Those on the left absolutely despise Robert Novak and Patrick Fitzgerald too. Novak and Fitzgerald have exposed large numbers of crooked left-wing scumbags over the years. (The freepers who baselessly attacked Patrick Fitzgerald as a "Democrat partisan" had egg all over their faces after the "partisan" Fitzgerald indicted a number of top Obama & Durbin supporters)
It's sad that so many freepers are willing to join the left in vilifying them because you can't get over ONE incident involving Novak and Fitzgerald actions on a person who happens to have the same party affiliation as you.
Judging a person's career by one incident and ignoring the dozens of times they've been on the right side is the height of narrowness. All the Patrick Fitzgerald haters on this board remind me of the Ken Starr derangement syndrome on the left. They had nothing but praise for Starr until they decided to destroy him over Monicagate. Talk about putting "party loyalty" over doing what's right for America.
MaestroLC is right. Any "downfall" of Bush's Administration was entirely due to it being their own fault. Alberto Gonzales is a fine example of that. It's his own fault he stepped in it as A.G., not the actions of others.
Richard Armitage has finally emerged from the cover-my-backside closet, "apologizing" on CBS for keeping quiet for almost three years about being the original source for Robert Novak's July 14, 2003, column stating that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, worked for the CIA and had suggested him for a mission to Niger. He disingenuously blames his silence on Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's non-legally-based request--any witness is free to talk about his testimony--not to discuss the matter.
Put aside hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer funds squandered on the investigation, New York Times reporter Judith Miller's 85 days in jail, the angst and legal fees of scores of witnesses, the White House held siege to a criminal investigation while fighting the war on terror, Karl Rove's reputation maligned, and "Scooter" Libby's resignation and indictment. By his silence, Mr. Armitage is responsible for one of the most factually distorted investigations in history.
There is a reason the old Watergate question--What did he know and when did he know it?--has become part of our investigative culture. It provides a paradigm for parsing a complicated factual scenario.
You know Fitgerald is from Chicago don't you?
My point is that Bush did not defend himself, his people, and his policies as he should have in the face of all of the opposition leveled at his administration for eight long years, but rather let others carry the water for him. That was the ultimate downfall of Bush. Why continue to defend someone who won't defend himself? Rush made a huge point of that after 2006 when the Dems took over congress. Bush hurt himself more than anyone else did.
That’s an excellent summary! I feel the same way sometimes around here... Like the ones who treated the Hillary supporters who knew how crooked Obama was (after witnessing the voting irregularities in their own primaries...) and having to dig up dirt on him. There were a good number of “PUMA” and Hillary supporters who have helped where it counted in fighting against Obama, too. Hillary at least had lived here all her life, and compared to Obama — had more than enough experience to run the country after watching Bill for 8 years. She wouldn’t have ruined our economy, although she would be trying to pass her form of gov’t healthcare, too. And yes, I KNOW about all her horrid attributes myself... But she’d STILL be the nicer one if we were voting “between two evils”... JMHO.
Anyway, Patrick Fitzgerald has tried to be like “Harvey Dent” in a place like Chicago, in his real life not some fictional escapade. Of course you are surrounded by liberals and can only do so much, but you do what you can, when you can... to keep politicians honest — especially in Chicago — is like trying to keep lions from their prey.