NOTES FROM THE DARK SIDE: Sen. Bob Mendez Should Stand Down, Chris Matthews Is A Jerk, Rogerstone, Wales

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Menendez Should Recuse Himself On USA Pick

By Roger Stone

According in the Newark Star Ledger, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez is working with Senator Frank Lautenberg to evaluate and interview candidates for US Attorney for New Jersey.

In view of the fact that the US Attorney’s office issued subpoenas for records of a real estate deal involving the junior senator from Hudson County, is investigating consulting contracts tied to the Jersey City Medical Center, and examining Menendez’s relationship with a former staffer who is now a lobbyist, Menendez should recuse himself from this sensitive process.

It is important to note that the US Attorney’s office has declined to say that the investigation into Senator Menendez has been closed.

It is wholly inappropriate for Senator Menendez to have a hand in selecting the prosecutor who may determine whether or not Menendez should be prosecuted in these matters.

There are three candidates thought to be under consideration. They include defense lawyer John Azzarello, who served as counsel to the 9/11 Commission; defense lawyer Alberto Rivas, who was a federal monitor for New Jersey’s racial profiling consent decree, and John Vazquez, who recently stepped down as First Assistant to NJ State Attorney General Anne Milgram.

As long as Senator Menendez is under a cloud, he should separate himself from this process and let Senator Lautenberg make the recommendations to the Administration of President Barack Obama for the US Attorney’s post.

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Matthews Proves He’s A Jerk


MATTHEWS: Blowhard Scrooge

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews would have you believe that he is a regular guy from a modest background who hasn’t lost touch with his roots.

Unfortunately, Matthews continues to demonstrate that he is an elitist snob and insufferably pompous egomaniac.

The National Enquirer’s Mike Walker has the story:

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Chris Matthews is a bully – MSNBC’s attack-host even picks on kids! Matthews and wife Kathleen bought a Christmas tree at Blessed Sacrament Church near their Chevy Chase, Md., home, a teen volunteer cheerfully loaded it in their car – but they had no cash. No problem, said Matthews, he’d just take the tree and pay later. “I’m sorry,” said the lad, “but I can’t let you leave with it.” Making his trademark TV piggy-face, Matthews screamed: “You don’t understand what’s going on here. I’M CHRIS MATTHEWS!” The kid offered to unload the tree and hold it – but Matthews balked! Incredibly, he told Wifey to walk home and get moolah, then barked at the kid: “See what you made her do? You made her walk two blocks each way!” So while Matthews sat cozy in a warm car, his wife braved cold, dark streets. When she returned, Matthews paid up – but left NO tip! NOTE TO BULLY-BOY: That kid you Scrooge-d attends a school for youngsters with learning disabilities, and actually told people he’s worried he offended you. Here’s YOUR tip jerk: Since you’re scheming to run for the Senate, don’t browbeat Church charity workers, or kids…. It’s a vote-killer!”

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Nixon Man To CIA


Leon Panetta

Former Nixon Administration official Leon Panetta has been appointed by President-elect Barack Obama. Panetta, who served in the Nixon Justice Department under Attorney General John Mitchell, will be the first Nixon Administration official to join the Obama Cabinet if confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

“All those years of posing as a Democrat and putting up with Bill Clinton’s crap really paid off,” said Nixon Presidential Library Official Sandy Taylor.” We finally got a Nixonite in at the CIA.”

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Wales Town Names For Political Consultant
Roger Stone, Wales is for Real

In a move sure to raise brows, the Common Council of a town in Wales decided to rename itself after renowned political hit man Roger Stone because it had grown tired of being known as the “home of the hedgehog flavored crisp.” The council voted to rename itself ‘RogerStone’ in the hopes that the legendary political operative’s reputation would erase the town’s notoriety for producing the world’s most disgusting potato chip.

“It’s haunted us long enough,” said council member John Chambers, “so we decided that the only way to overcome the legend of the hedgehog chip was to rename ourselves after the legend that is RogerStone.” Chambers noted there was a small group who preferred to name the town ‘EliotSpitzer’ but they were badly outvoted on the council.

“Who wants to be known as the home of the hedgehog crisp?” added council woman Shirley Flanders. “We want to be known for dressing well, our good looks and snappy repartee, not road kill.”

The council also passed a resolution allowing all residents of the newly named town to get free tattoos of Richard Nixon ala Roger Stone himself. The resolution mandates that the people of RogerStone celebrate Roger Stone’s birthday every August 27th.

“I’m putting Dick on my buttocks!” one resident exclaimed after the resolution passed unanimously. Tattoo parlors in RogerStone expect to be quite busy and have extended their business hours.
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If the New York Times can have Bill Kristol and Davis Brooks, we at the Rumpus can have our token Right winger in house. NOTES FROM THE DARK SIDE will be a regular feature for the Rumpus by controversial Republican Political Consultant Rogers Stone. Stone is the hard-bitten veteran of eight national Republican Presidential campaigns starting with Nixon and running through his involvement in the 2000 Florida Recount in which he incited the Brooks Brothers riot and closed down the Miami-Dade recount for BUSH. Stone’s political views are candid, pungent and informed, although rarely conventional. For those not familiar with Republican Hit Man go to Matt Labash's profile on Stone- Poitical Animal (pdf) or Jeff Toobin's The Dirty Trickster for the New Yorker (pdf). More from this author →

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