Posted on 07/03/2007 8:48:42 AM PDT by hardback
A cast of thousands crowded the stage, filling the the air with fevered vapors and gleeful rage. The media stakeouts of Karl Rove's driveway, the delirious calls from producers (The indictment is coming today!)
The media types so eager to get Rove, back when everyone thought he was the key leaker. Richard Armitage was as Fitzgerald knew from the start.
It was like a city of Ahabs getting deliriously close to the great white whale.
The trial to be honest, was somehwat aniclimatic. Fitzgerald, casting himself as Javert, demanded Libby get a harsh sentence as punishment for crimes he had not been convicted of.
The judge, casting himself as David against Goliath, demonstrated an impressive capicty for talking about himself. President Bush entered the stage like a character from another world, a world in which things make sense.
Of course the howlers howl. That is their assigned posture in this drama. The only thing you can count on is that their anger has been cynically manufactured from start to finish
The farce is over. It has no significance. Nobody but Libby's family will remember it in a few weeks time. Everyone else will have moved on to other fiacos, other poses, fresher manias.
(Excerpt) Read more at select.nytimes.com ...
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/60/19780
Goodness, I didn’t know Brooks could write like this.
wow from the Slimes
“President Bush entered the stage like a character from another world, a world in which things make sense.”
A rare role for heem, at least for a good long while...
I’ll bet the Sulzbergers about had a cornorary when the read it!
Hopefully 43 will stop pushing that immigration/North American Union nonsense and get back to building fences.
Even one of the jurors said she hoped Bush would pardon Libby.
Bush stole Merry Fitzmas!!
you caught my ‘drifting’ accent, LOL
Fox News just said that Tony Snow wasn’t ruling out a full pardon next year.
Fitzmastime is comin’, fitzmastime is comin’, fitzmastime is comin’, lets go have a drink!
This is right up there with the non-stop Paris Hilton coverage.
I really have no interest in watching all of the MSM hyperbole.
Amen! Especially on the Plame pension...
“A rare role for heem, at least for a good long while...”
Bush arrives, like a deus ex machina!
Not to sure about “heem!” Sounds like you have a mexican accent!
It was truly stupid for whoever made the decision that this man could not stay out of jail pending appeal.
The whole thing was a set-up run by the DNC.
They owned the Judge and the Jurors. Its time Libby had a fair trial. Not this joke performed in Washington DC.
I wouldnt trust the Justice system in DC courts as far as I would trust Marion Barry to hold onto a key of Cocaine for me.
I am personally very glad it was not a full pardon, not yet. Fitz and the judge will have many, many sleepless nights over this appeal. It will play out in the MSM during the run-up to the 2008 elections, hopefully ending the travesty of Special Prosecutors and witchhunts once and for all.
His NY Slimes ‘minders’ must be on vacation this week.
They usually don’t let him get this honest.
His their trained in-house conservative, he’s not allowed to pee on the newpaper like this.
“Bad conservative, down boy!”
He is brilliant. He's the only reason I used to read the Slimes, before they started charging for online viewing.
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