Posted on 07/17/2005 12:41:48 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
They pretty much demolish the two main accusations: wilson-rove and wilson-16-words, and print a lot of facts related to those two accusations. I give it one thumb up.
Oh, he won't like that at all!
You don't end your career in Niger when your diplomatic life is on the upswing.
That house sold for $765,000 in 1999. How did they get the money?
I wondered the same thing.
LOL........sent by the "little woman!"
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Ditto.
Can you imagine a self-centered blowhard like Joe Wilson keeping his wife's employment at CIA a secret?
I think not, and I also think he dropped it on half the reporters in DC.
Joe Wilson is the original source ("leak"), and the rest got it from Northwest cocktail party gossip.
Let's think about this. He retires from the foreign service and starts his own business. She is working for the CIA. They have two cars. That's a lot of money coming in in order to pay for that house.
I also remember that Wilson made a point in that article of saying Valerie was "frugal."
"frugal"
LOL
That sounds like a spy cover story.
LOL
From what I have read, he was "dining" with half the reporters in D.C. trying to get them to write a story about his trip to Niger.
What I don't get is why he waited so long; if he was upset with the 16 words, why wait six months to write about it.
I bet Sally Bradlee is appalled at all the attention they have drawn to themselves.
Now why was that even in the interview? Why include such details. Have you ever heard anyone in a magazine interview justify the purchase of their house? Oh, and at the time of the interview they were remodelling the kitchen, which is the MOST expensive home improvement other than adding a pool.
You just know that these two tried to wheedle A-list invitations from anyone they ran into.
I'm sure they are the toast of the town. For now.
Hah! Even better.
Poor Joe Wilson retires from State after a scintillating diplomatic career ending in Niger ("No, not NIGERIA, G-D it! NIGER!").
Unable to find employment suitable to his dashing silver hair, silver tongue, and his loose grasp of "the truth", Wilson's executive-level wife finds Joe a little gig back in .... Niger! ("No! Not NIGERIA! NIGER!") It's only a few weeks, but is perfectly suited to Joe's pervious work habit of lounging at poolside and querying the waiters for "top secret hush hush info."
Well, Joe comes back empty handed, but it did keep him out of Val's hair for a few weeks.
Lucky this book tour and his notoriety came about, otherwise Joe would be moping around the house inhaling Domino's pizza and swilling Jack Daniels at the stroke of noon.
Oil For Food?
Plame can't be too bright. Myself, I would have ditched the guy long ago. Can you imagine listening to that pompous windbag every day? Gadzooks!
That's my theory. OFF.
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