****Official House Oversight Comm Thread THREE - GSA Administrator****

[Eurobabe]

Thread One
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=521865&mesg_id=521865

Thread Two

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=522607&mesg_id=523052

[helderheid]

1. rec 3 for thread 3

[Cameron27]

2. k&r

[Eurobabe]

3. Issa up, another favorable questioner for Doan

[Eurobabe]

6. Issa: teambuilding efforts

Your agency had an F, you are working on many fronts re: minorities, etc.

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. Issa up

Trying to fight with Mica for asshole of the day award.

[WinkyDink]

5. Issa loves to say, "Democrat" as an adjective.

[Eurobabe]

8. I can't stand this Brylcreem asshole Issa

A little dab'l do you!

[bobthedrummer]

7. "money trumps peace" and Doan is a proud Pioneer

[Eurobabe]

9. Yeah and she's taking care of the Corporatocracy

Now all of a sudden she is talking and remembering EVERYTHING, except that meeting. Something STINKS here/

[bobthedrummer]

10. Yep...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. This spiel isn't going to go unnoticed. eom

[bobthedrummer]

25. Sidebar: House Oversight Committee: The Abramoff Investigation

White House contacts (Karl Rove, Susan Ralston, Barry Jackson, Ken Mehlman, Ruben Barrales, Jennifer Farley et al.)
http://oversight.house.gov/abramoff/index2.asp

This is a CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY unraveling

[Deb]

14. She remembered the freaking cookies!!

How often do you ever remember the refreshments at a meeting... :rofl:

[Eurobabe]

12. Waxman, clarifying how Reps use office to fundraise

[Blackhatjack]

13. Her memory miraculously improves when questioned by Repubs... Imagine that!

Though highly unlikely, some time behind bars might help her 'remember' all those matters she does not recall right now.

I would bet that if she faced a stiff prison term, she would 'sing like a bird.'

[IChing]

15. This guy was a prosecutor

Higgins, should be good

[Sydnie]

16. Who just gave her the thumbs up?

I got distracted here by work and missed the last round of questions. Was that Issa that gave her the thumbs up?

[Eurobabe]

17. Higgins D-NY 27th

Doesn't matter re: Hatch Act, administrator is not allowed to be present during these activities.

We have obtained emails from White House 1/19/07, from Jocelyn Webster, writing to Truesdale (Doan's assistant) slides coming to Doan's assistant

"Please do not let this get out."

[Eurobabe]

18. Another gwb43.com EMAIL!!!

[flyarm]

19. whoa they are getting into the email rnc accounts!!!

[Deb]

20. Higgins- Bringing up a gw43.com email account

"This is not my email and it was not addressed to me."

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. GWB43.com Account Rears Its Ugly Head Again!!!! nt

[Eurobabe]

22. HOLY SHIT, emails from GWB43.com again!!!

from Jennings.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

[Epiphany4z]

24. bada bing!!

boy this stuff is just everywhere.

[Deb]

23. "Were you aware that your staff was using the gw43.com

account....?"

[Eurobabe]

26. CAN WE IMPEACH YET??

What else have these fuckers hidden? Using the RNC servers to subvert record keeping requirements??

[Blackhatjack]

27. She is brain dead ... she does not know anything. There goes her memory again...

... oh that's right, it is a Democrat asking questions and using evidence in the form of email docs.

But she is sorry, she don't know nothing.

[bluedog]

29. if shes that brain dead.she should be FIRED on the spot!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

30. She couldn't even remember how to pronounce her confidential secy's name!!! lol!! et

[IChing]

28. Government agencies used for partisan politics

Hatch act.

[WinkyDink]

31. Higgins ROCKS! Abramoff and e-mails! "Ought to investigate."

[Eurobabe]

32. Burton R-IN: thank you for your $200K donations

[Eurobabe]

34. talking about what happened during Clinton admin.

[Blackhatjack]

33. Smiling sweetly for R-Burton, now her memory is getting better....

And he thanks her 'for being so open? Give me a break.

[DURHAM D]

39. Burton going on about Clinton administration.

He needs to slither back into his basement and shot another cantaloupe.

[Sydnie]

35. He just called Waxman a HO!

I can't believe anything I am hearing today!

[Hepburn]

42. Yeah....

said "reformed lady of the evening." Guess it's OK under Repuke family values to say that to the committee chair.

Gag me, Burton.

[Hepburn]

36. Geeeeeez, Dan Burton is an asshole!

He is dredging up crap from the Clinton WH ~~ like that is relevant???

Here we go....Clenis defense! :puke:

[Norquist Nemesis]

44. Oh, goody! A history lesson from the Cons

Now that's forward-looking. :sarcasm:

Surprisingly, their witch-hunt yielded nada...until they found Monica's "best friend".

[flyarm]

37. and now we have burton to deflect the points...won't work you burton little dick head!!..

we are watching and we are taking notes..and we will hold you all responsible!!

you filthy little dick head burton!!

fly

[Deb]

Burton- It's Clinton's fault (my words)

:rofl:

[Cameron27]

38. Clinton did NOT out a CIA operative you bastard.

[Blackhatjack]

40. Well obviously, this was all Clinton's fault! according to Burton ...n/t

[Daphne08]

41. Clinton Did It !!!!!!!!!!!

Good Grief.

[kirby]

43. Burton just brought up Hillary

saying she may have been involved in hiring someone who violated national security.

[Norquist Nemesis]

48. Can't they have him Taken Down for attacking another member of Congress?

[kirby]

52. Probably not...

The context was when she was in the White House as first lady.

[Eurobabe]

45. Waxman: stop the clock

To Burton: Your characterizations are inaccurate.

Burton: go get the newspapers, now You can eat it!

[Hepburn]

46. STFU, Burton, OK?

Like would you like some cheese to go with your wine?

LOL, no questions ~~ just that rant! LMBO! Would you say that his rant is pretty much an admission that his GOP witness is guilty as all heck?

Wow...he told Waxamn that he can just "eat it." Holy cow!!

[cali]

60. What?!!

He really told the Chairman to "eat it"? Can't Waxman do something about that?

[DURHAM D]

47. Never forget - David Bosie was his henchman.

What an ass - Waxman calling Burton a liar. Burton acting like he still owns the committee.

Waxman slapping Burton around now with an actual report to be put in the record. Burton objecting to the report. Too bad.

[Eurobabe]

49. Wow, this is getting NASTY, Burton tells Waxman to EAT IT

go get newspapers for last six years of Clinton administration. Now you EAT IT! And whips the mike away.

[Blackhatjack]

Geez! Now she is blind to seeing partisan emails sent to her.... n/t

[seemslikeadream]

50. EAT IT EAT IT

Can he say that?

[zanne]

54. What a hissyfit!

I hope we see the "swatting of the microphone" on all the talk shows tonight!

[blitzen]

57. for Olbermann's recap tonight, they should play Weird Al's...

"Eat It"

[bobthedrummer]

It's one of those BFEE "class distinctions"-what he said...

:hi:

[seemslikeadream]

91. Just got a chance to tune in

:hi: :popcorn:

[tridim]

70. Last time I checked "Eat It" is another way of saying "Suck my dick".

I believe that's a first, and oh so "adult". These republics have such amazing dignitude.

[Eurobabe]

76. eat shit, kiss my ass, same thing -- yeah the CONS have class

[Hepburn]

51. Well, it does looks like the Repukes are squirming.

Davis ~~ talking fast and stuttering.

[Deb]

53. Did I hear Burton to Waxman- ...."so you can eat it".... ?

whoa

[Norquist Nemesis]

58. Yup! He's insanely jealous; Waxman is gathering facts

while he frittered his time away as Chair chasing dreams.

[Eurobabe]

55. MCollum D-MN 4th, when you received the briefing on the Hatch Act

did you sign off on a booklet that you read this, etc?

[displacedtexan]

56. Any indictments during the Burton witch hunt years?

Hm. Guess not.

Eat that, Dan!

[zanne]

63. Why do these Republicans always forget....

They impeached our president!

[bobthedrummer]

59. DU has many investigators and researchers too Rep. Burton

eat this parent thread starting with Mr. Cheney's National Energy Policy Development Group, then IAP and Dubai Ports etc...

"A DU collaborative investigation: National Energy Policy Development Group/NEPDG"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x440721

[Blackhatjack]

61. She signed off on an ethics letter when she took the job. It probably said....

The only ethical rule you must follow is do whatever the Republican Party and the Bush/Rove Administration tells you to do, and have a faulty memory about everything.

Short and sweet.

[AValdoux]

62. She stood up to the attacks well

This is what the GOP idiots are saying now and thanking her.

She is claiming lost memory and no knowledge of what was going on in her own agency. That's standing up for herself. She did what she did and she should stand up and own it. These people are cowards. Barton saying "this is what you get eat it" using Clinton years as justification for selective memory lose. Is he saying that the GOP will have even more memory loses in the future?

[Roland99]

109. How many times did ol' Ronnie use "I cannot recall"?

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

146. Ronnie was already suffering dementia his last couple of years in office

He couldn't remember much.

[Eurobabe]

64. McCollum: you were advancing Rove's agenda during this presentation

Slide 566: Lost Ground With Swing Voters

Republicans or Democrats (CONS losing ground)

Doan: honestly, I am willing to defer to your judgment

[IChing]

65. Who is the Mafia looking guy she gets expert opinions from? n/t

[helderheid]

66. Didn't really answer the question??

[Eurobabe]

67. Cutie Sarbanes D-MD up now

Damn he looks like my hubby :P

[helderheid]

69. Good GOD he's a hottie!

[Eurobabe]

78. who Sarbanes or my hubby?

:rofl:

[helderheid]

144. heee! Sarbanes and MY hubby!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

68. "You guys" Real class. eom

[Hepburn]

71. Wow......

....the Pubbies are reserving time and not asking questions.

[Norquist Nemesis]

They're going to gather up their minutes then give a big cheer

and pat on the butt to Doan. It's going to be spent trying to hit Democrats on the 'fishing expedition' and 'witch hunt' talking points, along with a History of the Clinton Years Review.

[WinkyDink]

72. OMG! This Doan dame is INSANE! "Guys, I'm building the MOST AMAZING TEAM EVER!"

"Let me send you their bios!"

While smart-aleckily saying, "She wasn't asking a question" (referring to the Dem who just ASKED HER A QUESTION.).

She also apparently doesn't read the news. Had no clue about Sun Microsystems.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

75. And she totally ignored the point of the question! Unfrigging bellevable! eom

[lisa58]

77. she sounds like she's from the...

...Harriet Miers school of "the best (fill in the blank) ever!"

[MoonRiver]

82. An amazing morAn!

The desperate attempts, by Doan and her Republic cohorts on the panel, to deflect attention from GSA and overall * adm. corruption is astounding, if ineffectual and transparent. :D

[Stanchetalarooni]

85. I considered dating a woman similar to this Doan woman.

The thought of having sex with her while she squacked and squacked was such a big nightmare that it took years to dismiss the thought!

[Eurobabe]

73. Sarbanes asking about Sun Micro contract

Butterfield: renewing this means govt. getting inferior discounts

Commissioner Williams (her colleague?) 'Lurita wants this contract awarded'

[Eurobabe]

79. Doan arguing with Sarbanes re: Sun Micro deal

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

81. Sarbanes has to learn from Watson in saying "I reclaim my time!" nt

[Norquist Nemesis]

74. My, my, my. Looking forward to Chris Shays

Why, he sounds and looks downright irritated! (and tired)

Too bad the fear that was put in him in the 2006 election has evaporated without a trace.

[AValdoux]

84. He's frustrated by GOP no shows

When he was given time to speak it looks like he is the only GOp'er left. When he asked how many more democrats were going to ask questions he saw how out numbered he is.

[WinkyDink]

80. Doan seems not only to have drunk the Kool-Aid; she clearly helps run the stand.

[Eurobabe]

86. As are all the other CONS on this committee

Guzzling long and hard.

[Eurobabe]

83. Shays R-CT up now

[Eurobabe]

87. Saying this presentation was about why the GOP lost, nothing more

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

88. Shays seems to be going back closer to the darkside these days. eom

[Cameron27]

92. I was just thinking that..

I don't remember him being such an a**hole lackey before.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

95. I've heard a few of these full committee hearings and since his close re-election

he's been much more lenient towards the Shrub's agenda.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

150. This might be the explanation..check this thread out!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=525239&mesg_id=525239

[Cameron27]

89. Gawd, Shays is trying to paint this as a patriotic act.

[Eurobabe]

90. These guys don't get it. The CONS. This is not swallowing gnats

this is now about about how Rover and CONS are politicizing govt. agencies and subverting the required recordkeeping system using an outside server to send emails that they knew they would get in trouble for sending via the White House.gov

[bluedog]

96. in other words.* administration=total CROOKS..........

[Norquist Nemesis]

97. You know, I'm really not sure that they do get it

They seem to be oblivious that this hearing (of many) is all connected. It's like a trial lawyer who lays out evidence, piece by piece but not necessary in chronological order, then pulls it all together for the jury.

It's about elections for a permanent GOP Majority; except it's been gained through a permeation of corruption.

[Eurobabe]

93. Shays arguing with Waxman now, point of order

[Eurobabe]

94. Mica being an asshole, interrupting, parlimentary inquiry, STFU!!

[Cameron27]

98. Somebody stick a pacifier in that man's mouth

[bluedog]

mica on Clinton..quote

Rep. John Mica (R-FL) – "If you commit perjury or obstruct justice, you will be held accountable. If you are a member of Congress or president . . . you will be held accountable. Even if you . . . do a thousand good deeds, you will be held accountable."

[in_cog_ni_to]

99. Just tuned in...what's Shays whining about?

Parliamentary Inquiry

Parliamentary Inquiry

Parliamentary Inquiry

Parliamentary Inquiry

[Eurobabe]

101. Waxman: Chair has perogative, (Shays STFU! WAAAAAH!)

[Eurobabe]

100. Shays: Parlimentary Inquiry to Waxman

[Norquist Nemesis]

102. Whine, whine, whine "You can't manage as good as us" whine, whine, whine

When the GOP was holding the gavel, they turned off the microphone and lights.

[Occulus]

103. Shays and Issa etc.

[Eurobabe]

104. Rep Welch D-VT

Is this an appropriate topic of dicussion at a lunch meeting at GSA

Let me ask you a third time, was that a proper topic?

Doan: allow Office of Special Counsel to proceed, and not "murky" the waters

[WinkyDink]

110. Can't express an opinion! Does she think this makes her look CLEVER?!

And she keeps trying to act flippant!

[cali]

114. That's my new Rep-

how's he doing?

[Eurobabe]

143. awesome! lucky you! he's my friends' rep too, from Waitsfield

[in_cog_ni_to]

105. There's an ongoing investigation so she won't answer the questions. Pat reply by corrupt DC insiders

Who is this wench?

[Norquist Nemesis]

106. "We won't comment on an on-going investigation"

Typical.

[in_cog_ni_to]

113. There are SO MANY INVESTIGATIONS going on, the Dems will never get to the bottom of their illegal

behavior if they're allowed to spew that crap in every freakin' hearing! SHE'S a BITCH!

[Eurobabe]

115. Waxman: grilling Doan: hissy fit --I get to wait until the Office of Special Counsel

[bobthedrummer]

118. Lurita Alexis Doan GSA Administrator

SourceWatch.org profile
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lurita_Alexis_Doan

FedGovContracts.com article on today's hearing
http://www.fedgovcontracts.com/newsltr/fcp8-2.htm#art1

[Oilwellian]

147. Thank you for posting her profile on sourcewatch

This is what her business does or did:

Doan is the CEO of a $29-million corporation, New Technology Management, based in Reston, Va., which provides surveillance and data-transfer technologies to the federal government.

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20020201/23831.html

Hmmm, now where have we read about surveillance and data-transfer technologies to the federal government before? And isn't it convenient that the president of one of these companies that has very little oversight due to it's "classified" work, is trying to cut the budget of the oversight agency that oversees the spending on federal contracts? There's more here than meets the eye...Waxman is playing a game of chess and he's getting all of the pieces in place.

[Eurobabe]

107. Welch: You have a serious responsibility

a very simple question regarding this presentation. I am deadly serious, and I find you being evasive on this.

As COO of this agency, do you think a political appointee should be allowed to come in on a lunch hour?

Doan: Parroting the same line, Office of special counsel has open investigation

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

108. Doan is obviously a woman who has gotten by on charm her whole life to get out of things

and she is finally being held accountable for her actions. This is IMHO.

[WinkyDink]

116. And more's the pity, that there exists anyone who could be so charmed by this Stepford partisan.

[kcass1954]

111. She just invoked Scotty's favorite phrase - "ongoing investigation". n/t

[Occulus]

130. What do these people think- that they are corporations, and can issue

"no comment" because "it's our policy" to not answer questions from a Congressional committee while there's an "ongoing investigation"?

[Norquist Nemesis]

112. ROFL!!! "If Speaker Pelosi asked to come and give a presentation..."

Doan: "We'd be blessed to have Speaker Pelosi attend our opening of the ..."

D-VT: "I'm not TALKING about ribbon cutting!"

[lisa58]

127. That was my favorite so far...

..invite Pelosi to speak to the GSA about targeting 20 republicans...

This is great!

[Sydnie]

117. That's not an opinion, that's a tactic!

:rofl:

This is GREAT!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

121. No kidding! This is way too much!

:rofl:

[Eurobabe]

119. Recess for vote on Floor

[in_cog_ni_to]

125. When will this resume? Do we know? That was VERY entertaining!

[Eurobabe]

136. Dunno, checking C-SPAN 2 now, Hagel is speaking

[Eurobabe]

137. Hagel/Webb Amendment

Limits length of troop deployments and requires levels of training and equip for soldiers.

[Eurobabe]

138. WEBB speaking now

[Hepburn]

120. Recess for House vote.

Man, her ass is grass. I cannot imagine that she thought she could bluff the Dems on Waxman's committee. Unbelievable!

[BuyingThyme]

122. Wow, she's evil.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

126. I'm trying to figure that out. Evil, or unbelievably stupid????

:rofl:

[Occulus]

132. I think she knows *exactly* what she's doing. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

Yes, she does. nt

[MoonRiver]

134. Yep, she's one of the Republic elite.

And like others of her kind she lies, cheats, and defrauds real good. But I think she just met her nemesis, and his name is Waxman!

[Norquist Nemesis]

123. ROFL! Mics still on: Doan: So what do we do now? Do we go to lunch?

I'm guessing she has a seat of honor to the right of Mica.

[Cameron27]

124. Poor babies can't get used to being the minority.

What a disgusting spectacle.

[WinkyDink]

128. I think Doan went a flip remark too far. The Democrats ended by

showing her they mean business.
She had best enjoy her lunch; she won't enjoy her just desserts.

[bobthedrummer]

133. EAT IT...

[bobthedrummer]

129. LIVE MICS

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1224

[mikelgb]

131. stupid beeotch forgot to turn off her mic

said "I am going to take my water and my glasses, I don't want them taking my finger prints, they got me so paranoid"

[Occulus]

135. Candidate for a TDS or Colbert Report blurb n/t

[aquart]

139. Why, dear? Where else might your fingerprints be?

Are you telling me that you work in our government and you have NOT been fingerprinted?

[gkhouston]

141. And what is she afraid they might match her fingerprints *to*? n/t

[mikelgb]

148. I believe it was a sarcastic comment on her part

[SaveAmerica]

142. She said that?? What is she hiding?

[Blackhatjack]

140. Maybe she needs to call Karl Rove over lunch and find out what else she does not recall...

The ignorant in the dark I don't recall meme does not instill confidence in the person who has responsibilities for overseeing Billions of taxpayer dollars.

If she did not know(which is impossible to make that dog hunt here), then that is reason enough to fire her and pronto.

I am betting that with the independent confirmation of other witnesses and documents that there is enough to support a contempt citation for her.

She got bad advice if her lawyer advised her not to invoke her 5th Amendment privilege.

[SharonRB]

145. Damn! Looks like I missed a lot during my meeting

Can't wait for the afternoon session.

[IChing]

149. Next witness Mr miller

prosecuted John Walker Lynch