dts32041: I would agree with you except for one thing, I don't believe a thing a demorat says anymnore. I have listedn to the hateful speech of the kennedy's, bobbie kkk byrd, tommy ashole, billy the liar klintoon, biden the plagarist, etc. Why should I believe anything they say any more, especially when it concerns this adminstration?Once again, you are creating a bogey man. It is not a Democrat who is making the charge about leaking the name of a CIA operative--a serious breach of national security, no Dashcle, Byrd or Kennedy. It is Robert Novak, who has been a conservative columnist since 1964 and has supported and defended every Republican president, including this one. And the original leak was by White House officials, who are Republicans. And the current allegation is also by a White House official.
Unless Novak and all the sources lied, there is something here that should have been addressed immediately when the column was published on July 14. President Reagan knew how to get ahead of such negative stories by admitting the problem, admitting mistakes and promising to solve them. That is the way to react to this, not sending flacks out to stall and wait for the DOJ to get done with its investigation. If the President had addressed this immeidately as Reagan did, there would be no need for a CIA or DOJ probe or it would have been an afterthought. The president needs to show that he is a leader and will demand that CIA agents not be leaked. So far, he has done neither. That plays into the hands of his enemies.
--Raoul