Right-Wing Operatives Form ‘Crisis Management Firm’ To Profit Off Scandal-Ridden Conservatives
Right-Wing Operatives Form ‘Crisis Management Firm’ To Profit Off Scandal-Ridden Conservatives
The Washington Post reports that, “just as the Hill is staffing up…to investigate administration officials,” former Justice Department spokespersons Mark Corallo and Barbara Comstock are forming a law/PR firm — Corallo Comstock — to help defend Bush administration aides.
Roll Call has more details:
Corallo and Comstock are forming the crisis management firm Corallo Comstock, Inc. They aim to open shop on Jan. 1, just before the new Democratic chairmen will start banging their gavels and demanding information from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. “Just in time for subpoena season,” Corallo told HOH. … Together, they’ll be doing crisis management, communications strategy, strategic consulting, government relations and basically helping GOP folk who are up a creek without a paddle.
Corallo and Comstock cut their teeth investigating the Clinton administration on the House Government Reform Committee in the 90s under then-Chairman Dan Burton (R-IN). Each has gone on to represent prominent scandal-stricken conservatives in recent years. Corallo, who has criticized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for a “reckless abuse of power,” was Karl Rove’s spokesman during the Valerie Plame investigation. Comstock worked for Scooter Libby in the Plame affair. She has also represented indicted former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX) and Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), who is under federal investigation.
Corallo and Comstock’s new firm may be begging for more work than they can handle. TPMMuckraker has the growing list of “scandalized administration officials.” See it here.
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What is it, eating your own young?
Bottom line is above all in thier world.
December 6th, 2006 at 3:33 pmKind of ominous for some folks. Like digging your grave way before you think you might need it.
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December 6th, 2006 at 3:36 pmBusiness should be booming, eh?
December 6th, 2006 at 3:37 pmI guess the old saying, 'Turds of a feather tend to stick together' applies.
The sad part is the fees they charge will be paid via the money they've all screwed the American people out of.
Let's hope we see subpoena's galore.
If Ken Starr & the Neosluts spent $44 million on investigating consensual sex, how much will it cost to prosecute these crooks? A gazillion dollars?
This gives new meaning to the words "bottom feeders."
December 6th, 2006 at 3:40 pmAnd apparently defending neo-con scum is their only definition of "crisis."
December 6th, 2006 at 3:41 pmTrying to do PR work for a bunch of corrupt Republicans from the 109th Congress should be like trying to drink from a fire hose. It's a tough sell trying to keep a Congressman's image squeaky clean when he's sporting a bright orange jumpsuit.
December 6th, 2006 at 3:47 pmThey do have thier work cut out for them.
December 6th, 2006 at 3:54 pmHA HA
December 6th, 2006 at 3:54 pmAren't they on the back of Karl Rove's Yellow pages???
December 6th, 2006 at 3:55 pmSo are they the bacteria that lives off the slime?
December 6th, 2006 at 4:00 pmGlad to see that these two whores have a bright future. Aren't they lucky that prostitution is legal in D.C.?
December 6th, 2006 at 4:01 pmThis demonstrates, again, that the Republicans are in the game just for the money and power.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:05 pmAh, social darwinist capitalism at its best! Nothing from which they cannot make a profit.
And they look like normal people - amazing how life-like that plastic skin can look when stretched over the metal frame.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:05 pmAren’t they on the back of Karl Rove’s Yellow pages???
Yup, they have a full page ad, next to the ad for Jeffy Lube.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:06 pmThat guy looks like he had that smile surgically implanted.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:06 pm#16 - dlet,
December 6th, 2006 at 4:14 pmNo, it's a PhotoShop hack.
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
I'm surprised he's still alive, and not living in France, I hear he's adored there.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:16 pmMmmm, that would be defending the entire GOPhers! Good luck with that.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:24 pmThese two right here are why most people hate lawyers.
mighty aphrodite, is that you?
No, the one on the right.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:33 pmI believe Comstock was one of the people funding the Swiftboat liars.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:39 pmAs if lawyers did not have enough of a bad reputation already...
December 6th, 2006 at 4:42 pmI believe Comstock was one of the people funding the Swiftboat liars.
---- Bluedog49
Yes, she was employed by Blank Rome, which also employed William Schachte, who was the lead veteran voice of the swiftboaters. Blank Rome funded the swiftboaters
Comstock was also responsible for promoting various over-hyped "scandals" of the Clinton era -- and also for the "Gore file" used by conservatives to tarnish Gore during the 2000 campaign.
She has been a face behind the GOP dirty tricks for many a year now.
The Washington Post labled Comstock as a "One-Woman Wrecking Crew" for her lies and smears against Democratic Leaders.
She was also an assistant to Attorney General John Ashcroft before he resigned.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:02 pmIs Barb a decendent from the comstock family of California, you know the Comstock Lode.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:07 pmAren't pretty, the baby piranhas?
December 6th, 2006 at 5:18 pmCorallo kind of looks related to Abramoff. I know Abramoff is Jewish, and Corallo is Italian. Maybe its the "culture of corruption" look.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:18 pmthey are just filling what will become a very large niche market.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:37 pmSo this is what Cannibals look like....
December 6th, 2006 at 5:39 pmMark Corallo actually looks like a bit of the special GOP gay-anti-gay variety
December 6th, 2006 at 5:40 pmComstock's gotten away with far too much for far too long. How she was allowed to jump from working for the DoJ to working on Libby's defense is beyond me. She may be trying to use her DoJ connections again to help some of these soon-to-be-indicted GOP congressmen.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:52 pmThis is what conservatives mean when they say their policies help small business. Here's a fine example of two entrepreneurs starting a small business. Way to go!
December 6th, 2006 at 5:56 pmOh this is delicious.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:00 pmWayne, she was also in charge of oppositional research for the first Bush campaign in '00.
I'm sure the contacts within Justice will serve her well - to dig up more oppo on democratic chairmen!
December 6th, 2006 at 6:02 pmIt's always fun to watch the Vultures gather around dead and stinking flesh. Finally it is Bush Co. !!!!
http://www.getsomejosh.com
December 6th, 2006 at 6:06 pmWayne, she was also in charge of oppositional research for the first Bush campaign in ‘00. --- barfly
As well as a opposition researcher for the RNC. She has a long history of being directly involved in the GOP mess we currently have and being a GOP hatchet-person.
I didn't post all I found because I didn't want to take up half the thread with one post =)
December 6th, 2006 at 6:16 pmI think it's interesting that Mark Corallo criticized Gonzales for abuses of power. This is not the usual stance of a "loyalist." Comstock, however, is a complete tool of the right.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:21 pmSuch a long list of names. Corallo and Comstock will not be hurting for work. And then there is the Bush/Cheney war crimes.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:23 pmRepublican neocons - it's always about the money.
Democratis progressives - it's always about freedom.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:26 pmCorallo was doing vigorous oppo research for the 2000 Bush campaign, too.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:30 pmNow I have role models for my kids in case I want to show them how to grow up to be completely worthless human beings...
December 6th, 2006 at 6:45 pmComstock:
The strong, SCARY type.
December 6th, 2006 at 7:36 pmthese folks are the end-all answer to the question "how low can you go?"
December 6th, 2006 at 9:26 pm#43 They have their Bureau in the basement of the h3ll...
December 6th, 2006 at 9:53 pmBest of luck to Mark Corallo and Barbara Comstock in their new business venture.
December 6th, 2006 at 11:27 pm#45 Exley
Best of luck to Mark Corallo and Barbara Comstock in their new business venture.
You mean helping corrupt politicians avoid prosecution? Yes, what a noble profession.
December 6th, 2006 at 11:42 pmYou mean helping corrupt politicians avoid prosecution? Yes, what a noble profession.
--- chimpeach
No kidding......
bottom feeders....
Barbara Comstock's philosophy over her whole career has been " why use the truth when a lie serves the purpose better?"
a repeat from an earlier post:
Comstock was also responsible for promoting various over-hyped “scandals†of the Clinton era — and also for the “Gore file†used by conservatives to tarnish Gore during the 2000 campaign.
The Washington Post labled Comstock as a “One-Woman Wrecking Crew†for her lies and smears against Democratic Leaders.
December 7th, 2006 at 12:14 amPOlitics has grown into multi million business.
http://www.tekno-world.blogspot.com
December 7th, 2006 at 7:33 amI love the smell of fresh Subpoena power in the morning...
Smells like, Victory...
December 7th, 2006 at 9:51 amI love the smell of fresh Subpoena power in the morning...
Smells like, Victory...
December 7th, 2006 at 9:54 amFurther to #23 and #47, yes Comstock is one of the famous blonde wingnut harpies (Coulter, the late Barbara Olsen, etc.). As an attorney representing an accounting firm (with no axe to grind on any side), I had to deal with her when she worked on the House Committee in the early 90's in connection with its investigation of Travelgate. She had absolutely no interest in the truth; just in scoring points for her side -- which was to destroy the Clintons at all costs. She literally walked in the room screaming at my witness and me before any testimony had even been taken for no reason other than her pre-conceived notion that the testimony might be unfavorable to her anti-Clinton agenda. I hadn't heard of her then, so I was, naively, shocked that a governmental employee (and a staffer, at that) could be so maniacally partisan and, indeed, unhinged. Since then, she's been on my radar screen, so I now realize that what I had to deal with was symptomatic. She is trouble with a capital T.
December 7th, 2006 at 2:24 pmThe greedy eating the dead....what a great republican legacy! I just can't wait for the Bush administration to pass into history so that historians can deal with these creeps. I hope they effectively communicate to those who follow us what a terrible administration looks like so that they do not repeat the error.
December 7th, 2006 at 2:58 pmHey, give credit for entrepreneurial skills to these two. They'll have an easy time answering the question, "How's business", wouldn't you say?
December 7th, 2006 at 3:16 pmI'm surprised the flag behind the male version Republibot hasn't spontaneously burst into flames in the presence of such evil.
December 7th, 2006 at 8:36 pm