Comments on: Operation ‘Turd Blossom’ continues: The press go nuts

By: Arsenic

Arsenic — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:21:56 +0000

The mainstream White House Press Corps crack me up! For years they have been afraid, yes spinelessly cowering, to maintain any pressure on teh White House to be accountable for anything. But now they got their dander up. Why now? It seems that the problem isn’t that the White House lied to the world, the problem is that they feel betrayed by Scotty. Well good for you White House Press! Get vindication for your honor! And after your done, see if you could follow up on the economy, WMD, and the failure of the Bush agenda for the other 250 million of us.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:21:10 +0000

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/50/chapters/15/subchapters/iv/sections/section_421.html

By: aaron conaway

aaron conaway — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:54:47 +0000

I didn’t write in number 22 either. Some comedian is afraid to disclose their true identity as being an anonymous jerk.

Here’s what your best friend’s daddy, former president George H.W. Bush said about that kind of crime: “Even though I’m a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.” That’s from a speech on April 26, 1999.

I didn’t say it. He did. Generational contradictions are a bitch aren’t they?

By: Aaron Coinway

Aaron Coinway — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:48:37 +0000

Rove must go and immeadiately. He’s violated every decent principle that is the core of our existence in this democratic society (small “d” not big “D”) which is that their is a sense of greater concern for the whole not just it’s parts.

Someone on CNN said that there may very well be a lot more to the story than we know as in more evidence on the leak and who did what. So be it. The truth must come out and Rove must go.

By: PubliusToo

PubliusToo — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:14:45 +0000

Not surprisingly, I agree with you, Weldon. I made a similar comment about this press brouhaha here. Mr. Rove lied to Mr. McClelland, and Mr. McClelland merely relayed Mr. Rove’s false statements accurately to the press. I find it difficult to believe that Mr. McClelland conspired with Mr. Rove to lie so flatly to the press; Mr. McClelland cannot possibly be that stupid. Unlike Mr. Rove’s other spin or outright lies, however, this particular one is too transparent to ignore. It was caught on video tape, and because Mr. Rove can no longer deny his press leak without committing perjury or obstructing a criminal investigation, he has now admitted that he leaked the information. His defense that he did not actually mention Ms. Plame's name but simply referred to her as Joe Wilson's wife reminds me of Bill Clinton's infamous defense that he did not commit perjury (because it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is). That sort og legalism does not obviate Mr. Rove's previous deception. He has clearly embarrassed his boss and his party. Ah, well, live by the lie, die by the lie . . .