Back in the day - the mid 90’s - I knew Grover pretty well. Went to a couple of the Wednesday meetings and to his house for a function when I was in DC. Admired the work he did and knew some of the staffers and stayed in touch with them. All committed conservatives it seemed.
I suspect what happened to Grover was that as his organization grew, he needed more and more money. Then money became what he was doing it for, instead of the cause. Had a payroll to meet, I suppose. Well, once you start doing it for money instead of for what you believe in, then it all goes to hell. You cannot sell yourself just a little bit.
This makes me very sad. Grover could have been one of the better spokesman for conservatism. Glib, intelligent, very good TV presence.
The Washington pundit industry relies on Washington power and money just as much as any welfare queen. If the power weren’t concentrated there, they would be out of a job.
Newt always spoke so well of this guy, I thought he would have been a strong economist or something for any Repub administration.
I was told about this a year ago, seems it was written about by Daniel Pipes a while back, also.
There is a rumor that because of people like this, that the FBI is infiltrated deeply and is no longer trustworthy!