Day: June 19, 2006

Amazingly, Truthout.org still believes Rove was indicted.

The facts appear to have been accurate. We reported them, and in so doing, apparently became an instrument. From all indications, our reports, first on May 13 that Rove had been indicted, and then on June 12 when we published case number “06 cr 128,” forced Rove and Luskin back to the table with Fitzgerald, not once but twice. They apparently sought to avoid public disclosure and were prepared to do what they had to do to avoid it.

How’s that for arrogance? Marc Ash and Jason Leopold believe their “reporting” was so effective, so chilling, and so obviously accurate, that Karl Rove and lawyer Robert Luskin had no choice but to capitulate to Fitzgerald’s demands. So, what did Rove have to do?

Wait for it.

He had to ‘out’ Cheney.

BWAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAA!

Our sources provided us with additional detail, saying that Fitzgerald is apparently examining closely Dick Cheney’s role in the Valerie Plame matter, and apparently sought information and evidence from Karl Rove that would provide documentation of Cheney’s involvement. Rove apparently was reluctant to cooperate and Fitzgerald, it appears, was pressuring him to do so, our sources told us.

Incredible, isn’t it? Apparently, Ash and Leopold aren’t content with merely shooting each other with a bullet to the fleshy part of their respective thighs. No. They empty the freakin’ magazine on themselves.

Brilliant! Bravo! ENCORE!! ENCORE!! I can’t wait for the next episode.

In what looks increasingly like a play for short-term political gain, Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong has pushed this case in the media with little credible evidence. In fact, most of what has gone on in this case since March 14th has been a complete joke.

This great article in Newsweek brings us up to date.

Meanwhile, Nifong’s days are numbered, according to the Durham Republican Party.

I heard it a dozen times over the weekend, and now this morning I read it coming from the mouth of DiFi.

“Three years and three months into the war, with all of the losses, the insurgency, the burgeoning civil war that’s taking place, an open-ended time commitment is no longer sustainable,” she said.

“We want to see an end to this thing. We want to transition the mission. That isn’t cutting and running,” Sen. Diane Feinstein said on CNN’s “Late Edition.”

Murtha said it over and over too. The word “Transition” is the new code being used now, mostly because it sounds much more moderate than “withdrawal”. And definitely better than “cut and run”.

Yet, the question not being asked is, transition into what? When you transition from Iraq, what do the Democrats mean? They mean pull out. They mean cut and run. They just don’t want Americans to hear them say that, because polls show it to be an unpopular thought. Not to mention, every time it comes up for a vote in the Congress, cut and run legislation fails miserably.

Democrats – it’s never what they say that matters, it’s what they mean.