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Bolton Accuser Sought Publicity
newsmax.com ^ | April 24, 2005

Posted on 04/24/2005 4:17:40 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud

Public relations executive Melody Townsel became the focus of media attention last week by accusing U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton of once chasing her down a hotel hallway in Moscow while screaming and throwing things.

But that's not the first time Townsel has been in the news. In fact, the former leader of Mothers Opposing Bush has quite a knack for attracting press coverage, even when it comes to the most mundane details of her personal life.

Like the New York City apartment she rented a few years after returning from the Russia trip. Somehow Townsel got the Village Voice to do a profile on her flat, which she described to the Voice reporter as looking like "a Bangkok brothel." And then there was the birth of Ms. Townsel's baby. By October 2000, the Bolton accuser had moved to Dallas – just in time to be quoted in the Dallas Morning News giving advice on how to juggle a career and motherhood.

By 2003, Melody Townsel was in the news again – this time after a local homeless man was hit by a truck. The Dallas Morning News turned to Townsel because she once hired the injured gent "to move heavy boxes and to help make repairs in her back yard."

But the most intriguing account of Townsel's travails came nine years earlier – just after she returned from the ill-fated Russia trip where she encountered Bolton.

"She broke her left leg in three places while working in Kazakhstan, formerly part of the Soviet Union," the Dallas paper reported in December 1994. "Ms. Townsel said the broken leg was a painful blessing. ... Had it not been for the accident, she would not have made it home for Christmas."

It's unclear from the report whether Townsel broke her leg before or after she was compelled to run down that Moscow hallway with Bolton in hot pursuit.


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Well, this raises some interesting issues with mind set of Ms. Townsel.
1 posted on 04/24/2005 4:17:40 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: Howlin; Mo1; kcvl; Txsleuth

Ping!

Loony PR lady..PING!


2 posted on 04/24/2005 4:18:26 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: ArmyBratproud

I'll take her seriously when she repeats her accusations under oath.


3 posted on 04/24/2005 4:19:32 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: mewzilla

She'll just say it depends on what the definition of attention whore is.....


4 posted on 04/24/2005 4:20:30 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: ArmyBratproud

Reminds me of the Wendy's finger lady.


5 posted on 04/24/2005 4:21:10 PM PDT by spyone
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To: ArmyBratproud

i don't really see anything "interesting" there, as in: this will discredit her. She just seems to be a publicity hound.


6 posted on 04/24/2005 4:21:12 PM PDT by Arkie2
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To: ArmyBratproud

Has she ever tried the finger in the chili gambit?


7 posted on 04/24/2005 4:22:00 PM PDT by MikeHu
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To: ArmyBratproud

Chased in a Motel 6 by Condi Rice

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1387913/posts


8 posted on 04/24/2005 4:22:21 PM PDT by woofie (I am so not kidding.)
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To: woofie

Chased in a Motel 6 by Condi Rice
letter | 4/20/05 | anonymous source


Posted on 04/20/2005 9:10:14 PM PDT by woofie


A good friend of mine for 40 years has come forward with some new allegations. Here is his letter to Joe Biden: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dear Senate Committee on Bush nominees....

In 1995 I was a handyman at the Motel Six in Amarillo Texas. I remember it like it was yesterday.

I was changing a lightbulb when a nice looking black woman named Rice chased me down the hall with a ball-peen hammer. She was shouting and screaming and I was scared out of my wits. Imagine my surprise to learn this "lady " is Condoleeza Rice and she is now Secretary of State.

A month later in the storage shed out back, a man whose name I knew only as "John" threw a mattress pad over my head and choked me till I passed out. Friends later identified him as John Ashcroft. Every day for six weeks he would show up and tell me I was fat. I was humiliated.

About the time I was getting over this Tom Ridge tried to set fire to my '67 Chevy Nova.

I could go on and on. Obviously the Bush administration cares nothing about these people's morals or integrity. Bush has placed these "lowlifes" in the highest position of authority in our nation's capitol.

I humbly ask you to investigate these events. I have been distraught for years by these episodes

Respectively yours

M.P.Strunck (handyman)

Belen New Mexico


9 posted on 04/24/2005 4:23:45 PM PDT by woofie (I am so not kidding.)
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To: ArmyBratproud
This is beginning to remind me of the Anita Hill fiasco.
10 posted on 04/24/2005 4:30:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: BenLurkin

Bingo!! It's called 'strategy' if your a liberal.


11 posted on 04/24/2005 4:35:27 PM PDT by incredulous joe (Alan Keyes is my homeboy!)
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To: woofie

wow.


12 posted on 04/24/2005 4:35:27 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: mewzilla
Even under oath it is meaningless.
13 posted on 04/24/2005 4:38:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: ArmyBratproud

If you have any questions for Melody you can email her. Believe it or not she will answer you. lol!

melody@townsel-communications.com


14 posted on 04/24/2005 4:50:04 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: ArmyBratproud

Seems like someone Senator Voinovich should take very seriously when evaluating Bolton's nomination.


15 posted on 04/24/2005 4:51:55 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: ArmyBratproud

Asked why she didn't report this in a 2001 hearing on Bolton she said that she was too busy juggling "children" and motherhood. This from a single mom with one child.


16 posted on 04/24/2005 4:52:55 PM PDT by taxesareforever
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To: taxesareforever

I don't see why the Senate would even give mind to a woman who is so sick that she gets a kick out of child juggling.

I bet she drops them for fun...


17 posted on 04/24/2005 5:03:17 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: mewzilla

I'll take the whole thing seriously when Bolton has a chance to face his accusers. Remember, in these hearings it dosen't have to be true, it just has to be said.


18 posted on 04/24/2005 5:10:34 PM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: ArmyBratproud
the former leader of Mothers Opposing Bush

Um, nobody in the lame stream media or senate thought this might affect her credibility?

19 posted on 04/24/2005 6:10:32 PM PDT by Ruth A.
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To: ArmyBratproud
Bolton Accuser Sought Publicity

I'm shocked, just shocked.

20 posted on 04/24/2005 6:13:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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To: ArmyBratproud

Presumably she decorated her NYC apartment to look like a Bangkok brothel to keep fresh the memory of her previous employment.


21 posted on 04/24/2005 6:27:38 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: mewzilla

Heard on FOX - must have been Brit - that she was "negotiating" her appearance before the committee...

Negotiating? Subpeona her butt and make sure whoever does the questioning has background information on her.


22 posted on 04/24/2005 6:51:50 PM PDT by Let's Roll ( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
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To: mewzilla

Heard on FOX - must have been Brit - that she was "negotiating" her appearance before the committee...

Negotiating? Subpoena her butt and make sure whoever does the questioning has all this background information on her.


23 posted on 04/24/2005 6:53:21 PM PDT by Let's Roll ( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
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To: ArmyBratproud

LOL!


24 posted on 04/24/2005 9:27:07 PM PDT by taxesareforever
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To: taxesareforever

must we call her a whore?


25 posted on 04/25/2005 3:45:42 AM PDT by thesenatecloakroom
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To: taxesareforever; ArmyBratproud; Peach; Mo1; kcvl; Miss Marple; Dog; deport; YaYa123; clintonh8r; ...
The Dallas Morning News turned to Townsel because she once hired the injured gent "to move heavy boxes and to help make repairs in her back yard."

She's beginning to sound like one of those liberals who are always "available" to speak to the press at different events.

And I think she's lying.

26 posted on 04/25/2005 8:33:20 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Howlin
I agree with you 100%! Thanks for pinging me. Those "professional bystanders" always interviewed by the New York Times...that is EXACTLY what she sounds like!

I ask you, how many times have YOU been quoted in your local paper, let alone nationally?

Fox had someone on who worked for Bolton and she said she always found him professional and a very hard worker, and he NEVER displayed the traits these people are accusing him of.

Schumer was on trying to bring this up on Fox this morning, and Steve pointed out that this woman was suspect since she was a member of ?Mothers Against Bush," whereupon the oily Schumer retreated to the "he doesn't like to get contradictory opinions" lie.

27 posted on 04/25/2005 8:40:05 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Howlin

Liberals dont lie....well,thats what I heard...


28 posted on 04/25/2005 8:48:55 AM PDT by woofie (I am so not kidding.)
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To: thesenatecloakroom
must we call her a whore?

I see you're new to Free Republic, so let me give the definition of an attention whore:

Attention Whore: One who seeks out attention by constantly shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!"

Hope that helps.

Welcome to Free Republic

29 posted on 04/25/2005 9:12:39 AM PDT by Misty Memory (Why is it that most of the Wild Turkey's on FR look more like vultures?)
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To: Howlin
Dodd urges nominee for U.N. to withdraw
30 posted on 04/25/2005 9:14:03 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Matthew 16:18)
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To: Howlin
Lying - Democrat.

Yes, I believe you are correct.

31 posted on 04/25/2005 9:14:45 AM PDT by b4its2late (The Lord made man before woman to give him time to think of an answer for her first question.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

That's funny, Mrs.Dodd, has been asking him to withdraw for years.


32 posted on 04/25/2005 9:16:45 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you dont have to...." ;)
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To: thesenatecloakroom
Yes!

And I suspect she lies with a purpose in mind!
33 posted on 04/25/2005 9:40:47 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: hobbes1
That's funny, Mrs.Dodd, has been asking him to withdraw for years.

My question is how does Mrs. Dodd know when Chris has inserted in the first place?

Sorry, it had to be said!

34 posted on 04/25/2005 9:46:17 AM PDT by Misty Memory (Why is it that most of the Wild Turkey's on FR look more like vultures?)
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To: ArmyBratproud

is there a picture of this woman floating around? I wonder what a mom against bush looks like


35 posted on 04/25/2005 9:57:03 AM PDT by Taffini (I like Tony Soprano even though he is a fat boy.)
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To: Americanexpat
Remember, in these hearings it dosen't have to be true, it just has to be said.

Precisely.

Frankly, I was surprised God didn't strike Joe Biden dead on the spot.

36 posted on 04/25/2005 10:00:32 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Taffini
I wonder what a mom against bush looks like

Rosie O'Donnell?

37 posted on 04/25/2005 10:01:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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To: ArmyBratproud

I broke my leg once!


38 posted on 04/25/2005 10:04:07 AM PDT by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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To: Taffini

This is her web site:

http://www.townsel-communications.com/

(Looks immature to me)

Click on "Our Brain Trust" and you'll see her picture.


39 posted on 04/25/2005 10:07:29 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Howlin
Click on "Our Brain Trust" and you'll see her picture.

How old is that picture? She looks like a young Vincent Price.

Cordially,

40 posted on 04/25/2005 10:15:15 AM PDT by Diamond (Qui liberatio scelestus trucido inculpatus.)
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To: Diamond

LOL........you made me spit soup!


41 posted on 04/25/2005 10:22:45 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Diamond

One quick question: do you think that's a rather juvenile web site for a "communications firm?"


42 posted on 04/25/2005 10:23:35 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Howlin

LOL! - she has to use a pic of herself when she was 10.
That tells me enough.


43 posted on 04/25/2005 10:26:24 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (If you must filibuster, let the Constitution do the talkin')
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To: hobbes1

My first thought. Shows where my mind is.

Thanks for the laugh.


44 posted on 04/25/2005 10:42:01 AM PDT by HonestConservative (Bless our Servicemen!)
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To: Misty Memory
My question is how does Mrs. Dodd know when Chris has inserted in the first place?

She said, "It feels like a man...only smaller"

45 posted on 04/25/2005 11:10:45 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you dont have to...." ;)
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To: hobbes1
She said, "It feels like a man...only smaller"

She's been known to ask, "Is that a cocktail weenie, or are you excited to see me?"

46 posted on 04/25/2005 11:23:46 AM PDT by Misty Memory (Why is it that most of the Wild Turkey's on FR look more like vultures?)
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To: thesenatecloakroom

I believe "attention whore" takes away from what YOU construe her whoredom to be. Besides, what's the problem?


47 posted on 04/25/2005 11:26:11 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Only two requisites to be a judge. Gray hair to look wise and hemmorhoids to look concerned.)
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To: Howlin
Hmmmm ... must have been a REALLY slow news day for the Dallas Morning News to do an article on a government employee that broke their leg huh?
48 posted on 04/25/2005 3:37:27 PM PDT by Mo1 (Hey GOP ---- Not one Dime till Republicans grow a Spine !!)
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To: Mo1

Well.....it is the DMN.

They are under investigation right now.

They lied about circulation numbers in releases that they used to charge advertisers more.

They are part of BELO....who owns a whole host of liberal outlets.


49 posted on 04/25/2005 5:10:10 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: Verginius Rufus
Presumably she decorated her NYC apartment to look like a Bangkok brothel to keep fresh the memory of her previous employment.

Inquiring minds want to know if she went so far as to try to reproduce the smell???

50 posted on 04/25/2005 6:58:43 PM PDT by HP8753 (My cat is an NTSB Standard,The Naval Observatory calls me for time corrections.)
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