The question of the day that none of the congresscriminals is smart enough to ask is "What question(s) did you think was going to make you incriminate yourself?" And of course, the appropriate follow-up question.

CAFKIA

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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
  - William G. McAdoo

Sounds to me like she's been coached to lay it all off on the lower ranking officials, and cop to the "inappropriate political considerations" regarding hires she was involved in.

Exactly. She made mistakes because she is meek and naive (as well as immune from prosecution). And the bigger (but not biggest) fish who squealed are the real villains.

How could anyone have expected anything else than this?

Better inquisitors, plz

Did anyone else know David Iglesias was the inspiration for A Few Good Men?

I saw this a couple of weeks ago on PBS:
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Geez, you think a law professor might be just the teeniest bit interested in what's happening in the DOJ.

You think he was about Monica or about Janet Reno, if he was blogging during the Elian Gonzalez incident? Heh.

I hate it when women pull the girl thing. "Oh, silly me, I just didn't know." This is not a mistake in how many cups of butter to add to your cake.

Reading about her amazing rise to the big time I was struck by the fact that her only credientials seemed to be her "loyalty to the administration".

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"Her legal experience was limited; she had graduated in 1999 from Regent University School of Law, which was founded by Pat Robertson. Deeply religious and politically conservative, Ms. Goodling seemed to believe that part of her job was to bring people with similar values into the Justice Department, several former colleagues said."

After seeing her performance on the tube yesterday, I'm wondering what her other credientials might be?

Regent University School of Law, which was founded by Pat Robertson.

A tier 4 school on a scale where tier 1 is best. I understand the W admin hired some 160 Regent graduates to be on its staff.

Dahlia Lithwick is right; the Dems got pwned. A big part of the problem was all the sniggering about her crying spell (which may have well been a strategic leak) and the Regent U. stuff. She may not have met the qualifications for her job title, but it was a big mistake to assume she was an airhead.

It's apparent that the basic rule of thumb with the Bushies is: If the position is politically important like Goodling's, assume it's held by a savvy political operative. If it's not, like the head of FEMA, assume it's held by a mindless hack.

Agreed on Davis - he definitely outflanked her on Gonzales (although I suspect she was prepared to give some ground on that front anyway - just not that much).

The problem is, no one got her to point a finger at the White House. If they'd just picked up on the clues...

Holy crap:

So, just how did Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) know to ask all those probing, dramatic questions about the mid-March meeting between Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Monica Goodling?

Her lawyer told him to ask, that's how.

So that's the calculation. She gives just enough to justify the grant of immunity. Not one iota more. The rest is just kabuki.