[Williams]

It seems to me that Scooter Libby and even Karl Rove are not essential to this Republic's security. If they committed any crime let them go quietly. I can't support lying to a grand jury, etc. BUT I don't think anything they are accused of will amount to very much in the big scheme of things.

What matters to our country is that this minor legal probe not be turned into a rallying cry that the war in Iraq is illegitimate. Nothing could be further from the truth. Joe Wilson is an established liar and left wing kook who was used in a thankfully failed effort to undermine the war. But are republicans up to the task of explaining this to the American public? Probably not.

[Paleo Conservative]

I can't support lying to a grand jury, etc. BUT I don't think anything they are accused of will amount to very much in the big scheme of things.

There's a difference between lying and having inconsistent memories about things that happened a couple of years ago.