A Postcript on the Monica Goodling - Michael Krempasky Engagement
Make that a Post-script -- a shout-out in the Washington Post, for both the happy couple and ATL. From the WaPo's delicious Reliable Source column (which has new details about the Goodling/Krempasky engagement, including their ages and the story of their courtship):
Engaged: Monica Goodling, 34, the former Alberto Gonzales adviser, to Michael Krempasky, 33, a top PR guy at Edelman and founding blogger with RedState.com.The betrothal of the Pennsylvania natives (first reported by the legal blog AboveTheLaw.com) proves that even a congressional subpoena can have a happy ending: The two dated just after college, then lost touch for a decade -- until he saw her name last spring in the front-page stories about the controversial firings of several U.S. attorneys, and called to wish her well. He surprised her with a Valentine's Day proposal at the same restaurant where they spent V-Day 12 years ago; no date set.
It's a quintessential D.C. romance: congressional testimony leading to a love connection!
Additional commentary appears at Wonkette, TPM Muckraker, and Jezebel (among others).
Love, Etc. [The Reliable Source / Washington Post]
Earlier: Breaking: Monica Goodling Is Engaged!

Hey, I tipped them off to your story during their chat yesterday! I am glad they credited ATL.
The comments on the last post were unfair and insulting. I spent a summer at Georgetown with Michael years ago, and I really wish him and his fiance the best.
Agreed. The comments on the last post were way over the top.
So they dated for a year or so? That seems like a sprint to the altar to me. Might there be a next generation crappy lawyer in the oven?
Absolutely agree. This "power couple" of an power-drunk perjuring TTT grad and a "blogger" deserved better.
"Goodling-Krempasky" sounds like some sort of Polish sex act.
This thread is going to get shut down even more quickly than the last one...
11:51 - There is no "top" with GK .
12:05, although you're right on both counts, and I personally loath their brand of conservatism, I think they got unfairly battered in the last thread. There was just no reason why decent people would have made some of those comments.
There should at least be a mention of Astroglide.
Yeah, I happen to despise much of what MG has done, and how she has gone about doing it. Nor do I think she's the raving beauty that certain people hold her out to be. But insulting her personal life and condemning her marriage is pretty hateful.
Congrats on the engagement and best wishes for a long and happy marriage.
Sincerely,
A Dem
Wait, they started dating again because she was outed as an underqualified, partisan hack, and he wanted some of that? Nobody finds this hilariously sad?
Indeed, D.C. is hollywood for ugly people.
This marriage definitely has two headed lizard baby potential. Stay on top of it Lat.
Yes, many of the comments were just plain nasty (although mighty amusing). But hey, when you mess with our form of government by doing loyalty and purity tests on prosectors, it ticks people off. Taking the Fifth in a super-partisan political scandal investigation is also a sure sign of a winner in the WWJD contest. If you behave this way, don't expect people to be civil; they might even dislike you and react violently to your picture. MG supporters out there: Don't worry, all them nasty folks will see her in hell anyway. . . and, I am sure this whole "controversy" is just making Lat lots of money in ad revenue. Between political foaming at the mouth as election draws near and scared associates wondering who will be canned next, Lat is going to have a good year.
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oh my god look at that post. That is crazy.
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Funny that someone spent a summer at Georgetown with Mike years ago. He didn't go there, nor did he ever live there. In fact, he's not even a college grad, unless you count college of the douchebags. Oh, and he was cheating on his last girlfriend with Monica when they started dating again. Definite overlap there. He is a true leader of scumbags. I don't know much about her other than she convinced him to quit his nasty smoking habit years ago.