Doolittle compares himself to Duke lacrosse players.
Doolittle compares himself to Duke lacrosse players.
Today in a conference call with reporters, Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) — who is currently under fire for his role in the Abramoff scandal — compared himself to the Duke students who were falsely accused of rape:
I have been an effective representative for the region and shall continue to be one despite this situation. Finally I will just say that if there is anything we should have learned from the Duke lacrosse case, it is that the destruction of the reputations of innocent people can occur when the government, the press and the public jump to unfounded conclusions. I ask everyone to withhold judgment until the all facts are known and the truth can prevail.
Looks like Doolittle is taking his talking points from Tom DeLay.
UPDATE: Doolittle also pledges that he won’t resign his seat.
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Never an original thought among them… They always have to compare themselves to other people, in other situations and with other issues. Ugh…
April 20th, 2007 at 4:57 pm“The facts will show that I am totally innocent of all charges.”
— Bob Ney
“John Kerry is a traitor.”
— Duke Cunningham
April 20th, 2007 at 4:57 pmWas he really comparing himself to Duke lacross players, or just reminding people was the lesson from THAT witch hunt should have been? If I bring up the actual Salem witch trials, does that mean I think I’m a witch? That would be faulty logic.
April 20th, 2007 at 4:59 pmMethinks he should have compared himself to Cunningham instead.
Cheers,
April 20th, 2007 at 4:59 pmyou mean Duke Cunningham right? right? Damn. Sounds like he’s been reading Delay’s book on how to over emphasize on a limited budget.
April 20th, 2007 at 4:59 pmRepublicans love to play the victim, so much for standing up for yourself.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:01 pmWithold judgement….? No Thank you.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:01 pm“Was he really comparing himself to Duke lacross players, or just reminding people was the lesson from THAT witch hunt should have been?”
For some reason my italics aren’t working, but may I suggest that you actually READ the text michael? Anybody with at least a first grade reading comprehension level can see the comparison being made. Of course I wouldn’t expect an apologist for any of these criminals to see an elephant in the room if it was s**ttin on them.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:05 pm“Doolittle compares himself to Duke lacrosse players.”
The last refuge of a scoundrel.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:14 pmIsn’t comparing himself to Jesus good enough?
April 20th, 2007 at 5:16 pmWhat an idiot.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:17 pm#3…Yes, michael, Doolittle was comparing himself to the Duke “lacross” (spelled “lacrosse”) players. I hear he plays a mean game of “lacross.”
April 20th, 2007 at 5:19 pmLook over there! Clinton!
April 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pmCaligula was a pretty decent guy, too.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pmI’m not guilty….
But my wife is!
April 20th, 2007 at 5:22 pmCompare away. By the time the FBI is raiding your house, you’re toast.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:22 pmSuch pathetic victimhood by Doolittle and DeLay. It’s not like the Democrats are going after them, it’s the FBI and the DOJ. Poor fellas.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:24 pmbut…but…but…Clinton, Pelosi, Carter, Kennedy, and Truman!
April 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pmI was simply quoting the headline of the article (now corrected, I see). Doolittle clearly alludes to the LESSON we should have learned from the Duke lacrosse case. So, again, if I bring up the LESSON we should have learned from the Salem witch trials, does that mean I think I’m a witch too?
April 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pmThat would be faulty logic.
Comment by michael
I have yet to see any post of yours resembling anything close to logic.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:26 pmKeep spewing your insane crap, it only shows the world what idiots you 28%ers are. haha
#19…no, it means you make poor analogies.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:26 pmYou know what they say, you never meet a guilty person in jail.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:27 pmdoes that mean I think I’m a witch too?
Comment by michael
No you are an idiot and every time you post you show you are an idiot.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:28 pmI think I’m a witch too?
Comment by michael — April 20, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
Michael, witches have power and you’re as impotent as they come.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:28 pmSo when do Doolittle have a black stripper over and pay her $800.00 and yell racist epithets at her?
-GSD
April 20th, 2007 at 5:32 pmActually, ckerst, I’ve met Chuck Colson and he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the Ellsberg case. So, there’s at least ONE person.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:32 pmThanks for your opinion, Wayne.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:32 pmShane, there’s no such thing as witches.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:33 pmdoes that mean I think I’m a witch too?
Comment by michael
No, Mikey. You may be as ugly as a witch. But, as Shane astutely pointed out, you lack the power of one, and–I would like add–the imagination of one, too.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:33 pmLora, there’s no such thing as witches.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:35 pmThanks for your opinion, Wayne.
Comment by michael
Anytime..
there’s no such thing as witches.
Comment by michael
Wiccans call themselves witches, and they do exhist in this reality. Once again you are wrong.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:38 pmit is that the destruction of the reputations of innocent people can occur when the government, the press and the public jump to unfounded conclusions.
Doolittle forgot to add that this only applies when it involves rich males, white males in particular, although sometimes it can stray into black and hispanic rich circles, but rarely.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:38 pmAnybody see DeLay on Charlie Rose last night? He was complaining that Democrats will do or say anything for power and are ruining the culture of DC with their unbridled ambition. I don’t know how Charlie Rose kept a straight face.
He smirked about the SCOTUS ruling and ended by saying the answer to incidents like V Tech would be to get rid of those silly laws that ban guns from campus, because if one or two of those kids had been armed, they could have taken care of it.
He lives in an alternate reality – and a very scary one, at that.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:38 pmDoolittle has been doing alot. Unfortunately for him most of it nefarious. I see in his
April 20th, 2007 at 5:38 pmpalpable future microphones, crying, apologies, and a number for a name.
There’s no such thing as logic. At least not in my posts.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:39 pmShane, there’s no such thing as witches.
Comment by michael — April 20, 2007 @ 5:33 pm
Michael you were the one who said you were a witch. Make up your mind.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:40 pmDelay was complaining that Democrats will do or say anything for power and are ruining the culture of DC
It is in the nature of the perverse criminal mind to project onto the supposed enemy ones own attributes.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:40 pm“I ask everyone to withhold judgment until the all facts are known and the truth can prevail.”
…in the year 2550…
April 20th, 2007 at 5:43 pmWayne, I can think I am a witch, but that does not make me one.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:43 pmWhy no mention on the main page of this blog McCain singing “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran”
When asked how the VTech massacre could occur in our country, one has only to point to the likes of John McCain, war criminal in Vietnam 40 years ago, war monger today.
What are the mentally disturbed to think when we have leaders of this ilk. Low lifes like McCain don’t belong in power. They belong in rehab and under close supervision.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:44 pmpowkat, are you saying if one or two of those murdered had been armed, they couldn’t have done anything better to protect themselves?
Shane, I never said I was a witch. Learn to read.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:44 pmAt least Doolittle didn’t follow Tom Delay in comparing himself to Jesus.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:45 pmIt’s just amazing that if you are a republican you automatically defend scumbags, which brings up the question: Do you defend scumbags because you are a republican or are you a republican because you defend scumbags?
April 20th, 2007 at 5:45 pmWayne, I can think I make sense, buut that does not make it so.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:48 pmLora, there’s no such thing as witches.
Comment by michael —
Again, you’ve proven your ignorance, Mikey. First of all, “ugly as a witch” is a figure of speech. Secondly, there are people who identify themselves as witches and wiccans, as Wayne pointed out. Thirdly, if you “think” (certainly an oxymoron when used about you) witches don’t exist, why did you repeatedly ask the question of whether or not you’re a witch?
April 20th, 2007 at 5:48 pmAt least Doolittle didn’t follow Tom Delay in comparing himself to Jesus.
Give him time. Delay has had years to master his deceit. Doolittle is a new comer to the game in comparison.
Of course, the master of deceit is Gonzales, who learned from the dark master, GW.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:48 pmI’ve been looking at Michael’s latest obsession – witches. Michael, and I ask this will all due respect, are you insane?
April 20th, 2007 at 5:52 pmLora, I think it’s obvious I was asking whether BRINGING UP THE LESSON OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS means I am comparing myself to a witch. There’s also someone posting under my name. Please stop doing that.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:54 pmNo, Bluedog49, are you?
April 20th, 2007 at 5:55 pmhahaha! Really, this stuff just gets funnier by the day.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:55 pmI resent michael’s comment that there is no such thing as witches.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:55 pm#47 michael,
April 20th, 2007 at 5:58 pmOnly you know what you mean, although it’s possible, given your inarticulateness, that you don’t know, either.
hahaha! Really, this stuff just gets funnier by the day
It would be funny if hundreds of thousands hadn’t died in Iraq and hundreds weren’t dying every day there because of these criminals
April 20th, 2007 at 5:58 pmI resent that the same usual suspects engage in childish attacks that are off topic – going on and on about witches, and who are you. Let’s play the Who game now. Is Michael really Jake, or maybe he’s Elizabeth. Jeez.
If you have nothing to say about the topic, why don’t you step back and let people discuss it without all this excess bilge.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:59 pmI’ve followed this guy’s career for decades and he has always been a hypocrite, self righteous extremist. I was very distressed when the voters of my district elected him. He narrowly got re-elected recently. I am willing to delay (no pun intended) judgement until we can get a trial, as far as putting him in jail. But I don’t need a jury’s verdict to know the guy is total slime.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:00 pmI said, there’s someone posting under my name. Please stop doing that! You’re making more sense than me.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:04 pmaClem
April 20th, 2007 at 6:04 pmHe sounds like a typical Republican from your description.
Lora, I think it’s obvious I was asking whether BRINGING UP THE LESSON OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS means I am comparing myself to a witch. There’s also someone posting under my name. Please stop doing that. Comment by michael — April 20, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
Well while you act like a drugged out lunatic (the source of the Salem event), the only thing relevant of your post is the irony of a wingnut being concerned about a “witch hunt”… The only thing you hate about a witchhunt, is you’re mad when it isn’t YOU or YOUR SIDE performing it. Of course when legitimate issues involving already convicted felons involved in corruption is involved, you WHINE about witch hunt. But yet, you think investigating the private sex life of others is legitimate law enforcement! Too funny!
If you’re so sex obsessed, maybe you should find out why a male hooker spent so many sleepovers at the whitehouse, and yet those sleepovers weren’t reported except in the secret service logs?
April 20th, 2007 at 6:05 pmI am happy to discuss the topic, BucketsofBloodforBucketsofOil. As I stated, above, I don’t think that Rep. Doolittle was comparing himself to any Duke lacrosse players.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:05 pmGuess we missed the kegger and the “entertainment”, eh doolittle?
April 20th, 2007 at 6:06 pmYour wife must have been working late at the office?
those who are regulars here, and pay attention, know that one of the most beautiful people to post comments and ideas on TP proudly proclaims her status as a witch… and i’m proud to “know” her!
…
but what’s this i hear about doolittle???
April 20th, 2007 at 6:08 pmis he also accused of gang rape???
wow… sure hope he gets that cleared up soon!
and good luck!
If you’re so sex obsessed, maybe you should find out why a male hooker spent so many sleepovers at the whitehouse, and yet those sleepovers weren’t reported except in the secret service logs?
Now there’s a topic for discussion. It’s been my suspicion, which could be prejudiced, that Bush and his close circle are closeted homosexuals who have married in order to hide within society. That is not an unusual thing to do. However it does make for controlling people through threats of exposure.
The way Gonzales gazes at Bush and the way Rove et al will do anything for him, and he for them, it suggests something hidden. No?
April 20th, 2007 at 6:09 pmI don’t think that Rep. Doolittle was comparing himself to any Duke lacrosse players.
Michael – I think most writers, editors, and grammarians, would agree that although he does not make an explicit comparison, by alluding to the Lacrosse case, he is implying a comparison to him.
if there is anything we should have learned from the Duke lacrosse case, it is that the destruction of the reputations of innocent people can occur when the government, the press and the public jump
April 20th, 2007 at 6:12 pmWell, BucketsofBloodforBucketsofOil, if someone accused YOU of being Jake, what would you do?
April 20th, 2007 at 6:16 pmWell, BucketsofBloodforBucketsofOil, if someone accused YOU of being Jake, what would you do?
Nothing.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:18 pmAlso, he’s not “alluding” to the Duke Lacrosse case. He’s bringing up the specific LESSON we should have all learned from it: “the destruction of the reputations of innocent people can occur when the government, the press and the public jump to unfounded conclusions.” I think it’s pretty reasonable to withhold judgment until the all facts are known and the truth can prevail. If that means Doolittle goes to jail, after the facts are known, so be it.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:19 pmWell, BucketsofBloodforBucketsofOil, if someone accused YOU of being Jake, what would you do? After all, Jake was a well-known douchebag troll who is universally hated because all he ever added was to bring up Clinton.
Oh, wait — I see the resemblance now. Never mind.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:22 pmMichael
April 20th, 2007 at 6:23 pmHe is alluding.
He’s alluding to himself as being treated the same way as the LaCrosse were treated.
Michael
You fail to understand what the allusion is about. Doolittle is alluding to himself as being in the same boat as the LaCrosse team.
But now I see that you, Michael, have no real interest in discussing matters. You just want to attack people. So I will just ignore you now.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:24 pmAllusion is a stylistic device where one refers covertly or indirectly to something
April 20th, 2007 at 6:26 pmWell, IF he’s innocent and IF the government, the press and the public are jumping to unfounded conclusions, then Dolittle IS being treated the same way.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:27 pmWhen have I ever attacked someone? Someone ELSE is posting under my name. That’s not me!!!!
April 20th, 2007 at 6:28 pmBringin’ in th’ thieves…
…bringin’ in th’ thieves…
…we shall all rejoice when…
…bringin’ in th’ thieves…
April 20th, 2007 at 6:35 pmWhen have I ever attacked someone? Someone ELSE is posting under my name. That’s not me!!!! Here’s how to tell the difference: it’s me when I stand on silly points and use non-sequiters to prove my arguments.
It’s someone else when the post makes sense.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:35 pmTell us another one Doolittle the FBI does not raid the home of a Congressman without a damn good reason.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:38 pmMichael, witches have power and you’re as impotent as they come.
Comment by Shane
SNAP!!
Nice smackdown of Jake.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:58 pmShane, I never said I was a witch. Learn to read.
Comment by michael — April 20, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
You need to stop backpedaling, michael.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:00 pmDo you defend scumbags because you are a republican or are you a republican because you defend scumbags?
Comment by Republicans are the Fear and Smear Party — April 20, 2007 @ 5:45 pm
Y E S
April 20th, 2007 at 7:01 pmis he also accused of gang rape???
wow… sure hope he gets that cleared up soon!
and good luck!
Comment by katy — April 20, 2007 @ 6:08 pm
Hasn’t been accused of rape but Freud would say he’s probably guilty of at least considering it.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:05 pmWell, BucketsofBloodforBucketsofOil, if someone accused YOU of being Jake, what would you do?
Comment by michael — April 20, 2007 @ 6:16 pm
What’s the difference, you all share one brain.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:07 pmAnother Republican slimebag going down… What is it with Republicans that they have zero ethics and no moral compass?
April 20th, 2007 at 7:19 pm“secret… service…logs…”
April 20th, 2007 at 7:21 pmComment by jeff G. #81
…coming soon…
…to an IMPEACHMENT hearing near YOU!
April 20th, 2007 at 7:33 pm…if there is anything we should have learned from the Duke lacrosse case, it is that the destruction of the reputations of innocent people can occur…
Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA)
Honky please….
April 20th, 2007 at 7:37 pmThat’s right, big papa — Take VERMONT, please!!!!!
April 20th, 2007 at 7:40 pmYou libtards are just so mean! I don’t know why I bother posting here.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:47 pmThat was not me posting.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:49 pmThat was not me posting. If it was, it would have made even less sense. Maybe I would have even mentioned Clinton firing US Attorneys for political reasons even though it has nothing to do with the topic. Because that’s what I do. And you libtards fall for it every time.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:56 pmDoes that mean the former Rep. Congressional leader hires strippers for his parties?.
April 20th, 2007 at 8:04 pmI think he meant to say “Duke Cunningham” not “Duke Lacrosse”.
I’m sure he’ll correct himself before he goes to prison.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:00 pmI really can’t tell the michaels apart anymore… time for a new name?
April 20th, 2007 at 10:55 pmif there is anything we should have learned from the Duke lacrosse case, it is that the destruction of the reputations of innocent people can occur when the government, the press and the public jump to unfounded conclusions.
How does this amount to him comparing himself to the Duke Lacrosse players rather that just making a valid point.
He’s said that you should have learned something from that incident. If you need a further lesson try this:
April 21st, 2007 at 1:32 amWhat occur when the government, the press and the public jump to unfounded conclusions
Oh gawd, that is yesterDELAY….maybe he will go on PBS now and say that we need to arm all the professors and students all over America. Can you just imagine the first Friday night parties what the freaking damage would be. They seem to be just crazy stupid.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 21st, 2007 at 1:47 amI like music, long walks on the beach and quiet conversation. I like to debate in a calm precise manner. I like doing laundry and cooking.
I post sometimes on blogs, and never use talking points or ever bring up past presidents as reasons why Bush is just following them.
Just call 666-gosuckanegg
April 21st, 2007 at 1:55 am#86 Why do you care Michael? It isn’t like the namejacker was any more retarded than you.
April 21st, 2007 at 2:22 amDoolittle is kind of a whiny little b!tch, isn’t he?
April 21st, 2007 at 2:41 amI would love to see some quotes from Doolittle while Prez Clinton was being ‘accused.’ Did he urge withholding judgement till all the facts were in and all legal processes were done? His hypocracy is so obvious that only a rightist can ignore it. Or more likely, hypocracy is considered a virtue among those on the right.
April 21st, 2007 at 1:27 pm