Posted on 09/04/2006 10:54:37 AM PDT by Sam Hill
From the researchers at GOP.com:
FLASHBACK: Wilson Claimed He Was The Victim Of An Organized Smear Campaign:
Joe Wilson: "[T]he smear campaign ... was being undertaken by the Republican National Committee and this administration's right wing allies." (CNN's "Larry King Live," 11/1/05)
- Wilson: "Obviously, there's been this orchestrated campaign, this smear campaign. I happen to think that it's because the RNC, the Republican National Committee's been involved in this in a big way ..." (CNN's "Late Edition," 7/18/04)
- Wilson: "[T]here have been a number of articles written attacking me. ... I've since learned from a couple of different reporters that White House sources have been telling [them] the story is Wilson and his wife... It's a breach of national security. My understanding is it may, in fact, be a violation of American law." (NBC's "Today Show," 7/22/03)
- Wilson: "It's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs. And trust me, when I use that name, I measure my words." (Timothy Noah, "Did Rove Blow A Spook's Cover?" Slate, 9/16/03)
FLASHBACK: Democrats Have Hailed Wilson As A Hero Of The Left:
On The Eve Of His Lawsuit Announcement, Joe Wilson Attended Senate Democrats' Policy Luncheon. Fox News' Brit Hume: "Plame [was] seen ... with her husband Joe Wilson arriving for a policy luncheon with Senate Democrats today." (Fox News' "Special Report," 7/13/06)
- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV): "It was you [Nutroots] who defended Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson against Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove." (Sen. Harry Reid, Remarks At YearlyKos Convention, Las Vegas, NV, 6/10/06)
- Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): "I am pleased to be here today with Ambassador Joe Wilson ... his wife, an undercover CIA employee, was exposed for what appeared to be political motivations. ... [Joe Wilson] has served his country, has - and his wife as well - have risked themselves in many ways for this country. And it was they who had politics played upon them, not the other way around." (Sen. Charles Schumer, Press Conference, 7/14/05)
- Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA): "Joe Wilson is here my pal! ... [Joe] you deserve the thanks of a nation and instead of that they went after your family and it is despicable and cowardly and I'm so proud of you." (Sen. Barbara Boxer, Remarks At The Yearly Kos Convention, Las Vegas, NV, 6/9/06)
Joe Wilson Attended Fundraisers For Democrat Parties, Candidates, And Causes. "Joseph Wilson ... will headline two DFL Party fundraisers in the Twin Cities ... and has made numerous appearances in recent years on behalf of Democratic candidates and causes ..." (Conrad Defiebre "Lightning Rod On Iraq War To Headline Two DFL Fundraisers," [Minneapolis, MN] Star Tribune, 12/7/05)
Some more samples of the opinings of our betters, adapted from a post byYaYa123 at Free Republic:
"This is one of the most reckless and nasty things Ive seen in all my years of government," Schumer said. "Leaking the name of a CIA agent is tantamount to putting a gun to that agents head. It compromises her safety and the safety of her loved ones, not to mention those in her network and other operatives she may have dealt with. On top of that, the officials who have done it may have also seriously jeopardized the national security of this nation." -- SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER
"Interest emerged again following the September 30, 2005, grand jury testimony by Judith Miller, released from jail the day before... As the CIA leak investigation heads toward its expected conclusion this month, it has become increasingly clear that two of the most powerful men in the Bush administration" -- Karl Rove and I. Lewis Scooter Libby-- were more involved in the unmasking of operative Valerie Plame than the White House originally indicated... -- JIM VANDEHEI and WALTER PINCUS
"Sparked by today's Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside and that President Bush would elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice... The rumor spread so fast that some Republicans by late morning were already drawing up reasons why Rice couldn't get the job or run for president in 2008..." -- PAUL BEDARD
"How far up the White House food chain does the rot of treason go? 'Bush has always known how to keep Rove in his place,' wrote Time in 2002 about a 'symbiotic relationship' that dates to 1973. This isn't some rogue 'plumbers' operation [ like Watergate ]. Rove would never go it alone on a high-stakes action like Valerie Plame. It's a safe bet that other, higher-ranking figures in the Bush cabal--almost certainly Dick Cheney and possibly Bush himself--signed off before Rove called Novak. For the sake of national security, those involved should be removed from office at once." -- TED RALL
"'Definitely a political problem but I wonder, George Will, do you think its a manageable one for the White House especially if we dont know whether Fitzgerald is going to write a report or have indictments but if he is able to show as a source close to this told me this week, that President Bush and Vice President Cheney were actually involved in some of these discussions.' "This would explain why Bush spent more than an hour answering questions from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. It would also fundamentally change the dynamics of the scandal. President Bush could no longer claim he was merely a bystander who wants to 'get to the bottom of it.'" -- GEORGE STEPHANOPOLIS
"It is about the president of the United States. It is about a plot that was hatched at the top of the administration and in which everyone else, Mr. Rove included, are at most secondary players." -- FRANK RICH
And this woefully typical piece from the (self-styled) elite publication Vanity Fair:
All Roads Lead to Rove
By MICHAEL WOLFF
The revelation that Karl Rove was Time's "double super secret" source for the outing of C.I.A. operative Valerie Plame started the unfolding of a much bigger story: what the White House did to sell the Iraq war. And the greatest irony of Rovegate? That the press was part of the cover-up...
Excerpted because of Vanity Fair content. Read the rest at Sweetness & Light.
If they don't, maybe JBS is right that they're all in it together.
... yup , its like an old western or war movie , when one guys says to his buddy , as they peer out into the darkness , "its too quiet out there , waaaay too quiet..."
I'd bet that whatever the NYTimes has on this tomorrow [and they MUST put at least something up the flagpole] , well , whatever it is , will be "dry toast" just some narrow reporting
... would be quite suprised if the article was more than 300 words , 10 paragraphs
we all know the MSM will try to act like this isn't anything worth the public's attention
so , a drum roll PuhLEEZZzzzz
(( either the drum roll ya hear at the circus , or the drum roll of a firing squad!!))
today , Tuesday September 5th
NYTimes , deadTree edition - - NOTHING!!
NYTimes.com [online] - - even more of NOTHING !!!!!
. . . I didn't think they'd play it this way , whoa , truly despicable
... however , using the [NYTimes'] internal search for their filed stories and Op/Ed's , there are 76 published,plus John W. Dean's review of Uncle Joe's book The Politics of Truth , making 77 given for my search of Wilson Plame Libby
... the last one[?] July 16th '06 , Neil A. Lewis' The Basics: Can White House Officials Be Sued?
... the first one[?] Oct. 7th '03 , Elisabeth Bumiller's Bush Toughens His Support Of Investigation Into Leak
along the way , David Johnston and Richard W. Stevenson had the highest number published , [28 or 29] some solo , some collaborations
. . . Notables & Quotables in the list: Frank Rich , David Carr , Eric Lichtblau , Adam Liptak , Anne E. Kornblut , Michael Janofsky , Jacques Steinberg , Carl Hulse , David Sanger , Scott Shane , Douglas Jehl , Katharine Q. Seelye , Lorne Manly , Janny Scott , Don Van Notta Jr. , and Clifford J. Levy [I might have missed someone]
why did I list them {????]
Because they shouldn't be allowed to "get off"
Because honest,truthful journalists "fess up" , if they won't and don't , people must be reminded that THEY ARE NOT HONEST
THEY ARE NOT TRUTHFUL
THEY ARE NOT JOURNALISTS
THESE PARTISAN HACKS HAVE PUT OUR LIVES IN JEOPARDY[my kids!!]
From the media's perspective, it was a success because it gave them something to caterwaul about for two years. But for those who ginned up the story, it is a failure. They did not get the President defeated in 2004, they did not get the Vice President indicted, and most importantly, they did not get Karl Rove out of the White House or out of Republican political planning. Never forget that. This was the mother of all dirty tricks and it failed.
"The Plame story was a complete success. It was used to beat the President down for a year."
Three years.
And the fact that it was all a lie won't stop them from continuing with the smear.
Yep, the lie has been repeated thousands of times, the truth once. Do you think if someone attacked the Clinton's like that, they would get a free pass like the Plame/Wilson.
will chris matthews be back from vaction today and will he discuss this topic?
I say if he does, the facts will not deter him from still calling the President and ESPECIALLY Vice President Cheney dishonorable, not according to the evidence, according to THEM!!
They have to continue or the unspun facts will steamroll them. The retribution we get is that they look like total mendacious assholes as they spin. Along the way we also get to see any serious hope of a big book deal for Plame go pffft! And Powell and Armitage in particular look like disloyal backbiting villains.
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