Trouble for Turdblossom
Things just keep looking worse and worse for Darth Rove...lucky for him that the Republicans are adept at moving the goalposts. Now the Current Occupant of the White House is no longer saying that he'll fire anyone involved in the Plame outting; instead he's saying that he'll fire anyone who committed a crime. As noted in this story from the NYT, this appears to be a different standard than that which might ordinarily be applied in such a case.
I normally wouldn't mention such a thing, but since this administration makes Clinton look like a downright sloppy parser of sentences, let me point out that Bush did not say that he'd fire anyone convicted of a crime. This would, theoretically, allow him to respond to a Rove conviction with something like "he was convicted of it, but he didn't commit it." Even our friends on the right might not be able to swallow that... But I don't think we can put it past "President" There-Are-No-Invasion-Plans-On-My-Desk.
God, I am officially too mad to blog. Someone please stop me...
Things just keep looking worse and worse for Darth Rove...lucky for him that the Republicans are adept at moving the goalposts. Now the Current Occupant of the White House is no longer saying that he'll fire anyone involved in the Plame outting; instead he's saying that he'll fire anyone who committed a crime. As noted in this story from the NYT, this appears to be a different standard than that which might ordinarily be applied in such a case.
I normally wouldn't mention such a thing, but since this administration makes Clinton look like a downright sloppy parser of sentences, let me point out that Bush did not say that he'd fire anyone convicted of a crime. This would, theoretically, allow him to respond to a Rove conviction with something like "he was convicted of it, but he didn't commit it." Even our friends on the right might not be able to swallow that... But I don't think we can put it past "President" There-Are-No-Invasion-Plans-On-My-Desk.
God, I am officially too mad to blog. Someone please stop me...
posted by Winston Smith at
4:54 AM
2 Comments:
Someone pointed out that it isn't much of a standard, this "fire if they committed a crime" deal. Part of Bush's teflon coating is the well established verbal incompetence he exhibits on an almost 100% basis. Perhaps it's a well-crafted, time-tested solution from a guy who's failed at everything in life so far. -Beel
Duhbya's climb-down on what it takes to get fired means two things:
- someone important in the White House did the leak (Rove, of course; Scooter Libby almost definitely; who else?)
- Duhbya knows it and doesn't want to let a silly thing like principle stand in the way of keeping his henchmen
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