Bush Bitten by Clinton Cling-ons

NewsMax.com ^ | 10/01/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Joseph C. Wilson, the Clintonite who is at the bottom of the current flap regarding the leak of his wife’s name as a CIA "operative,” tried to contribute to more money to the Gore campaign than was legally allowed.

Documents from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reviewed by NewsMax.com indicate Joseph C. Wilson of Washington, D.C., whose occupation is listed as "Strategic Adviser,” sent $2,000 to the Gore, 2000 Committee in March of 1999, with $1,000 returned to him the following month because he had exceeded the legal limit.

This from a man who has been lecturing the Bush Administration about obeying "the law,” and saying he could see this entire ruckus resulting in "frog-marching” Karl Rove out of the White House in cuffs. He later admitted he had no information implicating Rove.

NewsMax also has FEC documents showing that Wilson, on May 23 of this year, contributed $1,000 to the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.

The picture that emerges is that the administration trusted one Clinton holdover (CIA Director George Tenet) to use judgment in selecting someone to conduct a sensitive mission to determine if there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. That person turned out to be another Clinton holdover, Democratic party contributor.

The White House is mum on whether there is some soul-searching within the administration on taking more care in dealing with former Clinton administration operatives, some of whom remain three years into the Bush administration.

Friends of the administration have been suggesting from Day 1 that the president risked something like this unless the White House either cleaned out political opponents or at the very least kept them at arms-length from sensitive matters.

As to the fake scandal itself, the Wall Street Journal suggested Wednesday the real target in all this is Karl Rove.

ABC’s Sam Donaldson, on a local Washington talk show on WMAL-AM, scoffed at that, and said there would be little point in going after Rove, since left-wingers would naturally target Bush. Co-host Andy Parks apparently thought that was naïve or disingenuous, noting that "the way to Bush is through Rove.”

One veteran of the Reagan White House has advised the Bush administration to accept the fact that a conservative White House can’t win a feeding frenzy argument with the left-wing media. Therefore, the adviser thinks the best the Bush people can do is to try to find who leaked the name of Wilson’s wife as a CIA person, but if that person is not found, to simply apologize and vow to take every step to see that it never happens again.

No one in all this has been able to lay a glove on the president himself.

As NewsMax reported earlier today, Syndicated columnist Robert Novak wrote that the identity of Wilson’s wife "was not much of a secret.”

Indeed it was not. Besides her name being readily available on the internet, "Who’s Who in America-2003” lists Valerie Elise Plame as Wilson’s wife. How "secret” is that?

Supporters of the administration, on and off Capitol Hill agree that this "scandal” is wholly contrived by the president’s opponents.

They are hopeful that the right lessons have been learned when it comes to trusting Clinton Cling-ons and Democrat Party contributors with in the administration.

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[.cnI redruM]

THis requires an immediate investigation.

[martin_fierro]

"BAH! Wilson has not the ridges of a warrior! He is but a PTAHK!"

[big bad easter bunny]

If it can be proven that the democrats/socialist have conspired to create this whole scenario is that a crime in it's self? Or is it just gutter politics? This stinks of a vast left wing conspiracy. I belive these folks are spitting in the wind but they are so desperate they don't mind.

If and when Arnold takes California, they will come unglooed even more than they all ready have! Imagine they lose thier biggest fish one year before the next election and Bush didn't lift a finger to make it happen. They will be seething in a week unless they can hack all the voting booths.

[Ronin]

I am waiting for the thundering stampede.

[ex-Texan]

Media feeding frenzy *BUMP* ! GWB will suffer injury over this oversight. Time for heads to roll.

But GWB ought to send someone to the alphabet networks to talk about Clinton giving China top secret computer chips to wage nuclear war.

[joesnuffy]

too bad he didnt "clean house" the way the clinton's did
getting rid of all of pop's appointments
but then again it would have been out of
character for GW to fire everyone ..putting them out of work
and putting their families in distress
concerns that would never occur to their royal assness the clintons

[Timesink]

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[kevao]

This is the consequence of compromising or otherwise trying to make nice with the Dems. They are unprincipled and will only hang you with your own rope.

Why are Republicans ALWAYS such suckers?

[Yo-Yo]

As NewsMax reported earlier today, Syndicated columnist Robert Novak wrote that the identity of Wilson’s wife "was not much of a secret".

Indeed it was not. Besides her name being readily available on the internet, "Who’s Who in America-2003" lists Valerie Elise Plame as Wilson’s wife. How "secret" is that?

The secret wasn't Wilson's wife's maiden name, it was the fact that she was an undercover operative using that name. Sheesh.

Bad guys can now think back and say to themselves "hmm, I remember Ivan spent a lot of time with that Plame woman back in the '90s..."

I hope that Novak is right and her 'job' wasn't much of a secret in the D.C. Cocktail Circuit.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

too bad he didnt "clean house" the way the clinton's did getting rid of all of pop's appointments

Clinton made the same mistake with holdovers.

Remember Linda Tripp?

[Snardius]

Clinton made the same mistake with holdovers.

The only mistake Clinton made with Linda Tripp was misjudging her morality. He assumed she didn't have any morals just like the rest of the clintonites.

[cwb]

Yeah, but Tripp didn't become a partisan until after she saw what was going on in that WH. From what I recall, she was no favorite of GH Bush, either.

[thoughtomator]

Maybe they will get moving on the long overdue purge of the U.S. State Department... get rid of the Clintonites and the Arabists (not like they aren't one and the same) in one grand sweep. Place will smell better too.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" it was the fact that she was an undercover operative using that name"

If undercover opertives are using their rightful names, which are easily accessed and in the public domain-the CIA is in worse trouble than we can imagine.

[jellybean]

get rid of the Clintonites and the Arabists (not like they aren't one and the same) in one grand sweep. Place will smell better too.

Ancient Arab proverb:

The house always smells better once you take out the camel dung.

[alloysteel]

Karl Rove is being targeted because as any assassin worth his salt is aware, if you shoot at the king and miss, no stone will be left unturned in pursuit. But if you shoot at a lieutenant, and hit him while also "accidentally" hitting the king, a sufficient amount of confusion will be stirred up so the sharpshooter may escape.

It almost worked for Lee Harvey Oswald and John Hinckley.

[tet68]

My question is .....just WHY did the CIA decide to use HIM?
Did his wife put in a plug? What gives?
Let's see, we want a quiet undercover investigation on yellow cake so we send in a FORMER AMBASSADOR ?

[Orangedog]

The CIA is an absolute mess. We have an agency that is as incompetent as it gets and they are responsible for guarding our nations secrets. Why do I call them incompetent? Because Novak called them and asked if this woman was an operative and they CONFIRMED IT! Hello?!

[Digger]

GWB ought to send someone to the alphabet networks to talk about Clinton giving China top secret computer chips to wage nuclear war

Problem is GW is part of the problem. I questioned the fact that he left all of the holdovers in & the replies that I got were he didn't have time to do such because of the Florida mess. Of course nothing was done. The real problem is the "Two-Party Cartel", bought & paid for by the elites whose allegience is to liberalism. Do you really believe that these pubbies are that dumb? If you think so that is just what they want you to think.