Breaking: Gonzales Counsel Monica Goodling Resigns
Breaking: Gonzales Counsel Monica Goodling Resigns
Monica Goodling, counsel to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, has resigned, CNN reports.
UPDATE: Goodling’s letter to Gonzales, via ABC News, does not explain the reasons for her resignation:
I am hereby submitting my resignation to the Office of the Attorney General, effective April 7, 2007. It has been an honor to have served at the Department of Justice for the past five years. May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America.
UPDATE II: NBC’s Pete Williams: “It doesn’t really put her on any other [legal] footing, in terms of testimony. I mean, it makes it pretty clear that she won’t be represented in any way by the government, but she has retained private counsel, who have been quite muscular in their dealings with Congress, saying she’s simply not going to show up.”
UPDATE III: CNN’s report:
UPDATE IV: Sen. Schumer (D-NY) on Goodling’s resignation: “Attorney General Gonzales’ hold on the department gets more tenuous each day.”
UPDATE V: A spokesperson for the House Judiciary Committee told Raw Story that Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) “remains committed to questioning Monica Goodling, especially with this new development. Her involvement and general knowledge of what happened makes her a valuable piece to this puzzle.”
UPDATE VI: Goodling’s mother, Cindy Fitt of Osceola Mills, Pa., on her daughter’s resignation: “She told me I’m to say ‘no comment’ for everything.”
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Yeah everything is just peachy up there. Gonzo soon to follow
April 6th, 2007 at 4:58 pmThat’s too bad.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:58 pmOne bat crap crazy christian dominionist down, so many more to go…
April 6th, 2007 at 5:00 pmHopefully, Congress won’t let her off the hook on testifying regardless.
How many assistants/counselors going over the cliff does it take to pull the top dog over, too?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:00 pmWho will pay my rent now?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:01 pmThe witch hunt continues.
At long last, have you no decency, sirs?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:02 pmNice work, Ms. Goodling. Excellent job doing the bidding of–and then protecting–your superiors. See you behind bars.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:02 pmGood!
One lier down…
April 6th, 2007 at 5:03 pmHey, it wouln’t be Friday unless there was a loyal bushie embarassment resigning.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:03 pmOne bat crap crazy christian dominionist down
ROFL….. thats soooo lame.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:04 pm“TOO BAD”???? For whom, for what??
April 6th, 2007 at 5:04 pm(Rhetorical questions only - I can guess the ridiculous answers from trolls)
Looks like our little “in your face” sassy Bible gal is starting to weaken around the knees a bit. So hard when one’s delusions no longer do the trick………..
April 6th, 2007 at 5:04 pmSo,everybody, which will it be?
1) I need to spend more time with my family in these trying times
or
2) I’m a raging alcoholic, and shouldn’t be held responsible for my actions. I’m going into rehab on Monday.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:04 pmWell, it is Friday afternoon on a holiday weekend. What better time to announce it just in time for the widely-read Saturday edition of the New York Times? Huh.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:05 pmAt least one thing the Jaker-troll is accurate about - it is a “witch” hunt and Monica Goodling is the Chief of the Coven!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:06 pmHey, whiteyfresh, how’s it hanging?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:06 pmIt’s good that there’s one less partisan hack in the Justice Dept., but there is still too much bs going on here and not enough truth being given.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:06 pmSo what? Clinton’s appointees resigned, too.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:08 pmLooks like the little twit Goodling is now running for cover. Of course, she will incriminate herself if she decides to tell the truth; of course, Gonzo and Bush were at the genesis of this…along with Chubette Rove….of course, they will drop like flies because there’s far too much criminally indicting evidence now coming from all over the country in the offices of the Federal prosecutors. Let it rain impeachment and indictments!! The “whistleblowers” are singing their tunes and the heat is being turned up on the Bushies! What goes around, comes around and they thought it wouldn’t bite them on the butt until they were out of office. Big mistake to overreach and fix the Ohio campaign (which BTW the ballots from that election in Ohio and all documents have been turned over for investigation with Bennett being ousted from office)…
April 6th, 2007 at 5:09 pmdandy like candy, Jake.
which one of my Goodling ‘talking points’ do you think it will be?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:09 pm#13
April 6th, 2007 at 5:09 pmYou left out
3) It’s the Democrats fault.
I also heard today that Jeff Gannon/Guckert is singing his tune. Anyone else hear that?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:09 pmGos must have spoken to her. It’s Good Friday after all.
At least she is finally off the taxpayer’s payroll.
I bet you anything that her attorneys are furiously negotiating some sort of immunity…
April 6th, 2007 at 5:10 pmGoodling resigned to avoid public scrutiny, not because she’s the victim of a witchhunt. She hasn’t appeared before Congress. And you have to admit there is something perverse about someone in the DoJ invoking the 5th. She didn’t even want to talk behind closed doors. Something really rotten is going on at the DoJ.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:10 pmGood Friend, Goodling! It’s a very good, Good Friday!! The GOPigs are dropping like flies!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:11 pmYeah, sure, great.
She had nothing to hide.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:11 pmFor the record, there is no such thing as a witch. Those accused of such — killed in Salam, Massachusetts — were innocent. As is Ms. Goodling. I mean, even her NAME sounds like an innocent lamb being led to slaughter.
Happy Easter everyone!
HE IS RISEN!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:11 pmand a little to the left, as usual
:)
I don’t remember who it was, but remember when someone said it was creepy how you are so interested in my ‘dangly bits’(i believe that was the term)
funny how to you and me, it’s a bit of levity amongst all the flaming that goes on here, but to them, it’s sexual.
I mean NO OFFENSE to whoever said it, by the way
:)
April 6th, 2007 at 5:12 pmwhiteyfresh:
I prefer my own talking points, thank you very much.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:12 pmSo what? Clinton’s appointees resigned, too.
Comment by Joke Mayhoffer — April 6, 2007 @ 5:08 pm
BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAH
April 6th, 2007 at 5:13 pmI think somebody’s going to be getting a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Way to go, Monica! And all it cost you was your soul.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:13 pmP.S. I am, of course, not interested in ANY part of your body . . .
April 6th, 2007 at 5:13 pmIf she’s looking for a new career, I understand the McCain campaign needs a few Apache gunship pilots for the swing shift.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:14 pmveritas:whatwhat WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
goodygoody..
April 6th, 2007 at 5:14 pmPLEASE let me know if you find out anything(link,rumors,anything!!)
Even Jesus Christ remained silent in the face of false accusations.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:14 pmJake, are you going to continue to defend Goodling when she goes state’s evidence and sinks the Bush administration?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:15 pmJust checked out C & L to see what they have on GoodyGoLightly Goodling….It’s Good-ling Good Friday, that for sure. Now let’s see them subpoena her and have her be in contempt of congress. Let the fun begin.
C & L used to be a good blog until the owner decided to play god and censor the comments because he had some “pet peeves” or believed he knew better than the people did. I checked one of their threads just now and there were only 3 bloggers on it. They used to be filled. That’s what censorship can do….prime example.
For some odd reason, John (C & L) couldn’t seem to bring himself to even fantasize about the possiblity (now a probability) that the official story of 911 was conflicting at best; totally innacurate at worst. Amazing how some folks who call themselves progressive, still can’t face their own demons or acknowledge the truth, as ugly and as heinous as it may be.
Siteowner’s comments tanked his blogsite….that’s evident now.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:15 pmJake: George Burns?!?!?!?!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:15 pmAt long last, have you no decency, sirs?
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
Are you finally wise to your Republican idols?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:17 pm“He is risen” in this case, hopefully, means that the troll has risen from his chair and has decided that no one here is interested in dialoguing with him???? Incidentally, wasn’t it the Jake-ster who called this a “witch hunt”. I think his brain has been drained…time for another brain-washing supercharge I guess.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:17 pmis Monica the Mary Magdeline of the Bush Admin?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:18 pm(film at 11:)
Witch hunts were invented by our religious zealots of 300 years ago, but now we have new techniques. I say let’s waterboard her. We’ll tell her it’s just like baptism.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:18 pm#15 veritas
At least one thing the Jaker-troll is accurate about - it is a “witch†hunt and Monica Goodling is the Chief of the Coven!
Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she’s a witch?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:18 pmPeasant: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant: … I got better.
Crowd: Burn her anyway!
Even Jesus Christ remained silent in the face of false accusations.
Comment by Jake
Wow, you believe in Jebus, simply amazing.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:19 pmDo you also believe in invisible sky fairies and vacation villas in the sky?
OMG - Jake I usually do not read your posts because frankly, you are an idiot. But I accidently read the one where you are comparing this woman to Jesus. This has reaffirmed my opinion of you as the biggest idiot to visit this site!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:19 pmJake, you don’t even remember what Jesus was accused of. Crack open your Bible, man, and read. Perhaps you’ll fall to your knees and beg forgiveness from the Lord for following Satan’s spawn.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:19 pmI’m not George Burns. I am glad Ms. Goodling has retained private counsel, though, who have been “quite muscular” so far ; )
April 6th, 2007 at 5:19 pmEven Jesus Christ remained silent in the face of false accusations.
Comment by Jacob Gnarley — April 6, 2007 @ 5:14 pm
Sorry, I would have answered sooner but I had to clean up the sodapop that squirted out of my nose.
Actually no, he didn’t.
Jesus answered most of the questions posed to him, by both the Sanhedrin and by the Romans. The ONLY person he refused to talk to, was Herod, who had killed his elder cousin John, and to whom he had nothing but contempt. To Herod, he refused to speak. But it had nothing to do with the nature of the accusations being made to him.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:21 pm#35 ROFLMAO
So now Goodling is Jesus?
You have really lost grip with reality sparky.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:21 pmgotta go!!!(rushing home to log back in with duh TV in front a me
April 6th, 2007 at 5:22 pmFor the record, I am registered Independent and have no Republican idols.
NO KING BUT JESUS!
HE IS RISEN!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:22 pmfor information which is being investigated about Jeff Gannon/Guckert go to http://rawstory.com/ exclusives/ byrne/ Secret_Service_Gannon_424.htm
Gannon’s schedule of visits are itemized and, ironically, they occurred when there were NOT press events transpiring on premises….interesting and coming to a boil this weekend.
More to come….
April 6th, 2007 at 5:22 pm#49 I thought Jake-off was Jesus? Could have fooled me! Hahahaha! He’s such a dweeb.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:23 pmHow can anyone say whether she was innocent or guilty since she won’t devulge anything? As it has been pointed out, the proper use of the 5th amendment is to keep yourself from legal jepordy. The 5th cannot be invoked based on paranoia, just as you cannot assume it’s a witch hunt just because it’s an investigation against your party affiliation.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:24 pmIf I were Goody Goodling, I’d move to the opposite end of the earth because she will not be able to move about publicly now without a good disguise.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:24 pmI think its probably pretty clear what Goodling is hiding. There obviously was a much LARGER plan to fire US Attorney’s.
Probably a plan that she had some sort of managerial role over.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:24 pmIsaiah 53:7, “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth.”
Matthew 26:62-63, “The high priest stood up and said to Jesus, ‘Well, aren’t you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?’ But Jesus remained silent.”
Matthew 27:12, “When the leading priests and other leaders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.”
1 Peter 2:23, “Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.”
April 6th, 2007 at 5:24 pmHave a glorious Easter weekend, whiteyfresh.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:25 pmJake the Joke: “For the record, there is no such thing as a witch.”
And then, a little later: “HE IS RISEN!”
As usual, Jake the Joke is good for a laugh.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:26 pmShe’s got options. Possible new career choices:
1. Dick Cheney’s hunting partner
April 6th, 2007 at 5:27 pm2. Bush twins’ chaperon
3. Mark Foley’s chatroom moderator
4. George Allen’s multicultural consultant
5. Ann Coulter’s gaydar technician
6. Rush Limbaugh’s pharmacist
7. Walter Reed mold inspector
8. Mary Cheney’s live-in nanny
9. White House medal of freedom inventory clerk
10. Secretary of State
For the record, Jesus Christ was God Incarnate, not a witch.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:27 pmDon’t worry, Jake. We’re not laughing at you. We’re laughing with you.
B-B … BWAAAA-HAA-HAA-HA!
Sorry, man. We’re laughing at you.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:27 pmWhat’s next, Jake the Joke?
GOD IS GREAT!
THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD!
DEATH TO THE INFIDELS!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:28 pmI believe Al Capone stayed silent as well. So did Ted Bundy for quiet awhile.
Jake, it’s all unravelling at your feet.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:28 pmFor the record, I am registered Independent and have no Republican idols.
Comment by St Jake (Patron Saint of Porta Potties and Trailer Parks) — April 6, 2007 @ 5:22 pm
Who gives a crap?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:29 pmHere’s one Jake the Joke evidently has forgotten as evidenced by his many exortations today:
“And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites, who affect to pray standing in the assemblies, and at the corners of the streets, that men may observe them. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward. But you, when you would pray, retire to your closet; and having shut the door, pray to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.â€
— Matthew
April 6th, 2007 at 5:29 pmThe crimes in the Attorney Generals office are bigger then you might think.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:30 pmIt goes back to 2000. Yes after Ashcrof left Karl Rove took over and gave Gonzles the title only. That’s why Gonzo doesn’t know what was going on. Now to save Karl Rove, Gonzo will have to resign. Notice Libby had to leave to save Cheney and Rove. Look for more Bush loyal appointees to resign as we get closer to the truth. I wonder will Matt give a spin to this story as he did with Pelosi’s visit to Syria. Matt is working hard for the Bush money by spinning/lies/blame on the Today Show. No wonder NBC is losing money who wants to watch liars.
Like Pillsbury biscuits?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:31 pmIf she refuses to even show up (with counsel, of course), then throw her lying ass in jail. Talk about sending a message!
Now is the time for Congress to show some backbone. Bush and his cronies are just waiting for their opposition to blink. I hope, for everyone’s sake, that the investigative committee adopts a “take no prisoners” attitude, and brings out the big stick on this one.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:31 pmAnd, according to his friend, Luke, Jesus repudiates modern conservatism with a ringing endorsement of progressive taxation:
“For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required.†— Luke 12:48
Woo hoo, He is risen!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:32 pmFor the record, I am not praying in public when I post Scripture to rebut the claim Jesus did not stay silent in the face of His accusors. If anyone (NOT on the “Ignore List”) has any questions about, please let me know.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:32 pmMatthew 26:62-63, “The high priest stood up and said to Jesus, ‘Well, aren’t you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?’ But Jesus remained silent.â€
Comment by Joke — April 6, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
Read the very next verse Pope Jake.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:33 pmHey give Jake a break. All he’s got for cards is a handful of jokers.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:33 pmWho cares? The Pilate administration did it too.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:33 pmApril 6th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Crucify her! Crucify her!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:34 pmSo what? The Sanhedrin outsourced their torture, too.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:34 pmJake the Joke at 5:22: “NO KING BUT JESUS!
HE IS RISEN!”
Jake the Joke at 5:32: “For the record, I am not praying in public…”
Like I said, always good for a laugh.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:35 pmAnyone else?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:35 pm“May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America.”
That’s pretty typical. I have never, and I do mean NEVER, in my life met a born again Christian that was not a hypocrite, con artist or a complete and utter flake.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:36 pmMatthew 27:12, “When the leading priests and other leaders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.â€
Comment by Pope Jake the Ignorant — April 6, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
Read the preceding first Moses.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:38 pmFor the record, Ms. Goodling submitted her declaration BEFORE refusing to speak any more as well. GOOD for her!!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:39 pmhow’s it hanging?
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
Wow, such language right before Easter. Or are you Catholic again. Wos, such language on Good Friday.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:40 pmAnd your misuse of 1st Peter isn’t even worth addressing.
Read Farrar sometime St Paulygirl.
You’ll learn something.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:40 pmAnother one bites the dust.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:41 pmToo bad so many on the “Ignore List” now want to discuss Isaiah 53:7 and whether that verse was fulfilled in Jesus Christ or not — they should have thought about that before refusing to answer my questions and/or resorting to personal attacks — if anyone ELSE has any questions, please let me know in a civil manner and I will always return the same courtesy.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:43 pmSo Jake.
You are clearly feeling your zealous oats and loudly proclaiming your christianity.
So I am curious.
If someone hits you, what do you do?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:44 pmAnother rat leaves the ship. No better disenfectant then shining the sun on these criminals. The lies and corruption of this criminal enterprise will be so thick and stinky by the time congress is done with investigations no one will be left standing.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:44 pmIt is Friday… isn’t it on this day the WH and Media trickles the bad stuff out hoping no one will notice?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:46 pmFor the record, Ms. Goodling submitted her declaration BEFORE refusing to speak any more as well. GOOD for her!!!!
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
A. Prove it.
B. Who cares?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:46 pmP.S. I am, of course, not interested in ANY part of your body . . .
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
I’m not sure Dr. Freud would agree.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:46 pmWow, what a suprise .
April 6th, 2007 at 5:46 pm[…] planned to plead the Fifth to avoid testifying before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, gave the Attorney General her resignation on a Friday afternoon in order to minimize the press coverage. The resignation is said to be […]
April 6th, 2007 at 5:47 pmAnything else by anyone NOT on the Ignore List?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:48 pmJake, why are you trying to argue a history of someone that we have ZERO contemporaneous evidence even really existed?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:48 pmHE IS RISEN!
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Could you please leave whiteyfresh alone?
Are you okay whiteyfresh? Jake seems a little obsessed with your, uh, you.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:49 pmStupid troll.
Who would Jeeezus torture?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:49 pmHow would you know if you are ignroiiung them?
Isn’t lying (i.e claiming to ignore people then talk about those same people) a big no-no in your book?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:50 pmJake, you have no shame. It appears to me that you’re flaunting both your Christianity and your hypocrisy. Is that even possible?
April 6th, 2007 at 5:50 pmToo bad so many on the “Ignore List†now want to discuss Isaiah 53:7 and whether that verse was fulfilled in Jesus Christ or not —
Comment by Inbred Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:43 pm
LoL.
First, I already debunked your other two scriptures. Jesus DID answer questions in both of your Matthew quotes, one in the preceding verse, and the other in the following verse.
As for your Isaiah verse, that is generally believed to reference Jesus being beaten and not crying out.
Next.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:52 pmJake,
Jesus has you on his “ignore list”.
Stupid fool!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:54 pmFor the record, Ms. Goodling submitted her declaration BEFORE refusing to speak any more as well. GOOD for her!!!!
Comment by Jake
Yeah, a DOJ official (the first in history I believe) refusing to testify because she MIGHT INCRIMINATE HERSELF?
How on earth can any person, professing to be a Christian, condone such behavior?
I I do NOT buy the BS that she’s refusing to testify because she may make a mistake that could cause a false accusation. THAT IS COMPLETE AND UTTER BS Jake! That line of logic, for all practical purposes, destroys the validity of the entire US legal system.
You have ZERO credibility Jake.
Go away please.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:54 pmI am, of course, interested in ANY part of your body .
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Geez Jake for all you know whiteyfresh is a 15 year old page. Have you not seen “To Catch a Predator?”
April 6th, 2007 at 5:54 pmHow would you know if you are ignroiiung them?
Comment by lestatdelc — April 6, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
For someone who’s supposed to be ignoring me, he sure responds to me an awful lot.
I think the ignore list is like Oreilly’s “fox police”.
No such thing.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:54 pmPlease don’t take the following silence as me thinking I am Jesus . . .
April 6th, 2007 at 5:54 pm#
Please don’t take the following silence as me thinking I am Jesus . . .
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
Can we take it that you’ve finally inserted gun in mouth, and pulled trigger, now that would be good for all mankind!
April 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pmPlease don’t take the following silence as me thinking I am Jesus . . .
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
No.
We’ll take everything you’ve said up until that point as you thinking you’re Jesus.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pmGoodling’s resignation takes the spotlight off Cheney’s latest lies about Saddam Hussein and 9/11. Stealth Cheney presented his lies at a GOP gathering; did not provide evidence; but got his lies on the news cycles of all majhor media. Heck-of-a-job McCarthy (or was that Cheney?).
April 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pmEven Bill “Double-Down” Bennett said in CNN’s Situation Room today that Gonzales will “get one more chance” then he’s gone. What kind of outfit is Gonzales running over there at the DOJ if Goodling is his “top aide?” Don’t answer that.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:59 pmFor more on Monica Goodling, Rachel Paulose and the latest news, email archives, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
April 6th, 2007 at 5:59 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
Jake the Joke: “HE IS RISEN!”
Minor character from Night of the Living Dead: “THEY ARE RISING!”
April 6th, 2007 at 5:59 pmJake, you have no shame. It appears to me that you’re flaunting both your Christianity and your hypocrisy. Is that even possible?
Comment by Willy
Of course it’s possible. All the Christians that I have ever met are hypocrites. And I do mean ALL. I can’t count how many times I have been ripped off by doctors and others professing to be Christian. It is a cloak that many con artists love to hide behind. the
Anyway, what do you expect from followers of a religion that the Roman’s altered to suit their interests?
Nicene Council anyone?
So few Christians are even aware enough of the history of their religion, and the Bible, to even realize that they are devoting their lives to following false and corrupt teachings.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:59 pmSorry, I would have answered sooner but I had to clean up the sodapop that squirted out of my nose
Comment by I WORFEUS — April 6, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
Are you okay, who could have anticipated such a response to Jake of all people. Usually he spreads boredom like the plague, how could you have known. Well at least it won’t happen again for years.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:02 pmVeritas (#52) Can you post a new link? That one is broken. ty
April 6th, 2007 at 6:03 pmPlease don’t take the following silence as me thinking I am Jesus . . .
Comment by Jake
Please test our faith - for a very long time!
Christian Pharisees like you, Jake, who USE God and His Word to advance a political agenda and protect political criminals, do more damage to discipleship than any unbeliever ever could. You are a stumbling block.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:04 pmFor the record, I am registered Independent and have no Republican idols.
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:22 pm
Jake, I’m no bible thumper, but should you really be lying this close to Easter?
April 6th, 2007 at 6:04 pmJake…. How happy is YOUR god that you PLAGERIZED some WAR hero with your LIES???????
You should be struck down by lightning by GOD for your LIES and DISRESPECT for ACTUAL WAR HERO’s……
You LYING SLIMEBALL!!!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 6:08 pmAre you okay, who could have anticipated such a response to Jake of all people.
Comment by shane — April 6, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
I know.
And it wasn’t even the fact that it is a pretty well known concept that the only person Jesus ever refused to speak to was Herod. I mean, thats an obscure prinicple among lay people, and only someone really devout or a theologian would probably remember it.
But it was the idea that he was comparing Monica Goodling taking the 5th, to Jesus Christ!
LMAO
Like, I keep telling him, if the right wing isn’t paying him, he should talk to us.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:09 pmJake, all your idols are republiscums…name one that isn’t.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:09 pmFor the record, I am registered Independent and have no Republican idols.
Comment by Jake
Yeah right. LOL!
Hence why you do nothing but defend every single REPUBLICAN every chance that you get for every indiscretion that they are involved in.
And constantly demonize and blame DEMOCRATS, like Clinton, for every mistake that REPUBLICANS have been blamed for.
Like I sad Jake… YOU HAVE ZERO CREDIBILITY!
April 6th, 2007 at 6:11 pmHe has risen!
http://rawstory.com/ news/ 2007/ Catholic_group_fires_back_at_leaders_0406.html
April 6th, 2007 at 6:12 pm#
“May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America.â€
That’s pretty typical. I have never, and I do mean NEVER, in my life met a born again Christian that was not a hypocrite, con artist or a complete and utter flake.
Comment by JPV — April 6, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
I am an “old time” Christian; that is, was raised in the church and truly believed (and still do) in the teachings of Christ. The first encounter with a so-called “Born-again” Christian was my father’s. He worked for a guy who bought the business, and one of his first acts was to stop paying the employer-guaranteed portion of medical insurance for an employee who had cancer. The insurance policy for that man was then cancelled. Then the guy fired the employee. When my dad raised objections, he was then fired as well. Some “Christian,” huh?
This kind of person, who likes to wrap themselves in the clothing of a spiritual teaching while acting in opposition to that teaching are the ones we have been warned about “Beware of ravening wolves who wrap themselves in sheep’s clothing; they will lead many astray.”
Osama and his followers are one example. Bush and those he surrounds himself with are another.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:12 pmJake, I’m no bible thumper, but should you really be lying this close to Easter?
Comment by shane
Of course he should. Lying and hypocrisy are the 2 most important Christian pastimes.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:12 pmFor the record, I am registered Independent and have no Republican idols.
Comment by Jake
For the record you are a namejacker, fake vet, plagerizer and liar. And you can stick your childish “ignore list” you hide your coward ass behind, where the sun don’t shine.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:12 pmWhen does Gonzo quit?
April 6th, 2007 at 6:14 pmHE HAS RISEN!
http://www.rawstory.com/ news/ 2007/ Catholic_group_fires_back_at_leaders_0406.html
April 6th, 2007 at 6:14 pmAnd you can stick your childish “ignore list†you hide your coward ass behind, where the sun don’t shine.
Comment by Wayne
He may have to remove his head first, to make room.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:17 pmMatthew
Comment by Bluedog49 — April 6, 2007 @ 5:29 pm
AMEN
April 6th, 2007 at 6:21 pmHe may have to remove his head first, to make room.
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC)
ROFLMAO
April 6th, 2007 at 6:21 pmJakes ignore list is really his “cut-n-run” list.
The only people on it are the ones who’ve kicked his ass in a debate.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:22 pmCourse he doesn’t really ignore them, as his constant responses to me prove.
He just responds to the comments they make that he thinks he can beat.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:24 pmFor the record, Ms. Goodling submitted her declaration BEFORE refusing to speak any more as well. GOOD for her!!!!
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
So Jake your mind can’t even entertain the concept that anybody associated to the administration could be guilty of anything? If you ever get called for jury dut, could you point this little bit of insanity out to them.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:25 pmIf someone hits you, what do you do?
Comment by I WORFEUS — April 6, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
Oooh, I know, he says “Goddammit, jeezuschrist, now you’re on my ignore list!”
April 6th, 2007 at 6:27 pmSince Goodling IS the centerpiece in the Attorney-firing scandal, what recourse does Congress have with regard to forcing her to provide information; i.e. as a public servant in her position with the citizens employing her, shouldn’t she be forced to provide information. Isn’t that the intentional “obstruction of justice”?? Actually, the 5th is taken so the individual will not incriminate themselves which, in itself, is an indication of Monica’s culpability in all of this. If one has nothing to hide, they testify. So, as it goes, Monica IS guilty by her own admission of taking the 5th.
However, I wish someone with a legal background would weigh in on what the potential remedies for getting this important testimony might be at this point? Surely, we have remedies in place for this type of situation where the DOJ is the one being investigated vs. being the ones called upon to do the investigating. What happens next?
April 6th, 2007 at 6:30 pmPlease don’t take the following silence as me thinking I am Jesus . . .
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
Why, do you now KNOW you’re Jesus?
April 6th, 2007 at 6:31 pm#119 I couldn’t agree more with your analogy and your reference - I’ve been calling them “wolves in sheep’s clothing” for a long time. Finally, everyone is realizing it themselves.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:31 pmUPDATE VI: Goodling’s mother, Cindy Fitt of Osceola Mills, Pa., on her daughter’s resignation: “She told me I’m to say ‘no comment’ for everything.â€
… And why is that?
April 6th, 2007 at 6:32 pmDoes anyone on these threads give a rat’s ass what party Jake-off is a member of? How audacious that he would even provide that information as if anyone in the world might give a damn. Egomaniacal doesn’t even begin to describe this sewer-troll. Tainted would be another….followed by twisted, schizophrenic, brainwashed, delusional, and corrupt himself.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:33 pmThe poor little girly girl had to resign… in disgrace… like all the bushies do. Well, if you can’t stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen.
Gonzales is next and Doad will be serving time in federal prison OR they can give up traitor Rove.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:34 pmWTF - “she simply is not going to show up”? She may want to speak with Judy Miller before making this her final decision. But then again, she will have all the other bushie friends to spend time with once she goes to prison for contempt of Congress.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:36 pmComment by I WORFEUS — April 6, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
And all of a sudden Jake is stalking whiteyfresh with all the zealotry of, well whoever Gannon visited at the White House or Mark Foley. Granted whiteyfresh is adorable but Jake’s almost 80 years old. What up wit dat?
Ooooh, maybe Satan’s got a hold of him. The Exorcism of Jake. Appearing at a theater near you. See how one man is released from his demons, Republican and Satanic.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:38 pmComment by impeachcheneythenbush — April 6, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
Great story - I have often noticed the hypocricy myself. My husband and I aren’t “practicing christians” but we give full union benefits to our employees even though we were in no way forced into doing so.
Sometimes people prefer to use their church affiliation in lieu of doing the “right thing.” Yeah, you know who you are, Jake.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:42 pmI think she wants to spend more time in Argentina with Ken Lay.
(Sorry if this is a double post.)
April 6th, 2007 at 6:43 pmI thought you would have to be asked a question in court BEFORE you could plead the 5th Ammendment. It makes absolutely no sense to plead the 5th without being asked a question. But then again, Goodling is a bushie… a follower and admirer of dan quayle in cowboy boots so her elevator probably doesn’t go all the way up, if you know what I mean.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:44 pmLily #139 - funny.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:46 pmJakes ignore list is really his “cut-n-run†list.
The only people on it are the ones who’ve kicked his ass in a debate.
Comment by I WORFEUS — April 6, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
That’s how we know he is a “True Republican” and a “Fake Christian.”
April 6th, 2007 at 6:47 pmShe got her Law Degree at Pat Robertson’s school, so I wouldn’t expect any honesty from her. She is, after all, a “born-again” christian. They don’t have to be honest in civil affairs. They’ve already recited the correct words and their place in heaven is assured.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:58 pmJake’s almost 80 years old. What up wit dat?
Comment by shane — April 6, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
That might be his weight.
It might even be his IQ.
But it sure as hell ain’t his age.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:17 pmI’m guessing 29, virgin, mom’s basement, and better toss in manic depressive.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:19 pmThis is what you get with poorly “edumacated” Christianist that have been indoctrinated and brainwashed at Regent U. But they do love themselves a whole bunch of Jebus!!
April 6th, 2007 at 7:21 pmHe just says that so people won’t call him on his cowardice in supporting a war he’s unwilling to serve in.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:21 pmWhy do so many of these religious fundamentalists have so much trouble with the truth? They try to weasel out of everything. If they were honest and above-board as their religion would suggest, they wouldn’t have a problem. But they have all sold their souls to the devil with their Faustian deals, and now they are not only public humiliated, they must be troubled by their conscience. That is, if they are indeed, true christians.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:26 pmThis is Good Friday — they should take themselves out for a few hours of meditation and think about mending their ways.
this dizzy bitch will pay dearly for obfuscating and delaying the inevitable downfall of this illigimate rgime……….
April 6th, 2007 at 7:26 pmOne of the problems with “faith based” religions is that if you believe that you are saved by faith in Jesus Christ, you will see your salvation in heaven. Many interpret that to mean they can be corrupt liars, leading immoral lives on earth, but they will still have eternal reward in heaven.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:29 pmis goodling a southern baptist catholic?
April 6th, 2007 at 7:34 pmMarie, born-again’s have a saying: the ten commandments are nailed to the cross. What they mean by this obtuse statement is that they live in a state of grace and don’t really have to pay a lot of attention to those commandments since they have already accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior. And, in general, christianity encourages amoral and immoral behavior because it provides a means by which someone can avoid consequences for those kinds of actions. When I was growing up, the Catholic girls in our city were always the most “fun.” I quickly learned that this was because the next morning, they were in confession.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:42 pmThe witch hunt continues.
At long last, have you no decency, sirs?
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
Listen to him cry.
They spent hundreds of millions to prosecute Clinton getting a blow job, but look at em now.
What a wimp.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:42 pmwhat does Goodling know that she would rather resign than divuldge?
April 6th, 2007 at 7:57 pmwhat does Goodling know that she would rather resign than divuldge?
Comment by n69n — April 6, 2007 @ 7:57 pm
resigning does not insulate one from giving testimony.
Not showing up is not an option, unless she can get herself to a country with which we have no extradition treaty…
April 6th, 2007 at 8:09 pmI hear Dubai is a hot destination these days…
April 6th, 2007 at 8:20 pmliterally.
I hear Dubai is a hot destination nowadays…
April 6th, 2007 at 8:21 pmliteraly.
By the people …
I’ve been hearing it all my life, “… a government for the people, by the people …”, it’s right there in the Constitution.
I haven’t seen much yet. But I’ve heard it.
A vast majority of Americans have voiced their opinions. We know we’ve been lied to. We don’t like it. We especially don’t like it when it costs us fortune, honor and our children.
We also don’t like it when the so-called higher-ups of the leadership that we have just given that leadership to tells us they’re not concerned with holding those accountable for squandering said fortune, honor and the lives of are most precious commodity, our children. Just forget about all that. We have to go on with the business of governing.
Believe me, we REALLY don’t like this. Matter of fact we’ll put you right in with the squanders.
So, what is that “business of governing”? Going back to the Constitution, it’s “holding to the true principle of the law. ” What a beautiful thing “law”. Not fully absolute, but firm. Much like a parent governing a child. Allowing the child to grow, within certain guidelines.
The law has been broken BIG time. I need not go down the list.
Either you bring to justice those that have broken some of the most horrendous crimes against humanity accountable or we don’t have an America. There is no United States. There is no law. No shame. No nothing.
Impeach? Not only that, the perpetrators should be dragged before the World Court and judged if we are to even begin to regain any measure of honor.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:21 pmIf Goodling really does know of criminal wrongdoing in the DoJ, she should be offered immunity and compelled to testify. Something over in Gonzales’s office is really beginning to stink.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:21 pm#155 But the problem and Catch-22 of this situation is, the DoJ is the only enforcing mechanism Congress has, and there-in lies the problem.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:22 pm(there’s the one that disappeared…!)
April 6th, 2007 at 8:23 pmbluedog says “the ten commandments are nailed to the cross.”
April 6th, 2007 at 8:25 pmI had not ever heard that before, but I do know all about “confession” from my childhood. Sounds like using religion to lead a life of “sin” but not to worry, one will still live in heaven eternally, so all is well.
As a lapsed catholic who tried protestantism, I am now a non-believer, yet, I firmly believe that my attempt to lead a just and moral life will see me to the hereafter, if there is one.
#161 yeah, but why under a different screename? (raised eyebrow)
April 6th, 2007 at 8:35 pmI’m glad to see that “god” is protecting her. I wonder if “god” will tear up her subpeonas also?
April 6th, 2007 at 8:41 pmOOPs, you caught me, that one was left over from the Disney thread…..
April 6th, 2007 at 8:42 pmPat Robertson’s Regent Law School sure teach their law student well. Monica must have skipped the ethics class, though.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:50 pmLMAO
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Impeach? Not only that, the perpetrators should be dragged before the World Court and judged if we are to even begin to regain any measure of honor.
Comment by Com-n-sense — April 6, 2007 @ 8:21 pm
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Amen and standing ovation!!
If Goodling really does know of criminal wrongdoing in the DoJ, she should be offered immunity and compelled to testify. Something over in Gonzales’s office is really beginning to stink.
Comment by david — April 6, 2007 @ 8:21 pm
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Or perhaps the tactics that this administration believes are warranted, but refuse to call torture. It would be interesting to see these people being threatened with a dose of their own medicine. (Not really serious, but it would be ironic justice, wouldn’t it?)
#155 But the problem and Catch-22 of this situation is, the DoJ is the only enforcing mechanism Congress has, and there-in lies the problem.
Comment by lestatdelc — April 6, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
The top leadership of the DOJ is corrupt….but they are vastly outnumbered by the civilian attorneys and other DOJ employees. Cut out the rot and the body can heal.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:17 pmWhy is anybody entertaining that “Jake” creature? Stop it. The cretin will go away if no one pays attention to its rantings.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:24 pm“”She told me I’m to say ‘no comment’ for everything,”
Wow! The woman cannot even speak proper English!
No wonder her twit of a daughter dropped out of American University law school — she could not cut it. Regent, of course, will accept any Jesus Crusader, no matter how low their I.Q. is…
April 6th, 2007 at 9:31 pmLet’s drink a toast to “truthiness”!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 9:41 pmLet’s drink a toast to “truthinessâ€!!!
Comment by Briseadh_na_faire
Great! What’s it going to be? :)
BTW, even if I knew I hadn’t anything wrong, I would ask my mom not to speak to the press.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:03 pm[…] If it’s Friday, someone’s resigning! […]
April 6th, 2007 at 10:50 pmNo way a home-schooled Pat Robertson acolyte…
…stares down the United States Congress…
…and if she does…
…may the Capitol dome implode…
April 6th, 2007 at 10:52 pmHoly crap!
I just realized Goodling’s name is MONICA. How funny is that!?
April 6th, 2007 at 11:09 pmHoly crap!
I just realized Goodling’s name is MONICA. How funny is that!?
Comment by Zooey — April 6, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
It would be funnier if she was blowing Gonzales.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:15 pmOOPs, you caught me, that one was left over from the Disney thread…..
Comment by Raven — April 6, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
Were you the character interested in interspecies marriage? Very funny!
April 6th, 2007 at 11:15 pmI just realized Goodling’s name is MONICA. How funny is that!?
Comment by Zooey — April 6, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
Note to self, if I ever have a granddaughter do not let her be named MONICA.
Thanks Zooey!
April 6th, 2007 at 11:18 pmWhy is anybody entertaining that “Jake†creature? Stop it. The cretin will go away if no one pays attention to its rantings.
Comment by Devil’s Advocate — April 6, 2007 @ 9:24 pm
With all due respect.
Why do so many liberals think the way to confront the enemy is to ignore them?
You can’t refute lies if you won’t confront them.
You can pretend he doesn’t exist if you want, but I for one am tired of seeing liberals acting like this is kindergarten, and we have to all “play nice”, and “not talk to the meanies”.
People are dying in a foriegn land because of what people like Jake believe. At the end of the day, its a battle of ideals that precedes the battle of bullets and bombs. We lost the last battle of ideals, which is why the battle of bullets and bombs is currently taking place.
And since that plan didn’t work out to well last time, I think we’re gonna give something new a try.
Like standing up to them.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:21 pmZooey, very funny and appropiate….It will be even funnier if this presidency is brought down totaly by a Monica….The troll’s must be going crazy….Maybe the fed’s should put the little twit in protective custody.. We all know how the reich like to throw their own under any old bus..Blessings
April 6th, 2007 at 11:23 pmIt would be funnier if she was blowing Gonzales.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Note to self, if I ever have a granddaughter do not let her be named MONICA.
Thanks Zooey!
Comment by shane
Worfeus, we know very little about this Monica….time will tell. :D
Shane, the terrible thing is one of my best friends is named Monica! She’s a lovely person! But you’re right, best to discourage that name when it comes to granddaughters. We’ll be flicking peas at each other in the TP old ladies home by then, I fear…. :D
April 6th, 2007 at 11:24 pmAnd since that plan didn’t work out to well last time, I think we’re gonna give something new a try.
Like standing up to them.
Comment by I WORFEUS
I think we need to confront them, but I hate to see whole threads taken over by their stupidity.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:26 pmSharon,
I hope things are going well for you this fine spring. We just had our first warm day. Wow. It was great — so shiny!
Have you heard from RUC? I haven’t.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:28 pmWell, I guess it doesn’t bother me as much Zooey. I think the real dynamic of a blog is not a bunch of like minded people saying like minded things, but the confrontation of the truth and lie.
I hear what you are saying, I just think trying to keep it nice and neat is what got us into trouble last time.
Lets try taking off the gloves for a while, and see how that works out.
P.S
I always try to keep it somewhat erudite.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:31 pmAt long last, have you no decency, sirs?
Comment by Jake
F*ck you, Rape Joker Jake. You have a hell of a nerve pulling that quote out of your ass for this situation.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:32 pmF*ck you, Rape Joker Jake. You have a hell of a nerve pulling that quote out of your ass for this situation.
Comment by Zooey — April 6, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
I see we’re on the same page…
:P
April 6th, 2007 at 11:35 pmBack at ya Zooey, beautiful day here, cranked up the old buggie and went for a spin, baught some Heather plant’s, dark pink and white one’s..Did some yard work, hugged the neighbor’s grand baby, he love’s me and I love him,1 year old jibber’s language I can understand…It was a diamond day for me…
Haven’t hear anything about RUCerious and I am still sending blessings and lighting candles, hope every one else is also….How was your day.?….Blessings to you
April 6th, 2007 at 11:36 pmI always try to keep it somewhat erudite.
Comment by I WORFEUS
I guess I’m just talking about the constant response to trolls like michael, patrick, phil, firehead, Jake, etc.
They have nothing to offer, execpt idiocy, and will never learn a thing here. They are the ones we should freeze out — IMHO.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:37 pmComment by Zooey — April 6, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
We’ll considers that all previous Monica’s dodged the bullet and better not to tempt fate with any new Monicas. Sad though because it is really a pretty name, just too risky.
That will be fun though the TP Retirement Home. And when we go to rallies nobody will mess with us or we’ll throw our teeth at them.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:38 pmD’oh!
Worfeus, I just saw that at the top of the comments, and my blood boiled. Oy, what will I do with myself? :}
April 6th, 2007 at 11:39 pmI guess I’m just talking about the constant response to trolls like michael, patrick, phil, firehead, Jake, etc.