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D.C. Madam Not a "People Person"

I'm not exactly sure what I imagined, but it wasn't this.

The San Francisco Chronicle ran a profile yesterday of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the D.C. madam who has threatened to go public with her high-flying clients' names. Apparently Palfrey ran her business from her home in California, where she kept what you might call a low profile:

Palfrey has lived in Vallejo since 1991, when she purchased her house. Neighbors described her as a recluse who kept her blinds closed and came outside only to feed other people's cats...

The only real communication anyone in the neighborhood had with her was when she called the police and fire departments on her next-door neighbor, Michelle Gandley, who had put out tiki lamps for a Hawaiian luau party....

Palfrey's other house is adjacent to a country club and golf course in Escondido and is for sale for $439,000. Her neighbors there also described her as reclusive and unfriendly.

"I don't think she is a people person," said Lois Weldon, who lives nearby.


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Palfrey's other house is adjacent to a country club and golf course in Escondido and is for sale for $439,000.

That's the Duke-ster's district, no? Interesting.

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"Palfrey holds a grudge and acts on her passions, whether it means tirelessly pursuing that former lover, building an escort empire or placing the blame for her troubles on a law enforcement conspiracy."
"I am (a) ferocious fighter when need be," she wrote in an e-mail Feb. 1 to Assistant U.S. Attorney William Cowden, one of the prosecutors in the Washington case.
Palfrey has been feeding speculation about what prominent names might be contained in the 46 pounds of phone numbers and other records she says she possesses. She and her lawyer recently announced they had given out copies of phone records involving 15,000 clients and escorts to an unidentified "major news organization," and Palfrey said some of those clients "came from the more refined walks of life here in the nation's capital."

I've gotta feeling the Enquirer is gonna run with this and the major media outlets will quickly fall in line. It's gonna be sweet. I would guess the majority of the big names will be Republicans but it won't surprise me if some Dems are caught up as well.

Security code: summer

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"That blew me out of the water," he said. "It's been such a nightmare that in all sincerity I'd just as soon go through Vietnam again than deal with her."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! This chick is crazy as hell. And she has 46 pounds of phone numbers and other records?!

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"Karma can be a real ass-kicker when it comes to injustice," she wrote. "And believe me, they got whooped. Every last one of them."

Let's hope the records get down to the real nitty gritty and reveal all the kinky details.

Security Code: I'm Guessing Some Republicans Are Going To Lose Their Ass Over This Lady's "Fantasy" Escort Service

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The AUSA William Cowden is in the asset forfeiture section of the USA office in DC. This snip form the CNN article is cute: "The client list is said to include some 15,000 customers, and as a business asset would be subject to forfeiture upon conviction." http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/03/restraining-order-covers-reputed-black.html

Wondered what will happen to fungible assets like that once forfeited. Wonder what USA office will do with all that information on that list. A public auction maybe? Or a maybe a "private sale?"

I guess if Ms. Palfrey releases the information, it will lose some of its value as future leverage over those on the list. Gotta preserve value.

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That's the bitch about impeaching a Democrat President for gettng a blowjob while letting the Republicans act like choir boys while screwing us all. If Bill Clinton's name comes out on the list everyone will yawn. Hillary long ago came to whatever understanding she has with her husband. She stayed by him. Unlike serial marriage Presidential candidate Rudy. I never remember reading about Bill trying to lock Hillary out of the Whitehouse as America's Mayor did his second wife while chasing his third.

How is the ultra religious, better morals then Democrats crowd going to take having their names dragged thru the cathouse litter box? Especially if it isn't only female companionship on that list.

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Dave

Escondido is in North County San Diego. It is heavily working class Hispanic.

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"Neighbors described her as a recluse who kept her blinds closed and came outside only to feed other people's cats..."

I knew there was something more than her holding her records over the heads of the GOP-types, like the Sword of Damocles, that I liked about her. You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat people or animals who can do them no obvious or immediate good. Hell, the more I see of this republican branch of the human race, the more I prefer cats...

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Why doesn't anyone ever discuss Rove's 'lovelife'?
Why are there no scandals with that?
He doesn't seem to ever have a female on his arm, whassup with that?

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I think it's because Rove literally gets off on destroying the opposition. Remember, if you will, "We will f**k him. Do you hear me? We will f**k him. We will ruin him. Like no one has ever f**ked him!"

Slightly sexual, no?

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Wonder what her "thing" of a sexual nature is...

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." - Sinclair Lewis

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Wonder if this brewing clusterfu*k is one of the reasons Lam got fired.

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Oh, lord. Ms. Palfrey is not the kind of person you'd really want keeping your secrets, is she?

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If ever there was anyone more deserving of a (Pelosi) Presidential Pardon, I've yet to hear the name.

Come on, Debbie! Screw the court order! Release the files!

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code: 'bell' as in ding-dong!, ding-dong!, ding-dong!...a death knell for some of the holier than thou crowd.

The revelations are l-o-n-g past due...let the chips fall...(where they may).

When Palfrey is ready to palter, look out!

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I have nothing significant to add to this fine thread but my code word is "Clean" and so I will write to claim it in the name of good, upstanding and forthright governance in our shaky country.

I will also claim it in honor of Ms. Palfrey who was just trying to provide a little good, clean fun.

And hopefully, her fat Black Book will help clean out some very dirty rats.

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After reading that I get the feeling that if she's gonna go down she's gonna try and take as many of her clients as she can. There must be some seriously stressed out guys in DC right now.
Code Word: wound

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I find her photo interesting. Remember the disapproving teacher in some novel who "Pursed her lips" to express her disapproval?

Ms. Palfrey paints on "pursed lips." That is the face she ~wants~ to present to the world.

And yeah, I really want to see those files. To Hell with the no-doubt-Republican and certainly Puritan Judge. Those guys put themselves on her list. No one else is doing anything to them, they did it to themselves.

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Tobias: FoXXX Guarding the Chicken House?

"Ask the White House"

Ambassador Randall L. Tobias: The U.S. is also partnering with communities to find solutions to such issues as sexual coercion and exploitation of women and girls, as well as fighting sex trafficking and prostitution, while still serving victims of these activities.

Neighbors described her as a recluse who kept her blinds closed and came outside only to feed other people's cats...

She doesn't sound so bad as a person.

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