Alfie Doolittle

John Doolittle

Once upon a time there was there was a Mormon attorney who wished to make a difference, strive for change and make America a better place for rich white people to live and thrive. In 1990, John T. Doolittle was elected to the House of Representatives from a district in California where gated communities and rich exurbs are the rule of the day.

And John T. Doolittle was able to do that House seat proud until January of this year; I mean what a voting record:   http://www.ontheissues.org/ca/john_doolittle.htm

Any time he could make life a little bit easier for those attempting to scrape by in gated communities, Doolittle was there doing a lot. Any time he was called upon to vote down breaks for the poor so that they could just sit around on food stamps and drink beer all day, Doolittle was there for the count.

You would never him quote Alfie Doolittle his dear departed cousin:

I'm one of the undeserving poor, I am,  up against middle-class morality all the time. What is middle-class morality? Just an excuse for never giving me anything.

And this was what Doolittle was all about, and let me tell you this man DIDALOT, not a little to further Truth, Justice & The American Way:

• "Conservative Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.), for example, said he hoped a Bush administration would beat back efforts at campaign finance reform and gun control while dramatically cutting federal regulation. 'The power of the presidency, coupled with a Republican Congress and conservative control of the Supreme Court, is nothing short of awesome,' said Doolittle, one of DeLay's closest allies. 'This is the implementation of the rest of the 'Contract With America.'" --Washington Post, December 6, 2000.
• "A DeLay ally, Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.), said Republicans 'are going to have to respond in kind' by filing ethics charges against key Democrats. From now on, he said in an interview, it's a matter of 'you kill my dog, I'll kill your cat.'" --Washington Post, June 15, 2004.
• "'I do not subscribe to the theory of global warming,' he said. 'Liberals like to use pseudo-science.' He said that liberals want to implement severe restrictions and their actions 'would make everything more expensive.'" [Chester Progressive, Wednesday, Aug 16, 2006, pg 16A. (Doolittle interview with newspaper, Chester,CA)]
• "The legislation introduced by Congressman John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.) provides for deregulating campaign finance, eliminating both contribution and expenditure limitations. It also provides for ending federal financing of presidential campaigns. Its emphasis is on improved disclosure of campaign finance information primarily through electronic filing. To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election for Federal office."

All Representatives find special projects to work on during their tenure in the People's House; or at least the good ones, and Doolittle was one of those good ones for sure. Back in 2006 it was reported that:

Most Americans couldn't locate the Northern Marianas Islands on a map if their lives depended on it-- nor could they tell you anything about the island chain. However, in the northern California district between the Sacramento suburbs and the Oregon border, more and more people are knowing an uncomfortably lot about the Northern Marianas. That's because the Republican incumbent in CA-04, John Doolittle, an incredibly corrupt and thoroughly immoral bribetaker has been all caught up in a whole slew of Abramoff-related scandals, one particularly horrible one centered in the Commonwealth-- a nice way to say "colony"-- of the Northern Mariana Islands. And the swirling controversy around the scandal is being covered by the Sacramento Bee, the district's most read newspaper.

Now that the FBI is actively investigating Doolittle's role in the pervasive Culture of Corruption in DC, his activities in the Northern Marianas scandals are coming out. Last week, the Bee reported that the forced prostitution, slave labor, forced abortions and generally nightmarish conditions put together by villains like Tom DeLay, Bob Ney, Don Young and John Doolittle as a model working situation for a Republican Party-dominated society has become a campaign issue in CA-04.

A month before Rep. John Doolittle took actions that would help disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff win back a contract to represent the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in blocking immigration and labor reforms, he heard sworn witnesses describing some of the sordid abuses the legislation was intended to halt. At the Sept. 16, 1999, hearing before the House Resources Committee, witnesses told of deplorable working conditions, trafficking in women and forced prostitution.

Now, seven years later, Doolittle's opposition to the reforms in the U.S. territory has become a dominant issue in his campaign for a ninth term in Congress. http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2006/10/another-chapter-in-john-doolittles.html

Getting young girls employment was one of the greatest accomplishments of Doolittle during his tenure and it had nothing to do with food stamps or welfare. I mean these girls had to follow the rules in order to better their lot.

But those dirty liberals have taken it upon themselves to attack this sort of conduct and they found out how to get this epitome of conservative values by going after an underling:

"Doolittle's former chief of staff, Kevin A. Ring, went to work with Abramoff. Doolittle's wife, Julie, owned a consulting firm that was hired by Abramoff and his firm, Greenberg Traurig, to do fundraising for a charity he founded. Two sources close to the investigation said that Ring, while working for Abramoff, was an intermediary in the hiring of Julie Doolittle's firm, Sierra Dominion Financial Solutions Inc., which last year received a subpoena from the grand jury investigating Abramoff," Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, reported in the November 26, 2005, Washington Post.  http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Doolittle/Commentary

Ring is in the midst of his trial right now, facing 127 years in prison (something Madoff would have hoped for) on seven felony counts. The trial has worn on some participants:

Crying witnesses, colorful e-mails and descriptions of lobbyists as "sugar daddies" and congressmen as their "champions" -- it's all become routine in the trial of Kevin Ring, former associate of imprisoned ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. With a full cast of former lobbyists and congressional staffers who have already pleaded guilty in the scandal testifying as cooperating witnesses, courtroom drama has yet to cease, and it's only bound to continue as the defense is expected to begin presenting evidence next week.
Read more: http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2009/09/ri.   http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x483520

Former DOJ Chief of Staff David Ayres invoked his Fifth Amendment rights, according to this report.David Ayers, who was Ashcroft's chief of staff at the Justice Department during the Bush administration, refused to answer questions under oath about tickets he received from Abramoff's firm and any favors he may have granted for the firm's clients.

Ayers was called as a defense witness in the corruption trial of Abramoff deputy Kevin Ring. Ring faces charges that he illegally influenced federal officials by providing them with expensive meals, drinks and tickets to concerts and sporting events   http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=5283

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth...(Luke 13:28)

So, in the midst of Ring's trial, Doolittle has been indicted.  Or has he?

Federal prosecutors named ex-Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) as a co-conspirator Thursday in the public corruption case against former House aide-turned-lobbyist Kevin Ring. The government included Doolittle, who has not been charged with wrongdoing, on a list of 11 co-conspirators filed Thursday.

The government's list of co-conspirators also included Doolittle's wife, Julie Doolittle, as well as John Albaugh, chief of staff to then-Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) who pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud; Ann Copland, a former aide to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) who pleaded guilty in March to honest services wire fraud; Robert Coughlin, a former top Justice Department official who pleaded guilty in 2008 to violating conflict of interest laws; Will Heaton, chief of staff to then-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) who pleaded guilty in February 2007 to a conspiracy charge; Laura Blackann, Doolittle's former spokeswoman and wife of Trevor Blackann who pleaded guilty in November to filing a false tax return for not reporting more than $4,100 in gifts from lobbyists; Peter Evich, Doolittle's former legislative director; Gregory Orlando, who also served as Doolittle's legislative director; former White House aide Jennifer Farley; David Lopez, Doolittle's former chief of staff and political adviser; and Ryan Thomas, a top appropriations aide to then-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.).   http://www.rollcall.com/news/38936-1.html?type=pf

Well he made it on the list of co-conspirators, But he still walks free as a bird.

Doolittle has little in common with his cousin Alfie Doolittle.  I mean you will never hear Representative Dooliittle say for instance:

I'm wanting to tell you, I'm willing to tell ya, I'm waiting to tell ya.

John T. Doolittle rather makes his cousin Alfie seem like a pillar of the community, does he not?

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