saying “I got nuthin’.”
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:14 pmHey, Steve- Did you remember to pack your soap-on-a-rope? Those fellas at the federal pen can get pretty playful, at times. Take care, now- Bye-bye.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:21 pmAn interesting aside to this thread is the lack of any charges against Griles’ boss, Gale Norton, now one of the highest paid lobbyists for the ‘Awl Bidness’ She may be the biggest Sleazeball ever to walk the streets of DC and almost destroyed most of our National Parks and Wilderness areas with her ‘whatever Exxon and Shell want’ attitude.
Just another typical Repug POS!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pmHey RemoveBush - here’s an interesting Chimpy quote:
“I feel like God wants me to run for president,” Bush said. “I can’t explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen, and, at that time, my country is going to need me.” -Gov. George Bush, Sometime in 1999 (Source: The Faith of George W. Bush by Stephen Mansfield)
Prophecy or prearrangement?
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 pm“Hey RemoveBush - here’s an interesting Chimpy quote:
“I feel like God wants me to run for president,†Bush said. “I can’t explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen, and, at that time, my country is going to need me.†-Gov. George Bush, Sometime in 1999 (Source: The Faith of George W. Bush by Stephen Mansfield)
Prophecy or prearrangement?
Comment by EvilPoet — March 23, 2007 @ 12:24 pm”
Yeah I know….. But the Bush cult will just say that it was coincidence….
I know damn well that the 1993 bombing of the wtc, OKC, and 9/11 was all government involved false flags. The evidence is there if they would just open their damn eyes…..
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:27 pmThe bottom line is you don’t trust the White House?
Heh.
Republicans love this country
comment by some Lemming.
So is that why they are called the Culture of Corruption?
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:30 pmWhat kind of Orwellian crap is that?
No, they’ll say it’s God wanting him to “lead us” after 9/11. They never say “coincidence.” It’s all divine prophecy for their holy W. Bush. Remember, Jesus wore a suit and tie and told the poor to go “get a job.”
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:31 pmGreat PSA, TripMaster! I for one would be happy to donate to those poor, poor people who are afflicted with such a terrible disorder. Make my check out to the DNC, right?
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm“Liberals Heart Terrorists” @ #26 wrote:
How convenient of you to forget that most of us liberals who comment here are Americans. But it’s OK, I forgive you! Pretty soon, “terrorists” and “Americans” will be interchangeable terms. Therefore, there’s nothing contradictory in our position: it’s only natural we’d want civil rights for ourselves.
Also, how quaint of anyone to strive toward a blanket application of the ideals in the Bill of Rights Amendments and not to exploit further the (built-in) loopholes so that those Amendments are instead rendered inapplicable to more groups of people.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:32 pmHey LHT, I got some more Republican LOVE for you.
YaY!! Hey LHT that is true LOVE for America right?
CAN YOU SAY HYPOCRITE LHT?
And you say these guys LOVE America, yes they They LOVE to screw it!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:35 pmAND the last time I checked, America hasn’t been attacked since 9/11.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists #26
…I’m sure the families of DEAD and horribly maimed soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan…
…are gratified to know that Liberals Heart Terrorists…
…and his TREASONOUS Bush worshipping KKKlan…
…don’t consider American troops fighting and dying overseas…
…for LHT’s corporate and political gods…
…a part of America…
…THANKS LHT for showing us how you Bushites REALLY feel about…
…”Supporting the Troops”…
…TRAITOR scum!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:36 pm“No, they’ll say it’s God wanting him to “lead us†after 9/11. They never say “coincidence.†It’s all divine prophecy for their holy W. Bush. Remember, Jesus wore a suit and tie and told the poor to go “get a job.â€
Comment by Parrotlover77 — March 23, 2007 @ 12:31 pm”
Your right…. What was I thinking in trying to give them a “little” credit?
Quick, I need a intervention…..
ANYONE????
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:37 pmTripMasterMonkey, in highlighting the effects of COD, does in a way help me make the point that we had better find ways to welcome sufferers into, at the least, reality-based fold. I would prefer an assimilation of people who suffer from COD and other ailments to helping them (perhaps unwittingly) feel they have no choice but to become violent to make a point.
Seriously.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:38 pmYou hate civil rights for Americans, but you want thme terrorists. SICK. -LHT
So now your saying that you don’t want democracy for Iraq?
Can you say, “I LHT am a huge GrOPer butt kissing hypocrite”?
SICK? You wanna see SICK?
Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr.: The Republican City Councilman pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison. (7/2005)
Yeh GrOPers Loves them some America!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:41 pmAND the last time I checked, America hasn’t been attacked since 9/11.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists #26
It’s under attack everyday by the culture of corruption.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:43 pmLiberals Heart Terrorists sez:
Really? Aren’t you forgetting the Anthrax scare?
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:50 pmSICK.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — March 23, 2007 @ 12:06 pm
Since we’re so safe here thanks to Bush and his wiretapping why are you worried about Iran. Georgie has kept you safe, he’s still in charge, illegal wiretaps are still going strong, his war has serged nothing has changed. Wo what is your problem. You still don’t feel safe? Better vote for more Democrats next time then, Wimp.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 pmComment by upside00 — March 23, 2007 @ 12:22 pm
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:17 pmFor all we know part of Griles deal is flipping on Norton. I suspect there’s going to be a lot more good news coming our way.
I suspect there’s going to be a lot more good news coming our way.
Comment by shane
I certainly hope so! She was an evil witch while in Colorado (my state) and tried to sell us out then too, as a complete Repug Troll. And we also get to claim Tommy ‘MIami is a Third World’ Tancredo and Marilyn ‘Manson’ Musgrave too, neither are the sharpest tools in the shed and are on their way out in 08!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:26 pm“AND the last time I checked, America hasn’t been attacked since 9/11.”
Yeah…except when they have. Did you forget about the Anthrax attack? And no, I’m not talking about when the speed metal band turned their amps up too loud.
“AND no thanks to anti-wiretapping, anti-torture liberals like yourself”
You’re an effing moron. Studies plainly show that torture doesn’t provide credible intelligence. If you’re tortured enough, you’ll admit to anything.
“You hate civil rights for Americans, but you want thme terrorists. SICK.”
I don’t believe you actually believe a thing you’re saying. Funny how you’ve already concluded who is and who is not a terrorist.
In your bizarro world terrorist=brown people.
Yeah conservatives love America alright…only if everything’s all-white, all Jebus, and all sexually repressed.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:41 pmLiberal Hearts Terrorists:
Why is it that fighting “dem dar terrists” over “there” in Iraq didn’t stop the bombings in London, Bali, Madrid, or the Anthrax attacks? Now why would that be?
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:44 pmSteven Griles, the “former No. 2 official in the Interior Department,†today “will admit lying to the Senate
But… we don’t need no stinkin’ sworn oaths, right? Nor no stinkin’ transcripts. ‘Cause Bush administration officials always tell the truth. Unka Karl says so.
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:08 pm#26 LHT offers more of the SOS we hear from reichwingers daily here.
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:34 pmNo, we haven’t been attacked on American soil in 5 years. Before that, we weren’t attacked on American soil for 8 years — so what does that mean? It means absolutely nothing.
Because if you want “credit” for Bush in preventing another attack in 5 years, you have to give credit toClinton for precenting attacks for 8 years - INCLUDING the positively prevented one on the occasion of the millenium.
It’s a stupid claim - and a stupid argument - from a stupid commenter.
Griles to be GRILLED—-WELL-DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, as was said in Matthew 25:21 !!!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:57 pm[…] Bush brought an industry lobbyist named Stephen Griles in as Deputy Secretary of the Interior. And J. Stephen Griles rewrote the Clean Water Act changing one word, the word ‘waste’ to ‘fill’ so that all […]
March 30th, 2007 at 9:06 amreece’s
I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read.
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