House committee investigates GSA Administrator LURITA DOAN for hosting WH Political Affairs Deputy "Target Democrats in 2008" conference at the GSA...

The Washington Post notices the House investigation "GSA headquarters and administrator used by KARL ROVE's office to TARGET Democrats in election 2008."

Rep. Bruce Baley (D-Iowa) questions LURITA DOAN, President Bush's Administrator of the General Services Administration, about a power-point slide presentation Ms. Doan attended in the GSA offices presented by Mr. SCOTT JENNINGS. A power-point presentation PREPARED BY THE WHITE HOUSE POLITICAL OFFICE of KARL ROVE, during which Republican campaign strategy from 2006 and for 2008 was discussed by Mr. Jennings.

Here is Mr. Jennings job description from the official White House (US govt.) website:
<< The President has named J. Scott Jennings as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs. >>
That is, DEPUTY DIRECTOR of POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060203-11.html

UNDER OATH, and during hearings conducted by the House Govt. Oversight Committee's Congressional hearings into GSA misconduct, Ms. Doan repeatedly declared that she has "NO RECOLLECTION" of the topics discussed or details described at the meeting she attended... despite the fact that it was conducted by the White House's own DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS!

Ms. Doan claims not to recall the meeting in general, nor the topics discussed and power-point slides of the meeting, stretch credibility for a political appointee getting her marching orders directly from a senior White House official. But those details are damning indeed. One slide was headlined "THE TOP 2008 HOUSE TARGETS, TOP 20."

Rep. Baley, member of the Gov't. Oversight Committee: "There can be no dispute from the contents of this slide, that this slide is depicting Rpeublican targets that are identifying Democratic seats that are vulnerable in 2008... and shows district by district those seats.
That this is a partisan political meeting, it occured on GSA property during work hours, and that what was discussed at this meeting had NOTHING to do with the GSA's core purpose or procuring supplies and managing buildings."

Ms. Doan: "This is not my slide presentation... I am asking you to ask Mr. Jennings, this is his product, he was a guest at our meeting."

Rep. Baley: And according to those sources, you stated "HOW CAN WE USE GSA TO HELP OUR CANDIDATES IN THE NEXT ELECTION." I am reminding you that you are under oath, can you tell the committee, can you tell the committee whether you made that statement?

Ms. Doan: I do understand that I am under oath, and can honestly say that I DO NOT RECOLLECT SAYING THAT.

Rep. Baley: Well when the presentation begins with the White House Office of Political Affairs on the cover slide, and the slide presentation has multiple references to the Republicans vaunted 72 hour get-out-the-vote effort and its impact on a host of important Congressional races, which is what's contained on the other slides within this presentation, I think that American taxpayers have a right to know if the only team being helped in this effort was the Republican Party team.


Ms. Doan certainly provides a good example of what the Bush administration looks for in a federal agency leader: absolute dedication to Republican partisan control of government; a memory faulty at recalling such partisan attempts to control an agency for political purposes; and an ability to cast scorn on all those who question those leadership priorities.

At the end of this video clip Ms. Doan incorrectly addresses Representative Baley as "Senator Baley", then retracts herself by saying "I'm sorry, I accidentally promoted you," then retracted her slip-up by mocking "I'm sorry for the DEMOTION," as if being a US elected Representative (Congressman) is a trifling job! A trifling observation on our part, perhaps - but SWARMY is the BEST adjective we can come up with Ms. Doan, a GSA administrator who claims NOT TO REMEMBER what SHE SAID at a very important, high-profile "not for general distribution" meeting held by the president's own Deputy Director of Political Affairs, in GSA headquarters... and she tops that failed memory with a glib putdown of Congress as a "demoted" second sister to the Senate!