Karl Rove, Sarah Palin & Tim Griffin Walk Into A Bar...

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Karl Rove, Sarah Palin & Tim Griffin walk into a bar...
By Shannyn Moore
March 16, 2009

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Stop me if you've heard this before. I just don't think it's funny.

I'm always curious why people come to Alaska. Born in Homer, I won the ovarian lottery, but my parent's adventure to this great state is one that can entertain the crustiest of old timers.

"So, what brought you to Alaska?" is a question few dare ask a stranger in a bar, but it always manages to conjure interesting stories while sitting around a fire with friends. Strangers in Alaska bars, more often than not, have checkered pasts and damn near sneer at what they perceive as an intrusive question.

After receiving a curious email last week from a friend in New York, I am searching for the answer to that question for one such visitor. Granted, in a year, Alaska has four times as many visitors as we have citizens. Old bumper stickers asked, "If we call it 'tourist season' can we shoot 'em?" The 'visitor' who captured my interest is Tim Griffin. In an interview last month published in a small Arkansas weekly, Mr. Griffin claimed to have come to Alaska "more than 20 times last year."

Who is Tim Griffin? Why was he here? Prepare for less than savory answers.

From September 1995 to January 1997, Griffin worked with Special Prosecutor David Barrett in his investigation of Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of HUD. For two years after that, he was Senior Investigative Counsel for the House Committee on Government Reform. During his time there, the committee was very active. They issued 1,052 dead-end subpoenas to probe alleged misconduct by the Clinton Administration and the Democratic Party. The cost to taxpayers? More than $35 million.

In September 1999, he became Deputy Research Director for the RNC - special ops for George W. Bush's campaign. Griffin was a legal advisor working closely with Attorney Ben Ginsberg of Patton Boggs, LLP for the Bush-Cheney 2000 Florida Recount Team. In a BBC documentary, "Digging the Dirt", Griffin stood next to a sign reading "ON MY COMMAND--UNLEASH HELL (ON AL)," and stated, "We think of ourselves as the creators of the ammunition in a war," he said. "We make the bullets."

From March 2001 through June 2002, he was Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff. In 2004, Griffin was a key player and reunited with Attorney Ben Ginsberg in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign against John Kerry. Ginsberg resigned from his position with George W Bush's re-election campaign after his Swift Boat involvement became public. Griffin began serving as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director, Office of Political Affairs at the White House in April 2005. His duty was "organizing and coordinating political support for the confirmation of Judge John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court."

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More: http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71141_palin_rove.htm

And finally Mr. Griffin... WHO do you know in Alaska???

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