Goodling Sobs, As Should We All

By TChris, Section Other Politics
Posted on Fri May 04, 2007 at 04:09:00 PM EST
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Poor, poor Monica Goodling.

A former U.S. Justice Department official and central figure in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys tearfully told a colleague two months ago her government career probably was over as the matter was about to erupt into a political storm, according to closed-door congressional testimony.
Monica Goodling, at the time an aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, sobbed for 45 minutes in the office of career Justice Department official David Margolis on March 8 as she related her fears that she would have to quit, according to congressional aides briefed on Margolis's private testimony to House and Senate investigators....

Margolis testified in private that he tried to console Goodling and listened to her discuss her personal life, a congressional aide said. He recalled telling a colleague that he was concerned about Goodling's emotional state, the aide said.

Of course, if Goodling hadn't tried to turn the Justice Department into the president's private law firm so that investigations of Republican political corruption could be squelched, she would have had less cause to weep ... as would the rest of us.

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boo-hoo (5.00 / 2) (#1)
by profmarcus on Fri May 04, 2007 at 04:32:39 PM EST

obviously, monica, my dear, if you were aware enough of the crap you were engaged in to break down and sob for 45 minutes, you were aware enough of what you were doing to have summoned the integrity of your supposedly fundamentalist christian education at regent university to refuse to have participated in it in the first place... or maybe you were just feeling sorry for yourself about the possibility of losing your fantastic job... either way, you're not going to get any sympathy from me...

And, yes, I DO take it personally

I think I said this a couple weeks ago (5.00 / 3) (#2)
by scribe on Fri May 04, 2007 at 04:41:43 PM EST

but regardless of whether I did or didn't, it bears repeating:

BOO F'G HOO.

You were a thirtyish "lawyer" who, it appears, had never been in a courtroom, making decisions to hire, fire, reward and punish people with more experience in their little finger than you had in your entire life. You were a willing, even gleeful tool of a bunch of corrupt politicians who wanted nothing more than to take and hold absolute dictatorial power.

Go home and bake desserts, girl.

Theatrics? (5.00 / 2) (#3)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 04:51:39 PM EST

For all machievallian firings she was party to I'd have expected her to be a pretty hard boiled number. At most I would have expected her to kneel down and pray to the lord. Hard to keep it straight with the Bush theocracy crowd.

Ever see "Shawshank Redemption"? (5.00 / 2) (#4)
by kdog on Fri May 04, 2007 at 04:58:56 PM EST

The hardest screw is Shawshank cried like a baby when the law came for him.

I'm not surprised squeaky. I can see Cheney crying like a baby if and when he gets what is coming to him too.


How Strange (5.00 / 2) (#5)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 05:12:16 PM EST

Wouldn't have thought that, but I guess it makes some kind of sense. They are basically propped up cowards, and when the prop drops they revert to their native infantile state.


: Like some I know (5.00 / 1) (#11)
by Edger on Fri May 04, 2007 at 05:52:44 PM EST

that post here.....

Paris Sentenced to Jail (none / 0) (#20)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 07:33:18 PM EST

Looks like you are right on the money kdog:

Hilton appeared stunned by the ruling and began to cry. Hilton's mother also began to show her displeasure visibly, shaking her head -- and had be warned by a court official to stop.
"I don't know what happened. I did what they said," Hilton said afterward.
Her mother, Kathy, told the prosecutor after the judge's decision: "You're pathetic."

TChris, you are heartless! (5.00 / 2) (#6)
by jerry on Fri May 04, 2007 at 05:22:44 PM EST

Sure, TChris, blame the victim here.

After growing up with blowjobs in the whitehouse, BLOWJOBS IN THE WHITEHOUSE!, and attending school at Robertson University, Goodling had no other choice than to take the actions she did to restore dignity and honor to the executive branch.

And now you blame the victim.

Shame, shame, shame.

Victim????? (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 05:44:15 PM EST

Your wingnut response give creedence to the notion that her crying was pure theater.

She was an cold heartless party line executioner.


Snark Detector Needs Oil Again (5.00 / 1) (#18)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 07:16:04 PM EST

: Heh. (5.00 / 1) (#19)
by Edger on Fri May 04, 2007 at 07:18:12 PM EST

It was so good I had to go look at his older comments. ;-)

How can you read TChris' post? (none / 0) (#12)
by Edger on Fri May 04, 2007 at 05:55:30 PM EST

I would have thought the words would be all sdrawkcab from that side of the mirror.


Typical of the rats she runs with (5.00 / 2) (#7)
by Edger on Fri May 04, 2007 at 05:23:15 PM EST

she related her fears that she would have to quit

No concern or remorse for the damage she's caused, and probably not even awareness of it.

Only concern for herself.

GOod one (5.00 / 1) (#10)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 05:45:34 PM EST

SSSSSSes all the way.

Goodling cried? (5.00 / 2) (#17)
by Che's Lounge on Fri May 04, 2007 at 07:06:27 PM EST

As if she never contemplated the consequences of her actions. Did she think they had her back?

Don't cry, baby. You'll get tears on your swastika.

Still Confused (none / 0) (#13)
by jarober on Fri May 04, 2007 at 06:10:42 PM EST

I see that the concept of "At Will" employment is still just beyond TChris' grasp...

Just Following Orders? (5.00 / 2) (#14)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 06:23:29 PM EST

Where have we heard that defence before?


: Jarobster? Of course. ;-) (5.00 / 1) (#15)
by Edger on Fri May 04, 2007 at 06:38:16 PM EST

Apparently (5.00 / 3) (#16)
by Repack Rider on Fri May 04, 2007 at 06:50:27 PM EST

It seems difficult as difficult for Ms. Goodling to grasp that concept as it is for you to grasp the concept of obstruction of justice.

Why do you suppose none of the people interviewed by both judiciary committees has given "at will employment" as an explanation of the firings?

Maybe they need your legal acumen. Ms. Goodling may be hiring. Perhaps you could explain to her the legal concept called "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."


Jesus wept too. (none / 0) (#21)
by lilybart on Fri May 04, 2007 at 08:05:50 PM EST

These so-called Christians sure do bear a lot of false witness, covet the other guy's votes, take the constitutions name in vain....

: Guess it is Natural (none / 0) (#22)
by squeaky on Fri May 04, 2007 at 08:16:04 PM EST

To cry when your world comes crashing down. Not so natural to lie cheat and steal for personal gain, although with this bunch it's the status quo.
Lying, stealing and cheating for no personal gain, well.... that's another story.

The Point... (none / 0) (#23)
by jarober on Fri May 04, 2007 at 09:49:46 PM EST

US Attorneys are political appointees. As such, they can be fired for any reason - or no reason at all. You can try to make some kind of scandal out of it, but it's just the system working as it's supposed to work.

: jarober you also forgot the most important message (none / 0) (#25)
by Freewill on Sat May 05, 2007 at 12:04:24 PM EST

to recite in times of scandal: "Clinton did it also".
Please read your government issued manual - Frightwing Blogging for Dummies. You broke the No. 1 commandment - Thou shall blame Clinton for all Republican scandals!
Sorry TL, I just become infuriated when a corporate financed, government sponsored propagandist forgets their lines of deception.
Can they ever stay on script?
btw: jarober please give my regards to Karen Hughes for me!

I have been having an Argument with a Friend (none / 0) (#26)
by msobel on Sat May 05, 2007 at 03:06:01 PM EST

He says that people like Monica (the Christian one) are true believers who will not testify but rather go to jail. I think that they are hypocrites who will break like a chickenhawk in a draft. Anyone point to cases which might be pertinent ? And before you bring up Liddy and the Watergate Burglars, the Lead Investigator for the Watergate Committee said once, a long time after the fact, that these people were all paid a lot of money to maintain their silence.

: Gordon Liddy (5.00 / 1) (#27)
by Alien Abductee on Sat May 05, 2007 at 11:07:27 PM EST

Liddy was a, uh, special case anyway:

When he was a kid himself, he went to insane ends to test his will-power. He stood in front of approaching trains, telling himself he would not die because "I am a machine too." During lightning storms, in order to demonstrate to himself to power of his will, he would climb onto tall trees and yell, "Kill me! Kill me!" He even trained himself to kill animals in anticipation of becoming a brutal soldier. He describes beheading chickens with glee: "I killed and killed and killed, and finally I could kill efficiently and without emotion or thought. I was satisfied; when it came my turn to go to war, I would be ready. I could kill as I could run -- like a machine."
Monica probably hasn't been practicing quite so much.