Post-partisan Messiah and advocate of new politics President Obama doesn’t stop at politicizing the national census:
I am talking here about Obama’s new job for his dirt digger in residence, the newly minted job of “White House counsel research director.â€Â
It’s a grand title for dirt digger, but there you have it.
As the Washington Times reported on February 9, President Obama invented a new position into which he slipped one Shauna Daly. Daly has been what is called an “opposition researcher†for the Obama campaign for some time. It was her job to find an opponent’s worst dirt, his most troublesome secrets, so that strategy on how best to destroy him can be planned.
And now, Obama has invented a new job to reward dirty tricks squad member, Daly. The position of “White House counsel research director,†one that never existed before, is now attached to White House counsel Greg Craig’s office and this has caused some raised eyebrows in the legal community.
You see, unlike staffers of the White House counsel’s office appointed by other presidents, Miss Daly has no legal training. No schooling, no past work at law, no law degree. Her sole past work has been that of a political nature.
She is just a dirt digger. Nothing more.
I’m looking for a picture of this winsome lass that I can post here, but I can’t say for sure whether the ones I’ve seen are her, yet. If you search, you find information like this, from late 2005, though:
The Democratic National Committee requested public records from state agencies on their dealings with Gov. Mitt Romney, who may run for president in 2008. His spokesman called it the work of a “dirty tricks attack squad.”
The DNC is seeking similar records on at least 10 other potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, spokesman Luis Miranda said.
The letters dated Dec. 7 ask for “any and all records of communication” and are signed by Shauna Daly, who provided a post office box in Washington as her address.
Miranda confirmed to The Boston Globe that Daly is employed by the Democrats as deputy research director. She had previously worked for the presidential campaign of John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, and in other races.
The party is asking for records as far back as 1947, the year Romney was born.
Romney is “a Republican with well-known presidential ambitions, and these days, that’s not that special,” Miranda said. “This is just real standard operating procedure.” Campaigns use research in hopes of finding controversial, embarrassing or previously undisclosed information about a politician’s past.
Daly’s letters request that any fees be waived, but Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said fulfilling the requests wills cost tens of thousands of dollars.
I would like to put out the request that our righty bloggers dig up the dirt on little miss dirt digger.
I assume she’s being paid by the DNC. Right? *echo*
Civility NOW!!! classroom edition. Whoa, dude! What is that stuff? What does it mean? It’s like, stuff you’d maybe see in a . . . like, museum! (h/t the Weasel Zippers)
“I think it’s in an identity crisis,†Carpenter continued, of Boston College. “At the same time that it wants to proclaim its Catholic identity, it also wants to recruit the best. You can’t recruit the best by placing crucifixes in every classroom. You’re simply going to limit the number of people who will come here. And I’ve already heard of several faculty who have said, ‘You know, this is not a welcoming place, this is not the place that hired me, and I’ll be looking for a job elsewhere.’ â€Â
Whose identity crisis?
The witness is hostile, Your Honor.
No, Dan! Now your dirt will be dug!!
Everybody has dug my dirt already, Hoodlumman. I’m pre-disastered. You dig?
Digging the dirt that Americans won’t dig.
Hope and Change. Transparency. Most ethical government. I can’t believe you guys are resisting this. Now, here … just take your blue pill.
Why don’t they hire Andrew Sullivan to dig dirt on Palin. Why bother, he will do it for free.
This is really creepy. Taking over the census and all that confidential information and also in the same wing of the White House, having staffers looking up opposition of candidates. It is so…Rovian.
BTW–What did they find on Romney, that he prefers Hi-C to Pepsi?
Hey, isn’t she the crackhead jailbird what was married to that fatass golfer? Close enough, if you ask me.
Why don’t they hire Andrew Sullivan to dig dirt on Palin. Why bother, he will do it for free. Better yet he will make it up.
I heard that Romney once had an espresso doppio. Fargin’ hypocrite.
It is so…
RovianMcCarthyist.FTFY.
It would be interesting to find out the contacts between Daly and the “independent” news agencies that sued to open up Obama’s opponents sealed divorce records.
Ah, it most certainly would, wouldn’t it, Rob?
Taking over the census and all that confidential information and also in the same wing of the White House, having staffers looking up opposition of candidates.
Don’t forget that with the $Trillion rescue, HHS will get ALL citizens’ medical records and hire new bureaucrats to monitor physicians’ activities.
Obama is filling out as a classical collectivist perfectly.
Scary.
Dirt digging sounds an awful lot like infrastructure prep. Who could possibly argue with economic stimulus?
C’mon, you guys. Pres O! doesn’t need to dig dirt on anyone anymore. He WON. This is part of her rehabilitation.
I’m somehow not surprised to find an operative for a politician from Chicago has the name “Daly” (yes, I know it’s spelled differently). Probably just a happy coincidence (or perhaps just a really bad habit).
Nixon lost a Presidency over crap like this.
O!, the the other hand: Messisah!
Can the RNC file a FOI request on Shauna Daly?
Nixon lost a presidency because he fucked up, and then lied about it, and then obstructed the investigation.
Well, yeah, Slart.
Just wait.
If Jesus dug a little more dirt on those Pharasees early on, he would not have been crucified.
Obamessiah learns from history children!
“You can’t recruit the best by placing crucifixes in every classroom.”
I find that those who would shrivel into a pool of ooze at the sight of a crucifix are rarely “the best.”
Dipshit needs a history lesson – the Church invented the University.
Nixon lost a presidency because he fucked up, and then lied about it, and then obstructed the investigation.
Just wait.
Will Obama overstep something and then use dirt on investigators to interfere?
oh. theospark.net is blocked…
Category: Adult/Sexually Explicit
It actually creates a ticket number with my IP when that happens.
Yep. And when Obama does that, we’ll all be told how wonderful it is.
That’s weird, Happy. The page had a few mild sex jokes. That’s it. But, I’m betting that website isn’t good for you and Michelle and Baracky are going to take care of us from now on …
They have buxom woman images there, too. Naughty!
The filter is my friend. It always always has my own best interests at heart I think.
There are things you can see in this world what you can never ever unsee, Dan.
If I remember right Cormac McCarthy is really fond of that idea.
Beer is indicated.
Or at least beer goggles.
Ah, you were going in a different direction than I thought. Nevermind.
Obama is tempting fate, here:
If there were only some news out there, we wouldn’t have to be bothered with this kind of crap.
But I may be underestimating the crap/blanket interface.
Oh, and just for grins:
Frm cnn.com frontpage. Some news stories ought not to be juxtaposed, to avoid confusion.
I fail to see how that lets President Hoover off the hook.
What is Baracky if not just a powerful teleprompter reader? How far removed from being an actor is that? At least actors have to memorize their lines … um huh uh ummmm huh uh umm uh uh a huh
White House Aide: “Good morning, Mr. President.”
President Hoover Obama: <looks around for teleprompter>
It’ll be so convenient for The Official Dirt Digger to have all of our medical records on hand for easy perusal.
The position of “White House counsel research director,†one that never existed before, is now attached to White House counsel Greg Craig’s office and this has caused some raised eyebrows in the legal community.
My irony meter just went off like a fucking rocket. I have never seen one get that high in the air before.
Whenever I see Weasel Zippers in a post, I always think of one of my favorite groups: Squirrel Nut Zippers. If I could do that embed Youtubey thing like ‘feets, I’d show ya’. But alas….
In Re: Boston College.
I read the article and the comments. The comments ran as expected – a Catholic College has crucifixes? How unusual. (I can’t quite get the sarcasm in text – perhaps ‘Well, Duh!’ would do.)
Regarding the opposition researcher in the White House counsel’s office?
Something that blatant is going to bite this administration hard. That may be normal in Chicago, but it isn’t so open in D.C. Congress is very touchy about its rights vis-a-vis the Executive Branch. It won’t take more than half a minute for every member of the House and Senate to realize that can be turned on them as soon as they have a disagreement with the administration.
I expect a lot of under the radar crap to fly, and Ms. Daly getting posted somewhere less official – unless the Obama Administration really wants a fight with a legislature controlled by his own party.
#32 Slart:
Have you ever seen the Blackadder episode with the actors, and Blackadder kept saying ‘MacBeth’ where they could hear?
When I see Squirrel Nut Zippers I invariably think of Small Faces “Odgen’s Nut Gone Flake” though not for any musical connection whatsoever, rather I’m guessing for the Nut and its associated oddities. Anyhoo, Happiness Stan might stand-in for Pres. Obama’s political philosophy if given half a chance.
#42 – Not the Scottish Play!!!!
here ya go, Cowboy. their Christmas album is one of my favorites.
#44 – “Aahhhhh! Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends! OWWWWWW!”
It’s like mentioning GW Bush in a crowd of liberals. “Aahhhh! Chimpy McHitler, WMDs, Katrina Warming Trends! OWWWWWWW!”
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