by emptywheel
Remember back in June, after Barbara Comstock took on the ethics impaired Jerry Lewis, and I was looking for a new term for these shills who do the heavy PR lifting for GOPers trying to stay out of jail? It seemed to me that Comstock and Rove's spokesperson, Mark Corallo, were inventing a new concept. And lotus came up with what, among a lot of entries, I thought was the best name for this new concept: Gooper Scooper.
Well, Comstock and Corallo apparently haven't spent enough time on lefty blogs. Because rather than Gooper Scooper, they've named their new firm by the completely unimaginative Corallo Comstock. Via TPMM, here's what Roll Call had to say:
With Hurricane Subpoena bearing down on Capitol Hill, veteran GOP spin masters Mark Corallo and Barbara Comstock are hitching their wagons to help Republicans fight the storm and — well, sure — rake in some dough.
Corallo and Comstock are forming the crisis management firm Corallo Comstock, Inc. They aim to open shop on Jan. 1, just before the new Democratic chairmen will start banging their gavels and demanding information from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
“Just in time for subpoena season,” Corallo told HOH.
Damn. I should have patented this idea back in June. Back when Rove still "had the numbers" to avoid "subpoena season."
Speaking of pooper scooper (and labs). The one occupying our house knows George Bush is a 'rasho' when asked.
ew - I know you used to live in northern California. S.F.? It is just a very sad day with the loss of James Kim.
Posted by: Ardant | December 06, 2006 at 21:58
EW, glad you have time to remark on this "too good to be true" development. Going where the market is, baby. DEMs should have been all over this, hoping it was coming and willing to invest more than the Bayesian analysis would justify (and hence their perpetual downfall).
I'm guessing these savvy entrepreneurs are chasing the American dream and not just shoveling crap on the exposed "roots" that bind them together. Wouldn't that burn?
So, while chub-boy was talking "his math" I'm guessing he really was preparing for the aftershocks of the return of the reality-based... well, reality. Of course, that will leak. Like pappy's tears.
Posted by: tryggth | December 06, 2006 at 22:59
Hey, this is a conspiracy investigation here. I'm gonna subpoena Corallo Comstock.
It's like you would do in a nasty divorce. You meet with every top attorney in town, to conflict them out.
Posted by: Kagro X | December 07, 2006 at 10:09
Maybe they will both get to revive their previous starring roles as spokespersons for Aschroft too?
A girl can hope.
EW - on the topic of reporters and secret/classified info and sources the National Press Club has this gig going tonight. Maybe you could salt the audience with someone? If nothing else, Toensing will be there to I guess defend why Judy Miller is a saint and Dana Priest is a sinner. Might get a nice quote for the book *g*
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/community/eventcal.html?sid=2890
The Future of the Free Press: A Panel Discussion
Thursday, December 07, 2006 at 07:00 PM National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW Washington, DC
The Future of the Free Press: Should Journalists Be Able to Use Confidential Sources and Seek Secret Information?
Panelists:
Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio
Judge Stanley Sporkin, a retired United States District Judge for the District of Columbia and presently a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Earl Caldwell, Writer-in-Residence at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University Intelligence Correspondent, Editor and Senior Vice President of The Baltimore Sun
Victoria Toensing, Partner at diGenova & Toensing, LLP
Bob Drogin, Washington D.C. Intelligence Correspondent for The Los Angeles Times
Tim Franklin, Editor and Senior Vice President of The Baltimore Sun
Steven D. Clymer, Professor at Cornell Law School
Lee Levine, Partner at Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schulz, LLP
Dale Cohen, Associate General Counsel, Media for Cox Enterprises, Inc., moderator.
To reserve a seat, call the National Press Club at (202) 662-7501.
Posted by: Mary | December 07, 2006 at 15:33
Actually a very respectable panel. Drogin did great work on WMD. And Totenberg got in trouble for reporting the leak of Anita Hill's accusations, though IIRC she didn't have to reveal her source. Toensing? Eh, hopefully they just drown her out.
Posted by: emptywheel | December 07, 2006 at 18:00