Roving For Dollars!
Newsweek is reporting that Scooter Libby is getting some assistance in helping to pay for his legal defense, while Karl Rove recently secured a $100K line of credit against a vacation home he owns in Florida.
It seems to me that anyone who wishes to save their political fortunes, much less preserve any scrap of dignity that they might still have as human beings would stay as far away as possible from these two 'gentlemen.' Walking minefields comes to mind.
But then I still have my scruples.
The Libby legal fund raising team reads like a who's who amongst GOP behind the scenes types. Because the fund was set up after Scooter left the side of Richrd B. Cheney, the names of the donors are not open for disclosure.
Newweek hits upon another potential trouble spot for Mr. Rove at the very end of the article(ever wonder why the media always tucks the best bits near the end of an article?).
It seems that Karl may yet have additional legal issues to tend to if there are improprieties in the nexus detailed here:
So, umm. Karl took a class..What? Last month? So he is now ethically cleansed from any activity that took place prior to this time?(and yes, I know that isn't precisely what is meant by Ms. Wallace's statement..but it's better wordplay)
Thank you, Nicole for your comments, but I smell something.
Financial disclosures are always a real eye-opener. I can hardly wait.
It seems to me that anyone who wishes to save their political fortunes, much less preserve any scrap of dignity that they might still have as human beings would stay as far away as possible from these two 'gentlemen.' Walking minefields comes to mind.
But then I still have my scruples.
The Libby legal fund raising team reads like a who's who amongst GOP behind the scenes types. Because the fund was set up after Scooter left the side of Richrd B. Cheney, the names of the donors are not open for disclosure.
Newweek hits upon another potential trouble spot for Mr. Rove at the very end of the article(ever wonder why the media always tucks the best bits near the end of an article?).
It seems that Karl may yet have additional legal issues to tend to if there are improprieties in the nexus detailed here:
[snip]...But any Rove legal debts—which won't have to be publicly disclosed until next year—could bring attention to his relationship with Patton Boggs, the D.C. powerhouse lobbying firm, where his lawyer in the leak case, Robert Luskin, is a partner. Lobbying records show Patton Boggs represents a battery of foreign governments, corporations and others with interests before the government. Rove has been involved in White House meetings involving at least one big Patton Boggs client: the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, which paid the firm $400,000 earlier this year to lobby for a controversial native-Hawaiian recognition bill. Patton Boggs lawyer Ben Ginsberg, a Rove friend and big GOP lawyer who recommended he hire Luskin, is a principal on the case. The White House—which recently ordered all staffers to take an ethics training course—declined to say if there is any policy for Rove to recuse himself from issues involving Patton Boggs clients. "All ethical obligations are being met," said spokeswoman Nicole Wallace...[/snip](much more at link)
So, umm. Karl took a class..What? Last month? So he is now ethically cleansed from any activity that took place prior to this time?(and yes, I know that isn't precisely what is meant by Ms. Wallace's statement..but it's better wordplay)
Thank you, Nicole for your comments, but I smell something.
Financial disclosures are always a real eye-opener. I can hardly wait.
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