Firedoglake hunts Barbara Comstock,cites rigorous intuition

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Firedoglake hunts Barbara Comstock,cites rigorous intuition

Postby hmm » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:50 am

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_05_firedoglake_archive.html#113963944949488595">firedoglake.blogspot.com/...4949488595</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Friday, February 10, 2006<br>FDL Late Nite: Stalking Satan's Mistress<br><br>We have a mission. In the comments section regarding the Libby Defense Fund, Digby has this to say about the head of the fund, Barbara Comstock:<br><br> Comstock is key.<br><br>~snip~<br><br>Okay here's the plan: find what you can about Barbara Comstock and leave it in the comments. I'll do some sort of round-up on a subsequent Late Nite. When Digby speaks, we should all listen.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>the 199 comments in reply to that call for information on Comstock led to this:<br> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_05_firedoglake_archive.html#113970434152073632">firedoglake.blogspot.com/...4152073632</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>It's Evil Harpie Time With Barbara Comstock<br><br>When Digby sounded the warning about Barbara Comstock, head of Scooter Libby's defense fund, I had no idea what a toxic waste dump the comments section would turn into as people went to work delving into the sewage pit that is her past.<br><br>This is fucking heart of darkness stuff.<br>~snip~<br>A brief history of Barbara Comstock's corrupt shenanigans:<br><br> . Principal in Blank Rome LLP, major lobbying firm contracted to distribute all that Department of Homeland Security pork for huge corporate clients, who then turned around and made enormous contributions to GOP candidates. Shades of Jack Abramoff, she's a key player in the Rethuglican money machine that rips off the taxpayers, lards its benefactors and keeps itself in the chips.<br><br> . Assembled debate materials for GWB, helped prepare Ashcroft for his Senate confirmation. Headed up the media distortion team in Florida in 2000 that manipulated the press narrative to Bush's benefit following the election.<br><br> . Former head of research at the RNC, as Digby pointed out her specialty is combing through source material on Democrats, culling and twisting things to embarrass and humiliate Democratic candidates. Gave dictation to Steno Sue.<br><br> . Author of many of the "Attack Kerry" memes, including accusations that he wanted to "gut intel" in the NRO. Employed emasculating language to make him appear weak and effeminate. Also wrote that vicious "John Kerry gave mouth-to-mouth to a rodent" story.<br><br> . Lobbying clients are a rogues gallery of pork-fed crooks<br><br> . Tried to steal Moynihan's legacy and paste it on to John Bolton in promoting him for UN job<br><br> . Best friends with the Ledeens, Barbara Olson and the O'Beirnes, dubbed part of the "Barbarellas" by Bill Bennett after their hatchet work on the Florida recount. Lauded for their "traditional virtue" by Michael Ledeen.<br><br> . Played a huge part in the campaign to smear the Clintons -- David Brock in "Blinded by the Right" described her passion to bring them down as "almost unhinged." Served as "chief investigator" for Dan Burton.<br><br> . Appointed by Ashcroft to the Justice Department's Director of Public Affairs. According to Murray Waas, strongly suspected of cronyism and ultimate loyalty to the RNC during her tenure there. Waas quotes a question posed to James Comey during his confirmation hearings for his job at the DoJ:<br><br> Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked Comey: "How could there not be an appearance of a conflict given the close nexus of relationships?"<br><br> "I agree with you that it'’s an extremely important matter," Comey said.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> . Close ties to Bush family bag man and child torturer Mel Sembler, whom she also brought on to the Libby Defense fund.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br> . One of the stars of the anti-Michael Moore movie, Celsius 41.11<br><br> . Failed to identify herself as a political operative and strategic advisor for Progress for America during the confirmation of John Roberts when she appeared on Fox News criticizing NARAL's anti-Roberts ads.<br><br> . Smeared MoveOn.org and misled people into believing that ads submitted to a MoveOn contest portraying Bush as Hitler were actually prepared by MoveOn themselves.<br><br> . Suspiciously left the DoJ on October 1, 2003 -- right on the heels of the Plame case being referred by the CIA for investigation.<br><br> . Head of the ready-response team that portrayed Tom DeLay as the innocent victim of Ronnie Earl within hours after his indictment; concocted bs excuses about DeLay's wife and daughter being paid huge sums for little discernible work.<br><br> . On the Executive Committee of the Susan B. Anthony PAC (with William Kristol) trying to pass themselves off as feminists as they work to dismantle pro-choice (hijacking the language of the left and twisting it for the purpose of dissembling seems to be her specialty).<br><br> . She's given money to a bunch of hefty GOP creeps.<br><br> . She also appears to be in violation of DC Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct in jumping from the DoJ to work with Scooter Libby's defense fund. Redd will have much more on this later.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>they even linked "Bush family bag man and child torturer Mel Sembler" to this post <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005/12/sembler-for-defense_08.html">rigorousintuition.blogspo...se_08.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>good to see this subject getting mentioned among the more regular political crimes... <p></p><i></i>
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Re: Firedoglake hunts Barbara Comstock,cites rigorous intuit

Postby StarmanSkye » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:39 am

The Barbarellas: Lauded for their 'traditional virtue' by Michael Ladeen -- <gag> --<br><br>Now THERE'S a real Heart of Darkness expert who knows the value of understated oxymoronic irony.<br><br>Fine rundown on a truly 'sterling' example of a zealous Rethuglican functionary -- Leading Contender for GOP title: body-baglady, hatchet queen, Gangster Moll, 'working girl', Miss Dirty Tricks, Dragon Dame, Satan's Consort, spincity bitch, Mistress Fixit, Poison Princess, Hellfire Whore, Maddam Moxie, Mrs. Ballbuster, NaziFemme, Miz Slice-n-Dice?<br><br>Starman <p></p><i></i>
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