The 'Rats are wasting their time and effort. The Dems are scoring points with those who don't inquire deeply into the news. Notice the accusative allegations in the headlines and first paragraphs of news stories? They do have an effect on those who don't inquire farther.
However, and this "however" gets bigger every day, those who inquire into the news by jumping around to a few websites (like F.R.) soon realize that the MSM is in full scale, hyperbolic, neo-scandal mongering, character assassination mode.
They are trying to do another Abou-Graibe, but their duplicity shows more-and-more with each counterfeit scandal.
Annnnd, the big picture is that those who inquire more deeply into the news, are more likely to convince others of their research, and are more likely to vote!
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I was doing a little research on the Chris LeHane connection to the scandal. I didn't find much more about LeHane except a couple of remarks about the fact that the Plame story was essentially dead until he came on the scene and started hyping the story to the media, telling them that he was sure that an independent council would eventually be appointed.
The independent council request was getting anywhere until the Justice Dept received a request from the CIA to do an investigation. Now this is interesting.
Who in the CIA might have wanted an investigation? The fact that it was the CIA, makes you wonder if someone was interested cleaning house within the CIA. Maybe this is a clue to why Judith Miller chose to go to jail rather reveal her source.