Jessica: Biskupic's new motion uses the word "the" a zillion times!

Jessica McBride gets all excited that USAT Steven Biskupic's new motion in the Georgia Thompson case (actually written by Asst. USAT Greg Haanstad, but whatever) mentions Doyle's name:

Number of times Biskupic's motion mentions the name "Doyle": 14 times (the motion also references the "governor" without his name 2 additional times; 3 of the 14 references were for "Doyle administration" and the other 11 referenced Doyle himself)

Number of times Biskupic's motion mentions the name "Marotta": 8 times

Number of times Biskupic's motion mentions some variation of the word "political": 24 times (such as politically motivated, politically favored choice, a political patron, political advantage and so forth)

Number of times the motion names the word "superiors": 3

"Bosses": 4

"Campaign": 2

"Contribution" (referring to the campaign contribution to Doyle): 5

What are the parts that get her all hot and bothered?

"The evidence also established that, but for these politically motivated acts by Thompson, Adelman Travel would not have been awarded the Partner contract."

"According to Ian Thomas, at lunch on March 1 or March 2, he had a conversation with Georgia Thompson in which she expressed concern over how she would tell her bosses that Adelman was not going to win the Partner contract."

He describes her conduct in another spot in the motion as "illegally politically motivated actions."

"She (Thompson) then said that the Partner contract had to be awarded to Adelman Travel for political reasons having to do with her superiors."

"Although Thomas and other committee members had slightly different recollections as to the precise words Thompson used, they agree she made it clear that - for political reasons - Omega could not be awarded the Partner contract."

"After stating that the Partner Contract had to go to Adelman Travel for political reasons, Thompson then invited the other evaluators to change their scores on the contract."

"In short, but for Thompson's politically motivated statements and action during the March 3 meeting, the Partner contract would have been awarded to Omega without instituting a best-and-final procedure."

"Without consulting Ian Thomas or the evaluating committee, Thompson and her superiors at DOA decided to call the Partner contract competition a tie."

"Thompson then brought this matter (Omega outscoring Adelman by a fraction of a point) to the attention of her supervisors, including DOA Division Administrator Pat Farley."

Jessica calls this connecting the dots. The Brawler calls this: restating the facts of the case.

Is there anything new here? No.

She even lays it out here:

Now, I will acknowledge that just because Thompson might have inferred that her superiors wanted her to rig the contract for Adelman because of their political ties to Adelman doesn't necessarily mean that there was direct (or even criminally indirect) pressure applied by them on her to do so. In other words, maybe she read their minds and there's not enough evidence to charge anyone else. Maybe.

Maybe. Maybe that's how underlings work -- trying to read their bosses' minds and do what you think they'll want. Sort of like how you said "Patrick McIlheran is a man of enormous magnitude" (or words to that effect) on your radio show within days if not hours of Lying Charlie Sykes saying the same thing.

Is Jessica's reading ability comparable to her grasp of language?

Yes!

Should Jessica be teaching journalism?

The Diamond Mine uses the power of Google to make a point about Jessica's post -- and about Lady McBucher herself.

Comments

[kr]

And she wants us to yank Kevin Barnett out of the classroom?

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Oh, no, not him, too! Will they never stop?

(You mean Kevin Barrett.:-)