Posted on 07/15/2005 9:07:16 AM PDT by RobFromGa
Coming up now
Indeed it is a glorious day.
It's fake, but accurate!
It's a parody. In fact, Rush linked to the .wav file from his site the other day. I haven't checked today, but it may still be there.
That's what I get for being late to the thread! :)
I listen to Rush on my own, but I'm usually not anywhere near a computer when I do. Didn't even know that there was a live Rush thread on FR.
I'm sure that DUmmieLand will be depressed over the turn of events with Rove/Plame. Can't wait for PJ-Comix's next edition of the DUmmie FUnnies. He'll probably choose a choice DU thread re: "Rove Got Away with It!", or something like that.
Is there any further opinion as to whether this is a parody? It's just too funny to be real.
It's been a pretty good week!
Any opinions re: whether or not all of this leaping to conclusions by the Dems and the media re: Rove, only to have it all come to naught, might shame them into being less vociferous re: Bush's Supreme Court nomination?
On second thought....naaaaahhhh!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1443924/posts
Shortly before I heard the "bit" , I read the above article.
I was primed to believe it.
Steal away...it doesn't belong to me; it's a Cagle cartoon. (Just so you know the source) :) I have several on my FReeppage.
Ahhh, yes. That one is awesome, too! :)
No kidding. Plus, those "raw" files have not even been vetted. They have all kinds of crap from ex-wives/husbands, ex-girlfriends, neighbors, co-workers, etc., some of whom might have an axe to grind and who might not be telling the truth.
bookmark. David Kelly/Judith Miller
Could minor Ambassador Joe Wilson himself have been the source in blowing his own Wife's cover?
It is distinctly possible, (though it may be unlikely that Joe Wilson himself directly was NY Times Judith Miller's source), since Joe Wilson himself evidently routinely bragged openly to strangers about her CIA employment, prior to such "cover" being "blown" in the press.
Here's an example of Joe's apparently routine and open bragging about Valerie being a "CIA agent," which became known directly to me over a year ago:
He certainly bragged about it per a famous and highly reliable source's (named below) account of his own face-to-face encounter with Amb. Joe Wilson prior to Valerie Plame's "outing" as a CIA agent/employee.
Based upon a personal conversation (we were in a small group eating; it was NOT an "off the record") I had with eminent historian Victor Davis Hanson (we were at a luncheon table together during a trip to Europe), it appeared entirely possible that Joe Wilson himself was the (or one source, if not the original one) possible source in revealing his own wife's status as a CIA agent or employee.
Victor Davis Hanson (Wilson presumably knew Victor Davis Hanson wrote regularly for NRO (National Review Online), had done OpEds for the Wall street Journal, and other publications, and had his own Website with a widespread following) said he (VDH) & Joe Wilson were both in the same "Green Room" before a televised debate-discussion on Iraq, etc. and Joe first warned the TV make-up person not to get powder on his $14,000 Rolex watch, then he bragged to Victor about several things (possessions and trips to Aspen, etc.), like his expensive car (I think it was a Mercedes), and then bragged about his beautiful ("hot") wife who, Joe Wilson said (braggingly) was a CIA operative.
I asked Victor Davis Hanson Why he didn't write up this account.(?) He replied that Joe Wilson would probably simply deny it, since only he (VDH) & Joe Wilson were in the Green Room together before the broadcast.
However, it is now easy to surmise that Joe Wilson is a crass, materialistic, self-promoting, vain, egotistical, bragaddocio-opportunist, so this account is perfectly consistent with Valerie Plame's TWO photo shoots in Vanity Fair. (Or was it Vogue? No, probably too crass for Vogue, n'est pas?)
Joe Wilson certainly comes across like a vain, arrogant blowhard every time I see him. I would certainly trust VDH on this one, but anyone who trusts Wilson will distrust Hanson so it is useless for probative value, jsut another good anecdotal nail in the coffin.
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