I do not breathe your politics
"Comment is free but facts are sacred." (C.P. Scott)
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Plame Name Blame Game Shame : A difficult choice
Now, faced with the choice of who to jail: one of the people reponsible for connivingly manipulating even the most moderate Americans into supporting the invasion of Iraq, or Karl Rove... well I'd have to think.
Let's face it. Rove's going to get a pardon, he won't see hard time. But maybe "Mrs Chalabi" might be off cheerleading duty for a little longer.
If I'm very very very very good, can I choose both? Can I can I can I can I PLEEEEEASE?
Theoretically, of course, Miller is not just protecting herself (as the possible source for Rove and Libby) but also whoever might have told her who Plame was. John Bolton, maybe? Something is in those documents that the White House are somehow faulting Democrats for wanting to see... Researching a candidate for high office? How dare you!
And on that note:
Q Scott, on the other files, what should members of -- what should the public glean from what's been released so far? What does it tell us about Judge Roberts and his judicial philosophy? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I actually talked about that yesterday. I think that the files that you're referring to mostly are from about 20 years ago, and I think what those files show is a young White House staffer helping to provide legal analysis in support of the President's agenda, President Reagan's agenda. I think that's what they show. And in terms of the documents, themselves, we were more than happy to expedite the release of all these documents -- it's more than 60,000 pages of documents that we're expediting the release of so that the Senate can move forward on the confirmation process. Q You're not suggesting that the legal views expressed in a document when he was a young lawyer at the Justice Department do not reflect his own legal views, are you? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think you have to look at his record and look at his record on the last -- in the last two years on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. I think if you look at what people have said who know him best, Democrats and Republicans alike, they will tell you that he is someone who will be an impartial judge who is committed to interpreting our Constitution and our laws, and not trying to make law from the bench. Q Right, I understand all that. I've heard that a million times, with all respect. MR. McCLELLAN: Well, maybe people that are watching haven't heard that, so I think it's important -- Q Well, you say it every day. My question -- MR. McCLELLAN: -- I think it's important for them to know about that.But what he means is: MR McCLELLAN: The President would prefer you were blinded by Roberts' short but surprisingly moderate turn on the Appeals court, and asks you not to ask pesky questions that might expose the candidate to be the kind of man who would make Jim Jones look like Jimmy Carter. MR McCLELLAN: Oh, sod it, it's worth a try... (mumbling slightly) Ladies and gentlemen this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee - an eight foot tall Wookiee - want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!(with thanks to Wikipedia) posted by Michael at 7/28/2005 03:10:00 AM |