Wednesday Afternoon at the New Deal

I'm sitting in Greenbelt's New Deal Cafe, connected by WiFi (because my friends at Verizaon have made my supposedly fast DSL connection so slow at home the past few days) and catching up on what's going on in the world.

Having listened to Monica Goodling testify for the House Judiciary Committee this morning and early afternoon and hearing her forget about as much stuff as her former boss Alberto Gonzales (what is it with these Republican Justice Officials? Are they hired with poor memory as a job requirement?), I felt the need for a decent cup of coffee and an oatmeal cookie.

A Sample of her testimony style:

Rep. Arthur Davis: Did you tell the Attorney General that you felt that part of his testimony, or part of his public statements, were not fully accurate?

Goodling: No, I didn't.

Davis: And was there a reason that you didn't share with the Attorney General that part of what he has said to the committee or the public might not be accurate?

Goodling: I just...I feel like, it...I feel like after he had the press conference, people came out fairly soon and said the statements were inaccurate.

She did manage to throw the "who made the list of attorneys to fire" back onto previous witnesses, and stuck it to McNulty once or twice.

Sitting here reflecting on testimony, I wonder how many noticed that she admitted that the RNC "caged" voting lists (ie: they sent out vast mailings to particular groups - say African Americans - with a "return if undeliverable" message, then used the return address as lists to challenge voters during the 2004 elections... a violation of Federal Law).

I don't know if this was enough to bring more charges against Gonzales... she had immunity!

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