Comments (47)

LaFollette Progressive wrote on April 19, 2007 2:34 PM:

Dum... Dum... Dum... Another one bites the dust...

seedyrum wrote on April 19, 2007 2:42 PM:

Doolittle should have been long gone.
as a public service announcement
and to think we wouldnt be where we are if the Republican Congress had done their jobs providing oversight. Unbelievable!

Mrs Panstreppon wrote on April 19, 2007 2:42 PM:

I guess Doolittle's brilliant idea of pinning everything on his wife didn't go over so big with the GOP.

Tom in AZ wrote on April 19, 2007 2:42 PM:

Serendipity?

Gonzales allows the raid to go forward on a Rep. rep after sitting on it for how long in a district that is 60% Rep. with a Rep. governor, days before his hearing?

See, we go after everyone!

Rusty wrote on April 19, 2007 2:44 PM:

When he resigns, will it be spending more time with family, or rehab?

My money is on rehab. Only the demon-rum would cause a man to stoop so low.

Kali wrote on April 19, 2007 2:45 PM:

So what does Bohner Know? Did the WH have anything to do with this decision? I bet Rove was part of the discussion. This is moving very fast.

Kali wrote on April 19, 2007 2:48 PM:

Rusty, rehab will be difficult, Doolittle is a Mormon, but I do hear he has a passion for chocolate milk. he also likes money - a whole lot.

Jim Ramsey wrote on April 19, 2007 2:51 PM:

Kali,

How about "Caughthab" -- a place to go to when you get caught.

coltergeist wrote on April 19, 2007 2:51 PM:

Doolittle's district is east of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe. US-A's coverage is not coterminus with federal representative's district boundaries, but you will recall that Ryan, the only US-A that appears to have been removed because he actually sucked, reassured the DOJ that he was still a "company" man.

The question is, was Doolittle within Ryan's jurisdiction? If so, did Ryan sit on the raid on Doolittle's home until after the election? If not Ryan, who was in charge of this investigation as was it slow walked at the behest of Rove et al?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Richard L. Adlof wrote on April 19, 2007 2:56 PM:

What?!? The boner was prepared to do the right thing about do-nothing . . . That's historic . . . Oh yeah, it's four years too late.

Please let history record the demise of Republican Party as it did the Whig Party so long ago.

Perhap the remaining Republicans can run for office in 2008 under the Conn. 4 Lieberman banner.

Kali wrote on April 19, 2007 2:59 PM:

Correct me if I am wrong, but the Doolittle case would not originate here in N. Calif. It is in DC and involves all the investigators from the DoJ div. that investigates federal corruption. Doolittle's lives in Virgina and that is where they raided his home.

Dusty wrote on April 19, 2007 2:59 PM:

Isn't this part of the Cunningham scandal, wouldn't it be under the auspices of former USA Carol Lam's office?

christomento wrote on April 19, 2007 3:00 PM:

response to

Posted by: coltergeist
Date: April 19, 2007 02:51 PM

Doolittle's district is in the Californian Eastern District. Ryan was the USA in the Northern District

Code Credit (as in Doolittle has none)

Bruce Webb wrote on April 19, 2007 3:01 PM:

You guys are scary. That AP piece is datelined at 2:07 and the first comment went up at 2:34.

Congratulations on your continuing muck work. You are really helping keeping the bastards running scared.

DW Dawg wrote on April 19, 2007 3:03 PM:

He's my soon-to-be non rep in CA-04.

I can't wait to see what Dan Walters (Sac Bee political reporter) has written tomorrow.

Goodbye Auburn Dam. Goodbye John Doolittle.

Marcus Sitz wrote on April 19, 2007 3:09 PM:

Doolittle's district is in the jurisdiction of the Eastern California USA, who sits in Sacramento.

Dolittle spends little time in his district however; his money, and interests, are all within the Beltway.

I like Charlie Brown's chances in a special election. He's a retired cop, a retired Air Force officer, and the parent of an active-duty serviceman who has done his duty in Iraq. Brown relates well to a district which has born more than its share of the burden in Iraq.

Doolittle, meanwhile, has done nothing for his district for many years. His main gig has been touting the Auburn Dam has a flood control solution, mainly to provide a bit of extra water rights to developers in his district. With his electoral base stuck in a horrible twice-daily traffic jam between Sacramento and his developer friends' handiwork in Lincoln, this is a connection which is starting to smell as bad as the perspiration in a northern-Marianas sewing shop. Finally, he was part of the lame-duck Congress which failed to renew the Federal funding to the rural schools in the eastern , forest-service-dependent, and most conservative part of his district. This funding is, btw, in the funding bill now awaiting Bsh's veto.

Security code sound. I sing to the sound of a Chuck Berry classic:

Bye bye Johnny, goodbye Johnny Do Less.

Kali wrote on April 19, 2007 3:11 PM:

christomento,

Even though Doolittle was also involved with Brent Wilkes, this action and raid appears to be more involved with his Abramoff connections, due to the resignation of Kevin Ring. If we hear of Ed Buckhamm being indicted and Brent Wilkes being linked then we will know that the Doolittle's actions here will be coming to light. Ed Buckhamm introduced Brent Wilkes to John and Julie Doolittle.

Tubby the Wine Snob wrote on April 19, 2007 3:12 PM:

Mmm. Is that toast I smell burning? "Julie, gosh darnit, you left my bread in the toaster and now I've got all skeered and I browned my Temple garments!"

As for Dan Walters' take (and Dan Weintraub's), I'm sure they're just waiting to get their talking points from Uncle Karl on the Doolittle matter.

Mrs Panstreppon wrote on April 19, 2007 3:17 PM:

When I read yesterday that the FBI was searching Doolittle's house for more info about his wife's other clients besides Abramoff, I wondered if any of this has to do with Julia Doolittle's association with a company named Tech Travelers Inc.

Julia Doolittle's name and home address are on the Tech Traveler VA corporate registration. What is even more interesting is that Tech Travlers CEO, Thomas Murray, is a neighbor of the Doolittles.

VIRGINIA STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

Company Name: TechTravelers, Inc.

Business Address:
TECH TRAVELERS INC
ATTN:
JULIA DODITTLE;
105031 MEREWORTH LN
OAKTON, VA 22124

Registered Office:
6531 MEREWORTH LN
OAKTON, VA 22124
Officers, Directors:
MURRAY, CHRISTOPHER
SECRETARY

MURRAY, THOMAS
PRESIDENT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

John Doolittle is secretary of his neighborhood association so he knows his neighbors:

VIRGINIA STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
Company Name: OAK MARR COURTS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Business Address:
PO BOX 351
OAKTON, VA 22124
Type: CORPORATION
Status: ACTIVE
Status Date: 12/27/2005
Filing Date: 11/26/1985
Duration: PERPETUAL
Date of Incorporation/Qualification: 11/26/1985
State or Country of Incorporation: VIRGINIA
Registered Agent:
BOBBIE LEAHEY
Status: ACTIVE
Creation Date: 3/7/1995
Registered Office:
3104 MEREWORTH CT.
OAKTON, VA 22124
Additional Information: INDUSTRY: GENERAL
Filing Number: 278818
Officers, Directors:
HASSAN, SALAM
DIRECTOR

DELGARD, TONY
VICE PRESIDENT

LEAHEY, BOBBIE
PRESIDENT

DOOLITTLE, JOHN
SECRETARY

I did a reverse search for businesses located on Mereworth Court or Mereworth Lane and a few of them were registered after 2001 and are now defunct.

Maybe the Doolittles were running a racket in the 'hood.

Indy1776 wrote on April 19, 2007 3:22 PM:

Another CREW corrupt Top 20 is biting the dust!

A little late but better than never.

6 of the Top 20 most corrupt congressman identified by CREW. 6 0f the 20 are elected from California!

Clean up California...please!

eddie wrote on April 19, 2007 3:40 PM:

Resigning one of the most prize seats (Appropiations) in Congress is not good for Doolittle. Either Bohner knows something the general public doesn't know and forced Doolittle out, or Doolittle knows that he is going to be indicted anyway, and is doing less damage by resigning now then waiting to be indicted... One doesn't give up a seat on Appropiations without a fight, given how much money a congressman can get for his campaign fund on Appropiations, and the power and goodies he can get for his district. Kevin Ring may know some secrets other than Abramoff's activities. There is also the Hurwitz affair, which could be an obstruction of Justice charge.

Doolittle wouldn't resign his seat unless he knew he was getting indicted, and the DOJ and the FBI have the goods on him. Abramoff would probably gladly testify against Doolittle if it means he can get some of his sentence reduced.

Nonplussed wrote on April 19, 2007 3:41 PM:

I live in this asshole's district and can't wait to see him frog marched out of the Congress. I was a volunteer in the Charlie Brown campaign last fall and agree with a previous poster who likes Brown's chances in a special election.

Black Flag wrote on April 19, 2007 3:49 PM:

Nonplussed--Yes!

tekel wrote on April 19, 2007 5:17 PM:

I "fear" that John may not be a free man for much longer. And I repeat my guess that the FBI probably confiscated computers from Johnny D's home in VA. The question is, is the FBI covering up evidence, or is it working for Conyers?

markg8 wrote on April 19, 2007 5:59 PM:

Which Repub moves up to Doolittle's seat on Appropriations?

Bruce in Alta California wrote on April 19, 2007 10:49 PM:

His district is NOT Eastern California, it is NORTHEASTERN California. Its roughly 300 miles from N to S and 100+ from E to W.

As a resident in CA-04I can only say "Heh"

Marcus Sitz wrote on April 20, 2007 1:49 AM:

Bruce,

If you are correcting me, the U.S. Attorney District in Sacramento is the "Eastern" District. As a Sierra County native who remembers driving through your little burgh on Highway 40, I would say you are "Down Below." Almost a Flatlander.

I would say that except that I live in exile, in Davis, where there is even a Flatlander newspaper (and the state champion high school ski team calls themselves the Flatlanders).

Nah, "Northeast" California starts in Sierra Valley and goes north. Think Susanville and Alturas. And Vinton and Chilcoot. And Hallelujah Junction.

That said, I'm sure we can agree: it is a region, including Alta I'm sure, where physical beauty has recently had an inverse relationship to the quality and honesty of the Congressional representation.

The problem, of course, is to persuade all those voters in the sterile tracts of Lincoln, Rocklin, Roseville, and El Dorado Hills that it is time for
some decent representation in the 4th. There just aren't enough votes in Sierra County to do the job.

Let's help Charlie Brown to change that story.

Security code goat. May the Billy Goat Gruff knock the troll Doolittle off the Foresthill Bridge and down into the empty canyon of the North Fork of the American.

swagner wrote on April 20, 2007 8:40 AM:

It seems it's even tough for Republicans to find anyone responsible to run for office on the left coast. I think a complete overhaul is needed from those three states.

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