She and her law firm Blank Rome had their hand in some juicy Katrina related contracts too.
As well as homeland security pork barrel contracts, etc etc
She is everywhere
to follow up on your David Brock ref -- media matters page on Barbara Comstock:
http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/barbaracomstockalso
This one from Firedoglake is REALLY REALLY REALLY worth reading -- it has a history of all the nasty things she has been involved in:
It's Evil Harpie Time With Barbara Comstockhttp://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006/02/its-evil-harpie-time-with-barbara.html<snip>
When Digby sounded the warning about Barbara Comstock, head of Scooter Libby's defense fund, I had no idea what
a toxic waste dump the comments section would turn into as people went to work delving into
the sewage pit that is her past. This is f**king heart of darkness stuff.
This is a woman who is the author of some of the
most despicable and destructive memes the GOP has used to both artificially prop itself up and decimate the Democrats through endless repetition in the mighty Wurlitzer.
She's had her skeevy hands on some of the most foul dirty tricks ever perpetuated by the modern Rethugs. She's a high-level GOP operative. She's best buds with Kate O'Beirne. What else can you say.
A brief history of Barbara Comstock's corrupt shenanigans:
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