Fall scandals secrete the scent of politics

Jewish World Review ^ | Oct. 3, 2003 | Kathleen Parker

[SJackson]

Sex, sports, sabotage. You want a scandal, have we got a scandal for you.

We've got one with a capital "S" at the White House, involving a possible leak, an investigation, the FBI and the CIA. Throw in a navy Gap dress and we'll be ducky through next spring.

If you're unfamiliar with the story, you probably should skip to the comics, but here's the short version.

Several months ago, syndicated columnist Robert Novak named a CIA undercover agent in a column about Niger's alleged sale of "yellowcake" to Iraq. He said he got the agent's name from two senior administration officials.

But by naming the woman, Novak delivered a weapon of mass destruction to Democrats, who are deliriously dusting off a law prohibiting the naming of covert agents.

Lethal, malicious leak or casual name-drop? Dum-de-dum-dum.

Over at the National Enquirer, Rush Limbaugh is alleged to have been popping prescription pain pills procured through his former maid. Exactly so, Watson, the maid hid them under the mattress in the master bedroom.

That headline stepped on the heels of Limbaugh's sudden resignation as an ESPN commentator for daring to suggest that race might be a factor in the media's treatment of certain sports figures. Ah-ha, a pill-popper and a racist.

So gleefully, I mean dolefully, received was this news that Democratic presidential candidates Howard Dean and retired Gen. Wesley Clark felt compelled to write ESPN letters urging Limbaugh's removal.

[Dead Corpse]

Still trying to figure out WHY anyone is paying attention to anything a TABLOID is saying. Will Bat Boy finally come to Rush's rescue?

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