Stalking...
a verdict.
After the end of a long investigation, at the end of a long case and while waiting for a decision from a jury there is often a feeling or sense of helplessness - it can be a challenging and sometimes unhealthy process not unlike the ending of a contentious relationship.
Boredom, anticipation, excitement, false hopes, second guessing -- did I do this right, did I mess up there, I should have said this, or I wish I hadn't done that -- fear of loss, tossing and turning, highs and lows -- especially after a case and trial you feel so passionately about, such as this one.
For some, it is easy to lose sight of what is important in life - to keep a healthy balance of things - to keep things in perspective - to step back and smell the roses, not just coffee - for trial lawyers, defense and prosecution alike. All kidding aside, that is why I believe Ted Well's tears and burst of emotion in his closing argument were sincere.
When you feel so passionately about a case, want to win it so badly, worked so hard on it, for so long, and ultimately it comes down to being at the mercy of others with all your hopes and trust resting in their hands -- it can be an unsettling business. Personally, I have seen some people lose it a little, but we move on and never try to lose sight of the truth and what is truly important in life...
Like every relationship we have ever been in, no two cases are ever alike. Nonetheless, it can be a grueling exercise in uncertainty and a difficult waiting process. It can take its toll. It ages you, causes you to lose hair, lose other things, trust me, I know.
When the jury returns with a verdict today or tomorrow, as I suspect they will in this trial (barring the cursed mistrial), it will be a time to celebrate or lick one's wounds, and move on...a return to normalcy...until the next case comes along.
I want a raise and a vacation! ;)
After the end of a long investigation, at the end of a long case and while waiting for a decision from a jury there is often a feeling or sense of helplessness - it can be a challenging and sometimes unhealthy process not unlike the ending of a contentious relationship.
Boredom, anticipation, excitement, false hopes, second guessing -- did I do this right, did I mess up there, I should have said this, or I wish I hadn't done that -- fear of loss, tossing and turning, highs and lows -- especially after a case and trial you feel so passionately about, such as this one.
For some, it is easy to lose sight of what is important in life - to keep a healthy balance of things - to keep things in perspective - to step back and smell the roses, not just coffee - for trial lawyers, defense and prosecution alike. All kidding aside, that is why I believe Ted Well's tears and burst of emotion in his closing argument were sincere.
When you feel so passionately about a case, want to win it so badly, worked so hard on it, for so long, and ultimately it comes down to being at the mercy of others with all your hopes and trust resting in their hands -- it can be an unsettling business. Personally, I have seen some people lose it a little, but we move on and never try to lose sight of the truth and what is truly important in life...
Like every relationship we have ever been in, no two cases are ever alike. Nonetheless, it can be a grueling exercise in uncertainty and a difficult waiting process. It can take its toll. It ages you, causes you to lose hair, lose other things, trust me, I know.
When the jury returns with a verdict today or tomorrow, as I suspect they will in this trial (barring the cursed mistrial), it will be a time to celebrate or lick one's wounds, and move on...a return to normalcy...until the next case comes along.
I want a raise and a vacation! ;)
Labels: Prettyman Courthouse
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 2/27/2007
87 Comments:
Patrick,you deserve the raise and the vacation.You have fought the good fightand hopefully won it.Good Job!!!
You have gave it your best shot Patrick and we are proud of you. We will keep fighting win or lose.Thank you very much.
who knows what really goes through a Jurors' mind..?
with a guilty verdict, there will be many cheers of vindication and of course, the loaded threats of appeal and a lingering thought of impending pardon
with a not-guilty verdict, we drive the US further in to the abyss of corruption, deceit, arrogance and abuse of the highest power in our nation.
I personally am still concerned the clowns on the other side of the aisle got to the jurors. Initimidation, threat of IRS reprise .. there's no limit to the lengths of what the Dr Evil gang. will go to ..
...look what they have already done and gotten away with ..
3000+ US dead
10K US maimed
30K+ Iraqi dead
and counting
i got your vacation paddy me boy. roofs to shovel. wood to cut, split and stack. and fish to catch for supper. if you are a good boy and get it all done by the 17th, we'll crawl back from brady's after killing a score of guinness'. up the republic. (ii)D
and of course
there's no doubt you deserve and definitely have earned
* a raise
* a vacation
God Speed
Pat, We're aching *with* ya.
I watched your Oct 28 2005 video
again last night.
We all rely on you, so this is no simple case. Then there's the issue of what's your next case, as you say...
Well, we need people like you, no matter what the outcome, so you have done the Spirit of the American people a great good, regardless of earthly rewards.
You are who we used to be and we love you for that.
Kathleen
Fitzie,
As a Justice Blogger, I have felt the sense of helplessness, boredom, anticipation, excitement, and false hopes.
I have thought about how grueling the wait, the note alerts, the second guessing, must be for you and Team America...I know that you have lived with this trial for years now, and you have poured your sweat, integrity and hard work into it.
God bless you and Team America -- you have made so many of us who love our country so proud!
Thank you, Thank You, Thank You for restoring faith in the system for many of us!
***************************
Good Morning Fitzie and Justice Bloggers...
Another day in the heartland waiting for justice to be served...
And...this needs repeating from 6 miles:
"3000+ US dead
10K US maimed
30K+ Iraqi dead
and counting"
Fitzie -- I forgot to say:
I love how you added your wishlist to your profile: Priceless!!!!!!!! LMAO ;)
6 Miles from the Corrupt and Arrogant JackA** Club said...
30K+ Iraqi dead…
I thought the figure was more like 700,000 Iraqi dead!
Team Fitz really does deserve a raise and a vacation-take me!;-D I've got a gazillion end-the-war events lined up from now until end of March.
Outcome and politics aside; this case proves there really ARE people at DOJ, FBI, CIA who really do care about justice-not just there on a power trip or to collect a check...
I thought so too 6 miles
Ecce homo, fidei defensor, Ite fortiter, fideliter, forsan feliciter.
{Behold the man, defender of the faith, Go bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully.}
Hero - Mariah Carey (dubbing is a bit off, still sounds good, though)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWlS8Oerx8o
Good Morning Everyone! :D
Fitzie and Team America have given it their all in this case and deserve our gratitude! :)
I hope we will hear a verdict today and a press conference following!
So, Cheney was a target in Afghan? They missed him but more innocent people were killed because of him... I'll stop there...
Have a great day!
Why don't you vacation in Afghanistan like I just did Fitzgerald?
Fitz, I'm thinking the good thoughts for you and the team. And when you take that vacation... no laptop, Blackberry, or cell phone goes with you!
;-)
patriot girl,
I believe that is old news -- yesterday's news on Rawstory. I do believe Rawstory has become more confusing to read -- and they have more inappropriate, inaccurate & misleading headlines these days...they are joining the MSM with misinformation IMHO
http://www.ashcroftgroupllc.com/new/Principles.php
A pizza party being hosted by former Attorney General John Ashcroft has raised ethical concerns inside the Justice Department, according to an article in US News and World Report.
According to US News reporter Chitra Ragavan, the pizza party is being hosted by Ashcroft Group, LLC, the consulting firm founded by Ashcroft since he resigned from the Bush administration in 2004. The event will see Ashcroft playing host to political appointees who served alongside him in the Bush Justice Department.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Ashcrofts_pizza_party_for_Justice_staff_0227.html
One would think they could find more than a pizza party.
Mr. Fitz, Team America, everyone that believes in truth, honor and justice at the DOJ, CIA, FBI and in general...we all know what empathy is and part of that is to imagine what is like to walk a mile in someone else's shoes. I can imagine, I pray for you all and thank you very much.
Rudyard Kipling: Motivational Quotes about Character
"I kept six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who."
Fitz...A job well done and the truth revealed fills us with joy, and the biggest barrier to the perception of truth is the emotions. It seems a travesty to me that they are even considered in a legal judgement.
I fear that the reason for Wells tears involve his ego more than his love of the truth. "Happiness and sadness" are different than "joy and despair"...
Truth Justice and the American way will prevail...( :
This trial has always been about the war in spite of Fitz not really being able to say that. For me it has, and I think for many.
My cynicism knows no bounds: Cheney is over in Afghanistan wagging the dog.
It ages you, causes you to lose hair, lose other things, trust me, I know.
Isn't that the truth-I know many couples who have split over politics when w came to town.
He brought division like no other, straight into Americans hearts. I'll never be able to trust anyone who trusts them.
Hey, did you guys see this from FDL?
S.O.S. in MA says:
February 27th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Are U ready for >>1 GUILTY verdicts today? Is the on-again/off-again power thingie getting U down? You could always join the regular “Gabbling of the Clan” over at
http://gabbly.com/firedoglake.com – put it in a sep window than this one and leave your sound on.
And if U didn’t see it already, maybe check out my http://tinyurl.com/yvu7pa (from last Friday evening)?
Based on Wolverine’s excellent start on “The Wrath Of Big Patrick Fitzgerald” (from Gordon Lightfoot’s original lyric of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” ( http://tinyurl.com/nhqh5 )).
Soo… all together now…
Go jury, give us back the truth!
Good Morning/Afternoon/evening folks!
It's Tuesday. Very busy day for me. I'll be back later on the blog. I hope there is a verdict from the jurors soon.
Here are my thoughts to you, Fitz, heart to heart:
You should never feel that you need to lick your wounds if the verdict is in Libby's favor. You and your team gave this 3 1/2 year investigation and the case your best. You should never be a shame of that. What you have done is made history. You have exposed a very corrupt Administration and gave integrity back to the four victims that were involved in this case: Joe Wilson, Valerie Wilson and their two children. Not one of the journalists in the media are focused on the Wilsons' children. They too are the innocent victims in this attack against their parents by the Administration. Your case, your opening and closing arguments gave a solid case and blueprint for the Wilsons' civil case, a possible special counsel for an investigation into the WH, a likely impeachment of the VP and Prez.
Only true winners rise to the occasion and know that failures in life are only temporary. Look at the leaders in life that failed but succeed. Winners fail. Losers quit. And you and your team didn't quit. The defense team tried to manipulate in this trial and tried and tried to get their client off on graymail. But, lies and deception do catch up. And Libby is in more deep crimes other than perjury.
As far as a raise and vacation, Patrick, you don't need to ask for anyone's permission for a raise and a vacation. You earned it. Leadership is earned and not given. No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Tomorrow is a promissory note. And that goes for the defense team and Libby. That's my 2 cents.
bbl
Team Fitzgerald no need to lick any wounds. You have set the bench mark high for honesty and integrity as it's been set very low for 6 years by the White House. Many good people have given in but as this case open up to the public how the criminal wave of the White House, GOP and journalist have worked to spread lies and lead the United States into an illegal invasion. Money and Oil was the force behind the 6 years of corruption. The example you've shown as an officer of the court is one that will be taught in colleges around the world. As you asked only for truth, that was harder to get to then pulling a tooth without novocaine. As for a vacation take it and come to Disneyland bring Randall. Now for that raise well let's say that answer is the New York/Jersey Jets won the 2007 SuperBowl now we know it's over an they didn't win so no raise. All the money is used for war profiteers and Iraq/Afghan. If the White House isn't giving money to the troops or to the military hospitals do you really think they care about the legal system. The Supreme Court Justices aren't getting a raise so need I say anymore.
Biloxi,
my goodness, that's ... eloquent!
Fitz listen up
Cheney went to Bagram and it was bombed. Peaches was stationed in Bagram for 1 and 1/2 years no bombing until Cheney comes. Somebody up stairs likes her she left Bagram last week and if she hadn't she would have been in the area that was bombed. She said the troops never had a problem with the Afghan people while she was there. Now that Cheney has arrived so have the bombing. get back to you later she's on the phone.
There was a man who said, "The end is not so important. It's the process, the process that counts."
The hell with that!
But seriously, whatever the outcome, given the restrictions, no one could have done better than you.
He's guilty, and if those 11 souls have half a brain among them, they'll agree. Then go fish--and eat right!
But he was "no bleeding heart," Oberdorfer said. Prettyman, in a speech, called drug dealers "the slimiest reptiles in the human race," driven by money to "the destruction of all that is good and decent in people."
Judge Prettyman's Ghost awaits the slimiest of all.
Truth Is Busting:
I just read this on FDL..and I couldn't have said it better!
Meanwhile half the people serving sentences in our nation’s prisons were convicted of drug offenses and half of them were convicted of marijuana offenses. Almost 800,000 people were arrested for marijuana offenses in 2005. With 2.5 million people in our nation’s prisons, isn’t it time to say, “ENOUGH!”
Are you guys watching the stock market? Yikes!!
NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrials plunged more than 200 points Tuesday, as Wall Street joined a global stock decline sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are cooling and that U.S. stocks are about to embark on a major correction.
Stocks plunge after big hit in China
Hi PG:
It's time the evildoers pay the piper now, isn't it? It's time for honest government, isn't it? I won't rest until these evildoers are removed from office and our troops are brought home!
Do you hear those boots walking down the halls of the Prettyman Courthouse? It's Justice coming.. :)
Impeach Bush and Cheney!!
SPB:
That was very nice what you wrote about Fitz and Team! I have to say... WOW! :)
PG:
Yes, it does! I just heard that 18 of the 23 killed in that bomb blast in Afghan, were CHILDREN. Tell me how is this making the world a better place? That pisses me off! What did they do? Let's give peace a chance! This war must end now...not later but now.
And, what reason did Congress give for not accepting on-line petition signatures?
I gotta call that Crackpot McCain...and give him a couple of choice words about war. hehe
bbl..
PG:
I'll write them a letter when I am finished with McCain! I love giving that moron a piece of my mind. LOL
I shall return with bells on my toes! LMAO
http://www.mediatransparency.com/story.php?storyID=180
America's hate mongers.
Fitz:
I'm sorry to hear that you had a difficult time getting back to DC from Chicago! You do need a nice, restful vacation.. :)
Yes, PG... I did! hehe
Okay, I'll be back with rings on my fingers and bells on my toes..so I have music wherever I go! LOLMAO
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I'm glad Jane Hamsher dealt with that nut case Andrew C. McCarthy. He apparently has come out to side with his colleagues of NRO and against his "old friend" Fitzgerald. As Jane writes, "with friends like that" . . .
Did you think the email was a joke or a trick like the Hastert document? That's fine, I will do this on my own. I thought you might want to see the truth of one of the sickest power struggles happenning. I hope you kept a copy at least. People with the best hearts and intentions always get shit on.
Too many nutcases...so little time. lol
Did Wells call Jenny yet? The Beano diet isn't working! lmao
"Did Wells call Jenny yet? The Beano diet isn't working!"
Bean-O rules!
*lol*
Wells might look like this after a 30 day Bean-O diet!
He needs to call Jenny soon!
lmao
When you feel so passionately about a case, want to win it so badly, worked so hard on it, for so long, and ultimately it comes down to being at the mercy of others with all your hopes and trust resting in their hands -- it can be an unsettling business.
I'm sure!
Like being an Olympic skater.
Except that the jury's decision has so many repurcussions on other people, on the world.....
John Evans said...
You have gave it your best shot Patrick and we are proud of you. We will keep fighting win or lose.Thank you very much.
Good post, John. You speak for me, and lots of other people, I'm sure, with those sentiments.
quzi said...
I have thought about how grueling the wait, the note alerts, the second guessing, must be for you and Team America...I know that you have lived with this trial for years now, and you have poured your sweat, integrity and hard work into it.
God bless you and Team America -- you have made so many of us who love our country so proud!
Great post, Quzi.
And ditto from Stephanie.
"He needs to call Jenny soon!"
That replaces the South Beach Diet. lol
The Bean-O defense team
If he is going to strut his stuff on the catwalk in those Secret Wings, he had better get too sexy for his shirt! lmao
Fitz--
There is no such thing as a perfect trial. There is always something you could have done better, something you did that you should not have done,etc. At the end of the day, win or lose, if you can look at yourself in the mirror and state that you did the best job that you could and that you cut square corners, then you should have no regrets. Very few people in this world get the opportunity to do the right thing in a situation where doing the right thing makes a difference to many, many people and then go ahead and do the right thing. In my book, you can count yourself among the few people who have done just that. What you did was the right thing, regardless of the outcome. Don't beat yourself up if you lose.
Learn from your mistakes, of course, but don't spend much time looking over your shoulder at the past. Focus on all the good things you can do in the future.
Congratulations on a job well done and a job done "right".
"If he is going to strut his stuff on the catwalk in those Secret Wings, he had better get too sexy for his shirt!"
Poor Scooter. He has to strut hid pampers on the catwalk. I hope there are baby wipes available in case he leaks. lol
Little Scooter strutting in a diaper and will he have his binky in his mouth? The baby wipes and bib should help to keep him dry! lol
We are touched and humbled by all these thoughtful comments.
Thank you so much.
"The baby wipes and bib should help to keep him dry!'
Did you hear that Scooter had baby wipes, a bib, and knee pad for shagging? I heard that he was sitting on a stool while he was performing. lol
Team America cover your eyes! lol
And I thought he used a high chair! My sources were wrong but what can you expect from Toesuck? rofl
"And I thought he used a high chair!"
To reach for his rattle. lol
Judy and the small one played patty-cake when the bed stopped revolving. lol
I thought they played pin the tail on the small one. lol
They couldn't find it! They gave up! lolmao
And what a shame. They wasted 5 hours for nothing. lol
It was only 5 hours? I thought it was for an entire weekend in Vegas! roflmao
Vegas? Poor small one. Judy nicknamed him the one minute man. lol
"Judy nicknamed him the one minute man." lmao
The small one minute man! rofl
He can worked it and get burped in one minute. lol
The small one is a great multi-tasker!
Multi-taskers rule!! lol
A shag a day will do for the one minute man. lol
Bubba waits for the one minute man! lol
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"Bubba waits for the one minute man!"
Pray for Scooter! lol
Yeah, I'll pray for small one. Pray that he never sees freedom again and Bubba keeps him company every night! lol
"Pray that he never sees freedom again and Bubba keeps him company every night!" lol ;P
I wonder if Bubba will change the small one's diapers and burp him after a wild night of playing? lol
"I wonder if Bubba will change the small one's diapers and burp him after a wild night of playing?" You are too funny! lol
They won't be playing patty-cake or pin the tail on the small one either!! lmao
I hope they won't be playing with themselves. I hope the small one can find the small one. lol
Anon, you should be ashamed having such nasty thoughts! I almost lost my lunch! lmao
"Anon, you should be ashamed having such nasty thoughts! I almost lost my lunch!"
You must be living in la la land, Anon. Those are not my thoughts. This is Scooter's world. Do you really think that Judy and Scooter were in prayer from their visits? lol
Yes, of course, they were just having a prayer meeting! Judy brought her spare panties for no reason! She tossed the ones she wore in and left in clean ones! lol
"Judy brought her spare panties for no reason!"
And she can't those pairs either. She most have left in other Kmart shopping bag when she was getting lotion for the small one. lol
You are just bad, bad Anon! Was that baby lotion for the small one? lmao
"Was that baby lotion for the small one?"
Baby oil for the small one. lol
Maybe it will kill that poopy diaper smell! lol
"Maybe it will kill that poopy diaper smell!
good one.. lol
Baby powder might work better though! The baby oil could be used to remove the duct tape! lol
Baby powder on the small one. Sprinkle on the small one and his small butt. Smack it up, flip it, and rub it down. lmao
"Smack it up, flip it, and rub it down."
Good gawd! I'm glad you're not my sugar daddy! lmao
The small one is Judy's sugar daddy. lol
Anon, You are so bad!
And Judy is his sugar mama! lol
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