*** Monica Goodling Thread #18 *** Davis is up and Monica is squirmy!

[helderheid]

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[ShortnFiery]

1. Pull her immunity!!! n/t

[WinkyDink]

5. ITA. This time limiting is ridiculous, if we're searching for TRUTH.

[firefox_fan]

9. It is ridiculous indeed.

It should go on until no more questions are asked.

[Richard Steele]

If I ever commited a crime, I'd LOVE a two-hour time limit on the interrogation.

Does anyone really think I'd GET one?
Pfft!

[fooj]

2. I think that Davis should be able to continue questioning.

Damn.

[firefox_fan]

Yes, what's all the rush?

Grilling should go on damnit.

[helderheid]

3. she is miserable.

[librechik]

4. wish I could watch

stuck with the radio version

[fooj]

6. You may answer IF YOU CHOOSE? WTF is THAT about?

[WinkyDink]

10. The time had expired, so she didn't have to say more.

[fooj]

27. She ALLOWED the time to expire with her hesitancy.

Is that all one has to do? Just sit there long enough and you don't have to answer? Seriously. I'm not being glib. Just an honest question.

[WinkyDink]

36. That's the Game Plan. It works, too.

[fooj]

64. Wow. Just wow.

[malaise]

12. In summary Gonzo lied and Monica

made political appointments. Adios Gonzo.

[Duer 157099]

7. It couldn't have been more frustrating

I'm very disappointed with the Dems on this committee!!!

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

14. It's a congressional hearing, not Mortal Kombat.

What were you expecting?

[ShortnFiery]

20. Don't tell the microphone "snorting" republicans that - it's a blood sport to them and it shows. n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

39. So did the Republican's triple-snort fatality move...

...keep Alberto's ass out of the fire?

[ShortnFiery]

58. Well, briefly "YES!" Their bluster when Davis had her cornered gave her a few minutes to

consult her Corporate Attorneys who promply ordered her to "DUMMY UP." By the time that "The Tabling Vote" was taken and reported Goodling was strictly On Message. :(

Yes, I honestly believe that the Republican's swagger and obnoxiousness saved Monica's ass today.

Bravo. :eyes:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

59. I dunno... she said what she said...

...and none of her blather afterwards really contradicted it.

[firefox_fan]

21. I expected Mortal Kombat!

[Duer 157099]

24. Intelligent questions, thorough questioning, you know

the standard stuff we expect of our lawmakers

[firefox_fan]

45. Davis was good!

But he has experience with prosecution work.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

48. I dunno, I thought it was pretty standard...

...first-day-of-questioning-a-witness type of stuff. At this point we have Gonzo possibly perjuring himself and two of the main players contradicting each other under oath. We'll see where it goes from here.

[Occulus]

63. Someone to shout

[blogslut]

15. No, they got Gonzo

He lied twice in front of the committee. He's so screwn.

[WinkyDink]

22. On this dame's wishy-washy, hesitant, grade-school say-so? He's not gone yet, by any means.

[blogslut]

33. Maybe not

But now he has to say he didn't lie for at least a week...:)

[firefox_fan]

23. Nah, not sure...

[tblue37]

61. "Screwn." I love that Freeperism.

It reminds me of the joke about the man in Boston for a convention who asked a cabbie if he knew where he could get scrod. The cabbie replied, "Yes, but I have never heard it referred to in the pluperfect like that."

(And yes, I know that's not what a pluperfect tense would look like--but that's how the joke goes.)

[ShortnFiery]

16. Disappointed? I'm more disgusted and angry.

What f**king cooperation? She should be put in contempt. :(

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

18. For what, specifically?

[WinkyDink]

32. Well, how about the Democrats, to a man, quit the "After you, Alphonse" approach to

questioning these theocratic dictatorship-lovers?

[ShortnFiery]

38. She did not answer questions put to her in a direct manner. She was the poster child of "chatter

to the irrelevant" ... very few people I know can say so damn much but reveal so little.

She was obfuscating and amnesiac. IMO, they should have pressed her harder.

No slack! You want our Democratic Republic back, then play rough. We ALL KNOW that the Unitary Executive and Congressional Republicans are playing for keeps. It's time to *get mean* and do something NOT because it will pass but because it's the RIGHT thing to do.

It's Congress' moral obligation to IMPEACH members of this Unitary Executive Branch. Why not start with Alberto "The Geneva Conventions is Quaint" Gonzales?

[blogslut]

8. She's stumbling

Oh, all over.

Well, I say, yeehaw!

Conyers closing now

[Atman]

11. How can one say "I don't know if I know?"

I don't get that response as being worth more than a pile of dog shit. "I don't know if I know?" What the fuck is that? It's all we've heard all day, just like Gonzo. "I don't recall if I recall." Roll over for your belly-rub, America. Judging by the performance of the democratic leadership lately, this case is probably closed, and Monica Goodling will be the next Attorney General, or VP maybe.

.

[fooj]

13. Why is that attorney sitting NEXT to her?

[CottonBear]

17. It's all over. Can they have her back again for more grilling? Her lawyer is speaking.

Did the Democrats really get any good information from this Regent U bimbo?

[senseandsensibility]

30. She implicated Gonzo

Or so everyone is saying. It really heated up at the end.

[CottonBear]

37. I hope this was useful since she's gotten immunity.

If she lies and they find out though, all bets are off and she can be prosecuted.

[fooj]

19. How about GETTING TO THE TRUTH?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. Conyers held this hearing like he did with Gonzo. There should have ben another round

of questioning. They still don't know how names got on the "list". This was bullshit.

And fooj! :hi:

[Duer 157099]

31. The TRUTH?? You can't HANDLE the truth!!

:D

(not you, not you personally, just... that's an Iglesias tribute, y'know?)

[budkin]

25. Bye bye Gonzo!

It was NOT nice knowing you... asshole.

[L. Coyote]

26. SALON: Did Gonzales coach Goodling?

By Tim Grieve and Michael Scherer
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Did Gonzales coach Goodling?
http://www.salon.com/index.html?source=refresh

In her testimony, Goodling says she may have had an "inappropriate" conversation with the attorney general. Plus: McNulty strikes back

[senseandsensibility]

41. Good link

We'll see how the corporate news covers it.

[flyarm]

29. seemed to me like one big red herring!! why didn;t davis get all the time at the end..schiff sucked

and wasted the time!!

what a fucking joke...and don't even start me on the retugs..don't even start me!

fly

[AlinPA]

40. Shiff did not give a good ending to this testimony. Agree Davis would have been better.

[mod mom]

49. I agree and what was up w Conyers stating for Davis allowing for Monica to conclude

wasn't he aware of her rampling off topic. If they are only allotted a fixed time, they should be allowed to insure their time is not wasted by the witness.

[firefox_fan]

50. For these kinds of things you need professionals

who are used to get things out of witnesses. Not these dilectants.

[L. Coyote]

34. McNulty hits back at Goodling

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

[flyarm]

43. sounds like mc nulty is pissed...so maybe he will spill the beans..on them all!

he now knows he is being thrown under the bus!!...how's it feel mcnulty?????????

[flyarm]

46. davis is answering media questions on camera still...eom

[fooj]

47. Good for him.

[AndyA]

35. Did Goodling not nail Gonzo's ass to the cross at the end?

She basically said he lied under oath. I think that's enough to take care of Gonzo.

[firefox_fan]

42. Wel, it was enough for Clinton to almost get impeached.

[blogslut]

65. Not almost

Was.

Clinton was impeached. Impeachment is just a glorified name they give when they charge the executive with a crime and put him on trial. Clinton was impeached and found not guilty by a vote of 55 to 45.

[blogslut]

44. oooh Davis after interview

The press is asking if Gonzo committed perjury. Davis said that Goodling gave interesting testimony. Hee hee.

[WinkyDink]

54. Gonzo said he hadn't had any conversations with Goodling, and now he may have actually

COACHED her. Davis: "It's very problematic."

[orleans]

51. why the fuck didn't conyers do another round??

like flyarm said: who put the names on the list???

we didn't get enough answers. AND IT'S OVER??

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH *OUR* CONGRESS???

[blogslut]

55. They virtually caught Gonzo at lying before the committee

It ain't over

[wiggs]

62. These are very smart people, lawyers mostly, who know how to ask

questions, frame a statement, and get answers. The hearing tells us as much about the questioners as it tells us about DOJ. Maybe more....

If they wanted to ask the right questions, they would have. They don't.

[blogslut]

52. Davis after interview

Talking with the press about how all these people have either given inaccurate testimony or did nothing to rectify incorrect statements.

The press thinks that Gonzo lied under oath. They keep asking Davis to say it.

[moc]

53. Damn! Damn! Damn! I missed it!

:banghead:

Does anyone know if they're replay Davis' questioning of Goodling?

[helderheid]

60. they are replaying the whole thing now

[Wiley50]

56. And so it goes

God Bless you, Mr Vonnegut

[90-percent]

57. like this?

Student: My dog ate my homework.

Teacher: Well, then, I guess I have no choice but to give you an "A". Congratulations on a job well done.

-85% Jimmy