re: #111 kellygrrrl

speaking of the Bushies … W’s former attorney arrested for attempted murder of his wife.
[Link: www.cbsnews.com…]

Whoa:

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS/AP) John Michael Farren, a onetime top attorney to former President George W. Bush, tried to kill his wife by choking her and beating her with a flashlight in their Connecticut home, according to police.

The 57-year-old is charged with strangulation and attempted murder. He was ordered held Thursday on $2 million bail.

His lawyer Eugene Riccio calls it “a tragic situation.”

Farren was deputy White House counsel to Bush. He also worked on the campaign and transition for former President George H.W. Bush.

An arrest affidavit says the attack occurred after Mary Farren delivered divorce papers Monday.

Police say she passed out during the attack Wednesday night at their New Canaan home and later fled with her children.

She is stable at a hospital with a broken nose, broken jaw and other injuries.

Mary Farren is a Washington D.C. lawyer for Skadden, Arps. She works on energy regulation, according to the company’s Web site.

That’s seriously f-ed up. Describing it as a “tragic situation” is understating it.

Do you think Sarah Palin will say that Bush was “pallin’ around with abusers”?