[mattdono]

Would this be a big deal to Freepers if it was a Clinton in office when it happened. That is the acid test

Well, I don't think that is the acid test. I refuse to use the "Clinton" administration as the yardstick to compare any administration too.

The fact that the person who wrote the story, Robert Novak, said he didn't get the name from administration officials. The CIA acknowledge the woman's employment, first and the administration officials knew that Mr. Wilson's wife worked for the CIA...THAT'S IT!

That is the extent of the acknowlegement by anyone in the admininstration...that they knew Wilson's wife worked for the CIA. Novak didn't get the name from the administration officials, but, rather, that they knew she worked at CIA.

[Protagoras]

The facts don't matter to my point. My point is simply that "scandal" is in parentheses because the author doesn't think it's a scandal. I'm guessing many Freepers also do not. I for one don't.

However, if the precise same thing happened in a Clinton administration I'm also guessing that many Freepers and the author would be screaming bloody murder.

Who ox is being gored? (No pun intended)