Don't Expect A Joyride From Scooter, Dems (Mark Steyn On The New Miz Moneypenny Alert)

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 10/30/05 | Mark Steyn

[counterpunch]

LOL! Chimpy Bushitlerburton, that cracked me up!

That's Chimpy McBushitlerburton Jr. to you!

 

[R.W.Ratikal]

If Valarie Plane and Joe Wilson are typical of the CIA "operatives" no wonder the CIA seems to be a Keystone Kops outfit.

I wish I'd said that: "If you want to keep the CIA out of your affairs double-knot your garbage bags."

[Boundless]

> Lewis "Scooter" Libby who?

This is not the posture for Bush supporters to take.

Point out instead that this indictment proves that there
is no "climate of corruption" at the WH, because Libby
got tripped up (apparently) precisely because everyone
there was very honest and open. No one covered for him.

But sure, when you are discussing this with some koolaid
drinker, be sure to ask them who Lyndon Johnson's VP
was, and who that VP's chief was. Expect them to shortly
learn and memorize the answers.

[freekitty]

The President isn't going to sit their and analize a fool or idiot; he just knows he is dealing with one. And you can't get any more real than that.

[tioga]

Scooter Libby?

NO, this is the REAL Scooter Libby....

NO, no, We are the real Scooter and Libby......

[Daveinyork]

"If Valarie Plane and Joe Wilson are typical of the CIA "operatives" no wonder the CIA seems to be a Keystone Kops outfit."

.....and always have been. In 1957, William F. Buckley, Jr. wrote, "The plot to kill Sukarno has all the markings of a CIA operation. Everyone was killed except the appointed victim."

[solo gringo]

The democrats are going to have a harder time getting elected in 06 than in 94.Even the Hispanic are ticked in my neck of the mesquite brush.They say the democrats don't do nothing and don't want Bush to do anything.The democrats want to sue or impeach Bush for kicking Saddam Arse.

[okie01]

be sure to ask them who Lyndon Johnson's VP was, and who that VP's chief was.

What does Hubert Humphrey have to do with this?

[Boundless]

>> ... be sure to ask them who Lyndon Johnson's VP was,
>> and who that VP's chief was.

Dem VP selected at random.

> What does Hubert Humphrey have to do with this?

But can you name his Chief of Staff?

Some conservatives are deprecating this indictment on
the line that typical voters have no idea who any
arbitrary VP's Chief of Staff is.

It depends on how this plays out. Prior to Monica,
no one could name a WH intern either.

And saying that Libby is not a notable character
tacitly admits that the charges are true (which they
may not be). I advise people not to advance this line
or argument (that voters don't know of Libby).

At the moment, we've only heard from Fitzgerald, who
has clearly crafted an indictment that is his job
application for Attorney General in the next Clinton
Admin.

We haven't heard from Libby, nor seen the evidence.

What I read in the indictment makes no sense. Why would
Libby needlessly lie about something that wasn't a crime?

[okie01]

typical voters have no idea who any arbitrary VP's Chief of Staff is.

I get it now. I was a little slow on the uptake...

What I read in the indictment makes no sense. Why would Libby needlessly lie about something that wasn't a crime?

I don't understand that, either. Could be that he was the victim of some really rotten legal advice.

In addition, Libby is accused of failing to identify Cheney as the source of his knowledge about Plame. Yet, Libby had to know that a.) Cheney had no need to lie about his knowledge and where it came from, plus b.) Libby's own notes -- provided freely to the prosecutor -- confirm Cheney as Libby's source.

Lying on this point was...well, pointless.

I can understand why the prosecutor would attribute motive to Libby -- lying to protect his boss. But I can't understand why Libby would undertake the unnecessary risk in lying.