Comments on: GSA Administrator Lurita Doan To Employees: ‘You Are The Wind Beneath My Wings’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:43:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bob http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2917503 bob Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:41:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2917503 At best she will be fired at worst she could go to the pokie or get probation!! At best she will be fired

at worst she could go to the pokie or get probation!!

]]> By: Gary Riggin http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2743924 Gary Riggin Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:53:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2743924 Ms Doan has no respect for Congress. Ms Doan has no respect for Congress.

]]> By: the republic of stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2704192 the republic of stupidity Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:23:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2704192 Sweet Baby Jesus, there would appear to be no low to which these souless hacks will not voluntarily sink. I thought this was all going to get nasty when Bush snuck in thru the back door back in 2000, but this is simply far uglier than I could ever have imagined. Where will we ever get the money just to build enough prisons to hold all these A**holes? Sweet Baby Jesus, there would appear to be no low to which these souless hacks will not voluntarily sink. I thought this was all going to get nasty when Bush snuck in thru the back door back in 2000, but this is simply far uglier than I could ever have imagined.

Where will we ever get the money just to build enough prisons to hold all these A**holes?

]]> By: worst fears http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2693847 worst fears Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:46:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2693847 where do the Republicans dig up these air headed wombats... "mistake"? no one in their right mind should buy this excuse. does there need to be a pictorial one page manual for the Bush apointees because they're too brainless to read manual. where do the Republicans dig up these air headed wombats… “mistake”? no one in their right mind should buy this excuse. does there need to be a pictorial one page manual for the Bush apointees because they’re too brainless to read manual.

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2691433 Raymond Funamoto Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:04:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2691433 Lurita, DOAN you know WHAT YA DID WRONG, YA STUPID BITCH????? WHAT A MAROON!!!! LEAVE IT TO Bushland Uber Allies TO PLACE SUCH AN INEPT, BUMBLING, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, CORRUPT, STUPID JERK IN SUCH A POSITION----WHICH IS EXACTLY THEY ARE IN THE TROUBLE THEY ARE NOW, AND DESERVEDLY SO!!!!!! THROW THE BOOK AT THIS STUPID WOMAN!!!!! Lurita, DOAN you know WHAT YA DID WRONG, YA STUPID BITCH?????
WHAT A MAROON!!!! LEAVE IT TO Bushland Uber Allies TO PLACE SUCH AN INEPT, BUMBLING, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, CORRUPT, STUPID JERK IN SUCH A POSITION—-WHICH IS EXACTLY THEY ARE IN THE TROUBLE THEY ARE NOW, AND DESERVEDLY SO!!!!!! THROW THE BOOK AT THIS STUPID WOMAN!!!!!

]]> By: stonehinge http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2691396 stonehinge Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:00:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2691396 Ignore this post...it is a test to see if TP can accept tabular input. Number A1 Number A2 Number A3 Number B1 Number B2 Number B3 Fingers are crossed for good luck, but I doubt it works. Ignore this post…it is a test to see if TP can accept tabular input.

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Fingers are crossed for good luck, but I doubt it works.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2689976 ForTruth Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:13:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2689976 Waxman is one busy dude. Waxman is one busy dude.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2689713 Zooey Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:09:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2689713 That makes me puke. That makes me puke.

]]> By: chimpeach http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-2/#comment-2689330 chimpeach Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:03:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2689330 I wish I could watch this hearing tomorrow, but I'll have to wait and watch the reruns on C-SPAN. I think Doan's in deep shit. Read Waxman's supplemental memo describing the sequence of events: http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070327105037-20322.pdf It might seem a little dry, but this is basic corruption and dishonesty. I can't wait to see her try to explain it all away. I wish I could watch this hearing tomorrow, but I’ll have to wait and watch the reruns on C-SPAN. I think Doan’s in deep shit. Read Waxman’s supplemental memo describing the sequence of events: http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070327105037-20322.pdf

It might seem a little dry, but this is basic corruption and dishonesty. I can’t wait to see her try to explain it all away.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2685320 ForTruth Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:46:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2685320 Hey, I think Jesus was alright, he did some cool things, he did send some mixed messages, and maybe that fasting had some effect on his mind. I certainly don't love him, that would be gay... Hey, I think Jesus was alright, he did some cool things, he did send some mixed messages, and maybe that fasting had some effect on his mind. I certainly don’t love him, that would be gay…

]]> By: veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2681906 veritas Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:37:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2681906 Her "wind beneath her wings" will become bottled sulphur in the days to come....if it smells rotten, it probably IS rotten! Her “wind beneath her wings” will become bottled sulphur in the days to come….if it smells rotten, it probably IS rotten!

]]> By: Mayday http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2681553 Mayday Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:29:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2681553 I wonder if a boot beneath her ass would lift her "spirits" as well..? I wonder if a boot beneath her ass would lift her “spirits” as well..?

]]> By: DallasNE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2681154 DallasNE Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:17:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2681154 That is about as corrupt as it can get. The question becomes, how is it that Bush is so successful in finding the ethically challenged for appointment to key government jobs. That is about as corrupt as it can get. The question becomes, how is it that Bush is so successful in finding the ethically challenged for appointment to key government jobs.

]]> By: pbg http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2680962 pbg Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:14:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2680962 I looked at that name and thought that it HAD to be an anagram for something. Yep: TOAD URINAL. Childish, and has nothing to do with her venality and corruption, so I apologize. I looked at that name and thought that it HAD to be an anagram for something.
Yep: TOAD URINAL.
Childish, and has nothing to do with her venality and corruption, so I apologize.

]]> By: pbg http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2680964 pbg Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:14:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2680964 I looked at that name and thought that it HAD to be an anagram for something. Yep: TOAD URINAL. Childish, and has nothing to do with her venality and corruption, so I apologize. I looked at that name and thought that it HAD to be an anagram for something.
Yep: TOAD URINAL.
Childish, and has nothing to do with her venality and corruption, so I apologize.

]]> By: fredsanford http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2680029 fredsanford Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:55:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2680029 Tom Delay stated on his recent book pimping tour the three things he was most proud of in his public service were : changing the "culture" in DC, the success of the K Street Project, and Terri Schiavo. This is where the right comes from - psychosis. Tom Delay stated on his recent book pimping tour the three things he was most proud of in his public service were : changing the “culture” in DC, the success of the K Street Project, and Terri Schiavo.
This is where the right comes from – psychosis.

]]> By: Barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2679979 Barfly Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:54:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2679979 Ha, ha, ha, ha . . . I remember a certain Angie from Georgia who posted here about six months ago, bragging how close she was with this woman. She even talked of some contracts that Doan threw her way. I hope TP does a search, and comes up with the posts; it might be evidence. Ha, ha, ha, ha . . .

I remember a certain Angie from Georgia who posted here about six months ago, bragging how close she was with this woman. She even talked of some contracts that Doan threw her way. I hope TP does a search, and comes up with the posts; it might be evidence.

]]> By: gummitch http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2679931 gummitch Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:52:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2679931 <em>How come she looks completely different in everyone of the pictures?? Is she a graduate of Pat Robertson U….better known as PU? Comment by anne</em> I think she actually graduated from Vassar. http://tinyurl.com/2hhnx9 Has a Master's and is a self-made hotshot capitalist. I do wonder how she fits in with the Administration's attitude toward affirmative action, since she is apparently African-American and took advantage of minority contract opportunities. Whatever you may say about her, she's clearly no dummy. How come she looks completely different in everyone of the pictures??
Is she a graduate of Pat Robertson U….better known as PU?

Comment by anne

I think she actually graduated from Vassar. http://tinyurl.com/2hhnx9

Has a Master’s and is a self-made hotshot capitalist. I do wonder how she fits in with the Administration’s attitude toward affirmative action, since she is apparently African-American and took advantage of minority contract opportunities. Whatever you may say about her, she’s clearly no dummy.

]]> By: fredsanford http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2679825 fredsanford Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:50:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2679825 A bumper crop of sociopaths, narcissists and nihilists in this government. Civil "servants" my fat ass. A bumper crop of sociopaths, narcissists and nihilists in this government. Civil “servants” my fat ass.

]]> By: s http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/comment-page-1/#comment-2679702 s Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:48:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/27/doan-email-gsa/#comment-2679702 Extremely important point made by Kos at Daily Kos: Paraphrasing: Don't let the Republicans trick Democrats and Progressives into blaming everything on Bush....we love to see Bush crumble but the NeoCons are trying to detach themselves from the very conservative philosophy that Bush represents. This is what they are trying to do. Scarlborough included.....Remember it's not just Bush..... "Nitpicker: So, while it's good to see Congress finally chipping away at the crust surrounding the Bushies warm, gooey center of corruption, it's important to make clear that this isn't simply a rogue, incompetent administration. This is a rogue, incompetent administration which is, nevertheless, following the exact recipes Republicans have written over the last thirty years. Americans need to understand that, in one sense, Bush hasn't failed. He implemented core Republican principles and they failed. And they always will. Remember, the problem isn't Bush. It's the entire conservative movement. And focusing on Bush actually helps other Republicans make the case that the problem was a single man rather than an ideology. If we could impeach an entire ideology, I'd be for it. Right now, we have to make sure we don't fall into the trap of making everything about Bush, but about an ideology that holds, as an article of faith, that government cannot function. I think the Baby Blue Cherub is right: But this wingnut worldview has gotten complex and sprawling. Its cast of characters, bizarre understanding of history, and policy positions have grown and expanded so that only obsessed true believers can really feel a part of it. They've established an entire mythology, and its adherents have become cultlike. Atrios was riffing off this great post at Crooked Timber. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/27/115946/337 Extremely important point made by Kos at Daily Kos:
Paraphrasing: Don’t let the Republicans trick Democrats and Progressives into blaming everything on Bush….we love to see Bush crumble but the NeoCons are trying to detach themselves from the very conservative philosophy that Bush represents. This is what they are trying to do. Scarlborough included…..Remember it’s not just Bush…..

“Nitpicker:
So, while it’s good to see Congress finally chipping away at the crust surrounding the Bushies warm, gooey center of corruption, it’s important to make clear that this isn’t simply a rogue, incompetent administration. This is a rogue, incompetent administration which is, nevertheless, following the exact recipes Republicans have written over the last thirty years. Americans need to understand that, in one sense, Bush hasn’t failed. He implemented core Republican principles and they failed. And they always will.

Remember, the problem isn’t Bush. It’s the entire conservative movement. And focusing on Bush actually helps other Republicans make the case that the problem was a single man rather than an ideology.

If we could impeach an entire ideology, I’d be for it. Right now, we have to make sure we don’t fall into the trap of making everything about Bush, but about an ideology that holds, as an article of faith, that government cannot function.

I think the Baby Blue Cherub is right:
But this wingnut worldview has gotten complex and sprawling. Its cast of characters, bizarre understanding of history, and policy positions have grown and expanded so that only obsessed true believers can really feel a part of it. They’ve established an entire mythology, and its adherents have become cultlike.

Atrios was riffing off this great post at Crooked Timber.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/27/115946/337

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