The American Spectator

Special Report

The Smearing of a U.S. Attorney

By Kane Webb on 3.16.07 @ 12:08AM

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But the current Senator Pryor seems personally offended by the political appointment of Tim Griffin to this political post. Could it be because Griffin was dispatched to Arkansas by the RNC in the waning weeks of Pryor's '02 campaign for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Tim Hutchinson? And that Griffin's job was, yes, Oppo Research in an effort to turn out the GOP vote -- such as it is in true-blue Arkansas? (Pryor won easily.)

Do we hear a "Duh" from the cheap seats?

Although Camp Pryor has complained about the interim appointment of Griffin circumventing the precious Process of nomination and subsequent senatorial circus, listen to what Pryor's spokesman Michael Teague, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:

"The one thing that stands out is that [Griffin] worked for Karl Rove in the West Wing of the White House. Is he getting special treatment?...Is he going to make good legal decisions or is he going to make political decisions?"

Because, you see, not only is Tim Griffin a Republican, which is bad enough, but he has a connection to...Karl Rove! Which clearly trumps everything else on his impressive resume, including that year he spent dodging IED's just outside Baghdad.

A few days ago, Mark Pryor's office sent out a press release expounding upon the senator's strong support for military men and women, how he's spent "much of his time in office fighting for military personnel and their families." Just not, apparently, Major Tim Griffin.

The senator's press release would be kind of funny if it didn't look a lot like politics.

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