What I don't understand is Novak who seemed to throw everyone off of the trail of Armitage by assuring us all that his source was "non-partisan and not a gunslinger" and now he seems to be implying that Armitage did disclose in a partisan, gunslinging way! Shouldn't Novak be assigned some of the blame for this misdirection?
I believe he meant he was not a republican partisan. The MSM was out there on a witch hunt looking for a conspiracy among top Bush administration officials and so Novak said that his source was not a partisan gunslinger because he knew Armitage was not a Bush supporter.
It seems now Armitage was a democrat partisan and that is why Novak is out explaining the truth as he recalls it.
My goodness IF Novak would have said the source was a well placed PARTISAN GUNSLINGER would there be any DOUBT that he was referring to ROVE??
Novak, never having had contact with Armitage believed him to be a truthful NON partisan so he described him that way TO PURPOSELY deflect the DBM obsession that the source was ROVE or CHENEY.
It's funny, when I read the column, my first thought was "Powell or Armitage."
I wish I'd written it at the time.