Part of a generation of young religious conservatives who swept into the federal government after the election of President Bush in 2000, Goodling displayed unblinking devotion to the administration and expected others to do the same. When she started at Justice, "no job was too small for her," and as she moved rapidly up the ranks, none "was too large," Corallo said.
Monica is refusing to testify before the senate about things that she has done on her job because she, and all of us, have the right to not incriminate ourselves.
"She forced many very talented, career people out of main Justice so she could replace them with junior people that were either loyal to the administration or would score her some points," said a former career Justice official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal.
Of course, not all of us are committing potentially criminal behavior while helping maintain the rule of law in America.
Explaining why she invoked her right against self-incrimination, her lawyer, John M. Dowd, called the investigation "hostile" and said that some committee members "have already reached conclusions."
At yesterday's Judiciary hearing, senators questioned why she was still employed at Justice. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a former U.S. attorney, noted that the department encourages corporations to fire employees who refuse to cooperate with government investigations."I'm a little surprised that she's still there after taking the Fifth," he said.
Actually WaPo has a great piece on her, which we've been quoting here. As odd as her pre-emptive attempt to "take the fifth" before ever being asked a question may seem, it is really just a fine example of how warped the idea of civil law becomes when cooked in an oven of religious thinking.
To her supporters, Goodling's only mistake -- if she made one at all -- was not anticipating the political peril before the 2006 midterm elections.
"The young conservatives who came off the campaign and were new to town with this administration, they've never seen lean times," said a veteran Republican political appointee who declined to be quoted by name saying anything critical of Goodling. "They had no appreciation for what would happen after the Democrats took control and how tough it would be."
This is type person who really does believe that her faith is the law of the land, that laws exist to raise up the faithful and to cast down the unbelievers (remember too, unbelievers in Monica's world includes all Catholics and most Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans etc).
And so, she sincerely believes that the satanic Democrats will twist what she has done and what she will say into crimes.
This, of course, makes her a model of the Cheney/Bush / Addington theory of governance.
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