Immunity deal for Goodling
The midstate's own Monica Goodling appears likely to get an immunity deal to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on her role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and political vetting of assistant U.S. attorneys and lower-level Justice Department lawyers, something that isn't supposed to happen under Civil Service rules.
York Haven native, Messiah College graduate, life guard at the West Shore Country Club in Camp Hill, White House liaison for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, immunity deal to avoid being prosecuted for anything she tells Congress. It's been a busy life for this young Republican, who wailed that all she wanted to do was serve George W. Bush. Now she gets an opportunity to finger Gonzales, and perhaps contribute some information to the growing Impeachable Offenses collection for Bush himself.
By the way, it seems that Messiah College is getting a tad bit defensive about its role in the education of young Monica, who was president of the Student Government Association her senior year. Richard T. Hughes, a Messiah professor, wrote an op-ed piece for the Sunday Patriot-News that extols the academic achievements of Messiah graduates. Of that, I have no doubt--I've known both graduates and professors there. Hughes says it's just like Pepperdine University in California, where he taught for 24 years. And just like Pepperdine, where former Bill Clinton persecutor Kenneth Starr is dean of the law school, Messiah attracts more than its share of students and faculty who have a warm and fuzzy relationship with the religious right.
When you read Hughes' piece, see if you can catch the diss of Pat Robertson's Regent University Law School, where Monica Goodling got her law degree.