Terry McAwful AND Wolf are now misrepresenting that Rove "leaked Plame's name" to Matt Cooper. WRONG...Cooper brought it up and Rove said "I heard that too".
McAwful saying "Wilson may have been fair game, but his wife wasn't". I wish Gillespie would respond: "She IS central to this question! She recommended him for the mission and then stood by silently as he misrepresented his findings! Dems love to make it sound personal, but she is a government employee and she was acting in an official capacity. She IS relevant to the story".
We are not surprised by what they do, they are combined together to trash anything Republican and especially the White House which they think belongs to them. The American people do not want to hear President Bush being bashed/trashed and maimed by a has been media that they already disrespect. GWB Personal rating is 65%, a lot more than theirs or Slick Willies ever was. When they finally do accurate Polling how the hell are they going to explain the jump in approval numbers for GWB. The has been media cannot sink much lower , but they sure are giving it a try. They are emotional and verbal gang rapists, and only DU types believe what they say.
I didn't get to see McAwful and Gillespie, my guess is Wolfie let Terry do most of the talking. There's been a bit of a debate here today as to whether Bush needs to set the media straight or someone else (e.g., Pubbie pundits, etc.) need to. It would be very helpful if Gillespie and some of the other Pubbies that are on various talk shows would read FR - maybe they could get some talking points.
I remember watching Ann Lewis, Bugalia, et al during Bubba's problems. While I hated listening to them, I gave them credit for being able to get their side of the story (albeit primarily lies or spin) out. They were usually on point and made the same points. I think that's part of the Pubbies problem, they don't know and/or don't state all the relevant talking points and don't have appropriate rebuttals to the Dims. I don't think they necessarily need to get the Pubbies equivalent of the DNC talking points for the day, but they need to coordinate better and keep repeating the most pertinent lines. Many people in America are not news junkies like we are. They hear a few soundbites on the evening news and perhaps a few during Fox and Friends in the am or BOR and/or Hannity & Colmes at night - they need to hear the same message from the Pubbies. If the message is repeated a couple of times people will tend to remember it better. IMHO the Dims are good at this and the Reps aren't. Of course, the Dims have an advantage in that the MSM are helping them get their message out and repeat it, I just think the Pubbies could do better. The Pubbies would also come across better as they are usually more calm and civilized while the Dims look bitter and tend to screech and/or scream.