zed?

Doing the zed dance for lolo. Then brb

Teddy!

Hypocrisy? I’m beginning to feel energized and quite radical.

TSF!!! Once again, the reality is far stranger than anyone’s fiction could ever be.

The Grand Unified Scandal Theory!

Hmmm you don’t know the fundies like I know them.

If this is true (re Monica) and it gets published somehow, warch the explosions. Very, very interesting indeed.

Teddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG

So, is Dowd pimpin’???? I wonder how Monica’s gonna pay for her legal defense??

This just gets more amazing by the minute.

I just had another thought. DC Madam…Do you think she handed out tasty “cookies”????

“I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s awfully hard to satirize people who keep outdoing your best efforts.” — Tom Tomorrow

What is interesting me about the assistant is the confidentiality issue – she will have had access to a great deal of confidential/personal information in both jobs. I’m curious about possibly overlapping client bases.

yup, and no one suffers more then our commander in chief about the Iraq war or is that the “commander guy?”.
I can’t keep his names straight.
I just wished we could call him “Impeached”!!!!!

Oklahoma turns 100 this year.

OK, tinfoil hat time: What if, my dog I can’t believe I’m typing this, what if, Monica got referred to Dowd in the first place by knowing the secretary from dealings through the secretary’s night job? What if they were friends/acquaintances from PMA and that’s how Monica came to ask John Dowd to represent her? Would explain the crying jag and a whole host of other “coinky-dinkys”

Just wonderin’ is all, not sayin’, just wonderin’.

Oooh Teddy. Thanks for keeping us up to date on this one. More to come…

Recall, if you will, Keith Olbermann’s wonderment that Monica Goodling’s attorney was the powerful John M. Dowd. KO knew of Dowd’s 1989 authorship of the Pete Rose gambling report in 1989 for Major League Baseball Commissioner Giamatti. KO seemed bemused that Goodling would rate such a truly heavy-hitter (as a partner, he heads the criminal defense section at AkinGump).

I’m loving this.
Poor Monica. She cried because she may lose her job. Any compassion for the 8 she helped fire? And wasn’t there a story about her firing someone on the spot for some nebulous reason?
Little Monica, you were used. And, sweetie pie, if you find your conscience and tell the truth to Congress, your old boss will slime you and make you pay a very steep price. But since you’ve used this tactic yourself, I’m sure you’ll understand.

In the Duke Cunningham scandal weren’t some of the hookers male? I thought that I heard something to that effect.

After all, a good host makes sure that his/hers guests’ tastes are taken care of, no?

Redshift @ 3

Teddy!

Hello, you lucky Webb constituent! Have you asked your other Senator if he supports the Clinton/Byrd plan? It’s so like his January proposal, I wonder if Warner will hop aboard the train.

Phoenix Woman @ 6

The Grand Unified Scandal Theory!

As they circle the drain, they spin closer and closer to one another.

Is Goodling where the scandals touch?

Phoenix Woman @ 6

The Grand Unified Scandal Theory!

GUTS – The Grand Unified Theory of Scandal:

All scandals converge.

A lot is happening and I hear nothing from the ‘front runners’.

The more this story unfolds, the more I keep giggling like a teenager. But it looks like ABC kind of hoodwinked our madame. Well, perhaps Ms. Palfrey ought to just take that phone list, scan it into a computer, and “dump” it onto the internet.
The internet sharks will feast on that list. Nothing but bones would be left…and lots and lots of interesting names.

Ghostman

noen @ 17

In the Duke Cunningham scandal weren’t some of the hookers male? I thought that I heard something to that effect.

After all, a good host makes sure that his/hers guests’ tastes are taken care of, no?

I recall rumblings of the same noise. I think especially concerning Dusty-boy.

“nothing is shocking any more”

Never say never, and never say nothing. I’m sure there’s more to come.

Fern @ 10

What is interesting me about the assistant is the confidentiality issue – she will have had access to a great deal of confidential/personal information in both jobs. I’m curious about possibly overlapping client bases.

I would bet that AkinGump’s confidentiality paperwork is more ironclad than Pamela Martin & Associates’, if any exists at all for the latter.

dakine01 @ 2

Doing the zed dance for lolo. Then brb

I am so embarrassed about the last zed. I posted the zed and all the other ones before I read what the topic it was about. Please forgive me for being a jerk firepups. I know I should behave when we have guests. Hey how was the guests anyhow? I had to do a zed-by because I had a friend over for a haircut, now off to read Teddy’s post.

lolo

dakine01 @ 13

OK, tinfoil hat time: What if, my dog I can’t believe I’m typing this, what if, Monica got referred to Dowd in the first place by knowing the secretary from dealings through the secretary’s night job? What if they were friends/acquaintances from PMA and that’s how Monica came to ask John Dowd to represent her? Would explain the crying jag and a whole host of other “coinky-dinkys”

Just wonderin’ is all, not sayin’, just wonderin’.

You stole my chapeau!

TeddySanFran @ 27

dakine01 @ 13

OK, tinfoil hat time: What if, my dog I can’t believe I’m typing this, what if, Monica got referred to Dowd in the first place by knowing the secretary from dealings through the secretary’s night job? What if they were friends/acquaintances from PMA and that’s how Monica came to ask John Dowd to represent her? Would explain the crying jag and a whole host of other “coinky-dinkys”

Just wonderin’ is all, not sayin’, just wonderin’.

You stole my chapeau!

I think I just typed what was beamin’ in from a lot of folks hats, doncha know! :})

GUTS

So…so…so you mean there is only one scandal now. Oh, I’m so disappointed. Well, at least it involves sex.

Seriously, could Monica have been moonlighting with the DCMadam, as well? 45 minutes of crying to your boss? Well, that’s a “my life is falling apart and I could go to jail” kind of cry.

Well, perhaps Ms. Palfrey ought to just take that phone list, scan it into a computer, and “dump” it onto the internet.
The internet sharks will feast on that list. Nothing but bones would be left…and lots and lots of interesting names.

But, but Brian Ross of ABC said that the names on the list are “boring”.

And ABC wouldn’t lie or cover for the admin, would they? [/snark]

dakine01 @ 23

noen @ 17

In the Duke Cunningham scandal weren’t some of the hookers male? I thought that I heard something to that effect.

After all, a good host makes sure that his/hers guests’ tastes are taken care of, no?

I recall rumblings of the same noise. I think especially concerning Dusty-boy.

It is the hypocrisy of this scum that bothers me the most, as a GLBT person myself, I don’t really care about whom they choose for partners. But the unbridled hypocrisy of having a public face of being against gay marriage while at night you’re barebacking with some young stud… if true… that is what really pisses me off.

I keep hearing that DC’s social/political life is incestuous. If the scandals merge, it would be an excellent example. (I almost typed ‘good’ example, but that’s certainly not the correct word here!)

I was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

I gotta admit I wouldn’t mind slipping her the ol’ “cocktail weenie”.

jayt @ 30

Well, perhaps Ms. Palfrey ought to just take that phone list, scan it into a computer, and “dump” it onto the internet.
The internet sharks will feast on that list. Nothing but bones would be left…and lots and lots of interesting names.

But, but Brian Ross of ABC said that the names on the list are “boring”.

And ABC wouldn’t lie or cover for the admin, would they? [/snark]

No more than they would produce a sham documentary that blamed 911 on Clinton.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – A U.S. document proposing a detailed May-to-August timeline for easing Palestinian movement and improving Israeli security was being reviewed by the Palestinian leadership on Saturday, even as the top Hamas leader dismissed the plan as a “farce.”

Also Saturday, Islamic Jihad militants fired three rockets toward Israel, damaging a house in the town of Sderot, to avenge the killing of three members of the group by Israeli undercover troops a day earlier.

Riesz Fischer @ 33

I was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

I gotta admit I wouldn’t mind slipping her the ol’ “cocktail weenie”.

A link to it is on FDL 2 threads back near the bottom of the thread. She looks pretty hot in that picture.

I did not realize that David Lat had left Wonkette.

The Palestinians have as much right to be treated as human beings as do the Israelis.

This gets a little stranger:

William Keisling, the author of the Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna, has investigated extensively the death of assistant US attorney Jonathan Luna.

This was a gruesome death, where Luna disappeared from his office, leaving his cell phone, laptop and glasses needed for driving. He “drove” around for a while leaving credit card clues and ended up in a ditch, his Honda idling, drowning after suffering 36 stab wounds, genital mutilation and horrible defensive wounds on his hands. The DOJ and FBI floated suicide as a possibility although it was later revealed he was stabbed in the back.

Comey fired the US attorney DiBiagio who was in charge of Luna’s office. Too much to tell.

Palfrey, the DC Madam just contacted the author, William Keisling, to accompany her and her lawyer to Palfrey’s hearing in DC. She related her concerns to him about the death of a former Maryland professor who went to work for her as an escort. It is alleged she committed suicide a few months ago.

Riesz Fischer @ 32

I was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

I gotta admit I wouldn’t mind slipping her the ol’ “cocktail weenie”.

monica

It seems like karma has caught up with the Republics after all of these years of their santimoneous investigations and pronouncements.

Yea, Teddy, but you still didn’t connect Niger forgeries with the DC madam. Can you work on that? With all those Italian spies visiting DC and Michael Ledeen in his natural role as a pimp, there may still be an opportunity for you here.

noen @ 31 says:

t is the hypocrisy of this scum that bothers me the most, as a GLBT person myself, I don’t really care about whom they choose for partners. But the unbridled hypocrisy of having a public face of being against gay marriage while at night you’re barebacking with some young stud… if true… that is what really pisses me off.

Agreed. I could not give a tinker’s damn about the private lifes of these idiots and scum. EXCEPT when they use their office to malign or discriminate against other citizens, then all bets are off

I don’t care if Monica WAS moonlighting, just as I don’t care about those who called PMA unless they’ve been among those who have worked to make life more miserable for the rest of us. Although I will admit, it is a bit of a snark to think about the poster child for Pat Robertson U being caught up in a call-girl/escort scandal.

noen @ 33

jayt @ 30

Well, perhaps Ms. Palfrey ought to just take that phone list, scan it into a computer, and “dump” it onto the internet.
The internet sharks will feast on that list. Nothing but bones would be left…and lots and lots of interesting names.

But, but Brian Ross of ABC said that the names on the list are “boring”.

And ABC wouldn’t lie or cover for the admin, would they? [/snark]

No more than they would produce a sham documentary that blamed 911 on Clinton.

Well, there *is* that.

I’m sure it was all just a misunderstanding.

Thanks for the post TSF. Based on prior experience with Monica types, I would guess that she has no f*cking clue as to where her professional relationships end and her personal relationships begin.

TeddySanFran @ 25

Fern @ 10

What is interesting me about the assistant is the confidentiality issue – she will have had access to a great deal of confidential/personal information in both jobs. I’m curious about possibly overlapping client bases.

I would bet that AkinGump’s confidentiality paperwork is more ironclad than Pamela Martin & Associates’, if any exists at all for the latter.

Could she (the assistant) have had a conflict of interest and/or divided loyalties?

More scandal! Yum!

Boston1775 @ 39

This gets a little stranger:

William Keisling, the author of the Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna, has investigated extensively the death of assistant US attorney Jonathan Luna.

This was a gruesome death, where Luna disappeared from his office, leaving his cell phone, laptop and glasses needed for driving. He “drove” around for a while leaving credit card clues and ended up in a ditch, his Honda idling, drowning after suffering 36 stab wounds, genital mutilation and horrible defensive wounds on his hands. The DOJ and FBI floated suicide as a possibility although it was later revealed he was stabbed in the back.

Comey fired the US attorney DiBiagio who was in charge of Luna’s office. Too much to tell.

Palfrey, the DC Madam just contacted the author, William Keisling, to accompany her and her lawyer to Palfrey’s hearing in DC. She related her concerns to him about the death of a former Maryland professor who went to work for her as an escort. It is alleged she committed suicide a few months ago.

Just before he went offline, Billmon was writing quite a bit on the Bush Mafia Crime Family. He wasn’t joking about the comparison either. Some people believe there is a trail of dead reaching far back that follows the Bushes.

The Iraqis fighting against the oppressors, occupiers and colonialists who are are killing their women and children and stealing their resources are “militants”. Oh well. That clears everything up.

The puzzlement over Monica taking the Fifth so suddenly may be explained in this connection as well. Recall that, at the time, there was much head-shaking over her doing so. We have more evidence of wrongdoing now, in her role at DoJ, but if she and Sampson never saw the delegation-of-authority memo, might she have thought she was acting within the letter of the law regarding the USA firings?

So, about what criminal wrongdoing did she need to take the Fifth?

Here is a McNulty connection, and some scandal linkies. The Nation yesterday had a good update on Wolfie-Gate.. But the reference to “Cleveland” leads to more scandal-topia.

In the Paul and Shaha saga, the work (or non-work) of the Foundation for the Future is not the main issue. Riza ended up there after a Wolfowitz friend (Anwar) wrote the Bank and asked for Riza to be detailed to the foundation–and a Wolfowitz crony (Cleveland) said yes. Whether such actions violate any Bank rules, this is incestuous.

Robin Cleveland was part of the BOEING SCANDAL. She had to leave OMB, but Wolfie gave her and several other of his cronies jobs at the World Bank at $250 K a year-more than Riza got and tax free. MSNBC had a report over a year ago. It does seem “Iraqi Reconstruction” leads to the biggest crooks.

While Ms. Cleveland has been credited with helping President George W. Bush push through massive budgets to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, she was also deeply involved in the planning for post-war reconstruction in Iraq.

Before moving to OMB, she served in senior roles on the Senate foreign relations and appropriations committees as a staffer to Mitch McConnell, a Republican Kentucky senator. “There is not an ideological bone in her body but nobody is neutral about her in this town,” said one former congressional aide who worked with Ms. Cleveland. “For better or worse, she was one of the great or awful unsung people involved in much of the Iraq effort,” the former aide added.

Last year, Ms. Cleveland also became embroiled in the Boeing tanker scandal when the Justice Department investigated allegations of conflict of interest between her and James Roche, the former air force secretary.

Robin Cleveland tried to get a job for her brother Peter.

In mid-2003, OMB’s Robin Cleveland, who supervised all defence and aerospace issues, agreed to allow the lease deal to proceed, but not before asking Roche for a personal favour that is now the subject of an investigation by the US Department of Justice.

“Jim: This is my brother’s stuff,” says a Cleveland email dated 9 May 2003. Attached to the email were the cover letter and resume of sibling Peter Cleveland, who was applying for a legal job at Roche’s former employer. “I would appreciate anything you can do to help with NG [Northrop Grumman]. I would be grateful.”

Roche quickly complied with her request, then replied to the White House official: “Be well. Smile. Give tankers now (oops, did I say that? My new deal is terrific.) :) Jim.”

This case also includes REDACTED DOCUMENTS and MISSING PENTAGON E-MAILS. Why was Cleveland not prosecuted? Who was the prosecutor in the Boeing scandal? McNulty.

As a May 27 AP story said: In the Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty has created a task force to ferret out instances of procurement fraud. McNulty’s office prosecuted a former top executive for Boeing Co. for illegally negotiating a $250,000 job for an Air Force contracting officer while she held sway over a potential multibillion-dollar contract sought by Boeing.

That contracting officer be Darleen Druyun, who went to the slammer along with the top Boeing exec, Mike Sears.

Badwater @ 41

It seems like karma has caught up with the Republics after all of these years of their santimoneous investigations and pronouncements.

Karma? or Waxman?

OT but, “RIDER”S UP!”

Oh my!!

WH “Liaison”:

“liaison
n 1: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair,
affaire, intimacy, involvement, amour]
2: a channel for communication between groups; “he provided a
liaison with the guerrillas” [syn: link, contact, inter-group
communication]

Source: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Liaison Li`ai`son” (l[-e]`[asl]`z[^o]N”), n. [F., fr. L.
ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. See Ligature, and cf.
Ligation.]
A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an
illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.”

dakine01 @ 43

I don’t care if Monica WAS moonlighting, just as I don’t care about those who called PMA unless they’ve been among those who have worked to make life more miserable for the rest of us. Although I will admit, it is a bit of a snark to think about the poster child for Pat Robertson U being caught up in a call-girl/escort scandal.

The Goddess works in mysterious ways.

Blessed be. ;)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 35 -

analysis from jeff halper:

I think the two-state solution is gone and apartheid is at the door. I do not see any way that “finessing” will liberate enough qualitative land for a viable Palestinian state to emerge.

i am leaning towards agreeing with this view. it may be time (or past time) for an anti-apartheid movement.

In the first moment that my eyes lit on that picture of Madame, I thought it was Rudy Giuliani in another evening dress.

And if there are members of my party, the Democratic Party, involved in this mess, I want them called to account.

It’s funny, another attorney death is now the official reason for McKay’s firing…he seemed to want to get to the bottom of it and “clashed” with Justice over the murder.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..v=hcmodule

Oklahoma kiddo @ 12

Oklahoma turns 100 this year.

Shoot kiddo I didn’t think you were a day over 85 *g*

Oklahoma kiddo @ 57

And if there are members of my party, the Democratic Party, involved in this mess, I want them called to account.

I think they call it a desire for clean and responsive government and nothing to be ashamed of.

The blogger at The Pirate’s Life for Me speculates about the absence of photos of Goodling on the web:

If you’ve been following the mess that is the U.S. Justice Department–I’m sorry, I mean the mess that the DOJ is currently embroiled in–you’ll no doubt have heard the name Monica Goodling. If you haven’t been following things, Ms. Goodling is the aide who was acting as liaison between the DOJ and the White House which put her right in the midst of the brouhaha

But whether or not you’ve heard of Monica Goodling, I’ll bet good money that you haven’t seen a picture of her.

Why is that? She’s been all over the news for weeks, she took the 5th for crying outloud and no one has taken her picture? You can find all sorts of pictures of everyone else involved, why not her? Seriously, do a Google image search on Monica. You’ll find a bunch of possibilities, but nothing definitive.

Clearly this is some sort of conspiracy and once we’ve taken care of Gonzales I want an investigation into this.

That’s his take. I checked a bit too. What I found was a gallery of Regent University alumni at a reunion party BBQ. If you scroll down, you’ll see three photos of her. One of them is the one which has been cropped and is posted at places like TPM as her standard file photo.

Maybe if we drum up some money for Deborah Jean Palfrey’s defense fund, she’ll share HER pictures of Monica with us…

yardbird dat comm

You can read about Keisling’s trip to court with the Madam and then all about the poor guy who was murdered. I still cannot grasp how horrifying this is.

Riesz Fischer @33 ” was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

Yeah, interesting “Black Snake Moan” pose.

http://web.archive.org/web/199…..u/monigoo/

Frank33, that’s very intriguing.

Thanks TeddySanFran!

Ya just can’t make this stuff up.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 21

A lot is happening and I hear nothing from the ‘front runners’.

Who? Rudy Mussolini Guliani?

He is generaly unfazed by scandal. Particularly scandals involving infidelity.

Oh, wait–did you mean our party?
I don’t think the she-Lieberman wants to comment on infidelity, either, what with her husband’s…past.

Elliott @ 66

Thanks TeddySanFran!

Ya just can’t make this stuff up.

Well, if you did make it up, no one would believe you. I’m not sure I believe it all yet, but if it’s true, this will horrify the base.

TeddySanFran @ 68

Elliott @ 66

Thanks TeddySanFran!

Ya just can’t make this stuff up.

Well, if you did make it up, no one would believe you. I’m not sure I believe it all yet, but if it’s true, this will horrify the base.

Sex either sells or horrifies, depending on your perspective.

TeddySanFran @ 50

The puzzlement over Monica taking the Fifth so suddenly may be explained in this connection as well. Recall that, at the time, there was much head-shaking over her doing so. We have more evidence of wrongdoing now, in her role at DoJ, but if she and Sampson never saw the delegation-of-authority memo, might she have thought she was acting within the letter of the law regarding the USA firings?

So, about what criminal wrongdoing did she need to take the Fifth?

Teddy, I asked Marcy this the other day and she chose not to reply. I truly think this is plausible.

solai @ 16

I’m loving this.
Little Monica, you were used. And, sweetie pie, if you find your conscience and tell the truth to Congress, your old boss will slime you and make you pay a very steep price. But since you’ve used this tactic yourself, I’m sure you’ll understand.

EX-ACT-LY. And well said.

Want to talk hypocrisy? George Bush is by far the biggest terrorist on the planet.

Note to self–do NOT ever hire a lawyer from Regent University. Not for nuthin. Not even to mow the lawn or pick up leaves.

Monica seems to be a quite conflicted gal, according to her site. For one thing, she’s a child of a broken home…still seems to worship her Dad…but writes essays on how screwed up divorce makes kids.

http://web.archive.org/web/199…..egkids.htm

Then there is an earlier incident where she cried for an hour with her college RA about something about her sister.

She likes “good Christian boys” that talk dirty about dating and gynecologists. She likes being “kidnapped” by boys. Once had her car completely buried by a bunch of prankster Christian boys – all in good fun- no charges were, of course, filed. The Christian omerta code seems to have held.

cleter @ 67

Oklahoma kiddo @ 21

A lot is happening and I hear nothing from the ‘front runners’.

Who? Rudy Mussolini Guliani?

He is generaly unfazed by scandal. Particularly scandals involving infidelity.

Oh, wait–did you mean our party?
I don’t think the she-Lieberman wants to comment on infidelity, either, what with her husband’s…past.

;0)

Monica is upset only because she got caught. It’s the Repub disease…Not getting caught in a lie is exactly the same as telling the truth!

Riesz Fischer @ 32

I was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

I gotta admit I wouldn’t mind slipping her the ol’ “cocktail weenie”.

Monica Goodling Website

My bet, is even if Monica knew and/or had dealings with the legal secretary/escort, that is the smallest of her present problems. Probably lots of high powered people came in contact with her, and even many of her friends probably had no idea of her side job.

Monica’s real problem is that she seems to finally understand why an inexperienced, though loyal bushie like herself was given so much authority…and it wasn’t for her brilliance. She realizes that she’s a patsy, and her whole world is collapsing around her.

cleter @ 73

Note to self–do NOT ever hire a lawyer from Regent University. Not for nuthin. Not even to mow the lawn or pick up leaves.

My philosophy on hiring attorneys is hire the best murder attorney within 1,000 miles, because no matter how much worse things get, you won’t have to go lawyer shopping again.

mc @ 29

GUTS

So…so…so you mean there is only one scandal now. Oh, I’m so disappointed. Well, at least it involves sex.

Seriously, could Monica have been moonlighting with the DCMadam, as well? 45 minutes of crying to your boss? Well, that’s a “my life is falling apart and I could go to jail” kind of cry.

I think its a “my life was shiny and rocketing toward what they said was my righteous due and now its lying in a heap of crap that might end in prison” kind of cry. Pass her a hankie.

sonate @ 76

Monica is upset only because she got caught. It’s the Repub disease…Not getting caught in a lie is exactly the same as telling the truth!

But what was she caught at?

TeddySanFran @ 68

Elliott @ 66

Thanks TeddySanFran!

Ya just can’t make this stuff up.

Well, if you did make it up, no one would believe you. I’m not sure I believe it all yet, but if it’s true, this will horrify the base.

I don’t know, the right-wing base is remarkable in it’s ability to overlook their own sins. Clinton has a little affair and it’s a major scandal. Bush invites a male prostitute over 200 times and there’s not a peep.

OT but They’re entering the gate…

Hey Oklahoma Kiddo–
Is “she-Lieberman” too mean? too harsh?

I think it’s a stretch to think that Monica is involved with the DC Madame.
But I would like to know who recommended that assistant to Akin Gump.

Ed*ard Teller @ 79

cleter @ 73

Note to self–do NOT ever hire a lawyer from Regent University. Not for nuthin. Not even to mow the lawn or pick up leaves.

My philosophy on hiring attorneys is hire the best murder attorney within 1,000 miles, because no matter how much worse things get, you won’t have to go lawyer shopping again.

Uh, do you…murder…people a lot?

A-a-a-a-n-n-n-d they’re OFF!

Oh God, I love the Kentucky Derby

lolo @ 77

Riesz Fischer @ 32

I was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

I gotta admit I wouldn’t mind slipping her the ol’ “cocktail weenie”.

Monica Goodling Website

Thanks, lolo. A few people have provided links to her website, and it’s much appreciated. But I was having a hard typing a response because the keys on my keyboard are sticking for some reason.

dakine01 @ 83

OT but They’re entering the gate…

THANKS!

From her homepage – Monica:

And smile,
the world can be a good place or a bad place,
depending on which way you look at it.
But it’s a lot better when you’re smiling.

So there you go. World of Regent University = good place.

World of D.C. = good place which turned into a bad place. Until she found a way to see that more people were “smiling”.(?)

Well you may see me tonight, with an illegal smile, it don’t cost very much, but it lasts a long while…

I named this “The Improper Storm” –

Intertwingling Gonzo’s ‘nothing improper’ with the situation of seemingly unrelated scandals overlapping being analogous to the meeting of weather patterns outlined in “The Perfect Storm”.

HST on Churchill Downs:

http://www.derbypost.com/hunter.html

LS @ 54

Oh my!!

WH “Liaison”:

“liaison
n 1: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair,
affaire, intimacy, involvement, amour]
2: a channel for communication between groups; “he provided a
liaison with the guerrillas” [syn: link, contact, inter-group
communication]

Source: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Liaison Li`ai`son” (l[-e]`[asl]`z[^o]N”), n. [F., fr. L.
ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. See Ligature, and cf.
Ligation.]
A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an
illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.”

Sondheim does a wonderful rhyme with “raisins” in A Little Night Music.

”Liaisons,” though, is the one song that is dreary. Save for its usefulness in showing off that Mr. Sondheim could rhyme ”liaisons” with ”raisins,” it is a seemingly interminable dirge

TeddySanFran @ 64

Frank33, that’s very intriguing.

So many scandals, so few blogs.

Just in case no one has put up this link:

http://ladybunny.net/blog/2005…..owers.html

It’s way better than the NYT obit on Wayland. One of our heros, so it goes.

And the winner of your 133 Kentucky Derby is:
Street Sense comes from 19th to win
Hard spun on the place

TeddySanFran @ 68

Elliott @ 66

Thanks TeddySanFran!

Ya just can’t make this stuff up.

Well, if you did make it up, no one would believe you. I’m not sure I believe it all yet, but if it’s true, this will horrify the base.

Dunno. The base is masterful at denial.

AnnieW @ circa #78
“[Monica] realizes that she’s a patsy, and her whole world is collapsing around her.”

I beg to differ (mildly). Your giving Monica the benefit of the doubt because she’s stupid (which might be true). If her education was worth $0.02 (which it maybe wasn’t) she’d know that she was engaged in unethical and illegal activities. I think that she knew exactly what she was doing. She has no remorse. She’s crying because she got caught.

George W. Bush is a killer.

jayt @ 91

From her homepage – Monica:

And smile,
the world can be a good place or a bad place,
depending on which way you look at it.
But it’s a lot better when you’re smiling.

So there you go. World of Regent University = good place.

World of D.C. = good place which turned into a bad place. Until she found a way to see that more people were “smiling”.(?)

Well you may see me tonight, with an illegal smile, it don’t cost very much, but it lasts a long while…

Reptiles smile too Monica hun, but it is usually bad news.

cleter @ 73

Note to self–do NOT ever hire a lawyer from Regent University. Not for nuthin. Not even to mow the lawn or pick up leaves.

After all, Monica Goodling didn’t! I think her lawyer is from Tulane.

dakine01 @ 97

And the winner of your 133 Kentucky Derby is:
Street Sense comes from 19th to win
Hard spun on the place

prophetic

We had 20 dollars on Street Sense. Wow.

I’m beginning to think there must be a Unified Field Theory of GOP corruption.

OK, who’s gonna get cracking on it? Who’s our Einstein? (But ya gonna have to do BETTER than Einstein did…he died trying.)

Sheesh.

Boston1775 @ 104

We had 20 dollars on Street Sense. Wow.

WooHoo For You!

Boston1775 @ 104

We had 20 dollars on Street Sense. Wow.

First Breeder’s Cup Juvie winner to win the Derby. Broke a jinx.

solai @ 85

I think it’s a stretch to think that Monica is involved with the DC Madame.
But I would like to know who recommended that assistant to Akin Gump.

She wasn’t Miss Popularity, according to Mr. Lat.

cinnamonape @ 64

Riesz Fischer @33 ” was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

Yeah, interesting “Black Snake Moan” pose.

http://web.archive.org/web/199…..u/monigoo/

Are you sure that picture is the same Monica as the one in the press pictures?

Mrs. K8 @ 105

I’m beginning to think there must be a Unified Field Theory of GOP corruption.

OK, who’s gonna get cracking on it? Who’s our Einstein? (But ya gonna have to do BETTER than Einstein did…he died trying.)

Sheesh.

hi MrsK8!

Street sense went off at 9 to 2 but was betting favorite

Mrs. K8 @ 105

I’m beginning to think there must be a Unified Field Theory of GOP corruption.

OK, who’s gonna get cracking on it? Who’s our Einstein? (But ya gonna have to do BETTER than Einstein did…he died trying.)

Sheesh.

And it’s collapsed into Scandal Singularity, with Bush and his cronies spiraling past the Nixon Event Horizon.

TeddySanFran @ circa 81

OK. We know only that she administered “loyalty oaths” (broadly defined), thereby politicizing DOJ. Beyond that, the mind reels!

dakine01 @ 97

And the winner of your 133 Kentucky Derby is:
Street Sense comes from 19th to win
Hard spun on the place

Jockey looks happy

“Street Sense comes from 19th to win”

Wow! If it was named “Common Sense” who can say what would have happened!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 100

George W. Bush is a killer.

news flash?

cleter @ 86

Uh, do you…murder…people a lot?

my first reply got whacked by the mods. of course not. dealing with attorneys just makes me feel that way.

things come undone @ 109

cinnamonape @ 64

Riesz Fischer @33 ” was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

Yeah, interesting “Black Snake Moan” pose.

http://web.archive.org/web/199…..u/monigoo/

Are you sure that picture is the same Monica as the one in the press pictures?

Well, she was younger in that old picture. And it was before the fundies at Regent U told her that a Christian woman shouldn’t look so hott. I bet they also made her remove the pentagram tattoo on her left butt cheek.

sonate @ 115

“Street Sense comes from 19th to win”

Wow! If it was named “Common Sense” who can say what would have happened!

This is a good sign.

sonate @ 115

“Street Sense comes from 19th to win”

Wow! If it was named “Common Sense” who can say what would have happened!

That is a stunning distance to have to make up, from that far back.

gorgeous horse, smart jockey

Boston1775 @ 121

gorgeous horse, smart jockey

Another Kentucky Bred.

Kentucky, home of pretty horses and fast women. Or is that fast horses and pretty women?

Pays 11.80 on the win

things come undone @ 109

cinnamonape @ 64

Riesz Fischer @33 ” was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

Yeah, interesting “Black Snake Moan” pose.

http://web.archive.org/web/199…..u/monigoo/

Are you sure that picture is the same Monica as the one in the press pictures?

99.99% certitude. Her resume on the Regents University site is the same as reported in the media for her academic experience. And this gal is from Central Pennsylvania. She’s getting a law degree.

Why do you think it’s a different gal.

When I say Bush is a killer, I am not attempting levity.

Hi back atcha, Teddy dear!

Good to see you throwin’ this great thread-stuff up on the board here at the Lake!

Riesz Fischer @ 89

lolo @ 77

Riesz Fischer @ 32

I was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

I gotta admit I wouldn’t mind slipping her the ol’ “cocktail weenie”.

Monica Goodling Website

Thanks, lolo. A few people have provided links to her website, and it’s much appreciated. But I was having a hard typing a response because the keys on my keyboard are sticking for some reason.

I was off looking for it and others found it first. Hey did anyone link the video from Tpm that shows her working in the War Room doing research on Democratic candidates?

Please avoid quoting quoted comments in your comment. Thank you.

You know, if this all turns out to be true and the two scandals really do connect. And right now that isn’t proven, just yet, we will see what the future holds. But, if these two scandals connect we could be witnessing the end of the GOP. I mean… how could the party recover at all?

They’ll be picking through the ruins of the GOP for a long time, desperately trying to salvage what little they can.

cleter @ 112

Mrs. K8 @ 105

I’m beginning to think there must be a Unified Field Theory of GOP corruption.

OK, who’s gonna get cracking on it? Who’s our Einstein? (But ya gonna have to do BETTER than Einstein did…he died trying.)

Sheesh.

And it’s collapsed into Scandal Singularity, with Bush and his cronies spiraling past the Nixon Event Horizon.

LOL!!! Good one, cleter!

And my beloved stepmother for whom we bet two dollars just won nine dollars and eighty cents.

Street Sense, dakine01, is what this is going to take.

lolo @ 126

Hey did anyone link the video from Tpm that shows her working in the War Room doing research on Democratic candidates?

No!

What’s she wearing?

noen @ 128

You know, if this all turns out to be true and the two scandals really do connect. And right now that isn’t proven, just yet, we will see what the future holds. But, if these two scandals connect we could be witnessing the end of the GOP. I mean… how could the party recover at all?

They’ll be picking through the ruins of the GOP for a long time, desperately trying to salvage what little they can.

Only thing that would make it more destructive is for one of them to get caught moonlighting as a labor organizer.

TeddySanFran @ 127

Please avoid quoting quoted comments in your comment. Thank you.

Uh, oh.

Sorry, sweetie! Won’t do it again!

Boston1775 @ 130

And my beloved stepmother for whom we bet two dollars just won nine dollars and eighty cents.

Street Sense, dakine01, is what this is going to take.

The track paid 11.80. Did you bet OTB? I thought they paid the track odds. Or maybe not.

sonate @ 113

TeddySanFran @ circa 81

OK. We know only that she administered “loyalty oaths” (broadly defined), thereby politicizing DOJ. Beyond that, the mind reels!

Don’t forget she also made revisions to email attachments and emails.

I do know one thing…. there won’t be a whisper, not a word about this from the talking heads tomorrow.

Riesz Fischer @ 131

lolo @ 126

Hey did anyone link the video from Tpm that shows her working in the War Room doing research on Democratic candidates?

No!

What’s she wearing?

I will go get it be right back

John Dowd writes to DoJ on Monica’s behalf:

The timing of the release, Dowd also wrote, was suspicious:

What disturbs us most is that the Department chose to make its announcement about Ms. Goodling in the midst of Congress’s ongoing investigation into the Department’s affairs, and less than two weeks after the House Judiciary Committee passed a resolution authorizing the House General Counsel to apply for an order of immunity for Ms. Goodling. The timing of your release smacks of retribution and intimidation.

Don’t forget she also made revisions to email attachments and emails.

And she directed the deletion of older versions even after the investigations had commenced.

Noen @ circa 128
“we could be witnessing the end of the GOP. I mean… how could the party recover at all?’

Not a chance. I was around during Watergate, and Iran Contra. The same players (down to Fred Thompson)! You can’t exterimate the roaches!

Reading about the DCMadame brings to mind the nightcrawlers I’d need for bait to go trout fishing with a long, long time ago, back in my ridge runnin days in the Allegheny foothills. I’d wire up a couple of metal electrodes set in the lawn, maybe 15 feet apart, and connect them to a wall socket. Tickle them nightcrawlers right out of the ground.

Now, I’m watching Congress tickle nightcrawlers out in the open just like old times.

dakine01, we bought the ticket at the track and we always make this eighty something year old pay us her two dollars.

Is it just me or are we awash in Dowds lately? John, Matthew, Maureen…

noen @ 128

You know, if this all turns out to be true and the two scandals really do connect. And right now that isn’t proven, just yet, we will see what the future holds. But, if these two scandals connect we could be witnessing the end of the GOP. I mean… how could the party recover at all?

They’ll be picking through the ruins of the GOP for a long time, desperately trying to salvage what little they can.

xxxxx cross your fingers xxxxx

Zee @ 143

Is it just me or are we awash in Dowds lately? John, Matthew, Maureen…

It’s Dowdy-doody time?

Zee @ 143

Is it just me or are we awash in Dowds lately? John, Matthew, Maureen…

It’s dowdy out there

Well golly!!

I thought she looked awfully alluring in those shorts sitting on the balcony on the front page of her blog.

I think I’ll just let my imagination wander a little as I go over her web page again!

Naughty little fundie-babe!!

cinnamonape @ 123

things come undone @ 109

cinnamonape @ 64

Riesz Fischer @33 ” was reading a blog where they had a link to Monica’s homepage from the 90’s, before she was “famous”. It had a picture of her sitting on a bridge in cut-offs. She is, as the Washington insiders say, a “hottie”.

Yeah, interesting “Black Snake Moan” pose.

Are you sure that picture is the same Monica as the one in the press pictures?

99.99% certitude. Her resume on the Regents University site is the same as reported in the media for her academic experience. And this gal is from Central Pennsylvania. She’s getting a law degree.

Why do you think it’s a different gal.

Looking at those two pictures I would never guess that was the same girl, I am no expert, I could be wrong.

dakine01 @ 145

Zee @ 143

Is it just me or are we awash in Dowds lately? John, Matthew, Maureen…

It’s Dowdy-doody time?

Dowd syndrome? (ok, that was bad. Sorry.)

There were also some pics of Monica at the Regents DC picnic in 2005 or 2006. That is where the picture that has been published comes from, but there is another picture of her sitting at a table, where you can see she is a pretty woman.

Zee @ 143

Is it just me or are we awash in Dowds lately? John, Matthew, Maureen…

At AkinGump, there is a John M. Dowd and a John P. Dowd.

George W. Bush will be in charge for nineteen more months.

TeddySanFran @ 151

Zee @ 143

Is it just me or are we awash in Dowds lately? John, Matthew, Maureen…

At AkinGump, there is a John M. Dowd and a John P. Dowd.

They’re Dowd-tastic!

Texas Betsy @ 116

Oklahoma kiddo @ 100

George W. Bush is a killer.

news flash?

You think Neil Young will write a song about that? He wrote one about Cortez after all. ;-)

Was Monica Goodling digging up dirt on Al Gore?

video

HERE IS THE VIDEO

sonate @ 140

Noen @ circa 128
“we could be witnessing the end of the GOP. I mean… how could the party recover at all?’

Not a chance. I was around during Watergate, and Iran Contra. The same players (down to Fred Thompson)! You can’t exterimate the roaches!

Well sure, I am a little biased I guess. Still, there wasn’t that connection during Watergate of a sex scandal with a political one. Not that I recall anyway. I was just a kid in high school.

If it comes out that many of their most prominent leaders weren’t just having affairs but deeply involved with prostitution.. well…. I just have a hard time seeing how they recover from that.

Noen, Everytime a new scandal erupts, I think that the repubs will not recover. And, it may be so. Bush is at 28% right now and things are looking ghastly for his party.
But at other times what I see is that they are continuing business as usual. Wolfowitz is still there as are Gonzales, Doolitle and Lewis. Tom DeLay is all over my tv screen and Newt Gingrich (vile & corrupt) is being portrayed as an elder statesman who may save the party. Even Tim Griffin is still serving as USA w/o Senate approval(who knows what dirty tricks he’s planning to sabotage Hillary). And even more infuriating, ROVE is still there. The Dems MUST clean things up before the next election and I’m getting worried that things are not moving fast enough to stop another election theft.

sonate @ 99

Your giving Monica the benefit of the doubt because she’s stupid (which might be true). If her education was worth $0.02 (which it maybe wasn’t) she’d know that she was engaged in unethical and illegal activities. I think that she knew exactly what she was doing. She has no remorse. She’s crying because she got caught.

Fair enough.

It’s just that I had a friend that was made CFO of a rather large private company when he was 25 and was payed a fortune. He thought it was too good to be true, and it was and he knew he was in way over his head. The company really was a money laundering operation and he was totally clueless, as were many of the other young, completely inexperienced, grossly overpayed executives at this firm. My buddy was very lucky he did not end up in jail.

I do know that Monica seems to have enjoyed the power position she was in, especially her cozy relationship with the big guys, but I still sense a bit of the patsy about her. If she broke the law (and her plea of the 5th makes me suspect so) I hope she is punished. But I just hope that the people she is supposed to insulate are brought to justice also. It’s too weird that Monica and Kyle both were given this huge amount of authority, when there were plenty of higher ups at Justice who would have been more than willing to fire any US attorney’s that they wanted to.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 152

George W. Bush will be in charge for nineteen more months.

Are you so sure?

Joe Klein’s conscience @ 154

Texas Betsy @ 116

Oklahoma kiddo @ 100

George W. Bush is a killer.

news flash?

You think Neil Young will write a song about that? He wrote one about Cortez after all. ;-)

I like Neil Young and Crazy Horse. ;0)

lolo @ 155

Was Monica Goodling digging up dirt on Al Gore?

video

HERE IS THE VIDEO

I am still not sure why it is a big deal if that really is her.

lolo @ 155

Was Monica Goodling digging up dirt on Al Gore?

video

HERE IS THE VIDEO

guess that’s how she earned her position

Joe Klein’s conscience @ 159

Oklahoma kiddo @ 152

George W. Bush will be in charge for nineteen more months.

Are you so sure?

No. I do not subscribe to absolutes. On occasion.

Well sure, I am a little biased I guess. Still, there wasn’t that connection during Watergate of a sex scandal with a political one. Not that I recall anyway. I was just a kid in high school.

If it comes out that many of their most prominent leaders weren’t just having affairs but deeply involved with prostitution.. well…. I just have a hard time seeing how they recover from that.

Weren’t there lots of rumors at the time that the bugging of the Watergate by the “Plumbers” involved their interest in snagging Dems in honeypot prostitution evidence?

Of course, that’s not the same thing as the GOP doing the bugging, dirty tricks, AND the whoring at the same time, I’ll give you that. [Although I’d find it really, really hard to believe they DIDN’T.]

lolo @ 155

Was Monica Goodling digging up dirt on Al Gore?

video

HERE IS THE VIDEO

Hey Monica!? How we lookin’ on that?

AnnieW @ 158

I do know that Monica seems to have enjoyed the power position she was in, especially her cozy relationship with the big guys, but I still sense a bit of the patsy about her. If she broke the law (and her plea of the 5th makes me suspect so) I hope she is punished. But I just hope that the people she is supposed to insulate are brought to justice also. It’s too weird that Monica and Kyle both were given this huge amount of authority, when there were plenty of higher ups at Justice who would have been more than willing to fire any US attorney’s that they wanted to.

It is because she is a patsy that is why she was given this task and not the higher ups. You need distance between you and your patsy.

lolo @ 155

Was Monica Goodling digging up dirt on Al Gore?

video

HERE IS THE VIDEO

good work lolo…. I can’t take anymore

I remember a column (by Ellen Goodman???) where she quoted a friend who had gotten a high-powered job. The friend said that she had made a list of 10 things she would not do even if it meant losing her job. After doing 7 of them, she quit.
I don’t think Monica or Sampson were ethical enough to have even realized that they were being unethical.

OFF TOPIC Question from Snarkassandra —

Is it a sign that your blog has “arrived” when right wingers change the name from YOUTHinkLeft.com to YOUstinkLeft as one of the commenters has done?

With all the prostitution rings in this country, why did the FBI walk into this one? H/T to Casablanca.

Are you suggesting that she might be one of the escorts?! That would be rich.

Texas Betsy @ 169

OFF TOPIC Question from Snarkassandra —

Is it a sign that your blog has “arrived” when right wingers change the name from YOUTHinkLeft.com to YOUstinkLeft as one of the commenters has done?

Well, yes it is. There was once a big brou-ha-ha in the Washington Post comments section about an evil blog called windcatpond!

Texas Betsy @ 169

OFF TOPIC Question from Snarkassandra —

Is it a sign that your blog has “arrived” when right wingers change the name from YOUTHinkLeft.com to YOUstinkLeft as one of the commenters has done?

Yes.

Congratulations, Cassie!

Anyone see the French presidential debate on CSPAN? At one point there was a really angry exchange, mainly by Segolene Royale, when Sarkosy said something cheesy. Made most American presidential debates look pretty tame. I don’t think Royale ever really lost it, but she was being passionate in her response. She is obviously very smart and very articulate, with a passion for social justice. Sarkozy, on the other hand, looks like the French version of George Bush.

Bob in HI

lolo, thanks for that video from Josh. I had not seen that.

I guess the point of identifying her would be to pin down her direct (and previously subordinate) relationship with Tim Griffin, who she then got into the USAtty for Arkansas job without Senate confirmation.

OT

Am having disagreements with family about illegal immigration. Where can I go to get the real facts?

Thanks.

It’s time to call for impeachment hearings. Win or lose.

TeddySanFran @ 174

lolo, thanks for that video from Josh. I had not seen that.

I guess the point of identifying her would be to pin down her direct (and previously subordinate) relationship with Tim Griffin, who she then got into the USAtty for Arkansas job without Senate confirmation.

I know Teddy. I bet Karl likes to be mean to girls. They used her. That’s what the tears are about.

ok, I know I’m gonna be sorry I asked this…..but are you guys serious with all these catcalls about Monica’s looks? Jeeez….just when I was thinking it was safe to respect the opposite gender…..

anyway, fwiw, I think the little twit probably was at total patsy……but that excuses NONE of what she did.

Which I would’ve thought might have, uh, LESSENED any superficial attractiveness she might have, but as I said…..

New Thread

Who is paying Monica legal defense? Do they also have connections to D.C Hookers? For once we can use the D.C and Bushie “insider” culture against itself. We have to convince Monica that A) she’s a Patsy, B) what she is trying to cover up is WRONG we can not let her “justify ” her actions we need her to “repent”. If she still can. C) there will be no Pardon to save her, especially if Dennis does start impeachment hearings. Bush can’t pardon people in regard to his own possible impeachment and if Cheney goes Bush is not far behind. We need Monica to know evil does not pay. That she will not be “getting away with it” and her only way free is to repent! Good can not be served by evil means and if those she thought were good ask her to lie to congress etc. Then those people Rove,Gonzo etc are not good people not only that they are ussing her because she is expenable and stupid. They are counting on her to lack the self respect to stand up for herself, they are counting on her to take all the blame! They plan on writing her letters about Aspens in Bloom when she is behind bars (just like Judy Miller) as they party with Jeff Gannon and the D.C Madam!

oddmommy @ 179

ok, I know I’m gonna be sorry I asked this…..but are you guys serious with all these catcalls about Monica’s looks? Jeeez….just when I was thinking it was safe to respect the opposite gender…..

anyway, fwiw, I think the little twit probably was at total patsy……but that excuses NONE of what she did.

Which I would’ve thought might have, uh, LESSENED any superficial attractiveness she might have, but as I said…..

I chalk it up to the fact that I’ll NEVER understand how the male brain works. Either of them.

oddmommy, I’ll neither defend nor condone the objectification, and I try not to perpetuate it with quotes or commentary. I try to let it slide, without building on it, and hope others can do the same.

Thanks for your comments on it; surely Monica Goodling has provided enough opportunities for mockery without a discussion of her physicality.

I hope her high price lawyer is giving her advice that is in her interest and not in the interest of her superiors.

I would also really like to know who is paying the lawyer.

Saw this on tbogg.com today – did you give him credit for the link?
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/
Last time I was here, Pachacutec was a nice person (Sue – Myleftnutmeg.com)
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..gh-school/

Fern @ 183

I hope her high price lawyer is giving her advice that is in her interest and not in the interest of her superiors.

I would also really like to know who is paying the lawyer.

As a federal employee, while on administrative leave, she would have had to pay her own legal bills. Others’ payment of them would have been an illegal emolument, iirc. But she’s resigned, I think, and therefore can have a Scooter-type defense fund. All secret and stuff, although I don’t know that she actually has such. But she can.

Sue @ 185

Saw this on tbogg.com today – did you give him credit for the link?
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/
Last time I was here, Pachacutec was a nice person (Sue – Myleftnutmeg.com)
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..gh-school/

Thanks for the tbogg link! I had not seen it, or else I would have posted it and credited him, of course. My source is someone else (who’d like not to be named) who pointed me to Above The Law.

lolo @ 135

sonate @ 113

TeddySanFran @ circa 81

OK. We know only that she administered “loyalty oaths” (broadly defined), thereby politicizing DOJ. Beyond that, the mind reels!

Don’t forget she also made revisions to email attachments and emails.

And told her underlings to delete previous e-mails.

He. Well, here’s my question. If Goodling is truly consorting with pimps n’ prostitutes, then shouldn’t fundie law school Regents’ U (her alma mater) revoke her law degree? I mean, I’m pretty sure the school’s mission is to produce fine, upstanding and vice-free little soldiers for their cult. Somebody should write the dean there…

Do we know if Monica is picking up the attorney fees herself? Does anybody know what her income is/was? This is an expensive lawyer, but maybe there’s another person paying for her, or maybe there’s another form of currency being circulated.

mc @ 29

GUTS

So…so…so you mean there is only one scandal now. Oh, I’m so disappointed. Well, at least it involves sex.

Seriously, could Monica have been moonlighting with the DCMadam, as well? 45 minutes of crying to your boss? Well, that’s a “my life is falling apart and I could go to jail” kind of cry.

My coneheads will be in touch with your coneheads. Meanwhile, it occurs to me that in the spirit of Holding Effective Meetings, the agenda among these people would have been very consistent. Every meeting’s agenda would begin,
“Who are we ‘massaging’ now?”

Zee @ 182

oddmommy @ 179

ok, I know I’m gonna be sorry I asked this…..but are you guys serious with all these catcalls about Monica’s looks? Jeeez….just when I was thinking it was safe to respect the opposite gender…..

anyway, fwiw, I think the little twit probably was at total patsy……but that excuses NONE of what she did.

Which I would’ve thought might have, uh, LESSENED any superficial attractiveness she might have, but as I said…..

I chalk it up to the fact that I’ll NEVER understand how the male brain works. Either of them.

We’re even.

Pete Rose probably knows some people in low places. I wonder what he might say off the record about Mr. Dowd employing an escort scheduler/etc.? Also the typical red-state person cares about Pete Rose, car racing, WWE more than politics so if Pete is involved even as a tangent there will be HELL to pay for the Repubs.

The DC Madam was busted and put out of business some time ago. This is certainly before Dowd began representing Goodling. End of story.

I suppose it’s too much to hope for that Monica may have had a somewhat, ahh, deeper connection with the multi-tasking assistant. Hey, everyone is wondering how Monica is paying for the pricey Dowd. Maybe he’s working pro-boner…

oddmommy @174: Thank you. The knee-jerk sexualization really squicks me.

maybe the assistant and monica were (are) lesbian lovers!!!

Also Mr. Ken Mehlman, last year’s head of the Republican natioal party, also works for Akin Gump? Right? He may be ordering off a different menu, if you read some of last years posts about him.

John Casper @ 45

Thanks for the post TSF. Based on prior experience with Monica types, I would guess that she has no f*cking clue as to where her professional relationships end and her personal relationships begin.

She was educated in the Judith Miller School of Deportment.

re Palfrey and AkinGump– lawyers and pols must understand and master the use of leverage to overcome opposing intentions. Do you understand leverage?

So how can the top dogs at AkinGump ignore and refuse to use the INSIDER info of their specially-placed secretary? How could they and her not make use of such awesome blackmail leverage?

Please do not be reasonable and think they did not know.

I do not auomatically include Goodling as a knowing party. She is a neophyte by comparison to the principals.

jayt @ 44

noen @ 33

jayt @ 30

Well, perhaps Ms. Palfrey ought to just take that phone list, scan it into a computer, and “dump” it onto the internet.
The internet sharks will feast on that list. Nothing but bones would be left…and lots and lots of interesting names.

But, but Brian Ross of ABC said that the names on the list are “boring”.

And ABC wouldn’t lie or cover for the admin, would they? [/snark]

No more than they would produce a sham documentary that blamed 911 on Clinton.

Well, there *is* that.

I’m sure it was all just a misunderstanding.

More likely this is pressure on Monica to keep her mouth shut. I suspect Ms. Palfrey is getting off, er, that is to say, she’s going to get out from under, er that is, she’s not going to be placed in handcuffs…oh, you get the idea…in exchange for having handed over the phone number list, so Repubs could nail, er blackmail Monica into staying quiet.

So, if this is close to the truth, then what’s the Naval guy being outed for? What does he have on the Bushies they want kept quiet?

Sally @ 170

With all the prostitution rings in this country, why did the FBI walk into this one? H/T to Casablanca.

Obviously someone pointed them in that direction.
Silly wabbit.

I sorta hate this whole business. It’s sorta funny. Sorta not.

There are gonna be plenty of non-Bushies hurt in this prostitution scandal. And — who knows? — some of them may turn out to be from our side.

“but what was the reason for Monica’s forty-five minute crying jag?”

…there’s no crying in politics.

Well, I’m glad that it is finally dealt with here, where the questions I raised at TNH will get more exposure, and there are more lawyers who can check the postings at Akin Gump for verification of Dowd’s connection. Too many coincidences!

Marcy,

What a time to be gone! Your email to the right doesn’t work… otherwise I’d have sent this juicy bit under wraps:

“A legal secretary at one of Washington’s most prominent law firms, Akin Gump, has been suspended after telling her bosses she secretly worked at night for the escort service run by the so-called D.C. Madam, Jeane Palfrey,”

(snip)

In addition, an email from the woman sent to Palfrey suggested that they restart Pamela Martin and Associates from the Akin Gump offices.

(snip)

The woman, who worked directly for one of the firm’s many prominent lawyers, has been placed on administrative leave.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/….._0503.html

OK, so which prominent lawyer is missing his paralegal? Was it anybody advising Monica Goodling, for example, or another of our DoJ buddies?

Who else at Akin Gump was a prostitute by night? Did they mix business with pleasure by gathering information from their clients? How did this particular woman think she could run a brothel from a prestigious law office? Is this how they added to their client list and database?

I feel like we are dealing with a many-headed hydra in the swamplands, and that everything is connected under the mire.

Posted by: hauksdottir | May 03, 2007 at 19:54

I then followed it with a couple of posts on the Simon Dodge thread:

Hey! Remember when I brought this juicy quote in?

“A legal secretary at one of Washington’s most prominent law firms, Akin Gump, has been suspended after telling her bosses she secretly worked at night for the escort service run by the so-called D.C. Madam, Jeane Palfrey,”

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.c….._bull.html

:wide evil grin:

My twitchy little nose was almost certainly following the right scent through the musk:

OMG: The Akin Gump Escort Worked For… Monica Goodling’s Lawyer!!!

http://www.abovethelaw.com/200…..p.php#more

So far, tips and unnamed sources confirming those tips. Akin Gump refuses to officially confirm it. They didn’t deny it either, like they denied the other possible position. However, if this blond busty bitch with an attitude was Dowd’s paralegal or personal secretary, they won’t be able to keep it contained much longer. As a government witness, too many people must know her identity.

On its official website, Akin Gump proudly bills itself as a “full-service” law firm.

“Over the years, we’ve handled a number of cases that have captured national attention. As a result, we know how to guide events in the press as well as in the courtroom.”

http://www.akingump.com/about_litigation.cfm

Posted by: hauksdottir | May 05, 2007 at 05:09

Hmmm… Lam was investigating Foggo (rented hotel suite with lots of bedrooms, poker-players, hookers, limosine services, and money floating around like little boats of sushi waiting to be taken). Goodling and Sampson booted Lam to stop her for continuing that line of investigation. Congress was opening an investigation of how Shirlington Limo got a DHS contract; was the DoJ doing anything in DC, or was it just San Diego running with the case? Goodling ends up represented by Dowd, a top-tier attorney far beyond her salary-range. Who is paying for Dowd? Was Goodling promised protection? Does Dowd or anyone else at Akin Gump have an interest in quieting the investigation of USAs before the real reasons for their firing becomes common wisdom?

And, if Dowd’s right-hand woman was assisting the DC Madam and was thinking of opening her own branch, had she already ventured into that arena? If the dots connect (and it is still a big if), we’ll see a trail of breadcrumbs between the graduate of Messiah U and the Madam. [Even opera doesn’t get quite so over-the-top. Usually. Khovanshchina is a political affair, with religious meddling, where everybody self-immolates at the end because they are afraid of the sweeping changes to come.]

One way to keep people in line is through blackmail. People who do opposition research get the dirt on everyone. Providing temptation in the form of money and sex and then using the results to persuade people is really low. But believable, given what we already know about operations in Karl’s Shop.

I think the direction has been moving more towards the idea that this could be another sort Jack Abramoff style scandal in which you see that women, prostitutes here or call girls, were given to people as part of lobbying efforts, part of efforts to persuade people to do things on Capitol Hill.

(Juan Williams on NPR, from Atrios)

The inference was pretty clear: If Wilkes was bribing Duke Cunningham to get Cunningham to earmark contracts for him, he might not have been doing it just with money, but women — and possibly other legislators beyond Cunningham as well as CIA officials were involved as well. A senior official in the Cunningham investigation last year confirmed that this was a highly possible scenario, and would, in fact, constitute a next phase of the Cunningham probe.

http://pogoblog.typepad.com/po….._nine.html

A phase which has been cut short?

Posted by: hauksdottir | May 05, 2007 at 07:55

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