Well at least Kristol put it on the line -- he openly stated that it is now apparant that Fitzy is out to discredit the White House. I'm glad at least one of them spoke the truth today. Juan tries to defend Wilson, of course. I'm surprised that Bill didn't mention the fact that old Wilson called Bill a drunk in one of his speeches; perhaps he doesn't know, since the media continues to cover for Wilson. Good for Kristol! And whoever said it above, as much as I like Brit hosting, I miss his commentating and weekly slap down of Juan (one more segment to go though, so perhaps we will get a slap down yet)!
I agree. Fitz' case was in trouble and this was his way of letting the White House know that he can cause them problems.
Fitz is a fool.
Old Joe Wilson also thru in a bit of gay bashing at Davud Drier. Funny how our Junk media just let that slide
Except for Juan, all the Fox panelists put the truth in very clear terms. Hurray for Kristol and his remark about Fitzgerald's now naked attempt to smear President Bush. Kristol made Juan look completely silly, with his "oh my! the president defended himself" remark (that's the gist, not a quote).
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With kudos and thanks to Fedora, who's compiled very thorough research on this:
"What I find interesting is the chronological context of the CIA's request for a DOJ investigation of the Plame leak in relation to other investigation requests related to the broader Wilson/Niger affair. For instance, shortly after Wilson's NYT op-ed appeared in July 2003 a petition to Congress for an investigation into the Niger forgeries was made simultaneously by Dennis Kucinich (the head of the Congresional antiwar lobby that sent Jim McDermott to Bagdhad in September 2002) and Carl Levin (who on January 29, 2003 had asked CIA for details on what the US intelligence community knew about the Iraqi attempts to acquire uranium from Africa mentioned in President Bush’s January 28 State of the Union address.
Levin and Joseph Wilson appeared together with the French and German ambassadors on Nightline about a month after this.
Levin likewise--through prearrangement with the producer--followed up Wilson's appearance on Meet the Press with Andrea Mitchell the day after Wilson's NYT op-ed).
While Levin was addressing the Senate on this on July 15, 2003, Kucinich held a press conference with VIPS’ Ray McGovern and retired Australian intelligence agent Andrew Willkie.
The next day Wilson’s Nation friend David Corn accused the Bush administration of leaking Plame’s name to Novak, a charge echoed July 17 by TIME reporter Matthew Cooper.
Tenet's request for a DOJ investigation came to fruition two months after this."
And, an excellent analysis:
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Wilsongate: Motive, Means, and Opportunity- The Buried Story Behind Plamegate - By Fedora