Is This Why They Targeted Landrieu?

[Stephanie]

http://gawker.com/5457611/what-we-know-about-the-young-republican-gang-that-couldnt-shoot-straight

What We Know about the Young Republican Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

==snip==

Robert Flanagan

Flanagan is the son of William Flanagan, the acting U.S. Attorney for the western district of Louisiana. Which makes it rather awkward that he was arrested in, and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for, the eastern district of Louisiana. The elder Flanagan ascended to the gig just one week ago after his Bush-appointed boss left office; none other than Sen. Mary Landrieu has submitted recommendations for his replacement to the White House. UPDATE: And Obama has nominated Landrieu's recommendation, Stephanie Finley. But Sen. David Vitter has placed a hold on Finley's confirmation because he wants assurances from the White House that Jim Letten, the U.S. Attorney who will be overseeing Flanagan's prosecution, won't be replaced. In other words, Flanagan's dad only has a job because the job of the guy who's prosecuting his son is in potential jeopardy. Vitter wants Obama to re-nominate Letten, a step that Landrieu says is redundant seeing as how he already has the job. Louisiana politics.

[ck4829]

1. Now Vitter is involved? I think I need to pinch myself, I must be dreaming.

This just keeps getting better and better.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. Holy craaaaaaap.

*facepalm*

[SpiralHawk]

3. Ahhhh, Diaper Dave Vitter (R) is in the middle of this mess

How stinky is this republicon load gonna get?

[SurfingScientist]

4. Not sure I can follow all the connections, but just, wow... (n/t)

[havocmom]

25. I'm bookmarking this thread. Gonna need to go over it in the morning

when I can have LOTS of coffee.

[Kingofalldems]

5. It gets curiouser and curiouser

[Stephanie]

6. Trying to find info on Flanagan Sr.

[malaise]

7. Damn I asked on another thread whether Vitter was involved

This is getting sweeter by the minute.

[bluedigger]

8. This would have been an enormously entertaining story in New Orleans.

But we're busy. Got a football thing happening. I hope the national media stays on the story.

[cali]

9. one "t"

there's one t in bigoted and one t in targeted.

This has to be one of the most common spelling errors on DU.

[groundloop]

30. No, there are two 't''s in targeted

:evilgrin:

[WeDidIt]

10. This shit just keeps getting better.

Republican criminality, the gift that keeps on giving.

[Warpy]

11. Gawker gets it right a lot more often than Pox News does

but it's still a gossip blog. However, the angle with Flanagan and his daddy smells just about right to me.

The comments are a scream.

[Stephanie]

12. I love Gawker

Highly informative.

[Carolina]

13. who cares

Landrieu is among the worst of the fucking blue dogs. Expose her her and her true loyalties

[spanone]

19. what they were doing is illegal....you can't wiretap a senator from any party...feds care

[Carolina]

21. I know it's illegal,

So what! Our devolving society engages in illegal wars, in illegal eavesdropping on the less powerful. My point is I could care less that it happened to Sen. Sellout Landreiu. Too bad it wasn't Liebermann, too. These guys go along with this kind of intrusion on others, so frankly it's good to have it turned on them.

[unc70]

26. Why are you assuming that others have not been bugged, too

These guys look and act like this generation's versions of Segretti or Rove.

They seem to have been "naughty" since 2004, so my guess is that they have already done things like this involving other elected officials. They just screwed up big time getting caught in a Federal building. Pull on this thread and big things mikght unravel.

[formercia]

37. A new generation, and I'm sure there are a lot more like them out there.

thanks to Junior and crew.

I worry about the ones that are still out there.

[JHB]

42. More ( and more closely connected) than you might think

Check out some of the alumni of the Leadership Institute (a.k.a. "Ratf**ker U"):
Past Students
Mitch McConnell: U.S. Senator from Kentucky
Jim Gilmore: former governor of Virginia
Karl Rove: Bush 43 political strategist<2>
James Guckert: Talon News "reporter"
David McIntosh: Congressman from Indiana
Mark Souder: Congressman from Indiana
JoAnn Davis: Congresswoman from Virginia
Joe Wilson: Congressman from South Carolina
Grover Norquist: President, Americans for Tax Reform
Ralph Reed: former Executive Director Christian Coalition
Jason Miller: Young conservative leader

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Leadership_Institute

O'Keefe got help from them while he was at Rutgers, and went to work for them after he graduated.

[newspeak]

46. as a blue dog

it is her constituency who needs to deal with her election. This is a felony and perpetrated by the right of the right. And, I care if they are committing a felony--maybe we should just all go and wiretap all of our government offices--hey, no big deal, right? :sarcasm:

[kestrel91316]

52. Who cares? A prosecutor and a lot of people who understand the law,

that's who.

How long have you been carrying water for Repuke criminals?

[Caretha]

56. Right

I've got a killer idea for you...let's send in some 20 something year old loosers and have them bug her office!!!! By god that'll show her.

You have got to be dumber than a box of rocks.

[arcadian]

14. I've been going through his facebook page

sign into FB and O'Keefes Wall is available.

http://www.facebook.com/JamesOKeefeIII?v=wall&ref=search

[Beaverhausen]

17. I think this link is his

http://www.facebook.com/JamesOKeefeIII?v=wall&ref=search#/pages/James-OKeefe/135160737909

[arcadian]

22. Yeah, he also has a personal page.

which doesn't seem to have as much action, but I found Stan and Joe as his friends.

[Stephanie]

24. That page is awesome!

Posters are giving him hell, classmates are telling tales, excellent!

[AzNick]

55. I believe this to be a fake

A funny one, though.

[izzybeans]

39. He's a fan of the Yes Men?

Weird. I bet he fashioned himself as a rightwing version. :rofl:

[sonias]

51. I love the fan photos on that one

Lookie there - his buds in red jail house jumpsuits!

Thanks for the laugh!

:rofl:


Sonia

[kcass1954]

15. So Obama re-nominates Letten, Vitter removes the hold on Finley,

then Obama fires Letten. After all, he serves at the pleasure of the President.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. Nothing has been the same for the Republicans since it was discovered

that the telephone companies were eavesdropping on everyone's phone calls.

[pdxmom]

18. Wait...so Vitter is using extortion to interfere with a Federal prosecution?

This needs to get loud and long play.

[WeDidIt]

20. Vitter is up for re-election this year, too

:evilgrin:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

35. I doubt it will matter

The scumbag was being serviced by prostitutes while wearing diapers, and the good folks of LA haven't even blinked. As long as loves the baby Jesus and sabotages health care, he's a good 'un, I guess.

[glinda]

23. BINGO!

[rucky]

27. So a pimp and a guy in diapers walk into this Senator's office...

[SpiralHawk]

34. ...and a B & D Bush White House male prostitute named Gannon (R) walks out...

...

[bigtree]

28. this is great stuff, Stephanie

thanks for the update.

[blm]

29. Plus, Landrieu's brother is running for office, isn't he? O'Keefe could edit phone conversations the

same way he edited those Acorn videotapes and set up another fake scandal the corpmedia would run with, because you know they don't care about what a LIE that video was, what mattered to corpmedia was if they could hide behind the lie enough to allow a nonexistent scandal against the left.

[dmr]

40. Good point n/t

[TexasObserver]

31. Vitter is such a baby!!

[Emit]

32. LA Dem Party Chair McHale: "Vitter has 'ties to some of the players involved'"

~snip~

The Louisiana Democratic Party has also commented upon the recent developments. In a press release, the party issued the following statement by e-mail:

Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Michael McHale released the following statement in response to the arrest of four conservative activists in connection with a conspiracy to wiretap the phone of Senator Mary Landrieu:

"This is a Louisiana Watergate. Louisiana families are shocked and outraged that these men would break the law to carry out their political agenda with this Watergate-like break-in and attempted wiretapping. Given his ties to some of the players involved, Sen. Vitter should immediately denounce the actions of these four men and anyone who may have instigated, supported or assisted them."

"We call on U.S Attorney Jim Letten to conduct a thorough investigation and to prosecute any wrongdoers to the fullest extent of the law.

The Louisiana Democratic Party in the statement did not specify which ties Senator Vitter might have to any of the “ players involved”. Vitter is a Republican US Senator.

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/Louisiana/Politics/Sen._Landrieu_Louisiana_Demo_Party_Comment_On_New_Orleans_Arrest__10180.asp

[Soylent Brice]

33. weird.

[Gruenemann]

36. Time for a name...

I suggest "Whodatgate"

[Joanne98]

38. Vitter needs to be unaccused of protecting criminals.

[Ganja Ninja]

41. Who cares what they wanted?

Don't play into this right wing trap. It's not about what they were listening for. It's about who they were working for.

[Blue Owl]

43. Diaper Dave and the Douchebags of Democracy

I look forward to the juicy details as this case unfolds!

[Toucano]

44. Maybe. But I know Landrieu is as dirty as they come.

She´s a pretty obvious choice for targeting.

There is definitely stink there.

[Hippo_Tron]

45. And you know this how?

[WillyT]

47. Wow !!! - K & R !!!

:wow:

:wtf:

[anachro1]

48. Typical Republican Strategy

Now that the Republicans have motivated her to work against the better interests of the American people, they have no further use for her, so they were attempting to "bring her down" next.

[Matariki]

49. Also interesting - Dai has claimed to work for the Defense Department.

Curious, no?

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/acorn_gotcha_man_arrested_for.html

According to the Phillips Foundation's Web site, Dai was the editor-in-chief of the GW Patriot, an alternative conservative student newspaper, when he attended The George Washington University in 2006. According to information Dai posted in September 2007 on the university's online alumni directory, he lived in Naperville, Ill., helped run a "Defense Deparment regional defense counterterrorism/irregular warfare program" and then became assistant director of the Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence at Trinity Washington University, which prepares undergraduates for careers in intelligence.

[DebbieCDC]

50. As Deep Throat said to Woodward

"Follow the money"

[valerief]

53. Every time I see Vitter's name I fart. nt

[rhett o rick]

54. Why doesnt Rahmbo use the powers of the Patriot to get some dirt on Vitter.

LOL. Sorry, more dirt.