Switch to the mobile version of this page.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Sen. Tim Griffin? UPDATE

Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:36 PM

He'll talk about union busting. Somebody on the other side might talk about caging and the corrupt Bush administration's perversion of the Justice Department, using the likes of Griffin as a tool. Talking Points Memo sticks in the knife:

Griffin has a long trck record as a partisan political knife-fighter. He has been accused of participating in a scheme to cage black voters in Florida in 2004, and was paid by the RNC to dig up dirt on both John Kerry in 2004 and Barack Obama this year.

After leaving the interim U.S. Attorney job last year, a tearful Griffin said public service was "not worth it" and that he had no plans to return to politics.

He appears to have reconsidered. And as someone who, the evidence suggests, consistently puts partisan advantage over the public interest, Griffin should fit right in with his Senate GOP colleagues if he wins the seat

UPDATE: Word filters in from a reliable source that you can probably scotch that rumor about a Stanley Reed candidacy for Lincoln's Senate seat. I also hear John Brummett has some old-school real reporting on this and related topics tomorrow.

From the ArkTimes store

Tweet

Instapaper

    Favorite
  Saving…
Share

    Comments
    
      (13)
    
Email

Comments (13)

Showing 1-13 of 13

Add a comment

Subscribe to this thread:

By Email

With RSS

Showing 1-13 of 13

More by Max Brantley

Who you gonna trust? Not GOP politicans on health care

Gov. Asa Hutchinson keeps insisting that the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal will be great for Arkansas. Evidence keeps mounting that it will strike the state (meaning Arkansas human beings) a devasting blow.
- by Max Brantley
- Sep 21, 2017
Death reported of Robert Johnston, former legislator and homeless advocate

In a cruel coincidence, a new development in the city's ongoing struggle with how to deal with the homeless came the day of news of the unexpected death of Robert Johnston, a tireless advocate for the homeless in a long career of public service.
- by Max Brantley
- Sep 21, 2017
Alternate homeless feeding plan falls apart

A plan to establish a volunteer effort to feed homeless in the far southeastern corner of the city, well removed from downtown, has fallen apart as was inevitable.
- by Max Brantley
- Sep 21, 2017
More »

Readers also liked…

Judge anticipates punishment of lawyers in Fort Smith class action case

Federal Judge P.K. Holmes of Fort Smith issued a 32-page ruling yesterday indicating he contemplates punishment of 16 lawyers who moved a class action lawsuit against an insurance company out of his court to a state court in Polk County after a settlement had been worked out.
- by Max Brantley
- Apr 15, 2016
Speaking of the Clinton Foundation: Returns in maize and beans

A reporter for Politifact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking organization, sent a reporter to Africa to see where money given to the Clinton Foundation has been put to work. He found tangible results.
- by Max Brantley
- Sep 6, 2016
Saturday's open line

Got any thoughts? Put them here.
- by Max Brantley
- May 21, 2016

Most Shared

ASU to reap $3.69 million from estate of Jim and Wanda Lee Vaughn

Arkansas State University announced today plans for spending an expected $3.69 million gift in the final distribution of the estate of Jim and Wanda Lee Vaughn, who died in 2013 and 2015 respectively.
Bad health care bill, again

Wait! Postpone tax reform and everything else for a while longer because the Senate is going to try to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act one more time before September ends and while it can do it with the votes of only 50 senators.
Sex on campus

Look, the Great Campus Rape Crisis was mainly hype all along. What Vice President Joe Biden described as an epidemic of sexual violence sweeping American college campuses in 2011 was vastly overstated.

Former Arkansas teacher charged with sexual assault after police accused her of having sex with at least 4 students… https://t.co/rfUC85GT3u
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

RT @KATVToddYak: The final countdown to fall, Thanksgiving, and Christmas #ARWX https://t.co/1esWjyb9gP
KATV News

Man critically wounded in shooting by Arkansas law officers
Associated Press via TheRepublic.com

Police shoot suspect in SW Little Rock https://t.co/OUJKXRwoQl
Arkansas Blog - Max Brantley

Great message from our ArDOT partners! Watch for warning signs and be vigilant when driving!!Thanks for sharing!… https://t.co/yJvQqCec5t
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM)

More Headlines...

Most Viewed

Death reported of Robert Johnston, former legislator and homeless advocate

In a cruel coincidence, a new development in the city's ongoing struggle with how to deal with the homeless came the day of news of the unexpected death of Robert Johnston, a tireless advocate for the homeless in a long career of public service.

Most Recent Comments

Re: Death reported of Robert Johnston, former legislator and homeless advocate
- For a number of years Robert has been a member of a book club I…
- Posted by Reader
- on September 21, 2017
Re: Who you gonna trust? Not GOP politicans on health care
- "Cheshire Cat smile..." Like that, Going for........
- Posted by Cato1
- on September 21, 2017
Re: Alternate homeless feeding plan falls apart
- Have a piece of cake, if we can find a place to serve it that…
- Posted by Going for the record again
- on September 21, 2017