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Pathwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:30 PM
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Heard on NPR: Is Susan Ralston missing?
My husband just called to say that NPR is reporting that Susan Ralston has been reported missing.
Has anyone else heard this??
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:32 PM
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1. ruh roh
she is a prime candidate for the 'convenient suicide club' isn't she?
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Iwasthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:39 PM
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15. Told ya
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GuvWurld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 08:27 PM
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66. Or perhaps...
she fled to Canada as the first in a wave of Congressional "subpoena dodgers"
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:33 PM
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2. Wow...
sleeps with the fishes?

visiting Kenny-boy Lay?

Enquiring minds want to know...
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:34 PM
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5. she was last seen canoeing with William Colby
or was it hunting with William Sullivan?

or was it on a plane with Salim bin Laden?

or was it in a car with Orlando Letelier?
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:43 PM
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22. I'm on the floor laughing soooooo hard !!!! GOP eats its own ....nt
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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:51 PM
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33. She went quail huntig with dead-eye Dick.
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 06:20 PM
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58. I first thought you said "canoodling" (ala Katherine Harris) with William Colby
I definitely need more sleep.
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:33 PM
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3. Special Assistant to the President and a deputy to Karl Rove
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TheLeftyMom Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:39 PM
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16. Wow.
And reading the two wiki's I see she's well educated -- and was serving under Karl Rove who DOESN'T HAVE A DEGREE??? WTF??? Who does he have naked pictures of? I couldn't even get a crappy $30K a year job until after I finished my degree at 30!!!

I must have been living under a rock to NOT know he didn't have a degree. And he's practically running the freaking country?

Sorry, didn't want to thread hijack, but I'm so freaking disgusted at the moment I want to throw up.
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:40 PM
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20. Neither does Bill Gates
Some people just manage to not need them, most people have degrees which are totally irrelevant to their actual line of work :shrug:
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:48 PM
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30. Yup, and a big part of Rove's "work" has been to be the guy who gets the naked pictures
and maximizes their usage. Don't need a degree to build and sustain a career doing that.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 06:36 PM
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60. Sorry, but unlike you, Karl has special talents.
Like grand theft, country. After he's done at the WH, and assuming he's still out of jail, degree or no degree, he has a faculty position awaiting him at Pond Scum University.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 08:25 PM
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65. She has an M.B.A. from DeVry
In fact, she loved the program so much, she married the Regional Director of Operations!

Her husband is Troy Alan Ralston, Regional Director of Operations for DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management. Ralston attended Loyola University Chicago and received an M.B.A. from the Keller Graduate School of Management.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Ralston
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 11:24 PM
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74. Fwiw, from the Illinois forum
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 11:55 PM by bobthedrummer
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=150x13493

I've heard nothing about her being reported "missing" except in this thread-yet that's possible because of the information warfare and propaganda.

She is known by the House Oversight Committee to have been a WH Jack Abramoff contact
http://oversight.house.gov/abramoff/index2.asp

This could be disinfo-or it could be true--that's what propaganda and psychological operations are about.

It wouldn't surprise me if she is not available-that's how black operations work in the "national security" state of this criminal administration.

on edit: a VALUABLE link to upu8's smirkingchimp.com blog entries on Susan Bonzon Ralston's "resignation" and other activities
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/1440

Fair use cited on all links
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:34 PM
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4. Jack Abramoff's assistant, Susan Ralston?
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:35 PM
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6. Can't find any links
n/t
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:35 PM
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9. And Rove's aide
This would be so fucking huge, in light of Monica Goodling's decision to plead the fifth, the USA scandal heating up and more.

Need a link before things start getting out of control here at DU though....
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Pathwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:35 PM
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10. Yes. Same one.
n/t
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Qutzupalotl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 02:10 PM
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81. Her page on wikipedia doesn't list her connection with Abramoff.
Wonder how that happened.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:35 PM
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7. She's on a beach in the Caribbean.
Laying low.
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mediaman007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:37 PM
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12. Better yet...the NeoCon ranch in Paraguay!
Kenny's has welcome party planned.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 10:04 PM
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70. BINGO!
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Lusted4 Donating Member (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 06:13 PM
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57. She is drawing a hot bath for Kenny boy Lay in Dubai. nt
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 06:43 PM
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61. In other words - ducking subpoenas
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Nitrogenica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:35 PM
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8. If true that is HUGE!
Protect the King at all costs.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:36 PM
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11. didn't she take a leave the day after the DOJ story broke?? Is she the
one.

I heard something about her missing this weekend.
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:41 PM
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21. I think Monica Goodling was the one who took leave recently
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 04:46 PM by suffragette
She's the one whose lawyer has said will plead the 5th over the DOJ situation.
I think Ralston resigned last fall.

Edited to add:
Rove Aide Linked To Abramoff Resigns
Scandal Claims Its First West Wing Job
By Peter Baker and James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, October 7, 2006;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100600965.html

A top aide to White House strategist Karl Rove resigned yesterday after disclosures that she accepted gifts from and passed information to now-convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, becoming the first official in the West Wing to lose a job in the influence-peddling scandal.

Susan B. Ralston submitted her resignation to avoid causing political damage to President Bush a month before the midterm elections, officials said. "She did not want to be a distraction to the White House at this important time," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.

Hard to keep track of those on leave and those resigning altely.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:44 PM
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24. Didn't she go to Regent Univ Law school ? The Pat Robertson school ? nt
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:47 PM
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28. Which one?
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:59 PM
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39. Monica Goodling see DC alumni photos
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:11 PM
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47. EVDebs, I'm a little confused by your question
I was just pointing out to rodeodance that Monica Goodling was the one who took leave recently and that Susan Ralston had already resigned.


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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:53 PM
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55. Ralston may be already in hiding, Goodling will be soon nt
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:43 PM
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23. no. wrong person
Susan Ralston worked for Karl Rove. She left that job in Oct 2006 after it was reported that she received goodies from Jack Abramoff, like tickets to sporting events.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:02 PM
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41. Monica Goodling works for Alberto Gonzalez
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:38 PM
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13. She resigned recently (iirc?). It's gotten so hard to track who's
resigned, who's looking at jail time and who's just plain ducking in this bunch of malfeasants. Maybe she's looking to cut all ties with the Administration and the news shows as best she can. She'd be smart to. A subpoena will find her I assume.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:38 PM
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14. Just so people know who she is, I have information
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susan_B._Ralston

this could be a very big story if she doesn't turn up.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:45 PM
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27. Or even if she -does-
;-)
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:39 PM
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17. K&R
I knew this would be an interesting week . . .

:popcorn:
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:40 PM
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can`t find a thing about this story
maybe it has`t reached anyone`s website
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Blackhatjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:40 PM
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18. Hmmmm ... was she on a small plane? Near an open window in a tall building?
If this were Russia, those would be valid concerns.

It would not surprise me that the 'cleaners' have not already been called in to put a lid on those who might be tempted to cut a deal and testify regarding the various scandals implicating the WHite House.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:57 PM
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37. Maybe she took a long walk off a short pier. All roads lead back to China Town...
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:09 PM
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46. No, this isn't Russia.... but they're *still* valid concerns........ n/t
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:40 PM
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19. How ironic. I was just going to ask about 3 hours ago what happened
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 04:43 PM by Frustratedlady
to her. I was reading some old articles that brought up her name and I was curious what happened to her...she hadn't been in the news for a long time. I remember her working with Rove during the 2006 election count...the knowing looks.
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:45 PM
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26. Ah, but you didn't. That would have been too convenient, wouldn't it have.
No fess up and tell us all where you put Susan. :)
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WiseButAngrySara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 08:11 PM
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64. "the knowing looks" Exactly what I remember. There was a
photo of her and Rove and others in a room (command center) in the WH with computers on election eve that was posted on DU with comments. That haunts me to this day. I wasn't surprised to learn of her connections with Abram. Had forgotten she had resigned. Anyway to review that photo again?
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 04:40 AM
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79. Here's one which was posted at D.U., don't know if it's the one you're thinking of:
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:45 PM
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25. does anyone have any confirmation of this story?
Can't find it anywhere, including npr's website.
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Pathwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:49 PM
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31. I couldn't find anything either. That's why I was asking
if anyone else had heard anything. So far, only one person has said they've heard anything about it. But, this isn't something my husband made up - I had to tell him exactly who she was in this administration, as they were just reporting that she was missing...
Curious... :shrug:
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:09 PM
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45. I can't find anything on the story. Not even on NPR.
I wonder if it wasn't more of a rhetorical question being asked on the radio?
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:48 PM
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29. Did she go on a "hunting" trip with The Dick by chance?
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:50 PM
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32. Missing officially?
Or simply avoiding the press and the spotlight?
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:51 PM
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34. Who reported her missing??
She is either hiding in a very good place.

Or her body is.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:52 PM
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35. I had to look her up to find out who she was.

She's an interesting person to disappear.
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:52 PM
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36. Dammit all!! If only she were blonde!!!
Faux News would be all over it as "missing blonde woman"... can we make something up like she was on some beach in the Caribbean or something? Please anyone with a link we can get this story splashed ALLLL over....
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 04:58 PM
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38. still not seeing anything.. but:
The use of outside e-mail accounts is not confined to AttorneyGate. CREW notes that Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove’s former assistant Susan Ralston used three private e-mail accounts -- rnchq.com (headquarters of the Republican National Committee), georgebush.com (re-election campaign) and aol.com -- to communicate with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Many of the mails, according to CREW, provide "inside White House information to Mr. Abramoff in response to Mr. Abramoff’s efforts to broker deals for his clients and place specified individuals in positions within the administration."

http://uspolitics.about.com/b/a/208051.htm
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:29 PM
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52. While she was working for the POTUS and leaking inside information,
was she
a) being disloyal to the president
b) acting as an agent for Abramoff - or whichever client he was pimping for at the moment, or
c) acting as a conduit of information between GWB and Jack I-don't-know-the-man Abramoff.

Again, is the commander in chief completely clueless or does he condone all the shit happening on his watch?
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:01 PM
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40. I've been saying Ralston & Goodling oughta be under protection
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 05:03 PM by grasswire
The federal marshals shoulda been watching them, for their safety and for the sake of justice.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=505855&mesg_id=506010
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:04 PM
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42. Could she be in protective custody?
Maybe she's decided to talk in exchange for immunity.
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:07 PM
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43. Be still my heart
That WOULD be the end. The screeching halt.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 06:29 PM
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59. Jesus would want her to SING like a bird ! Goodling went to Regent U. law school nt
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:08 PM
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44. please let it be
:hide:
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shance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:12 PM
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48. How long has she been missing?
n/t
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:15 PM
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49. I just hope she didn't go on a hunting trip with Cheney.
:scared:

This wouldn't be the repuke's Modus Operandi though. USUALLY, people commit suicide by shooting themselves in the back of the head 3 times OR their small airplanes just happen to crash OR they ate tainted (poisoned) food.
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:15 PM
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50. They wouldn't...would they???
Yes, they would. I hope she's found soon and that she's okay.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:16 PM
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51. Just a little fishing trip with Al.
She was last heard saying the "Hail, Mary".
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mikelgb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:36 PM
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53. anybody have any real information?
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 05:36 PM
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54. Has a missing person's report been filed with the police?
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 06:04 PM by aint_no_life_nowhere
Or is it just that reporters cannot find her whereabouts? Do you have more facts about what NPR reported?

Or is she just ducking subpoenas?
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 06:00 PM
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56. Just listened to the hourly npr report.. no mention
I'm about to call shenanigans on this whole thing.

Can't find anything on npr.org or anywhere else about it.
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AikidoSoul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 07:37 PM
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62. I could find nothing is out there on her "missing" -- just more about WH hiding emails and her role
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17804482/

The last item is from one hour ago from MSNBC -- link above -- but it's headline is:

MSNBC.com


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aides to Bush told not to destroy e-mails
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
Financial Times
Updated: 8:12 p.m. ET March 26, 2007

The Republican National Committee and chairman of George W. Bush's 2004 campaign have been ordered to preserve e-mails related to White House business because they might be relevant to investigations.

Henry Waxman, Democratic chairman of the House oversight committee, said congressional investigations revealed that White House officials had used e-mail accounts controlled by the RNC and the 2004 campaign for official business.

In some cases uncovered in the probe involving Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist jailed for corruption, the officials used the accounts to avoid a record of communication.

In one instance, Mr Abramoff, who is serving a 70-month sentence, sent an e-mail to Susan Ralston, the executive assistant to Karl Rove, the president's chief political strategist, on her RNC account about a gaming-related decision by the Department of the Interior.

When the e-mail was forwarded to another official in the White House e-mail system, Mr Abramoff was warned by an associate who said the official "said it is better not to put this stuff in writing in their e-mail system because it might actually limit what they can do to help us".

Mr Abramoff responded: "Dammit. It was sent to Susan on her RNC pager and was not supposed to go into the WH system."


<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 08:09 PM
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63. "and was not supposed to go into the WH system"
Why would Abramoff not want a message to go into the WH system? Gee one wonders...
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 09:03 PM
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67. "You out 'em; we disappear 'em."
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 09:03 PM by lonestarnot
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 09:56 PM
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68. Try e-mailing her at susan.ralston@gwb43.com
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 09:56 PM by Generic Brad
I hear quite a few White House officials, former and present, may have e-mail addresses on that server. If it goes through and she answers you'll know she's o.k.

Just trying to be both helpful and sarcastic.
:sarcasm:
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 10:03 PM
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69. Why did anybody recommend this thread?
Edited on Mon Mar-26-07 10:08 PM by swag
No disrespect to the original poster, but there seems to be no basis in fact here.

On edit: Google News search on "Susan Ralston", sorted from most recent to oldest:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=susan+ralston
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Uncle Roy Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 10:45 PM
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71. It makes us look like a bunch of idiots. It's embarrasing, and a waste of our time.
You may wish no disrespect to the OP (per DU rules) but I would like an explanation. NPR reported no such thing! So where did this thread come from?

Did she just make this up?

Did her husband just make this up?

I can't put her husband on "ignore".

I've alerted the mods, and will put OP on ignore.
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 11:15 PM
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73. While the snarky suggestions of foul play sometimes gets
a little out of hand, merely asking what's happened to her is a fair question.
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Uncle Roy Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 11:34 PM
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75. Agreed: wondering "whatever happened to Susan Ralston" is perfectly valid. In fact I'd dearly love
to see her testify under oath to a whole range of questions. I bet she knows where all the bodies are buried, and could probably sink the Bush cabal without a trace.

But the original post said that NPR had reported that she was missing, and that's not "merely asking what's happened to her", that's total dishonest attention-seeking bullshit.

We can do better than that...
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 04:14 AM
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78. ever heard of "attribution theory?"
Read up on it.

Your comments tell us everything about you, dearie.



Cher

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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 12:19 AM
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77. Mary Matlin and James Carville?
Edited on Tue Mar-27-07 12:20 AM by Moochy
OP has a disabled profile?.. check. Second-hand rumor? check. All I'm saying is James Carville is married to Mary Matalin right? So maybe the OP's married to a troll? :+ I guess the only way this could be an honest mistake is if the OP's husband just misheard something on NPR, I guess... smells to me. I alerted it too.
Also, most of the Recs happened really early, I saw this thread as it was just posted and it was up to 12 recs really quickly.



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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 11:11 PM
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72. I'm having a hard time finding anything definite
about her whereabouts since her resignation on 10-6-06. Anyone have anything on her since then? :shrug:
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 11:43 PM
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76. Turned into dog food?
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 05:42 AM
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80. Is Jason Leopold working for NPR now? n/t
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 02:42 PM
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82. Maybe she went to visit family
in Phillipines? Could be tough to get a subpoena to her there...
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