Comments on: U.S. Attorney Alice Martin & “the Gonzalez Competence Scale” http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: David http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-22831 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:52:40 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-22831 Such as the baseless and incompetent prosecution of Latifi, the owner of Axion, for allegedly sending military technology to China, based on the testimony of a disgruntled employee already convicted of embezzlement from Axion. This resulted in the first time ever the U.S. government has had to pay the legal expenses of the defendant in a case of controlled military technology export. Such as sending FBI agents in force with drawn guns on numerous occasions, to search the home of the aforementioned Latifi, or to arrest a 60 year old woman state legislator accused of financial improprieties. Dangerous characters. Such as...well the Siegelman story is still unraveling, and the reasons for Bud Cramer's retirement still have to be explicated. But in a few months she will have to continue her good deeds as a private citizen. Such as the baseless and incompetent prosecution of Latifi, the owner of Axion, for allegedly sending military technology to China, based on the testimony of a disgruntled employee already convicted of embezzlement from Axion. This resulted in the first time ever the U.S. government has had to pay the legal expenses of the defendant in a case of controlled military technology export.

Such as sending FBI agents in force with drawn guns on numerous occasions, to search the home of the aforementioned Latifi, or to arrest a 60 year old woman state legislator accused of financial improprieties. Dangerous characters.

Such as…well the Siegelman story is still unraveling, and the reasons for Bud Cramer’s retirement still have to be explicated. But in a few months she will have to continue her good deeds as a private citizen.

]]> by: Helen http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-22794 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:31:25 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-22794 Such as. . . ? Such as. . . ?

]]> by: C. Matthews http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-22779 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:42:32 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-22779 Shame on all of you. She is a wonderful person, who does many good things. Shame on all of you. She is a wonderful person, who does many good things.

]]> by: Helen http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-3884 Wed, 02 May 2007 21:48:24 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-3884 I remember a visit she made to a civic group shortly after her appointment. She was able to list the myriad duties of the US Attorney's office (the list went on and on and on). It also was evident that she could barely avoid using partisan rhetoric--I kept expecting "Clinton" and "Democrat" to come out as negative adjectives. Wasn't she also unable to get elected as a judge in N. Alabama? I remember a visit she made to a civic group shortly after her appointment. She was able to list the myriad duties of the US Attorney’s office (the list went on and on and on). It also was evident that she could barely avoid using partisan rhetoric–I kept expecting “Clinton” and “Democrat” to come out as negative adjectives.

Wasn’t she also unable to get elected as a judge in N. Alabama?

]]> by: Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-3608 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:24:53 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-3608 Does "tad" mean: lower than a snake's belly? Does “tad” mean: lower than a snake’s belly?

]]> by: Dan http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-3598 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:33:45 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/04/26/us-attorney-alice-martin-the-gonzalez-competence-scale/#comment-3598 <i>"Her reputation among the career people is a tad low, to be kind."</i> I know one of her Assistant US Attornies. Her reputation among her own staff is a tad low, to be kind. “Her reputation among the career people is a tad low, to be kind.”

I know one of her Assistant US Attornies. Her reputation among her own staff is a tad low, to be kind.

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