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March 10, 2006 09:00 AM UTC
20 Comments
Doesn’t help that her chief cronies were on Abramoff’s payroll.
Think she will return to Brownstien, Hyatt, Faber? If she does would be a big fish for them.
Any rumors as to her successor? Perhaps, since Bush is getting slammed hard these days, he will select a “moderate” who actually works to protect/preserve the environment. I know, not likely…
“Bye Gale” –
Perhaps reading up on the “Republican / Abramoff scandal” will help:
http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200603100829.asp
Maybe this is Beauprez’s running mate.
Poor Gale. Although she did manage to gut the endangered species act, the clean air act, the clean water act, and turn the BLM into a real-estate agent for the natural gas companies, she didn’t quite pull off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge thing. So she’ll be remembered as a failure by her own party.
Replaced with a “moderate?” You’ve been smoking something, right?
Lulu, my bet is on either (1) Steven Griles, or (2) Richard Pombo. Both have excellent credentials: close ties to Abramoff, a deep and abiding loathing of public ownership of land, and many new and exploitative ideas for the future of our national parks, monuments, and other scenic and wild places.
Either of them would be perfect for the job according to Bush’s normal position-filling procedures.
Any truth to the rumor that she is coming back to run for the 3rd CD?
BMR,
I didn’t see anything in the NRO article you cited about Gale Norton. Nice head fake, though.
Gale Norton and Grover Norquist together founded the “Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy,” to which Jack Abramoff directed at least $225,000 of his tribal clients’ money. CREA director Italia Frederici and Gale Norton’s deputy there, J. Stephen Griles, are both currently under investigation.
Read about it here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30274-2005Mar12
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9913002/
In addition, there’s a photo of Gale Norton smiling with Abramoff (which took a FOIA request to see the light of day), records of several fancy private fundraising dinners between the two, and tons of fascinating emails between her staff and Abramoff that I’m sure we’ll be reading over the next few months.
But like so many other Republicans, she may have developed profound amnesia about Jack Abramoff. We’ll see. It doesn’t look good for the people she set up at CREA, that’s for sure.
“In addition, there’s a photo of Gale Norton smiling with Abramoff.”
Oh, my God, there’s a picture of this woman actually smiling! She’s a monster in human form.
Norton has managed up until now to remain at the fringe of the Abramoff investigation, but with the release of the photograph and several e-mails that link Abramoff’s funding of CREA closely to meetings between Abramoff clients and Norton, that has now changed.
Here’s a story from left news source Raw Story that isn’t too biased and is loaded with some more facts on the recent revelations.
I didn’t see anything in the NRO article you cited about Gale Norton. Nice head fake, though.
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Good grief. Pay attention. First of all, I was responding to the initial post from ‘Bye Gale’.
Secondly, I didn’t “cite an article about Gale Norton”. How you came to that conclusion is anyone’s guess.
Pay attention.
BMR,
Oy vey.
“Bye Gale” said:
“BadMoonRising” replied:
Oh I see now, you never intended to address his accusation about Gale Norton at all. Instead, you thought an article about donations to the “Friends of Hillary” PAC by sweatshop guy Jack Tan, who hired Abramoff in 1992, would cast light on the issue.
As I said before, nice head fake.
And if you’ll read my first sentence,
I didn’t see anything in the NRO article you cited about Gale Norton.
it’s clear that it means “I didn’t see anything (in the NRO article) about Gale Norton.” Not “I didn’t see anything (in the NRO article about Gale Norton).” Your selective quoting is very skillful, I’ll give you that.
Have a nice weekend, everyone!
BZnit:
No ****, Sherlock.
So HILLARY CLINTON IS A CHIEF CRONY OF GALE NORTON?
Does it all have to be spelled out for you?
Good grief, PAY ATTENTION!
Rather puzzling timing. The perception will be that her departure was untimely and forced. Perhaps the shady dealings of her crony Griles with Abramoff are now too much baggage for an administration with so many scandals on its plate.
So, I gotta know — with all that’s revealed (above and elsewhere) about the Norton/Abramoff connections, are the questions about possible Beauprez running mate or running for CD3 just meant to be funny??!!
No, a CD3 run is not out of the question. The slackwits in the local media will gladly take her every word for gospel. I doubt the Post’s reporters are even aware of Abramoff.
Gale Norton is a far stronger pick for Beaprez’s running mate than Gigi Dennis. For one thing, Norton has run (successfully) state-wide and knows the issues Colorado faces. Gigi also has two major liabilities. She is widely regarded as not very deep intellectually — maybe not a liability in state government — and she has spent quite a bit of time bad-mouthing Marilyn Musgrave to almost anyone who would listen. If BB picks Gigi he will alienate Marilyn’s friends in the GOP and he can’t afford to do that.
MyBile — there is absolutely no way Norton will take a second spot with Beauprez; she is off to make money, but I agree that Gigi has been no friend to Marilyn Musgrvae (when she was at the Ad Department) and shot off her mouth to lots of people about it.
nobile — I didn’t say that Norton would play second fiddle to Beauprez; only that if she did she would make a far stronger candidate and do more to help the ticket than Gigi…