Comments on: Senator Martinez’ Office Source of Schiavo Memo

By: slickdpdx

slickdpdx — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:58:54 +0000

I was right about the "talking points" memo! It was real and it WAS a big mistake to make a big deal out of it because it made it seem like a big deal if real. Hah! See comment #1 on the initial post.

P.S. I wouldn't be reading your site if I didn't love it.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:34:21 +0000

Lest anyone misunderstand, there is a difference between being fired and being allowed to resign.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:33:34 +0000

The staffer should have been fired, and the best anyone can say for Martinez is that he's unqualified to be a Senator.

Sadly, that applies to a veto-proof majority of his colleagues, but be that as it may...

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 14:34:51 +0000

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By: oceanguy

oceanguy — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 14:33:32 +0000

Sadly, it's all too likely that Martinez didn't know what the document was that he gave to Harkin. To me this is a lesson on the dangers of poor staff work. You can even take it to be a warning on the dangers of any staff work. Martinez trusted his staff... didn't read a memo he was given that likely was similar in appearance to another he HAD read. As he said, "I just took it for granted that we wouldn't be that stupid." Well, they were that stupid. Why the idiot, Darling, didn't own up to it right waway is a question we'll likely never know the answer to.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:54:04 +0000

Doing stuff that's embarrasing for the boss is cause for resignation, especially in politics.

By: Mark J

Mark J — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:47:37 +0000

Hrm... well if it isn't shameful to describe a family squabble as a "great political issue," why did the guy who wrote the memo resign?

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:22:27 +0000

Schiavo Memo Source Revealed
Via WaPo: Counsel to GOP Senator Wrote Memo On SchiavoThe legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the se...

By: Right Wing Nut House

Right Wing Nut House — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:47:46 +0000

SCHIAVO MEMO: REAL AND ACCURATE
Brian H. Darling is a legal counsel for freshly minted Florida Senator Mel Martinez. He's also a certifiable idiot:

The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage...

By: Running Scared

Running Scared — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:40:37 +0000

If it weren't for you darned kids...
Somehow I just had a feeling that this story was coming, and I am not going to hold back from any selfish schadenfreude and gleeful cackling about it. I think Josh Marshall ...