[Shqipo]

>>.....they're hiding it because they were... complicit.<<
-I would like to see Tony Snow pushing this fact in their faces, but the WH again seems passive and lost in defending its own. I thought Tony would help with matters like this, but the entire GOP-- not to mention a lot of Freepers-- seem to brush Plame/Wilson/MSM attempted coup aside as old news, rather than screaming from tall buildings that this three year fiasco was the most atrocious media witch hunt in history. Matthews, Russert and the rest should be held accountable and mocked relentlessly until they do so.

[saveliberty]

I think that the issue with doing as you suggest would not have the intended results. How many times did the Clintons wail that they were being picked on (when in fact they were inoculating themselves from the consequences of an honest investigation). The old ways will backfire -- look how the otherwise inept Clintons made a career of being "brilliant" politicians, when in fact, they could only work using the old ways to their advantage.

It's right to make a correction, but by making forcefully as you suggest, the sympathies of the HBM will rally round the lying Wilsons and Armitage. Tony has done a marvellous job in holding the press to account in such a way as to defuse liberal critics of the traditional "Republicans are mean" charges.

[demkicker]

I am equally disgusted that this story isn't getting out to the masses because the DBM is ignoring it. Libby needs to grab the headlines by getting his lawyer to give a press conference, IMO.

[MNJohnnie]

Matthews, Russert and the rest should be held accountable and mocked relentlessly until they do so.

We have been mocking them relentlessly for years. We don't need this phony story for a reason. I got to admit there is a certain mean spirited childish joy in my heart today knowing that once again Freepers had it right from the start and the Leftists got it ALL wrong from day one.

[Morgan in Denver]

I have to believe Tony Snow would hold the press accountable if it were his decision alone. The fact that he's not shows me the White House has him holding his fire and not pressing the issue.

He may still be pressing it behind the scenes, but not openly. We'll know that if the White House press corps stops jumping to so many conclusions and blaming President Bush for everything that happens they don't like politically.

I have noticed the White House press corps has tempered their vitriol since Tony has been on the job.

[Phsstpok]

...I would like to see Tony Snow pushing this fact in their faces, but the WH again seems passive and lost in defending its own. I thought Tony would help with matters like this...

I'll have to do some digging to back this up, but my impression is that Tony is being very aggressive on matters like this (though I don't know that he's spoken about the latest Wilson / Plame revelations).  However, the press is simply ignoring him.

They've got their version of reality and they ignore anything that doesn't help them push it.  Who cares if it's true or not?