Posted on 05/12/2008 6:46:11 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
MERRY FITZMAS!!! Today is the second anniversary of Karl Rove's indictment on May 12, 2006. This amazing journalistic scoop of a non-event was provided by that great investigative team of TruthOut fashion photographer, Marc Ash, deranged drug addict, Jason Leopold, and, of course, the Bostonian Drunkard himself, WILLIAM RIVERS PITT.
So how to celebrate Fitzmas? Of course, Pied Piper Pitt himself continues to remain mum in his turtleshell, refusing to even acknowledge the reality of his self-humiliation that has turned him into a Web laughingstock. I could have just reprinted one of the many DUFU Fitzmas threads from 2006. However, I was able to discover an untapped DUmmie THREAD from June 13, 2006, right after it was revealed that Karl Rove would NOT be indicted. This thread is titled, "Karl Rove Non-Indictment – Time for Jason Leopold and William Rivers Pitt to Pony up with Names and Specifics." Of course, neither of these two "journalists" ever did come up with names of their sources nor any specifics at all. The best Pitt could muster was his overlong self-pitying partial birth non-apology in the multi-volumn Pied Piper Pitt Performs Endless "Penitence" At DUmmie Canossa. Pitt will NEVER admit error in his Fitzmas scoop. Officially he is still waiting for confirmation of that Karl Rove indictment. Unofficially Pitt is praying that the whole world just forget about his supreme humiliation. Sorry, Pitt, but Fitzmas pretty much defined you. Whatever you do. Wherever you go. You will continue to be HAUNTED by Fitzmas past. And you are wondering why NO campaign in this heated political year wants anything to do with you? Look no further than Fitzmas. So let us now celebrate Fitzmas by watching the DUmmies back in June 2006 slam Pitt in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, wondering if Sam Adams should be the official Fitzmas beer, in in the [brackets]:
Karl Rove Non-Indictment – Time for Jason Leopold and William Rivers Pitt to Pony up with Names and Specifics
[Two years later and STILL no names nor specifics.]
by Steven Leser
[I missed this thread the first time around so let us now enjoy some fresh Fitzmas entertainment...]
According to John Solomon of the Associated Press, Patrick Fitzgerald did not indict Karl Rove and reports have surfaced that he will not be indicted despite reports to the contrary. Truthout as well as Jason Leopold who reported that the indictment had in fact happened on Friday May 12 http://www.truthout.org/fitzgeraldcalling.shtml and his editor William Rivers Pitt now have a responsibility to take readers through the process that led them to report the incorrect information. Depending on the way sources provided information, particularly if it can be determined that sources intentionally misled Leopold, those sources should be named along with details of what information they provided. Sources that lie or otherwise intentionally provide disinformation to the media should not have assurances that they will remain anonymous. Naming them will alert other journalists to be wary of any information those sources might provide as well as a deterrent to others who might act similarly.
[Leopold & Lib, especially Lib, have pretty much gone into a Witness Protection Program as far as providing any more Fitzmas Facts. So let us now watch the DUmmie reaction to Pitt's "scoop"...]
Agreed that Truthout needs to pony up a better response then our cards are on the table. Some sort of explanation is needed or more information.
[Hey, don't you know? They were merely ahead of the news cycle.]
I don't trust John Solomon to be impartial, and neither should you.
[So place your faith in Leopold & Lib instead.]
Time for Leopold to take a hike... ... and join Doug Thompson and Wayne Marsden in the Hall of Assholes Who Make Things Up.
[aka Pied Piper Pitt Way.]
I'm not ready to go there yet, but ... as I said, I want to hear what happened. Until then, I am willing to forgo any condemnation
[It's two years later so are you still forgoing?]
Isn't calling out DUers against the rules?
[Pitt lost his Fitzmas immunity.]
there are two ways of looking at this it is one thing to call out a DUer on a thread that you disagree with, but in this case the DUer(s) are also public figures whose writing is published elsewhere and as such that writing can and should be debated like any other writing which is posted on DU.
[Pitt's Fitmas escapade even made its way up to Hillary Clinton, who along with a big number of Michigan Democrats, stood up and cheered when the news about Karl Rove's Fitzmas indictment broke due to the TruthOut scoop.]
I've been thinking of this quite a bit and wonder if wrong information was deliberately given to them to try and discredit a progressive publication.
[Strange that the poor widdle victims never revealed who gave them the wrong information.]
NYT & Judy Miller lied us into war and you wanna nail Pitt to a cross?
[Would that make Jason Leopold Barabbas?]
spoke with Pitt on the phone in Mid May after this whole thing started... I do not think he would feel that my article was the equivalent of "nailing him or Jason to crosses". I think I raise some fair questions and make some good suggestions about what they should do.
[I spoke with Pitt (and Ty the Bouncer) on the phone in Mid January of the same year.]
TO gets one news item wrong and the world is ending....
[At least their standing as a Google news source came to a sudden ending.]
#1 - I was not overly harsh at all. I've shown a friendly courtesy to William and Jason and believe me they completely get that as my previous one on one voice conversations with them have shown. I am not condemning them or nailing them to a cross. They would expect the same from me or OpEd News if we found ourselves in a similar situation.
[Did Ty the Bouncer verify the Fitzmas story in every little detail?]
#2 - I would expect the same from any press organization that was found to have imparted incorrect information. This is something that needs a detailed explanation. If you do a search on google on my name and Andrew Taylor, you will see what I write about journalists who in my opinion flagrantly and intentionally violate standards.
[GASP! I hope you don't mean to imply that the ace reportorial team of Leopold & Lib flagrantly and intentionally violated standards!]
agreed-- those "solid sources" burned TO and through them... ...they burned thousands of readers. I don't have much sympathy for their sensibilities at this point. Selling lies to journalists is little different from running a disinformation campaign, and the public has the right to know who is trustworthy and who isn't.
[Solid sources like Sonny Crockett and Joe Wilson and David Shuster. Or was this just a Hail Mary pass on the part of Pitt who was DESPERATE to become famous on the back of a "news story" that he was sure to be true...at least according to David Shuster of MSNBC.]
If I made a substantial error in an article, I would be required to issue a retraction. Otherwise, it would significantly impact my future credibility and ability to get work as a writer. There is nothing unfair about asking people to follow journalistic conventions. Indeed, not requiring them to follow such standards only damages our side's credibility.
[The only retraction from Pitt is his perpetual retraction into his own shell as regards the entire subject of Fitzmas.]
For Leopold it's a double-edged sword. He's already ruined his reputation, but if he starts outing sources it will virtually guarantee no one will ever talk to him again. I don't think Pitt has done nerely as much damage to his own reputation if he's done any at all. Plus, it's not his story.
[Not Pitt's story? Um, he was only promoting it bigtime and standing up for the veracity of the drug addicted Leopold.]
It's as much William Pitt's story as it is Jason Leopold's...
"I am the lead writer and a senior editor for truthout and as such, am centrally involved in the process of examining these stories. What happened before with Jason is widely known, but has no bearing upon current matters. Jason's sources for these Plame stories are as solid as concrete, and he has backed up each story threefold."
"Again: we would not run his stuff if he was not credible, and we have been 100% hands-on in personally vetting each story and each source. Jason's work is above reproach on this matter."
[BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Thanx mucho for digging up Pitt's own words!]
Is there any verification of Rove's lawyer's claim? I won't believe news reports based solely on what comes from Rove's camp.
[Perhaps the Rove indictment is still sealed after two years.]
Sorry, but I don't believe Rove's attorney. There are still a lot of facts that need to come out.
[Two years and STILL waiting for those facts that need to come out.]
Leopold, Pitt and TO have to either make an incredibly strong case with sources, etc. to justify their continuing to stand by their story, or they need to admit they were wrong and take us through how they were misled, etc. again by citing sources and specifics.
[PItt NEVER admitted he was wrong. Instead he tries to pretend that his Fitzmas scoop was just a bad dream that never happened. Please, pretty please make this just a bad dream so I can be something more in life than just a useless Trust Fund Kid. PRETTY PLEASE!!!]
PING!
Merry Fitzmas! (first?)
4! highewst ever!
DUer’s are so gullible....Rove is just $10 away from being indicted. Bush is just $200 away from being impeached.
Names are known - the authors who ‘faked’ their scoop and made up lie after lie. Kinda funny that they’re beating this with a stick, but hey, gives you another go at usin’ your graphic.
And a very Merry Fitzmas to you.
Top 10
Top ten! Bow, lesser posters!
Top 10!
Charles, I know you’ve done stuff with Fitzmas before, but I’m struck by inspiration you may be able to use: “It’s the most DUmmiest time of the year!”
It is so “Americana” to revel in the glow of past Fitzmasses, remembering good times gone past. The gifts of comedy, opened and then discarded in favor of the next brightly wrapped freundenschade.
Diving under the tree and checking the tags on every thing in hopes that there is just one more administration member to slander. Seeing the smile run around cheeks of the children when the indictment is found to be secret.
And Pitt gets a hand-knitted sweater from Grandma Rove.
Stoo-pid rules. 3.79 GPA req'd for Cum Laude. (grumble, mumble, grumble)
(kidding)
By singing Fitzmas carols!
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INDICT FITZMAS
Tune: "White Christmas"
I'm fixing to indict Fitzmas
Just 'cause it never seems to show.
With the networks massing
And hours passing,
I hear crickets chirping no.
I'm fixing to indict Fitzmas
With every angry post I write.
May our frogs start marching tonight,
Because all these Fitzmases aren't right!
.
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE FITZMAS
Tune: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Never will arrive
We've been waiting since who knows when
We've missed it once again
So wake me when it's twenty twenty-five.
It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Won't include a Rove
'Cause it looks like his name's been shoved
To the very back burner of
The indictment stove.
A pair of federal counts with long prison amounts
Is the wish of goodboy and ben
Crowds that will gawk as he does a perp walk
Is the hope of Will Pitt and friends
The DUmmie Ants would love the chance to send Rove to the pen,
The DUmmie Ants would love the chance to send Rove to the pen!
It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Never will appear
Now the crew at the courthouse door
Is looking kind of bored
'Cause they've been there since earlier this year.
It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Comes in fits and starts
But the funniest thing of all
Are the hopes that rise and fall
In the DUmmies' hearts,
In the DUmmies' hearts!
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FREUDENSCHADE
Tune: "Edelweiss"
Freudenschade, Freudenschade,
DUmmie joy bears repeating;
Pop champagne, feel no pain--
Only thing, it's so fleeting.
Make 'em eat crow and the gloom will grow,
Gloom will grow and sour.
Freudenschade shoots its wad
In less than twenty-four hours.
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FREUDENSCHADESCHADENFREUDEFREUDENSCHADELICIOUS
Tune: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
Freudenschadeschadenfreudefreudenschadelicious:
Even though the sound of it is something quite pernicious,
If you see the DUmmie glee for things that are fictitious--
Freudenschadeschadenfreudefreudenschadelicious!
Because they wanted Rove to walk
Just like he was a frog,
You should have heard the DUmmies talk--
They read it in a blog!
But then their champagne bubble burst
Before they drank a lick;
They must be cursed to die of thirst
'Cause Fitzmas fizzled quick!
Freudenschadeschadenfreudefreudenschadelicious:
Even though the sound of it is something quite pernicious,
If you see the DUmmie glee for things that are fictitious--
Freudenschadeschadenfreudefreudenschadelicious!
So when the DUmmies celebrate
Some supersecret "news,"
Just summon up this word and wait,
You've got a term to use;
But you should practice saying it
As often as you speak:
The DUmmies fall for piles of Pitt
At least two times a week!
Freudenschadeschadenfreudefreudenschadelicious:
Even though the sound of it is something quite pernicious,
If you see the DUmmie glee for things that are fictitious--
Freudenschadeschadenfreudefreudenschadelicious!
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THE TWENTY-FOUR (BUSINESS) HOURS OF FITZMAS
Tune: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
On the twenty-fourth hour of Fitzmas
My truthout gave to me:
Twenty-four bonus hours
Twenty-three bogus sources
Twenty-two sealed indictments
Twenty-one new excitements
Twenty Leopolds leaping
Nineteen FReepers freeping
Eighteen crowded dockets
Seventeen Sonny Crocketts
Sixteen corks a-popping
Fifteen-hour meeting
Fourteen Freudenschades
Thirteen Pipers piping
Twelve DUmmies griping
Eleven Roves a-packing
Ten dollars lacking
Nine shots at Skinner
Eight crows for dinner
Seven crews amassing
Six days a-passing
Five LOUSY TROLLS!
Four Patton Boggs
Three fresh blogs
Two marching frogs
And a Pitt ribbed in a parody!
Considering that the "sources" were Leopold's and Pitt's fertile imaginations (and desire to get the credit for a "scoop" that they assumed was bound to turn out true), I'm not surprised such "sources" continue to be unnamed.
Leopold & Lib, especially Lib, have pretty much gone into a Witness Protection Program as far as providing any more Fitzmas Facts.
Don't you mean Witless Protection program?
Sorry, you'll have better luck waiting for Eight Belles to pony up.
The wisdom of Solomon led to Leopold & Lib being split in two.
Wayne Madsen
CALL ME UNACCEPTABLE
Tune: "Call Me Irresponsible"
Call me unacceptable
Call me unreliable
Throw in, "He's a fat tub of goo"
Do those Luskin alibis fool you?
Well, I checked the cat and I checked its stool too
Call me freighter-sinkable
Tell me I'm unlinkable
Wayne who's too insane for DU
Madsen, as in "mad as hell"
Throw in "raving mad" as well
I'm a certifiable loon
I'm Wayne, the Madsen who's mad times two
Nail Him to the White House Door.
May 12, 2006 . . . THE DAY WHEN EVERYTHING FINALLY CHANGED!
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