Monica Goodling ‘thought of politics’ 24/7.
By on Nov 2nd, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Monica Goodling ‘thought of politics’ 24/7.
In May, former Justice Department staffer Monica Goodling admitted to the House Judiciary Committee that she had “taken inappropriate political considerations into account” while hiring career employees at the Department. “I don’t believe I intended to commit a crime,” said Goodling. But today on NPR, Michael Battle — former director of the U.S. Attorneys — cast doubts on Goodling’s claims of innocence:
She thought of politics probably 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Listen to Battle’s remarks here:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/michaelbattle4.320.40.flv]
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Goodling should be in prison.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:11 pmOf course she did, that’s what she was hired to do. It’s probably ALL she can do.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:13 pmBrainwashed comes to mind.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 pmTP needs to post one good thread for every five Republican threads.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:16 pmThis is too much, really.
“I don’t believe I intended to commit a crime,†said Goodling
surely that is one of the most ridiculous statements made in the history of politics.
talk about weasel words.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:17 pmHer very existance is in government was a crime.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:28 pmThis is what you get when you let reich-wing christianista colleges (or 13th grade) “edumacate” a bunch or already dumbed down phu(cks and place them on the bar by teaching to the test and not teaching critical, rational thinking!!!
Monica “Limbo Bimbo” Goodling and all the useless phu(ks that “gradumanated” from Liberty (joke) University (double-joke) need to be removed from the DoJ and disbarred in every jurisdiction in this entire country!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:31 pmI dont think Monica meant to hurt America, but surely she must realise, by now, after all the Republican corruption and other sexual scandals and outright lies, which were very unchristian, that she was trying to eradicate strawmen that never existed.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:50 pmWhen I think of the high caliber of the US Attorneys fired in a WH scheme to replace them w/obedient political hacks…Christ. Most of the fired USA positions are still filled by their interim replacements, since the original plot to put Goodling-vetted stooges in the slots was exposed.
Marcus Aurelius is right @ post #1- Goodling belongs in jail, along w/Gonzales, Sampson, & all those who contributed to the rape & gutting of the DoJ.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:55 pmComment by Xisithrus — November 2, 2007 @ 8:50 pm
I doubt it.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:58 pmoff topic but has anyone posted on this:
Kucinich says he will force House vote on Cheney impeachment
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:03 pmKucinich said he plans to introduce a privileged resolution, which would have priority for a House floor vote, on Nov. 6.
http://www.CallCongress.org
I dont think Monica meant to hurt America, but surely she must realise, by now, after all the Republican corruption and other sexual scandals and outright lies, which were very unchristian, that she was trying to eradicate strawmen that never existed.
Comment by Xisithrus — November 2, 2007 @ 8:50 pm
Bullshit! She is a brainwashed, RePugniScum, Jesusmonger that needs to sit in prison for, oh, uh 40 years, give or take a flood or two!!!
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:08 pmKucinich says he will force House vote on Cheney impeachment
Kucinich said he plans to introduce a privileged resolution, which would have priority for a House floor vote, on Nov. 6.
http://www.CallCongress.org
Comment by had enough — November 2, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
‘Bout-DAMN-Time! Kucinich is the only candidate with any cojones in this race. Oh, you say he claims he saw a UFO? (Like Carter) Big deal! Better a leader who claims he saw a UFO than a nutcase who claims he talks to God, or worse, that God talks to him.
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 pmMonica Goodling was granted immunity in her testimony which, it now appears, may have been false. Where does this leave her legally? Can she be prosecuted for giving, what later is learned to be, false testimony? Is it not usually a requirement that the testimony offered under such an immunity agreement be truthful? We’d have to carefully review her testimony to see if anything she said in her immunized testimony contradicts this info.
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 pmI dont think Monica meant to hurt America
Comment by Xisithrus — November 2, 2007 @ 8:50 pm
she meant to bring about one-party rule, which anyone with common sense knows hurts america.
i wouldnt want ANY one party in charge, not even a party i belonged to…i want BALANCE!!!!
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pmSome of the things “Bushies” say are so inane; I fear that anyone who takes notice looses a fraction of an IQ point with each incredible statement.
DON”T LISTEN TO THEM!
sarc on/ Otherwise we may end up as stupid as they want us to be! sarc off
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:54 pmMichael Battle is hardly someone that I would consider worthy of listening to. Yes, Monica Goodling was a tool. Compounded by being less than intelligent. However, here’s a piece of background on Mr. Battle.
“During his time as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, he was responsible for the case of Benamar Benatta. Benatta was held without trial for five years following his forcible rendition from Canada on September the 12th 2001. The FBI concluded Benatta was innocent that November however according to federal Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr, Battle then conspired with the FBI and immigration agents in a “sham” to make it appear that Benatta was being held for immigration violations.[2].
In October 2003, when Battle announced he was dropping charges, a Buffalo reporter asked whether he planned to apologize to Benatta, Battle responded “I’m not going to address that.[3]” Benamar Benatta was finally released in 2006 after 5 years, despite being cleared in November 2001.
According to Judge Schroeder who was assigned to investigate Benatta’s treatment, “Prosecutors trampled on legal deadlines intended to protect his constitutional rights and later offered explanations for their manoeuvres that bordered on ridiculousness,” he found that the government compounded its mistakes by failing to act once it was clear that Benatta was not an accomplice to terrorists. A United Nations working group later described the treatment of Benatta as torture[4].
Battle was then promoted by the White House.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Benatta had been held for a total of 1,780 days, holding the distinction of being held without charge longer than any other suspect in the US.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Battle
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:00 pmBrainwashed perhaps but Goodling knew damn well what she was doing and took the position to do precisely what she did. Goodling needs to be indicted for what she did in politicizing her position.
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:30 pmI think of politics 24/7 also. The difference is I have actually read the constitution and I didn’t take an oath to GW Bush.
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:20 pmWhy so many wierd last names? Battle?
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:35 pmSo, this Battles person watched in silence. And his criticism of Goodling redeems him, how?
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:52 pm19 – I’m the same. However, I don’t just view it as politics any more; now, it’s life or death – America’s life or death. Our democracy is dying before our very eyes, and my obsession is with how to stop our descent into fascism.
The difference between us and *them* is that along with their obsession with politics is their absolute need to win at any cost, with the end *always* justifying the means. Further, there’s no such thing as cheating — as long as you win.
That same obsession I described in the paragraph above has been the signature of every tyrant, every despot, every absolute monarch and every dictator throughout history —- including George W. Bush.
God help us.
November 3rd, 2007 at 12:22 am“I don’t believe I intended to commit a crime,†said Goodling
Dimwit.
Wordspeak for: “I knew that my actions were criminal, but as a loyal bushie, who’s actions were sanctioned by the administration, I believed that my actions were super-judicial, beyond the reach of the judicial system, however illegal . . . my actions, illegal, were beyond the reach of judicial prosecution.”
It’s not that she believed that her actions were not criminal, it’s that she didn’t believe, operating in the swamp, that she would ever be prosecuted.
Ever wonder what a wolf in lamb’s clothing looks like . . . take a good look at Monica. Baaah.
November 3rd, 2007 at 1:33 amWhat is wrong in DC?
November 3rd, 2007 at 1:45 amToo many people there thinking that they are not commiting a crime! Starting in the WH!
“She (Monica Goodling) lives a very faithful and religious life…She doesn’t necessarily talk about it. She just lives it.”
Susan Richmond Johnson, former co-student with Goodling at Regent University (Jesus U)
So what would Jesus do? I don’t know, but apparently Goodling thought that acting as the hand of Jesus involved bastardizing the entire Justice Department with unqualified cronies who would blindly — and devoutly — put party over country.
November 3rd, 2007 at 4:30 amThe real eye-opener of the Battle interview was the underlying theme that Battle knew there were no performance issues involved in the firings and that when he heard that that was being put out, he KNEW the fit would hit the shan!
November 3rd, 2007 at 6:51 am“Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is being run by the political arm. It’s the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis.”
November 3rd, 2007 at 8:20 ampolitics 24/7? what a wonderful lover she must’ve been!
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:12 amThanks for the post and everything but who really gives a rats ass? She’s not been indicted, she’s not serving time despite the fact that she clearly broke the law as so many in this administration have and skated free, actually most go on to very lucrative careers.
So what is the point of posting this stuff? Are these people creeps, yeah, and…? Does someone (oversight) need to go after these people to maintain some semblence of a working republic, yeah, and…?
I’m sick to death of this administration, to death! But what is it accomplishing posting day after day what creeps these people are? Until someone actually does something about politicians and political apointees breaking the law who really needs to read this sh!t every day to be reminded?
It’s F’N depressing!
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:28 amTC-12 @ 25
Well, you have to admit she did render unto Caesar, no?
November 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 amCross pods:
. . . BTW, when asked in 2006, what’s the hardest decision he ever had to make . . .it wasn’t about killing thousands in Iraq . . it was about marrying Laura.
Talk about a man that’s got a few abortions in his past . . .
November 4th, 2007 at 1:08 amBush has found God . . . perhaps all of thos who have died in his nightmare will find sanctuary.
November 4th, 2007 at 1:12 amThose, not thos.
I find it so disturbing that a disturbed man has been elected to power. How did we let this happen? We are better. . . .we deserve better .. . How? Why?
November 4th, 2007 at 1:16 am33,
Uninformed idiot electorate, Americans deserve just what they’ve gotten.
November 4th, 2007 at 7:17 amRocks911,
I disagree. the electorate does not consist of Uninformed idiots (much to the chagrin of the Bush adm), the problem is that the system is rigged.
Too much special interest money (average Joe just can’t compete with the 1%ers), hanging chads, voting machines provided by Bush Rangers, swift boating and a Justice Department run amok (Voter’s Rights money being squandered to prosecute discrimination against white folks).
Yeah, we’re going to export this “democracy.” Suprise, no one’s buying.
November 4th, 2007 at 12:00 pm