Kerry Infects Obama for Dems Party Elite

The ink is barely dry on Biden and Dodd dropping out of the 2008 race and you know that Senator John Kerry's endorsement of Barack Obama was planned with the Senate candidate from Illinois. Is this a slick move to woo undecided voters, the 2008 version of the 2004 anointing of the Dems party elite and do Biden, Dodd and Kerry stand to profit politically and otherwise by winning cabinet posts if Obama would be successful? Below are reports from Kerry's 2004 cabinet plans and strategy as well as a post from Michelle Malkin on the topic. The only part of this campaign strategy that is compelling points to the possibility that the Democratic party elite is shunning Hillary Rodham Clinton and her former President husband Bill. When Katie Couric interviewed HRC this week to help her continue to market the tears thing and further the network's desire for another Clinton White House she noted the house they were at as Hillary's home in NY. With some reports suggesting Bill has tried to sabotage Hillary's campaign and the living arrangements being what they are, how does anyone consider them married other than technically? Excuse the spontaneous thought please. Can't help but wonder about these things and worse, why so many choose to ignore all of what is wrong with the Clinton clan. One last note, that may explain why John Edwards is still in the race. He sold out to the Dems party elite by caving to their anointing of John Kerry in 04. So he may only be in it to get the nod for VP on HRC's ticket if she would end up with the nomination. Any way you slice it, with the Dems you get the same old c__p. And they want you to believe they are change agents. Maybe quick change artists but not change agents. It would appear the Dems party elite does not believe Clinton can be the GOP. It is also quite possible that the cold, calculating queen of cringe cannot be trusted to attend to party business. So the party is grooming the 'naive and irresponsible' other rookie Senator to do the party bidding. Kerry Exploring Cabinet Options By Jim VandeHei Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 22, 2004; Page A23 If he wins the White House, John F. Kerry will immediately confront a difficult, divisive and deeply personal decision: which close friend will he have to stiff for secretary of state? Kerry, who would name a national security team a few weeks after the election, is said by campaign sources to be under a fair amount of pressure to pick Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) or Richard Holbrooke to help repair global alliances and attract new allies to assist in Iraq. Both men are seasoned diplomats, ambitious and close friends and political advisers to Kerry. And both clearly want the job. Next: Kerry's key Cabinet choices By Peter Grier | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor But picking through advisers and matching them up with possible Cabinet roles reveals a lot about candidates themselves. A US administration is a joint effort, after all. Undecided voters might find it easier to make up their minds if they consider what personalities a challenger would install in office for the next four years. A relative unknown to much of the voting public, Mr. Kerry might particularly benefit from helping this process along. Michelle Malkin » John Kerry tries to make himself relevant; “Let ... I fear Kerry might be selected to fill a cabinet post if one of the Dims is elected. Hope I am wrong, but could you imagine him as SecDef or Homeland ... And who could forget Bill Richardson, his withdrawal and resume' items in the Clinton cabinet. If you read the 911 Commission report that the Dems love to mention, you can relive the 911 mistakes of Bill and Hillary as well as Mr Richardson in failing to eliminate Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Maybe Richardson gets his pick if either Obama or Clinton make it to the White House. Certainly buying off Vilsack earlier in the campaign ensures a post election job for him too. These people are more like job service than public service. So where are the change agents? Don't kid yourself this is business as usual in Washington. But the Dems take it to a whole new level. And if you add Pelosi and Reid to the equation as well as Boxer and Feinstein and their money connections and Clinton's criminal campaign contributors, this country could be in a world of hurt come 2009. By Stanford Matthews Blog @ MoreWhat.com

Keying Incident - Disbarment at Least

By Jim Simpson Every year around this time our family goes on vacation and as this is a time for rest, relaxation and exclusively family time, I studiously avoid any exposure to the news – I like to enjoy my vacations. So it wasn’t until January 6th that I learned of the outrageous December keying incident, which has now gotten a fair amount of coverage on the web. Typically, our beloved MSM has been, with the exception of one very good article in the Chicago Tribune, disgustingly silent. Most of my material has been gleaned from Black Five, who was on this story from day one, and other sources who did amazing work digging up other information (see below). They deserve a boatload of credit for bringing this to our attention and keeping it in the public eye. For those of you who haven’t heard about it, a brief recap is in order. On December 1, Marine Sgt. Mike McNulty, was about to return to Iraq for a second tour of duty. At about 11 am he went to pick up a friend to go out for breakfast. As they were coming out of the friend’s apartment building, they noticed a man doing something to McNulty’s car – a beautiful, new BMW. He was digging a scratch along its side with his key. See a photo of the damage here. McNulty asked the man what he was doing and the man yelled back a number of expletives about Marines. McNulty kept his cool – you have to commend him for that – and called the police who arrested the man. He was later identified as Jay R. Grodner, a Chicago attorney. Here’s the arrest record. In typical sleazy lawyer fashion, Grodner stalled with continuances, knowing McNulty was to deploy shortly, wherein the case would likely be dropped. At one point, a judge even put out a warrant for Grodner’s arrest after he failed to show up in court, but the warrant was never served, as he showed up late, sheepishly claiming he took a wrong turn. Right. According to early reports, the damage to McNulty’s car was assessed at $2,400. Initially, Grodner offered to pay the deductible on McNulty’s insurance, $100, and wanted McNulty to use his own insurance company to pay for the rest of the damages! Now I ask you, how can someone possibly be such a scumbag? Well I don’t know, but it seems any state licensing authority would find Mr. Grodner’s actions worthy of at least serious sanctions if not outright disbarment. So I checked into this. Following is what I found. The State of Illinois does not license attorneys through the state bar. In Illinois, the State Supreme Court provides licenses through its Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission (ARDC). This is where disciplinary petitions are filed. The Illinois courts’ Rules of Professional Conduct require (in Sections 8.4. a3 and a4), that a lawyer not:

commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects; engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;

Mr. Grodner certainly appears to have engaged in a criminal act this time, but he has also been cited, apparently numerous times in the past, for unscrupulous behavior. According to state Supreme Court records he has been censured, a decision which unfortunately does not prevent the lawyer from remaining in practice. To read more about the specifics of this case, go here for a great post from The Bench. Additionally, Citizens for Legal Responsibility, an Illinois legal watchdog group, includes Jay Grodner on their unethical attorneys list, and describe other violations as follows:

In addition to being disciplined for being involved in a scheme to forging [sic] documents, it has been reported to CLR that attorney Jay Robert Grodner has since then engaged in a conflict of interest with his clients, has abandoned his clients, has engaged in false billing, has engaged in a fraud upon his clients, provided ineffective assistance of counsel, and has engaged in a "fraud upon the court".

The Supreme Court is familiar with the latest accusations against Grodner and confirmed to me that he has had other complaints filed against him in the past, in addition to the censure. Big surprise. According to ARDC, an attorney faces immediate disbarment if convicted of a felony. He may also face disbarment or other sanctions for misdemeanor convictions. So the big question is what happens next. Currently, the case scheduled to be heard next Friday, January 18th, at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Branch 29, 2452 W. Belmont St., Chicago, IL. At present, Grodner has only been charged with a misdemeanor, although John Gorman, spokesman for the State’s Attorney’s Office, informed me that prosecutors are reviewing the case and he may yet be charged with a felony. The case is being handled by Assistant State's Attorney, Andrea Kersten. This guy really blew it. In addition to getting himself charged with a criminal act, he has become subject to our outrage. One wonders if he doesn’t have a death wish. The blogosphere has become our only recourse as the left increasingly shuts out information which either puts them in any kind of bad light, or tells the true, noble story of our military’s front line forces, and we use it with a vengeance. Here’s his contact information if you wish to send him a “special note.” His website appears to be down however, and his phones have apparently been disconnected :-) Law Offices of Jay R. Grodner Principal Office 625 Deerfield Rd, Suite 406 Deerfield, IL 60015 Phone: (847) 444-1500 Fax: (847) 444-0663 Downtown Chicago 30 N. LaSalle St, Suite 1210 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 236-1142 Fax: (312) 236-6036 Email: jayrg8@aol.com Web: http://www.jaygrodner.com/ It gets better. Uncorrelated.com somehow managed to track down his online dating profile. Here it is. Look at it if you like. I am sorry, but this is truly sad. Here’s his defining quote:

I love sex. I’m wild about so many ways that sex makes life worth living. I joined this site because the women I’m seeing are both beautiful and adventurous. I have plenty of work a [sic] free time to talk. Sometimes one needs to act.

Another site found an even more compromising bust shot of someone they claim to be the same guy – naked. You don’t want to look, but some of the comments are priceless. This guy is so screwed; I am almost beginning to feel sorry for him. I said almost. He is not merely getting drilled a new poop shoot. By the time we get done with him, his ass is going to look like a used target from the Knob Creek Biannual Machine Gun Shoot. Semper Fi!