Odds Increase that Rove Outted Plame
Via a tip at Lies.com, we find this in today's Newsweek.
It's not conclusive proof that Rove intentionally outted Plame, but it's a damning piece of the puzzle. As many are noting, Rove has said that he didn't "reveal her name," and this may be true--he just referred to her has "Wilson's wife."
Now, a Democrat would never be allowed to get away with this kind of patent dishonesty--see Clinton's musings on the meaning of 'is'--but I have a sick feeling that Republicans are going to try to defend Rove on this one. This will, of course, be a test to separate the reasonable Republicans from the unreasonable ones.
This also makes me think back to the pre-invasion days when Bush said, in response to a reporter's question about whether we were planning an invasion, "there are no invasion plans on my desk." At the time I noted that this did not necessarily mean that plans weren't being formulated and put into effect--a really dishonest person could say this while mentally crossing his fingers and thinking something like "no, they aren't on my desk...I put 'em in the filing cabinet..." or "They're on Colin's desk right now!" Of course the president said what he said knowing that we would all conclude that plans were not being formulated and put into effect. So if plans were being formulated or put into effect at that time, he lied. At the time I dismissed this worry as probable paranoia...but now I'm not so sure...
Via a tip at Lies.com, we find this in today's Newsweek.
It's not conclusive proof that Rove intentionally outted Plame, but it's a damning piece of the puzzle. As many are noting, Rove has said that he didn't "reveal her name," and this may be true--he just referred to her has "Wilson's wife."
Now, a Democrat would never be allowed to get away with this kind of patent dishonesty--see Clinton's musings on the meaning of 'is'--but I have a sick feeling that Republicans are going to try to defend Rove on this one. This will, of course, be a test to separate the reasonable Republicans from the unreasonable ones.
This also makes me think back to the pre-invasion days when Bush said, in response to a reporter's question about whether we were planning an invasion, "there are no invasion plans on my desk." At the time I noted that this did not necessarily mean that plans weren't being formulated and put into effect--a really dishonest person could say this while mentally crossing his fingers and thinking something like "no, they aren't on my desk...I put 'em in the filing cabinet..." or "They're on Colin's desk right now!" Of course the president said what he said knowing that we would all conclude that plans were not being formulated and put into effect. So if plans were being formulated or put into effect at that time, he lied. At the time I dismissed this worry as probable paranoia...but now I'm not so sure...
posted by Winston Smith at
7:17 AM
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"This also makes me think back to the pre-invasion days when Bush said, in response to a reporter's question about whether we were planning an invasion, 'there are no invasion plans on my desk.'"
Geez, man, everybody knows they were put on the floor to make room for the coloring books.
BTW, did you know Crayola now has 120 colors? Or as the commander in chief calls them, "flavors." In the Oval Office, they go through a box or two a day, especially around lunchtime.
Arthur Silber offers a terrific analysis of the moral argument against Rove--and Bush--re the Plame outing. Just google him and you'll find it. It's too long to repost here. The mystery is really the question of why these corrupt sickos remain in office, why they garner enough votes to make the election fraud even be possible, why the public is unable to see through them. And that's the most deeply frightening thing--that the public really isn't interested, that it will take the 2X4 of, what, 60K American soldiers dying!!--to wake the public up. Didn't we already learn all this tragedy in Vietnam? Like the man sang, "War, what is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!" --Beel
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