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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: geode00 who wrote (42929)	4/24/2005 11:38:55 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

"Gay Wife" Karl Rove Implicated In Delay Scandals (* this is just beginning, but look at part of the new Newsweek story here. This could spread to Rove and the White House. Also, a gay site claims Rove secret married Grover Norquist, his best friend rightwinger. Love on the far right is twisted.) "While DeLay constructs an Alamo of his own devising, it's not entirely clear whether the president is happy to be in the fort with him. He may soon have additional reason to keep his distance from the whole DeLay crowd. McCain's Senate Indian Affairs Committee has subpoenaed the records of Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform—an antitax group and favorite ally of Karl Rove's shop. Sources tell NEWSWEEK that Abramoff often steered clients' funds to ATR as a way to ease access to the administration. It seems to have worked. A lawyer for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribe in Michigan told NEWSWEEK that tribal leaders had "three or four" meetings at the White House—including one with Bush and another with Rove—after they gave a $25,000 donation to Norquist's group at Abramoff's request. ATR spokesman Chris Butler confirmed that Norquist arranged White House meetings for Indian tribal leaders and others who were "supportive of the president's agenda." But he said these were unrelated to any donations to the group. For now at least, Rove remains on the barricades with the majority leader. "We strongly support Tom DeLay," he told CNN. "He's a good man, a close ally of this administration." Bush was slated to visit Galveston, Texas, this week to stump for his Social Security reform; DeLay was among the dignitaries invited to the event and to ride back to Washington on Air Force One. But no one was expecting Bush to administer a Tex-Mex abrazo. "He'll recognize him as he does any time there is a congressman at any event," said a White House aide. "Both are focused on getting the same things done," said another aide. "But there are obvious differences in leadership style." Staffers also questioned whether any of their number would be able to attend the DeLay testimonial—since most of them will just have gotten back from Bush's five-day trip to Europe. Travel can be exhausting—and not every dinner is a must. With Holly Bailey and Richard Wolffe