Jane!

and it all comes tumbling down (we hope)

One guy who certainly didn’t live up to his last name.

A finger in every pie.

I find myself wondering if the FBI is compromised or not by Bush Soviet-style politics. Thanks, Abu Gonzales, for undermining confidence in law enforcement in this country.

Ah, the pre in the purge.

Dang, I wish I was a part of that search warrant team.

Phule @
3

One guy who certainly didn’t live up to his last name.

A finger in every pie.

Depends on how you define it. Doolitttle for constitutients or Doolittle for his bribers/enablers. Probably the former.

puppethead @ 4

I find myself wondering if the FBI is compromised or not by Bush Soviet-style politics. Thanks, Abu Gonzales, for undermining confidence in law enforcement in this country.

I’ve been wondering that myself in the past couple of months. After all the DOJ revelations, it isn’t hard to believe that the whole govt is infiltrated.

Where’s Nate? As I recall, Nate said the scuttlebutt was that Charlie Brown should be ready to run again within 8-10 months for the “suddenly” open seat…might not be too far off!

Finally! Do gets a little of what he deserves..

Thanks Jane…was time for some good news.

D’oh!

:)

WooHoo!
DooLittle doin the FROGWALK!

You go Charlie Brown!

Does anyone know anything about the USA in Virginia? Would Carol Lam (and now her successor) be working with him/her?

Reposted from earlier thread: ((((schadenfreude))))

And it isn’t just Cong. Doolittle who is under investigation on this, either. His wife, Julie, allegedly took a number of very curious payments from lobbyists, including Abramoff and a number of folks who worked for him. She was one of “the wives club” gals that have been under investigation in this nasty web of corruption. If they have something on both of them that is concrete (from his canary of a former aide), I’d look for the Doolittle’s to roll on someone up the chain. Can you say hello to Tom DeLay? (Trying not to let schadenfreude get the best of me…)

Raw Story headlines (no other details available yet):

Letter: Justice Department had Democratic litmus test…

Breaking: Shooter sent NBC videotape before spree…

Send that fucker to JAIL!!!

Nate!!!

Just checked the Sacramento Bee website. They must have read Josh’s post and added a news flash of their own *g*…no additional news from the hometown rag.

OT
but the Cho box was mailed to NBC between the first and second shootings, NBC got it today.

rwcole @ 17

Send that fucker to JAIL!!!

You express that sooo well! *g*

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech gunman mailed a package of photographs, video and writings to NBC News in New York before he killed himself in the massacre that left 33 people dead, authorities said Wednesday. NBC said that a time stamp on the package indicated the material was mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.

more…

yahoo.com link

martha @ 18

Nate!!!

Just checked the Sacramento Bee website. They must have read Josh’s post and added a news flash of their own *g*…no additional news from the hometown rag.

Here’s the last from SacBee… Doolittle’s Broke

Anyone wanna help me put together a website for my URL – DoolittleMustGo.com?

After this morning’s events, we were all wondering where the “good news” was. Thank you, Mr. Ring! See, all you gotta do is tell the truth, it’s so easy. (Well, especially when it’s to save your own skin).

I wake up now each morning thinking what else could possibly go wrong for the Bushies?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

Nate @ 11

D’oh!

:)

Nate!

Let’s get cookin’. What to do first?

Nate – back in the saddle?

Oklahoma kiddo @ 24

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

It won’t be Mrs. Doolittle, apparently she’s done too much

Doolittle is broke my ass! He and the Mrs. surely stashed the money offshore.

EPU’d:

Doolittle: till you hear from me,
Pay no attention to what’s said.
Why people tear the seams of anyone’s schemes
Is over my head.

Doolittle: till you hear from me,
At least consider our bank accounts.
If you should take the words of others you’ve heard,
I haven’t a chance.

Bil @
12

WooHoo!
DooLittle doin the FROGWALK!

You go Charlie Brown!

Is Calaveras County in Doolittle’s District? Then it could be the “Incarcerated Frogwalking Con of Calaveras County”!

I wonder if Doolittle has received a bunch of emails that were supposed to be “Off The Grid” as well! Hope the FBI subpoena allows them to search his hard-drives!

Jane – ThinkProgress has more details about the raid, which occurred this past Friday, the same day that Kevin Ring resigned from his law firm:
thinkprogress link

Nate, why I think I might just cry. He’s broke? That’s just so heartbreaking. I’ve been away from Sacto almost 20 years and I still viscerally dislike that man (can you tell?) ;)

Oklahoma kiddo @
24

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

Not if Mrs. Doolittle goes down as well. Or at least not the spouse of the of the resignee. Or at least, well, hell you know what I mean… :})

punaise @ 26

Nate – back in the saddle?

Never left… Just on some hard financial times so I had to take a McJob in order to pay rent. Having trouble doing that though so I might just go back to full time blogging. If I’m going to go down, I may as well do it doing what I love.

punaise @ 29

EPU’d:

Doolittle: till you hear from me,
Pay no attention to what’s said.
Why people tear the seams of anyone’s schemes
Is over my head.

Doolittle: till you hear from me,
At least consider our bank accounts.
If you should take the words of others you’ve heard,
I haven’t a chance.

Left comment below. Great song!

Abramoff…

The gift that keeps on giving : )

NATE MAKES THE CALL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy2O9HhJdqA

Oklahoma kiddo @ 24

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

CA law requires a special election as I understand it Oklahoma. Not absolutely certain but I’m pretty sure no one gets to appoint anyone.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 24

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

Wouldn’t a special election be held? Could one or more FDLers from California provide more information about the protocol to be followed?

Don’t forget though that abu G’s goon squad of Stepford prosecutors is still in charge of DoJ. One raid doesn’t end Doolittle…just ask Jefferson. I’m keeping the popcorn and champaign on ice until he steps down or is indicted. If ever.

eCAHNomics @ 14

Reposted from earlier thread: ((((schadenfreude))))

Schadenfreude over the Bushies and their ilk is just the thing I need right now! Still feeling so bad about the Va Tech incident.

What’s really amazing is that they’re getting these crooks despite having the full power of the DOJ to keep them free.

Nice! Also paging John in Sacramento!

egregious @ 25

Nate @ 11

D’oh!

:)

Nate!

Let’s get cookin’. What to do first?

I need to work on this tonight. I’m sneaking away to be typing here now. I still need to work on a site for Howie for the BlueAmerica08 site. Maybe I can do them together.

FDL BlueAmerica

Link to the Charlie Brown for Congress Campaign

Let’s see some fundraising love here!
Doolittle going down. Oh man oh man.

mayan @ 40

Don’t forget though that abu G’s goon squad of Stepford prosecutors is still in charge of DoJ. One raid doesn’t end Doolittle…just ask Jefferson. I’m keeping the popcorn and champaign on ice until he steps down or is indicted. If ever.

but it looks good right before the DoJ hearings

Oklahoma kiddo @ 24

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

I don’t think that Arnold is stupid enough to appoint Doolittle’s WIFE to the position! Though it wouldn’t be hard to imagine that he’d appoint someone that would be a Republican challenger to Charlie. There are still a lot of Doolittle cronies in County Gov’t.

I think with this Doolittle is “damaged goods” and will have to resign quickly.

egregious @ 45

FDL BlueAmerica

Link to the Charlie Brown for Congress Campaign

Hiya egregious…!

Actually the point is not whether Mrs. Doolittle will succeed her husband, rather it’s that the GOP Cali Guv will do the replacing. And if I’m not mistaken, California is still stuck with Sonny’s Republican replacement. Of course I would very much like to see Doolittle and his wife in jail. It might help to bury the Auburn Dam fiasco no matter who the replacement is.

Anothe eco-raper bites the dust?

Sweet.

If we’re lucky, there’s a twofer.

Julie Doolittle’s also up a creek (polluted, of course)

The Washington Post reported on the “connections” between Rep. Doolittle and Jack Abramoff. Kevin A. Ring, “Doolittle’s chief of staff in the mid-1990s and now a lobbyist for the city of Lincoln, worked for Abramoff. Doolittle’s wife, Julie, also worked for Abramoff and his firm raising funds for a charity the lobbyist had created.

“‘Two sources close to the investigation said that Ring, while working [for] Abramoff, was an intermediary in the hiring of Julie Doolittle’s firm, Sierra Dominion Financial Solutions Inc., which last year [2004] received a subpoena from the grand jury investigating Abramoff,’ the Post reported.” [1]

Nobody punks the FBI.

The problems at DoJ appear to be at the interface between the political apparatus and the career service law enforcers.

The USAs are caught in a no-man’s land between the politics and the bad guys – which shouldn’t normally be a problem, except that with BushCo it means having to serve two masters with seemingly conflicting priorities – Bush and the Law.

I think we can trust that the law enforcement process, and the good people in those jobs, is still ‘by the book,’ but in light of the revelation of the ‘back-channel’ RNC e-mail/text system, we might be well advised to suspect unlawful political influence above the Field Offices and Labs.

It doesn’t look like the ’system’ has gone bad, so much as those wielding power over the system have gone bad.

Nate—what happens if/when Doolittle resigns, is someone appointed until a special election or the general election?

Edit—
Ooops I see you already answered that.

cinnamonape @ 47

Oklahoma kiddo @ 24

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

I don’t think that Arnold is stupid enough to appoint Doolittle’s WIFE to the position! Though it wouldn’t be hard to imagine that he’d appoint someone that would be a Republican challenger to Charlie. There are still a lot of Doolittle cronies in County Gov’t.

I think with this Doolittle is “damaged goods” and will have to resign quickly.

Doolittle’s wife is in this up to her eyeballs, no way.

Lou Costello @ 37

NATE MAKES THE CALL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy2O9HhJdqA

Lou… Good to see you!

Special election? That would be nice! ;0)

this is unrelated, but i need to share my thoughts on a live thread. i listened to sen. jon cornyn speak on the senate floor this afternoon. he gratuitously employed the noun democrat as an adjective during his speech five times, one of which was preceeded by a pause during which he premeditated his use of the adjective. because i find this so unnecessary and so offensive, i telephoned his office in order to ask that he refrain from engaging in such immature antics in the sanctified space of a legislative chamber. the staffers reaction? “are you a member of an activist organization?” no, i explained; i am a concerned, independent citizen, and i do not enjoy listening to insults when i am seeking information from our leigislative bodies. can you believe he asked if i received instructions to call? and even if i did, would my opinion be automatically discounted?

puppethead @ 4

I find myself wondering if the FBI is compromised or not by Bush Soviet-style politics. Thanks, Abu Gonzales, for undermining confidence in law enforcement in this country.

I’m wondering the same thing. We’ve been waiting for action on so many corruption cases that I’ve begun to fear that BushCo has destroyed the rule of law in this country. Hopefully I’m wrong.

egregious @ 51

Nate—what happens if/when Doolittle resigns, is someone appointed until a special election or the general election?

I’m looking into it right now egregious. I’m not sure if it’s based on how much of the term has been served or what. As I understood it during the campaign, if Doolittle won and then was convicted or resigned, a special election for the district would be held. That might not be so if it’s been a certain amount of the term served. I’ll let you know what I find.

EPU’ed:

OT:

For the record, I am not poster “djinn” and poster “djinn” is not me.

Furthermore, I did not (to my conscious knowledge, at least) attempt to clone another poster’s ID. Nor am I attempting to masquerade as another poster.

If, on the other hand, we are building an army of sorts, I say “Welcome friend!”

:)

Gunga one
Djinn many

The first thing I thought when reading about the raid of the DoLittle’s home was “Do the FDLer’s know about this? Where’s Charlie Brown?”

And by the time I got here you were all over it. God I love the blogosphere!

punaise @ 29

EPU’d:

Doolittle: till you hear from me,
Pay no attention to what’s said.
Why people tear the seams of anyone’s schemes
Is over my head.

Doolittle: till you hear from me,
At least consider our bank accounts.
If you should take the words of others you’ve heard,
I haven’t a chance.

Thanks for downstairs, Punaise. Wife’s kicking me off the tubes. In my defense — Phil’s song is only one of many on a Quincy Jones CD. Later, pups.

We just went through this in California with MY congresscritter- the honorable Randy Duke Cunningham. We got a special election- and a gooper replacement. The district registration is gooper by ten percent or so- so we got Brian “Dildo” Bilbray…

What’s the registration advantage in Do Little’s district? Anyone know?

Nate @ 38

Oklahoma kiddo @ 24

If Doolittle happens to resign, who gets to appoint the person to fill out his term? Arnie? If so might Cali then perhaps get stuck with another Mrs. Sunny Bono situation?

CA law requires a special election as I understand it Oklahoma. Not absolutely certain but I’m pretty sure no one gets to appoint anyone.

Yes, in California we have special elections in this circumstance. Considering the wife is most likely under investigation she would not be a likely candidate either way.

pointecoupeedemocrat @ 55

this is unrelated, but i need to share my thoughts on a live thread. i listened to sen. jon cornyn speak on the senate floor this afternoon. he gratuitously employed the noun democrat as an adjective during his speech five times, one of which was preceeded by a pause during which he premeditated his use of the adjective. because i find this so unnecessary and so offensive, i telephoned his office in order to ask that he refrain from engaging in such immature antics in the sanctified space of a legislative chamber. the staffers reaction? “are you a member of an activist organization?” no, i explained; i am a concerned, independent citizen, and i do not enjoy listening to insults when i am seeking information from our leigislative bodies. can you believe he asked if i received instructions to call? and even if i did, would my opinion be automatically discounted?

Cornyn’s an assbag…but that goes without saying, doesn’t it?

Ha ha!

puppethead @
4

I find myself wondering if the FBI is compromised or not by Bush Soviet-style politics. [snip]

Yes.

Thanks for another round of short answers for simple questions!

Cozumel @ 21

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech gunman mailed a package of photographs, video and writings to NBC News in New York before he killed himself in the massacre that left 33 people dead, authorities said Wednesday. NBC said that a time stamp on the package indicated the material was mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.

more…

yahoo.com link

How would they know when he mailed it? He didn’t just put it in a mailbox? The only way a timestamp would be valid is if he drove off campus and stood in line at the Post office to mail it. Or am I missing something?

Gunga Djinn @ 58

EPU’ed:

OT:

For the record, I am not poster “djinn” and poster “djinn” is not me.

Furthermore, I did not (to my conscious knowledge, at least) attempt to clone another poster’s ID. Nor am I attempting to masquerade as another poster.

If, on the other hand, we are building an army of sorts, I say “Welcome friend!”

:)

Gunga one
Djinn many

OT, are you a Kipling fan? LUV your movie btw! :})

TheOtherWA @ 59

The first thing I thought when reading about the raid of the DoLittle’s home was “Do the FDLer’s know about this? Where’s Charlie Brown?”

And by the time I got here you were all over it. God I love the blogosphere!

Me too!

And now I’ll be heading home with a BIG smile on my face. Curious to see how NPR will handle this news.

One interesting point from the end of The Hill article – they mention trying to get a copy of the search warrant and hitting a brick wall and say:

Attempts to obtain a copy of the search warrant at the U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria were unsuccessful. Of the 126 search warrants logged there since the beginning of February, 90 (or 71 percent) are “under seal.”

IINALitigator, or crim pros/def type – but is it normal to have almost 2/3 of all search warrants filed over a two 1/2 month period be under seal? WHat all is going on?

Special Elections in California

Special elections are held to take care of special situations such as the recall of an elected official, a disaster has occurred requiring an immediate vote, a vacancy is to be filled or a special ballot measure must be decided before the next regular election. In many ways, the procedures for special elections are identical to those in regularly scheduled elections. In the case of proposition-based special elections, such as the one set for November 2005, individuals and organizations can create initiatives and put their measures on the ballot as long as they receive the necessary signatures and meet the qualifications and deadlines outlined by California law. The Legislature can also put measures on the ballot by a majority vote. California governors can call special elections in issues to determine a statewide issue by issuing a proclamation 148 days or more, prior to the election day (Election code 12000). The governor does not need legislative approval to call a special election. One the proclamation is declared, a series of deadlines arise for the special election, including filing dates, ballot preparation and summary, voter registration and legislature ballot submissions. All registered California voters can take part in special elections.

http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/li…..tml#Topic1

Why do so many of these GOoPers look like they spend all their spare time at the hairdresser?

(Is that rouge he’s wearing??)

Indeed a special election is called to fill the vacancy

“All qualified candidates for House special elections in California compete in a special primary, regardless of party affiliation. Nomination is by petition. Any candidate receiving more than 50% of the vote in the primary is elected, and the general election is
canceled. If no candidate receives the required majority, the single candidate of each party receiving the most votes competes in a SPECIAL general election, wherein a plurality of votes is sufficient to elect. In the event that candidates of only one party compete in
the primary, a plurality is sufficient to elect, and there is no general election.”

Here’s an example of how one such election occurred in 2005.

CA 48th special election

Cozumel @
21

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech gunman mailed a package of photographs, video and writings to NBC News in New York before he killed himself in the massacre that left 33 people dead, authorities said Wednesday. NBC said that a time stamp on the package indicated the material was mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.

more…

yahoo.com link

From Charlie Brown’s website, dated yesterday:

Ring is now the 2nd Abramoff associate to leave the law firm of Barnes and Thornberg. The first, Neil Volz, left just months before he pled guilty in the Abramoff inquiry. Volz eventually helped federal prosecutors indict his former boss, the now imprisoned former Ohio Congressman Bob Ney. According to press reports, the Ring resignation could foreshadow things to come–stay tuned. Read more here.

Even Karl Rove has taken notice, and shown a willingness to try almost anything to retain CA-04. In a recent powerpoint from Rove’s office, Doolittle was listed as the #11 most vulnerable GOP incumbent in 2008.

He may have just cracked the top 10.

(Click through for embedded links.)

And after this news, I think Doolittle may have just claimed the top spot on that list.

Cozumel @ 70

Special Elections in California

Special elections are held to take care of special situations such as the recall of an elected official, a disaster has occurred requiring an immediate vote, a vacancy is to be filled or a special ballot measure must be decided before the next regular election. In many ways, the procedures for special elections are identical to those in regularly scheduled elections. In the case of proposition-based special elections, such as the one set for November 2005, individuals and organizations can create initiatives and put their measures on the ballot as long as they receive the necessary signatures and meet the qualifications and deadlines outlined by California law. The Legislature can also put measures on the ballot by a majority vote. California governors can call special elections in issues to determine a statewide issue by issuing a proclamation 148 days or more, prior to the election day (Election code 12000). The governor does not need legislative approval to call a special election. One the proclamation is declared, a series of deadlines arise for the special election, including filing dates, ballot preparation and summary, voter registration and legislature ballot submissions. All registered California voters can take part in special elections.

http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/li…..tml#Topic1

Thanks Coz… I was just reading that link. Now I have to start wondering who the Repubs are going to try and field for the election if (or more like when) Doolittle resigns in disgrace.

Solai at 66 – probably there is a post office on campus

Mae @ 75

Solai at 66 – probably there is a post office on campus

would be interesting to hear a description of his demeanor at the P.O.

How would they know when he mailed it? He didn’t just put it in a mailbox? The only way a timestamp would be valid is if he drove off campus and stood in line at the Post office to mail it. Or am I missing something?

Perhaps there is a campus P.O. that he used? If the package were bulky, it would have to be weighed to determine proper postage.

P J Evans @ 71

Why do so many of these GOoPers look like they spend all their spare time at the hairdresser?

(Is that rouge he’s wearing??)

Because so many sadly repressed men who secretly cross-dress (and/or desire gender reassingment surgery) are drawn to the GOP’s homophobia as a projective mechanism for their own self-hatred?

(just a wild-ass guess…)

solai @ 66

How would they know when he mailed it? He didn’t just put it in a mailbox? The only way a timestamp would be valid is if he drove off campus and stood in line at the Post office to mail it. Or am I missing something?

I was trying to figure that out, too. My guess is that the dropbox it was mailed in had a pickup in the early morning (before any shooting) and another shortly after the first shooting. Perhaps the shooter also included information about what he had just done, and what he was about to do.

Cho wanted to be a star. Sickening.

solai @ 66

Cozumel @ 21

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech gunman mailed a package of photographs, video and writings to NBC News in New York before he killed himself in the massacre that left 33 people dead, authorities said Wednesday. NBC said that a time stamp on the package indicated the material was mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.

more…

yahoo.com link

How would they know when he mailed it? He didn’t just put it in a mailbox? The only way a timestamp would be valid is if he drove off campus and stood in line at the Post office to mail it. Or am I missing something?

Packages over 1 pound in weight may not be ‘just dropped in a mailbox.’ They must be mailed at a Post Office, or arrangements must be made to have them picked up by a mailman.

Many colleges and universities have a post office on the grounds. If you know the weight of the package, you can make arrangements for a pick-up on-line, and those can be paid for by credit/debit cards.

Elliott @ 76

Mae @ 75

Solai at 66 – probably there is a post office on campus

would be interesting to hear a description of his demeanor at the P.O.

postal?

Wasn’t Rove out West when news of his “missing” emails surfaced? Was he in California?

kirk murphy @ 81

Elliott @ 76

Mae @ 75
Solai at 66 – probably there is a post office on campus
————-
would be interesting to hear a description of his demeanor at the P.O.

postal?

There should be a camera at the P.O.

Nate @ 75

Cozumel @ 70

Special Elections in California

Special elections are held to take care of special situations such as the recall of an elected official, a disaster has occurred requiring an immediate vote, a vacancy is to be filled or a special ballot measure must be decided before the next regular election. In many ways, the procedures for special elections are identical to those in regularly scheduled elections. In the case of proposition-based special elections, such as the one set for November 2005, individuals and organizations can create initiatives and put their measures on the ballot as long as they receive the necessary signatures and meet the qualifications and deadlines outlined by California law. The Legislature can also put measures on the ballot by a majority vote. California governors can call special elections in issues to determine a statewide issue by issuing a proclamation 148 days or more, prior to the election day (Election code 12000). The governor does not need legislative approval to call a special election. One the proclamation is declared, a series of deadlines arise for the special election, including filing dates, ballot preparation and summary, voter registration and legislature ballot submissions. All registered California voters can take part in special elections.

igs.berkeley link

Thanks Coz… I was just reading that link. Now I have to start wondering who the Repubs are going to try and field for the election if (or more like when) Doolittle resigns in disgrace.

Just remember, the guy in LA. with $90K in his freezer hasn’t been indicted, yet. Just sayin’, this could be awhile

kirk murphy @ 81

Elliott @ 76

Mae @ 75
Solai at 66 – probably there is a post office on campus

would be interesting to hear a description of his demeanor at the P.O.

postal?

you’re right,
this is a new twist on going postal

MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri

So then as eg. asked above, the Gov doesn’t get to appoint until the special election is held? If so that would be very good. I don’t know the political makeup of Placer County, since moving from there a few year ago. But when I lived and worked in Auburn, and Tahoe City, the county was pretty GOP. And it’s a big county. Stretching from Tahoe to Roseville.

I wonder if the media had a hold on this story unti after the Gonzo hearing…funny how a story of a congressman’s house being raided isn’t news anymore. I remember when they found all that money in the freezer—oh, that’s right, that was a Dem.

By the way, Hardball is pretty interesting. Tweety is being pretty precise and critical of some “experts” who are trying to continue to speculate about Cho. Tweety also has an interview with one of Cho’s suitemates.

Regarding the topic at hand… I’m so glad to see that yet another slimeball connected to the Abramoff scandal is being investigated fully. I’m starting to get all of the different Republican slimeballs and scandals confused, as there are so many of each.

BobbyG @ 86

MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri

I’m watching MSNBC and I haven’t heard them mention that…yet

Cho continues to dominate the news- he’s probably gonna get a couple of more days at least- they’ve granted his final wish.

OT — but for those in the NYC listening area, tomorrow WNYC will be airing live coverage of the Gonzales hearings!!!!!

It is can also be heard live at wnyc.org on the net.

So, it turns out that Cho had been legally declared by a VA court “Mentally ill” and a danger 2 years ago, but got released.

Let the lawsuit frenzy commence.

pointecoupeedemocrat @ 56

this is unrelated, but i need to share my thoughts on a live thread. i listened to sen. jon cornyn speak on the senate floor this afternoon. he gratuitously employed the noun democrat as an adjective during his speech five times, one of which was preceeded by a pause during which he premeditated his use of the adjective. because i find this so unnecessary and so offensive, i telephoned his office in order to ask that he refrain from engaging in such immature antics in the sanctified space of a legislative chamber. the staffers reaction? “are you a member of an activist organization?” no, i explained; i am a concerned, independent citizen, and i do not enjoy listening to insults when i am seeking information from our leigislative bodies. can you believe he asked if i received instructions to call? and even if i did, would my opinion be automatically discounted?

Heard it too and had to nute it before getting sick. Also typical case of projection: accusing Ds of the partisanship of which Rs are past masters. Reaction of his office was pretty funny. If you’d been instructed to call, you surely would also have been instructed to say you hadn’t been. So what did they hope to accomplish by asking the Q, except to piss you off.

LS @ 91

BobbyG @ 86

MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri

I’m watching MSNBC and I haven’t heard them mention that…yet

http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_…..yid=117275

LS @ 91

BobbyG @ 86

MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri

I’m watching MSNBC and I haven’t heard them mention that…yet

Saw it online.

Who’s gonna head up the legal defense fund? Not Mel Sembler – way too east coast…

LS @ 90

BobbyG @ 86

MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri

I’m watching MSNBC and I haven’t heard them mention that…yet

and I don’t see it on MSNBC’s website.

BobbyG @ 87

MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Reports out of Columiba say that one person was shot near the campus of the the University of Missouri.

kctv.com link

Mae @ 13

Does anyone know anything about the USA in Virginia? Would Carol Lam (and now her successor) be working with him/her?

That would be Chuck Rosenberg in the Eastern District of Virginia. The same guy who took over for Kyle Sampson as Gonzales’ COS. I guess he’s doing double duty….

the U of M’s website says a shooting occurred, but not on campus — maybe from one car to another? Terrible, still.

Looks like Dolittle is gonna need a fundraiser. I love this place, man!

Geez, if MSNBC puts up a breaking news story like that and then realizes they were incorrect, you’d think they’d publish a correction PRONTO instead of just scrubbing it from their site.

solai @ 67

Cozumel @ 21

BLACKSBURG, Va. – NBC said that a time stamp on the package indicated the material was mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.

more…

yahoo.com link

How would they know when he mailed it? He didn’t just put it in a mailbox? The only way a timestamp would be valid is if he drove off campus and stood in line at the Post office to mail it.

Not necessarily. Unless you speak from knowledge of the VT campus. My university Student Union (a very large place) had a post office in it, right at the center of campus. No need to go off-campus.

Any of the Do-little stuff trickling out into the MSM? Or are they do-littling, too?

Cornyn and the rest of the Repubes live in glass houses….

Cozumel @ 100

BobbyG @
87

MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Reports out of Columiba say that one person was shot near the campus of the the University of Missouri.

http://www.kctv.com/global/story.asp?s=6389754

Just for the record, the University immediately sent out an email, and they said the incident was under control. No lockdown.

Any truth to the rumor that his Campaign Slogan was “Doolittle for California?”

Nate @
75

Cozumel @ 70

Special Elections in California

Special elections are held to take care of special situations such as the recall of an elected official, a disaster has occurred requiring an immediate vote, a vacancy is to be filled or a special ballot measure must be decided before the next regular election. In many ways, the procedures for special elections are identical to those in regularly scheduled elections. In the case of proposition-based special elections, such as the one set for November 2005, individuals and organizations can create initiatives and put their measures on the ballot as long as they receive the necessary signatures and meet the qualifications and deadlines outlined by California law. The Legislature can also put measures on the ballot by a majority vote. California governors can call special elections in issues to determine a statewide issue by issuing a proclamation 148 days or more, prior to the election day (Election code 12000). The governor does not need legislative approval to call a special election. One the proclamation is declared, a series of deadlines arise for the special election, including filing dates, ballot preparation and summary, voter registration and legislature ballot submissions. All registered California voters can take part in special elections.

igs.berkeley link

Thanks Coz… I was just reading that link. Now I have to start wondering who the Repubs are going to try and field for the election if (or more like when) Doolittle resigns in disgrace.

If I had to guess – it would be Ted Gaines.

But then again he might not be corrupt enough for them … not that he is but … I don’t know enough about him

Paging LindaR

Dang, brinsingamen, by the time I finished typing my post about post offices on campus, yours was up and many many new ones in between. lol.

Maybe Doolittle wouldnt toe the line and Gonzales found someone in Calif. who will…

Ed*ard Teller @ 98

Who’s gonna head up the legal defense fund? Not Mel Sembler – way too east coast…

Friends of Duncan Hunter…

Sparkles the Iguana @ 101

Mae @ 13

Does anyone know anything about the USA in Virginia? Would Carol Lam (and now her successor) be working with him/her?

That would be Chuck Rosenberg in the Eastern District of Virginia. The same guy who took over for Kyle Sampson as Gonzales’ COS. I guess he’s doing double duty….

Sparkles – I think that this is a relative “good guy” which is why I think that he was only temporarily Sampson’s replacement. But some pup out there probably knows more than I do

LS @ 108

Cozumel @ 100

BobbyG @
87
MSNBC headline:

BREAKING: KSDK TV: At least two people shot at University of Missouri
————

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Reports out of Columiba say that one person was shot near the campus of the the University of Missouri.

kctv link

Just for the record, the University immediately sent out an email, and they said the incident was under control. No lockdown.

Yeah, y’know all I did was Ctrl-C screen-scrape that headline verbatim off their website. Then they pulled it without further comment (yet).

dakine01 @ 68 says:

OT, are you a Kipling fan? LUV your movie btw! :})

Why yes, dakine, Kipling was a good friend of mine and a fine man. And thank you for the compliment about my movie. I won an Oscar for it, you know (or should have…can’t really remember for sure…it was long time ago.)

:)

now where was I…oh yes…

CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!

The question is, did they even find anything at Doolittle’s house. He has had plenty of time to remove anything incriminating I would think.

Nate @ 75

Cozumel @ 70

Special Elections in California

Special elections are held to take care of special situations such as the recall of an elected official, a disaster has occurred requiring an immediate vote, a vacancy is to be filled or a special ballot measure must be decided before the next regular election. In many ways, the procedures for special elections are identical to those in regularly scheduled elections. In the case of proposition-based special elections, such as the one set for November 2005, individuals and organizations can create initiatives and put their measures on the ballot as long as they receive the necessary signatures and meet the qualifications and deadlines outlined by California law. The Legislature can also put measures on the ballot by a majority vote. California governors can call special elections in issues to determine a statewide issue by issuing a proclamation 148 days or more, prior to the election day (Election code 12000). The governor does not need legislative approval to call a special election. One the proclamation is declared, a series of deadlines arise for the special election, including filing dates, ballot preparation and summary, voter registration and legislature ballot submissions. All registered California voters can take part in special elections.

igs.berkeley link

Thanks Coz… I was just reading that link. Now I have to start wondering who the Repubs are going to try and field for the election if (or more like when) Doolittle resigns in disgrace.

Here are a few possibilities…Sam Aanestad California State Senate

Dave Cox California State Senate
Rick Keene California State Assembly
Tim Leslie California State Assembly
George Magnuson Mayor of Rocklin
Robin Sutherland Nevada County Supervisor
Jack Sweeney El Dorado County Supervisor

tejanarusa @ 109 — fast fingers here, but my job has always involved a keyboard. The guys from our Investigations branch used to bring stuff to me to type because I could knock it out quicker than they could.

Gunga Djinn @ 114

Kipling…

now where was I…oh yes…

CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!

The Charge of the Bright Litigators

Brisingamen @ 81

solai @ 66

Cozumel @ 21

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech gunman mailed a package of photographs, video and writings to NBC News in New York before he killed himself in the massacre that left 33 people dead, authorities said Wednesday. NBC said that a time stamp on the package indicated the material was mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.

more…

yahoo.com link

How would they know when he mailed it? He didn’t just put it in a mailbox? The only way a timestamp would be valid is if he drove off campus and stood in line at the Post office to mail it. Or am I missing something?

Packages over 1 pound in weight may not be ‘just dropped in a mailbox.’ They must be mailed at a Post Office, or arrangements must be made to have them picked up by a mailman.

Many colleges and universities have a post office on the grounds. If you know the weight of the package, you can make arrangements for a pick-up on-line, and those can be paid for by credit/debit cards.

I always put it in the mailbox even if it is over a pound when I print my labels on PayPal.

punaise @ 118

Gunga Djinn @ 114

Kipling…

now where was I…oh yes…

CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!

The Charge of the Bright Litigators

Is their battle-cry “Fiat Lux!”?

kirk murphy @ 82

Elliott @ 76

Mae @ 75
Solai at 66 – probably there is a post office on campus
——
would be interesting to hear a description of his demeanor at the P.O.

postal?

Shame on you!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 88

So then as eg. asked above, the Gov doesn’t get to appoint until the special election is held? If so that would be very good. I don’t know the political makeup of Placer County, since moving from there a few year ago. But when I lived and worked in Auburn, and Tahoe City, the county was pretty GOP. And it’s a big county. Stretching from Tahoe to Roseville.

C-SPAN’s profile of Doolittle says he got 50% in last election.

The two post office branches nearest to campus (within a half-mile each) are:

Downtown Post Office: 118 N. Main Street,
Blacksburg, VA 24060, 1-800-ASK-USPS

Blacksburg Main Post Office: 909 University Blvd,
Blacksburg, VA 24060

http://www.grads.vt.edu/studen…..using.html

And, I stand corrected. Didn’t think of an on-campus P.O.

C-SPAN’s profile of Doolittle says he got 50% in last election.

Cast in Died boldly, no doubt..

punaise @ 119

Gunga Djinn @ 114

Kipling…

now where was I…oh yes…

CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!

The Charge of the Bright Litigators

Half a brief, half a brief,
Half a brief onward!

there ought to be a song, a la Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”, dedicated to the geographical reach of Rethuglican corruption in CA.

from the sandy beaches of San Diego (Duke Cunningham)
via the Inland Empire (?) of Jerry Lewis
to the mountains and high plains deserts of northeastern CA (Doolittle)

taking Pombo out last fall removed one link in that chain.

Doolittle in CA 4th district (far North East corner, down to Lake Tahoe):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4…..California

Wiki says “Republicans have 48 percent of voter registrations; Democrats have 30 percent.[1] George W. Bush received 61% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R 11.”

California’s Fourth Congressional District currently covers the northeastern corner of California along Route 395, from El Dorado to Modoc Counties, as well as Oroville and a small portion of Sacramento County.

Republicans have 48 percent of voter registrations; Democrats have 30 percent.[1] George W. Bush received 61% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R 11.

(Wikipedia)

Doesn’t sound like a great pick up opportunity.

punaise @ 128

there ought to be a song, a la Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”, dedicated to the geographical reach of Rethuglican corruption in CA.

from the sandy beaches of San Diego (Duke Cunningham)
via the Inland Empire (?) of Jerry Lewis
to the mountains and high plains deserts of northeastern CA (Doolittle)

taking Pombo out last fall removed one link in that chain.

What about ED Royce? I live in his district. Is he part of that chain?

Eureka Springs @ 113

Ed*ard Teller @ 98

Who’s gonna head up the legal defense fund? Not Mel Sembler – way too east coast…

Friends of Duncan Hunter…

Duncan Hunter’s son, running for his father’s seat, is about to be sent to Iraq or Afghanistan.

rwcole @
92

Cho continues to dominate the news- he’s probably gonna get a couple of more days at least- they’ve granted his final wish.

Exactly!

I know this tragedy must be covered by the media, but this non-stop, wall to wall saturation isn’t necessary, and most importantly is probably counter-productive.

Gunga Djinn @
115

dakine01 @ 68 says:

OT, are you a Kipling fan? LUV your movie btw! :})

Why yes, dakine, Kipling was a good friend of mine and a fine man. And thank you for the compliment about my movie. I won an Oscar for it, you know (or should have…can’t really remember for sure…it was long time ago.)

:)

now where was I…oh yes…

CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!

“Though I’ve belted you and flayed you
By the livin’ Gawd that made you
You’re a better man than I am Gunga Djinn”

All right, rwcole… we’re thinking alike!

Mae @ 113

Sparkles the Iguana @ 101

Mae @ 13
Does anyone know anything about the USA in Virginia? Would Carol Lam (and now her successor) be working with him/her?
————

That would be Chuck Rosenberg in the Eastern District of Virginia. The same guy who took over for Kyle Sampson as Gonzales’ COS. I guess he’s doing double duty….

Sparkles – I think that this is a relative “good guy” which is why I think that he was only temporarily Sampson’s replacement. But some pup out there probably knows more than I do

Oh, I’m not at all saying he’s a bad guy. He’s certainly extremely qualified (also served as USA in Houston, if I recall). Maybe by taking Sampson’s old job he’s just taking one for the team…..

According to the Sacramento Bee, the first quarter fundraising reports by Doolittle and Charlie Brown show that Doolittle was still trying to pay off his 2006 campaign debts ($81K in the hole as of 3/31/07) while Brown has $123K in the bank.

That’s a nice head start over whomever the GOP might want to put up against him. Combine that with a lot of positive name recognition, and Brown’s got a good start.

Of course, if you want to help out the cause even more, you can mosey on over to BlueAmerica08, scroll down to Charlie’s info and links, and pump things up in that account a bit.

[Modnote: shameless plug for FDL BlueAmerica link for Charlie Brown]

Hunter, Bilbray, and Issa make up the most well known criminal elements of San Diego County.

…although few can rival the corrupt antics of turtleneck and pajama-bottom wearing, champagne swilling lava lamper yacht-boy Duke Cunningham.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 88

So then as eg. asked above, the Gov doesn’t get to appoint until the special election is held? If so that would be very good. I don’t know the political makeup of Placer County, since moving from there a few year ago. But when I lived and worked in Auburn, and Tahoe City, the county was pretty GOP. And it’s a big county. Stretching from Tahoe to Roseville.

And North to the Oregon border…rural, forestry and ranching interests up there, and lots of “White flight” retirees in the highway b/w Lake Tahoe and Sacramento’s Eastern suburbs. There are powerful developer interests there. I think it’s about 60-40 in Republican registration. That’s what makes Charlie Brown’s near win so remarkable. Many Republicans were disgusted with the corruprtion of Doolittle and his isolation from the concerns of his district. Growth, the destruction of the environment and quality of life, unemployment, etc. are local issues. There are lots of people up there in the last few years that came in on the low deposit variable-rate mortgages. They may have supported the Republicans the last election, but with the housing bubble burst they may turn aginst them.

Doolittle has a machine up there that will be inherited by his annointed successors…but if he is really broke, Charlie already has an advantage. Particularly if the campaign is only months away!

I wish the Whisky Bar was still open. I miss him a lot….

On this day in history:
(From wikipedia) “The Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942, was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese home islands during World War II.”

I know that this year’s Doolittle Raid didn’t happen today, but still a little wierd….

rwcole @ 137

Hunter, Bilbray, and Issa make up the most well known criminal elements of San Diego County.

it’d be sweet to see issa go down.

Damn, check out the photo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

rwcole @ 130

California’s Fourth Congressional District currently covers the northeastern corner of California along Route 395, from El Dorado to Modoc Counties, as well as Oroville and a small portion of Sacramento County.

Republicans have 48 percent of voter registrations; Democrats have 30 percent.[1] George W. Bush received 61% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R 11.

(Wikipedia)

Doesn’t sound like a great pick up opportunity.

It’s also very big “Had Enough?” territory. The stock market disclaimer “Past performance is no guarantee of future results” definitely comes into play in this district.

The SacBee just picked up the Doolittle story. No comments yet. Anyone wanna Fitz it?

Icky pictures of va shooter on msnbc.

Peterr

Well that would be nice- but that territory has more in common with UTAH than the rest of California..

There is NO way a republican will when in Doolittle’s district. Charlie Brown almost won last time. The district is conservative but even they learn eventually.
I live in the district right next to Doolittle’s and we are stuck with terrible Dan Lungren. His days are numbered, too. He is still behind Bush and supporting McCain. Stupid is as stupid does.

Peterr @
137

According to the Sacramento Bee, the first quarter fundraising reports by Doolittle and Charlie Brown show that Doolittle was still trying to pay off his 2006 campaign debts ($81K in the hole as of 3/31/07) while Brown has $123K in the bank.

That’s a nice head start over whomever the GOP might want to put up against him. Combine that with a lot of positive name recognition, and Brown’s got a good start.

Of course, if you want to help out the cause even more, you can mosey on over to BlueAmerica08, scroll down to Charlie’s info and links, and pump things up in that account a bit.

Just an FYI to everyone. BlueAmerica08 has it’s own link. If you go to BlueAmerica08.com it forwards you directly to the ActBlue page. Makes it easy to remember that way. :)

[Modnote: FDL BlueAmerica Link for Charlie Brown]

More on Chuck Rosenberg, from a June 2006 WaPo article. Kind of interesting, in light of all that’s going on now….

By all accounts, the gesture says a lot about Rosenberg, the new chief federal prosecutor for all of Northern Virginia, Richmond and the Norfolk area. Courteous and self-effacing to a fault, Rosenberg is called a “gentleman lawyer,” embraced even by defense attorneys. He is also considered apolitical.

Both qualities make him, in some respects, an unusual choice for the high-profile political appointment.

In fact, Rosenberg’s style almost got him in trouble several years ago when he was up for one of a series of prominent jobs at the Justice Department in Washington. Learning that a Harvard University buddy, Chris Van Hollen, was running for Congress, Rosenberg donated $450 to the Maryland Democrat’s campaign in 2001, records show.

The White House’s political office objected to Rosenberg’s appointment because he had given money to a Democrat, law enforcement sources said. Justice officials intervened on Rosenberg’s behalf, and he got the position.

rwcole @ 130

California’s Fourth Congressional District currently covers the northeastern corner of California along Route 395, from El Dorado to Modoc Counties, as well as Oroville and a small portion of Sacramento County.

Republicans have 48 percent of voter registrations; Democrats have 30 percent.[1] George W. Bush received 61% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R 11.

(Wikipedia)

Doesn’t sound like a great pick up opportunity.

Charlie Brown kept Doolittle under 50% last fall, and has maintained an active and engaged campaign since November. Won’t be easy, but the heavy lifting regarding name recognition and GOP-badbranding has been done.

Punaise & Brisingamen @ 121 says:

The Charge of the Bright Litigators

Is their battle-cry “Fiat Lux!”?

not sure, but it can be.

:D

The package bore a U.S. Postal Service stamp recording that it had been received at a Virginia post office at 9:01 a.m. ET Monday, about an hour and 45 minutes after Cho shot two people in the West Ambler Johnston residence hall on the Virginia Tech campus and shortly before Cho entered Norris Hall, where he killed 30 more people.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18169776/

punaise @ 138

…although few can rival the corrupt antics of turtleneck and pajama-bottom wearing, champagne swilling lava lamper yacht-boy Duke Cunningham.

that’s what made his tears so delightful.

I have been busy and did not catch it if it has been covered.

They raided Doolittles house, but no word of any charges?
Thanks in advance.

BTW, another lying, thieving, cheating scumbag gooper in hot water,

NEXT?

OT? in the broad category Bushie Scandals, Division; DOJ horrors

http://tpmmuckraker.com/images/doj-employees.pdf

link from TPMuckraker–letter from DOJ employees to Conyers and Leahy asking that they investigate hiring practices for Justice Dept. Honors Graduate program and Summer Intern Program – vetted and eliminated for being apparent Democrats. Summa graduates of Harvard and Yale eliminated – so many eliminated by the politicals that there weren’t enough to fill the openings available.
Yeesh.
Looking forward to tomorrow’s schadenfreude, if I can find a way to watch and listen.

November 2006 CA-04 election:

Doolittle (R) 49.1%
Brown (D) 45.9%
Warren (L) 5.0%

Not too shabby. Combine this with the “had enough” factor, and hmmmm….

ccmask @ 154

The package bore a U.S. Postal Service stamp recording that it had been received at a Virginia post office at 9:01 a.m. ET Monday, about an hour and 45 minutes after Cho shot two people in the West Ambler Johnston residence hall on the Virginia Tech campus and shortly before Cho entered Norris Hall, where he killed 30 more people.

msnbc link

9:01am sounds like he was waiting there when the door opened.

This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!

Mary

I’m still steamin from our last election- in which a gooper criminal went to jail and got replaced by another gooper criminal. It LOOKS like a good opportunity- but remember that in the last election voters were already gettin a little suspicious of Do- Little. If there’s a special election goopers will put up a fresh faced gooper not carrying the baggage.

cinnamonape @ 160

This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!

Is his wife a dog? Link pics please.

OK

Everybody is overlooking something really important.

And this is a not so subtle hint to her friends and former colleages.

WHO IS TAKIN CAROL LAM OUT FOR A STEAK AND A BEER TO CELEBRATE HER VINDICATION?

Ah folks? The lady was spot on and deserves mad props.

If there’s a special election goopers will put up a fresh faced gooper not carrying the baggage.

The brand image is hopefully enough at some point.

cinnamonape @ 117

Here are a few possibilities…Sam Aanestad California State Senate

Dave Cox California State Senate
Rick Keene California State Assembly
Tim Leslie California State Assembly
George Magnuson Mayor of Rocklin
Robin Sutherland Nevada County Supervisor
Jack Sweeney El Dorado County Supervisor

I’m not sure if Dave Cox is in CD-4 because he lives in Fair Oaks, but Tim Leslie is in CD-3 (I know that because he ran in the primary in 2004 against Lungren) Sweeney would be in 3 too.

Like I said before I’d bet on Gaines … or, if they go the shady route … those two young Republicans who got on the Sierra College board of Supes who got the Superintendent of Sierra College fired for what turned out to be nothing (ala the USAttnys)

ccmask @ 141

I wish the Whisky Bar was still open. I miss him a lot….

Yup, every day.

cinnamonape @ 160

This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!

Wow, the hubris of implying the raid had to do with Julie and not his own damn self. WOW!

looseheadprop @ 163

OK

Everybody is overlooking something really important.

And this is a not so subtle hint to her friends and former colleages.

WHO IS TAKIN CAROL LAM OUT FOR A STEAK AND A BEER TO CELEBRATE HER VINDICATION?

Ah folks? The lady was spot on and deserves mad props.

I’ll contribute to that cause.

Mary McCurnin @ 149

There is NO way a republican will when in Doolittle’s district. Charlie Brown almost won last time. The district is conservative but even they learn eventually.
I live in the district right next to Doolittle’s and we are stuck with terrible Dan Lungren. His days are numbered, too. He is still behind Bush and supporting McCain. Stupid is as stupid does.

Y’know…I wonder when the Anti-War protestors are going to start sitting in LUNDGREN’s District Office rather than Doris Matsui’s and Nancy Pelosi’s!

cinnamonape @ 160

This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!

Maybe the warrant was for Julie, because they were looking for the money laundering evidence in HER records, etc., and he’s just going to try to pretend he never knew.

TeddySanFran @
167

cinnamonape @ 160

This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!

Wow, the hubris of implying the raid had to do with Julie and not his own damn self. WOW!

I think somebody is gonna be doin’ a lot of couch sleepin’ from here on out.

cinnamonape @ 159

This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!

They could have stuck the dismount if they’d referred to her as simply “the wife”. As it stands, the irony judges will only give it a 9.5.

ccmask @ 103

Looks like Dolittle is gonna need a fundraiser. I love this place, man!

So long as Mrs. Doo Little’s Old Glory Flag-waving Christianist Dominion Fundraising CO, Inc. gets its 15 percent we’re good to go.

lhp—

We give up, who?

Busted

“Brand image”

Didn’t work with Cunningham. Voters knew that he was a crook but didn’t transfer that to the new gooper candidate (Who was just comin off a short career as a fuckin LOBBYIST”)

I hope a dem wins- but it will take a come from behind effort.

Of course in our case we had a pisspoor candidate.

Ah! NPR news just reported the reaid on Doolittle’s home. Mentioned confirmation by lawyer for Doolittle, followed by D’s wife was [employed] by Abramoff. Do they know something we haven’t seen yet? Warrant maybe indicates searching Julie’s stuff instead of/as well as his?

hahaha Frank

hackworth @ 173

ccmask @ 103

Looks like Dolittle is gonna need a fundraiser. I love this place, man!

So long as Mrs. Doo Little’s Old Glory Flag-waving Christianist Dominion Fundraising CO, Inc. gets its 15 percent we’re good to go.

So now that they owe $81,000, does she have to pony up 15% of that?

john in sacramento @
165

cinnamonape @ 117

Here are a few possibilities…Sam Aanestad California State Senate

Dave Cox California State Senate
Rick Keene California State Assembly
Tim Leslie California State Assembly
George Magnuson Mayor of Rocklin
Robin Sutherland Nevada County Supervisor
Jack Sweeney El Dorado County Supervisor

I’m not sure if Dave Cox is in CD-4 because he lives in Fair Oaks, but Tim Leslie is in CD-3 (I know that because he ran in the primary in 2004 against Lungren) Sweeney would be in 3 too.

Like I said before I’d bet on Gaines … or, if they go the shady route … those two young Republicans who got on the Sierra College board of Supes who got the Superintendent of Sierra College fired for what turned out to be nothing (ala the USAttnys)

Edit: The Young Repub’s forced the Superintendent to resign

eCAHNomics @ 158

ccmask @ 154

The package bore a U.S. Postal Service stamp recording that it had been received at a Virginia post office at 9:01 a.m. ET Monday, about an hour and 45 minutes after Cho shot two people in the West Ambler Johnston residence hall on the Virginia Tech campus and shortly before Cho entered Norris Hall, where he killed 30 more people.

msnbc link

9:01am sounds like he was waiting there when the door opened.

On weekdays the US Post Offices open at 7:30 AM.

please excuse my light hearted OT quips, which seem out of place next to the MSNBC shooter photo @ 144.

just trying to buffer the onslaught of bad news, in the interest of my own health I guess.

[a horrible photo, now instantly burned into the soul of America]

eCAHNomics @ 162

cinnamonape @ 160

This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!

Is his wife a dog? Link pics please.

She’s his Big Dog!

commondreams

Funny how he insisted on paying her the 15% cut of all contributions even when it meant the campaign went into debt and he had to solicit even more contributions (for which she would get an additional 15% to pay her.

For some reason he never though to simply ask her to bear the debt!

lhp – WHO??!! McNulty?

eCAHNomics @ 162 asks:

Is his wife a dog? Link pics please.

Rings and Doolittles in Happier times

When will the moonbat, left-wing FBI stop persecuting the Republicans alone?

-GSD

Who’s running the FBI now? Can you iMAgine how awful it must feel to be run a highly visible department charged with enforcing the laws, when the person you report to is both incompetent and criminal? The mind boggles.

That they can do these raids in the current political climate speaks, imho, to their adherence to the principle that we are a nation of laws, not of men. Kudos.

cinnamonape @ 182

eCAHNomics @ 162

cinnamonape @ 160
This from Doolittle’s lawyers statement about the raid that I thought was laugh your ass off funny!

“Because of the pending Abramoff investigation, I am not going to confirm or deny that the Doolittle’s home was raided,” Barger said. “The congressman continues to be fully supportive of his wife Julie and believes that the truth ultimately will prevail.”

JULIE DID IT!
IT’S JULIE’S FAULT!
THEY RAIDED THE HOME BECAUSE OF JULIE- NOT ME!

Talk about throwing your wife to the dogs!
————
Is his wife a dog? Link pics please.

She’s his Big Dog!

commondreams

Funny how he insisted on paying her the 15% cut of all contributions even when it meant the campaign went into debt and he had to solicit even more contributions (for which she would get an additional 15% to pay her.

For some reason he never though to simply ask her to bear the debt!

Creative Financing the Jack Abramoff Way! The suckers will never find out.

Gunga Djinn @ 181

please excuse my light hearted OT quips, which seem out of place next to the MSNBC shooter photo @ 144.

just trying to buffer the onslaught of bad news, in the interest of my own health I guess.

[a horrible photo, now instantly burned into the soul of America]

Yeah, obviously NBC took the time to copy the stuff before they gave it to the FBI. I’m sooo not glad I saw that pic

Marcy likes beer.

egregious @ 174

lhp—

We give up, who?

Thanks for asking eg. I am waiting too.

lolo

cinnanonape @ 182
Thanks for answering all my questions in one post. Actually pic on thinkprogress is much more flattering.
thinkprogress

New thread from Howie Klein.

Donating to NARAL is Not Going to Help Protect a Woman’s Right to Choice

“Big Dog”

Is that his wife or his mistress?

I just received a very expensive flyer in the mail from Congressman Tim Mahoney. Its called “Standing Up for Florida Farmers”. Basically it is a call to relax the burden of paying estate taxes on farmland because it will reduce our food supply. He is fighting for legislation that ranchers be exempt from paying estate tax as long as it stays in the family. Of course, the fact that he owns a big ranch has nothing to do with it, I’m sure (not). Doesn’t mention the missing bees, though. I would think that is more important than the estate tax. I’ll bet his ranch has the obligatory cows grazing on it to get his tax break like most of them down here do. I’m sorry, but this guy has to go. Gop in Dem clothing.

Also, it would be something if the material found at msnbc was sent by Bushco to keep these guys busy.

GSD @ 185

When will the moonbat, left-wing FBI stop persecuting the Republicans alone? -GSD

707

lolo and LS, now I’m thinking our looseheadprop was asking the folks who are Carol Lam’s colleagues to take her out.

john in sacramento @ 165

cinnamonape @ 117

Here are a few possibilities…Sam Aanestad California State Senate

Dave Cox California State Senate
Rick Keene California State Assembly
Tim Leslie California State Assembly
George Magnuson Mayor of Rocklin
Robin Sutherland Nevada County Supervisor
Jack Sweeney El Dorado County Supervisor

I’m not sure if Dave Cox is in CD-4 because he lives in Fair Oaks, but Tim Leslie is in CD-3 (I know that because he ran in the primary in 2004 against Lungren) Sweeney would be in 3 too.

Like I said before I’d bet on Gaines … or, if they go the shady route … those two young Republicans who got on the Sierra College board of Supes who got the Superintendent of Sierra College fired for what turned out to be nothing (ala the USAttnys)

If they ran you can bet that there’d be an army of students out working against them. Weren’t they almost recalled? Not a lot of love there for them!

I’d love to see the property records of just who owns the land around the proposed Auburn Dam site to see a) who will have to be paid reimbursement for property lost, and b) who will have property at the level of the lake shore that will be set to have high value resort development! Bet they are all big time Doolittle supporters!

egregious @
197

lolo and LS, now I’m thinking our looseheadprop was asking the folks who are Carol Lam’s colleagues to take her out.

Tis a puzzlement!

Brisingamen @ 180

eCAHNomics @ 158

ccmask @ 154
The package bore a U.S. Postal Service stamp recording that it had been received at a Virginia post office at 9:01 a.m. ET Monday, about an hour and 45 minutes after Cho shot two people in the West Ambler Johnston residence hall on the Virginia Tech campus and shortly before Cho entered Norris Hall, where he killed 30 more people.

msnbc link
————

9:01am sounds like he was waiting there when the door opened.

On weekdays the US Post Offices open at 7:30 AM.

Our post office opens at 8:30 AM to 4:30 pm.

OT: Anyone know whether FDL has an RSS feed that covers all our sterling comments? I get a feed that has all of the Mods’ posts, but none of this deathless repartee… Too bad so sad… /OT

hackworth @ 173

ccmask @ 103

Looks like Dolittle is gonna need a fundraiser. I love this place, man!

So long as Mrs. Doo Little’s Old Glory Flag-waving Christianist Dominion Fundraising CO, Inc. gets its 15 percent we’re good to go.

DOMINION…doesn’t that hearken to the Christian Reconstructionist “Dominionism”? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominionism

Or maybe that should be “Domin[atrix]ion”.

Is she a Mormon, too? I didn’t think there were into the Rushdoony-loonyism!

Why would Cho go to the trouble of filing off the serial numbers on his two guns, have the receipt for one of the guns on him, and then send all that material to NBC. Whackadoodle doo.

eCAHNomics @ 178

hackworth @ 173

ccmask @ 103
Looks like Dolittle is gonna need a fundraiser. I love this place, man!
————

So long as Mrs. Doo Little’s Old Glory Flag-waving Christianist Dominion Fundraising CO, Inc. gets its 15 percent we’re good to go.

So now that they owe $81,000, does she have to pony up 15% of that?

Nope! Doolittle said that she is a creditor!

egregious @ 174

lhp—

We give up, who?

EG
I don’t understand. Her friends and colleages better be taking her out to celebrate. Her case is evidently going forward, the FBI is still carrying the ball even though the SAC “resigned ” after sticking up for her.

EG, she’s winning. She may have lost the battle (i.e. her job), but right now it looks like she is winning the war.

For a “real” public corruption prosecutor, that’s what counts.

George Tenet new 500-page tell-all book due out April 30, and Tenet’s “60 Minutes” interview airs April 29th.

washingtonpost

More bad news for Bush and GOP.

Re: D.C. Madam (from Faux News online – 4/13)

“Palfrey said she has 46 pounds of phone records that could expose more than 10,000 clients. Her civil attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, said he gave those records to ABC television so it could assist in identifying clients who could testify that the escort service did not engage in prostitution.

ABC said it plans to a story on Palfrey on its prime-time news program “20/20″ next month.”

Can you say damage control…

cinnamonape @ 198

If they ran you can bet that there’d be an army of students out working against them. Weren’t they almost recalled? Not a lot of love there for them!

I’d love to see the property records of just who owns the land around the proposed Auburn Dam site to see a) who will have to be paid reimbursement for property lost, and b) who will have property at the level of the lake shore that will be set to have high value resort development! Bet they are all big time Doolittle supporters!

Yup, and yup.

And BTW I’m probably mistaken about Sweeney, he might be in 4 too because part of El Dorado County is in 4; I just thought of Leslie (Tahoe City) and made an assumption that Tahoe City and points south were in CD-3

S.O.S. from MA @ 186

Who’s running the FBI now? Can you iMAgine how awful it must feel to be run a highly visible department charged with enforcing the laws, when the person you report to is both incompetent and criminal? The mind boggles.

That they can do these raids in the current political climate speaks, imho, to their adherence to the principle that we are a nation of laws, not of men. Kudos.

It is a cliche in law enforcement that the quality of a police department is = the quality of its sargents.

I think the quality of this FBI is = to the qaulity of its SACs. Those jobes have not been coopeted yet.

(SAC= Supervising Agent in Charge of a given feild office. sort of like the FBI counterpart to a local USA)

LS @ 203

Why would Cho go to the trouble of filing off the serial numbers on his two guns, have the receipt for one of the guns on him, and then send all that material to NBC. Whackadoodle doo.

Maybe they were filed off BEFORE he bought them…stolen?

cinnamonape @ 210

LS @ 203

Why would Cho go to the trouble of filing off the serial numbers on his two guns, have the receipt for one of the guns on him, and then send all that material to NBC. Whackadoodle doo.

Maybe they were filed off BEFORE he bought them…stolen?

I thought about that too, but he had to get the background checks from a dealer (which he did), and I would assume the dealer would have to have a record of the serial number on a gun before releasing it to a purchaser (even though he bought the gun(s) online.

john in sacramento @ 208

cinnamonape @ 198

If they ran you can bet that there’d be an army of students out working against them. Weren’t they almost recalled? Not a lot of love there for them!

I’d love to see the property records of just who owns the land around the proposed Auburn Dam site to see a) who will have to be paid reimbursement for property lost, and b) who will have property at the level of the lake shore that will be set to have high value resort development! Bet they are all big time Doolittle supporters!

Yup, and yup.

And BTW I’m probably mistaken about Sweeney, he might be in 4 too because part of El Dorado County is in 4; I just thought of Leslie (Tahoe City) and made an assumption that Tahoe City and points south were in CD-3

Remember that California Assembly and State Senate Districts might not be concordant with Congressional Districts. In fact the Assembly and State Senate Districts are not even concordant!

I do know that Doolittle had a primary opponent that lost. He was far more liberal than Doolittle and got clobbered, AIRC.

lhp—We misunderstood. When you said we were overlooking something important and who was taking Carol Lam out for steak and a beer, it sounded like we should try to guess who already was taking her out.

Ooops.

The ATF know where just about every gun is in this nation.

By the way, there are some good comments on the Sacbee site already regarding the Doolittle Raid. I really hate that it is a registration-required site, but I need to be there because I am deeply involved in the current land-use issues in East Sacramento (CHW and Sutter expansion plans vs. homeowners and other stakeholders).

ccmask @ 214

The ATF know where just about every gun is in this nation.

I wish that were true.

LS @ 204

Why would Cho go to the trouble of filing off the serial numbers on his two guns, have the receipt for one of the guns on him, and then send all that material to NBC. Whackadoodle doo.

We will never know for sure, but I am willing to bet that Cho was in the grip of a serious psychosis. His lack of response/affect (paying more attention to voices?) and just this sort of illogical behavior is classic. I know from personal experience.

Brown responds to FBI raid

Woodhall Hollow @ 217

LS @ 204

Why would Cho go to the trouble of filing off the serial numbers on his two guns, have the receipt for one of the guns on him, and then send all that material to NBC. Whackadoodle doo.

We will never know for sure, but I am willing to bet that Cho was in the grip of a serious psychosis. His lack of response/affect (paying more attention to voices?) and just this sort of illogical behavior is classic. I know from personal experience.

A very tortured young man.

cinnamonape @ 169

Mary McCurnin @ 149

There is NO way a republican will when in Doolittle’s district. Charlie Brown almost won last time. The district is conservative but even they learn eventually.
I live in the district right next to Doolittle’s and we are stuck with terrible Dan Lungren. His days are numbered, too. He is still behind Bush and supporting McCain. Stupid is as stupid does.

Y’know…I wonder when the Anti-War protestors are going to start sitting in LUNDGREN’s District Office rather than Doris Matsui’s and Nancy Pelosi’s!

I have been to Lungren’s office twice in the past two months. Meet with his staff. He was not there. There are people in the district who are working hard on getting him out.

cinnamonape @ 212

I’d love to see the property records of just who owns the land around the proposed Auburn Dam site to see a) who will have to be paid reimbursement for property lost, and b) who will have property at the level of the lake shore that will be set to have high value resort development! Bet they are all big time Doolittle supporters!

LTE – Sac Bee

The dam truth about Doolittle?

Re “Myths about the Auburn dam,” letter, Dec. 4: Being new to the area, I’ve tried to figure out why Congressman John Doolittle has been pushing the Auburn dam so persistently. Over the last 20 years, most of the well-informed opinion on dams that I’ve read has been that new, large hydroelectric dams are not economically or environmentally sound investments. Does the congressman, I wondered, have special knowledge that contradicts these findings, or is there some other motivation? Then one day I learned that some residents in Cool are in favor of the dam because their property would be next to the newly formed lake. Shortly after that, I learned that the dam would require that a bridge be built to Cool for Highway 49. Is it possible that Doolittle’s motivation is an economic one based on development in Cool? I hate to be so cynical, but after learning about Julie Doolittle’s 15 percent, I’m able to believe that the congressman is pushing the dam to further the interests of developers who would find some way to reward the congressman.

– Thomas Cluster, Lincoln

cinnamonape @ 212

I do know that Doolittle had a primary opponent that lost. He was far more liberal than Doolittle and got clobbered, AIRC.

That would have been Auburn Mayor, Mike Holmes.

Not so much liberal but rational

ccmask @ 214

The ATF know where just about every gun is in this nation.

I seriously doubt that…

y’all do know there is a new thread...

egregious @ 213

lhp—We misunderstood. When you said we were overlooking something important and who was taking Carol Lam out for steak and a beer, it sounded like we should try to guess who already was taking her out.

Ooops.

Ah, now I understand. No, I meant that no one should overlook giving props to the lady who made it all possible

ccmask @ 214

The ATF know where just about every gun is in this nation.

You are trying to make me laugh myself silly, right? I have some good buds in ATF and they will be the first to tell you that this country is going to sink into the sea from the weight of all the guns (and other things that go boom) that are here illegally.

Peterr @ 74

From Charlie Brown’s website, dated yesterday:

Ring is now the 2nd Abramoff associate to leave the law firm of Barnes and Thornberg. The first, Neil Volz, left just months before he pled guilty in the Abramoff inquiry. Volz eventually helped federal prosecutors indict his former boss, the now imprisoned former Ohio Congressman Bob Ney. According to press reports, the Ring resignation could foreshadow things to come–stay tuned. Read more here.

Even Karl Rove has taken notice, and shown a willingness to try almost anything to retain CA-04. In a recent powerpoint from Rove’s office, Doolittle was listed as the #11 most vulnerable GOP incumbent in 2008.

He may have just cracked the top 10.

(Click through for embedded links.)

And after this news, I think Doolittle may have just claimed the top spot on that list.

Ah, even more PRE in the PuRgE.

Do Little is one of the biggest dickuses California has spawned in the last few years. He’s been calling environmentalists “terrorists” since the early 80’s. He’s corrupt and morally repugnant. It’s about f-ing time.

Hooray for Ring!!!

laurie9 @
78

How would they know when he mailed it? He didn’t just put it in a mailbox? The only way a timestamp would be valid is if he drove off campus and stood in line at the Post office to mail it. Or am I missing something?

Perhaps there is a campus P.O. that he used? If the package were bulky, it would have to be weighed to determine proper postage.

They have machines that do this, you just put the item on the scale, the machine weighs it and spits out the appropriate postage with date/time stamp. CNN said it was “overnite mail” but the address was incorrect, thus it took two days.

looseheadprop @
224

ccmask @ 214

The ATF know where just about every gun is in this nation.

You are trying to make me laugh myself silly, right? I have some good buds in ATF and they will be the first to tell you that this country is going to sink into the sea from the weight of all the guns (and other things that go boom) that are here illegally.

And here I had thought it was going to sink into the sea from the weight of ancient Reader’s Digests and National Geographics in people’s basements.

tejanarusa @ 175

Ah! NPR news just reported the reaid on Doolittle’s home. Mentioned confirmation by lawyer for Doolittle, followed by D’s wife was [employed] by Abramoff. Do they know something we haven’t seen yet? Warrant maybe indicates searching Julie’s stuff instead of/as well as his?

kirk murphy @ 50

Anothe eco-raper bites the dust?

Sweet.

If we’re lucky, there’s a twofer.

Julie Doolittle’s also up a creek (polluted, of course)

The Washington Post reported on the “connections” between Rep. Doolittle and Jack Abramoff. Kevin A. Ring, “Doolittle’s chief of staff in the mid-1990s and now a lobbyist for the city of Lincoln, worked for Abramoff. Doolittle’s wife, Julie, also worked for Abramoff and his firm raising funds for a charity the lobbyist had created.

“‘Two sources close to the investigation said that Ring, while working [for] Abramoff, was an intermediary in the hiring of Julie Doolittle’s firm, Sierra Dominion Financial Solutions Inc., which last year [2004] received a subpoena from the grand jury investigating Abramoff,’ the Post reported.” [1]

http://recoveringliberal.com/?p=435
Rep. John Doolittle – (R-CA) House Appropriations Committee member.
(1) Abramoff hired Doolittle’s wife Julia to fundraise for a nonprofit organization he founded and frequently used as conduit for the millions of dollars he received in fees from Indian tribes. Documents connected to fundraising Julia did for Abramoff have been subpoenaed. Doolittle used Abramoff’s Washington skybox for a fundraiser without reporting it, and used a restaurant Abramoff used to own. A former Doolittle staffer, Kevin Ring, works at Abramoff’s firm. Doolittle received $140,000 in donations from Abramoff, Ring, et al, plus $127,000 from the tribes to his various PACs.
(2) Got about $46,000 from Wilkes and his associates, according to FOXNews.com and San Jose Mercury-News. George W. Gekas – (R-PA) Got Wilkes money.

Republicans in trouble. Don’t you just love it.

Interesting that Doolittle doesn’t have the obligatory giant flag pin on his left lapel. Instead, he has what could be a gold coin on his right lapel.

Is it just me or does Doolittle have a bit of a Ken Starr look about him.