WASH POST: It's unfortunate so many people took Joe Wilson seriously...(Drudge headline)

Washington Post ^ | Sept. 1, 2006

[beaversmom]

Chris Hitchens was on Dennis Prager the other day talking about this. He said Colin Powell is one of the most overrated public figures and Dennis Prager agreed. He said that Colin Powell was a well known back stabber/double talker in the Bush Administration.

[AZRepublican]

Did you catch this line: "Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr. Wilson. "?

[beaversmom]

See post #19:)

[beaversmom]

I never heard this from another source, but I heard somewhere, believe the Michael Medved show, that Wilson was known to like to show nudie pictures of his wife to his buddies/casual acquaintances. Yeah, she was real top secret.

[B Knotts]

Unaware that Ms. Plame's identity was classified information

For the 1,000,000th time: IT WASN'T!!!

[NewHampshireDuo]

Hmmm, the reviews of Wilson's book on Amazon seem to have taken a recent turn for the worse.

http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Truth-Diplomats-Betrayed-Identity/dp/B000EMH5LQ/sr=1-2/qid=1157119944/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-2185314-2599945?ie=UTF8&s=books

[Bahbah]

Also from the article you linked:

Jamie S. Gorelick, a member of the Sept. 11 commission, is also mentioned as a possible replacement for John D. Ashcroft.

It is useful, with midterm elections coming up, to recall what a large number of bullets we dodged by keeping dems out of the White House.

[Bryan24]

The Post absolutely cannot be honest about this. Look at the last 2 paragraphs in this article.......

"That's not to say that Mr. Libby and other White House officials are blameless. As prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has reported, when Mr. Wilson charged that intelligence about Iraq had been twisted to make a case for war, Mr. Libby and Mr. Cheney reacted by inquiring about Ms. Plame's role in recommending Mr. Wilson for a CIA-sponsored trip to Niger, where he investigated reports that Iraq had sought to purchase uranium. Mr. Libby then allegedly disclosed Ms. Plame's identity to journalists and lied to a grand jury when he said he had learned of her identity from one of those reporters. Mr. Libby and his boss, Mr. Cheney, were trying to discredit Mr. Wilson; if Mr. Fitzgerald's account is correct, they were careless about handling information that was classified."

But look at what they said was reasonable....

"Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming -- falsely, as it turned out -- that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush's closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously."

"It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously?"

What the (bleep) is that?

The man is a former ambassador, claimed that the Vice-president's office sent him, then claimed the White House spiked/ignored the report.

It was a charge by an ex-official who should have been very credible and the charges were explosive. They were also a LIE!

Hey WaPo, how about getting your head out of the Demo's rear-end and calling this what it was, an attempt by the CIA to effectively gut the credibility of the President of the United States.

[Dinah Lord]

Hitchens can be deadly when he draws a bead on you...have to go over to Dennis's site and try to find the transcript. Should make for interesting reading.

BTW, I love the thought of he and Armitage being "pushed" out of the Oval...

Rove, you magnificent bastard!

Cheers - Dinah

[Darkwolf377]

They are trying to run from the real story here. The media being a de facto arm of the DNC and spreading false anti Bush myths.

Exactly. I have been pushing this story in the face of libs I know and asking, in the emails, "Tell me there is no liberal bias in the media." I have gotten ZERO responses from these libs, who are friends but are always willing to argue about politics. ZERO!

[DoctorMichael]

...................RELUCTANT...................

Reluctant?

What a fetid load of steaming goat custards.

I hate the US media from Couric to Rather, from WashPo to LASlimes, from Kris Matthews to Ceith Olberman.

STFU, all of you Leftist, no-good bastards!

[khnyny]

[It's nice of them to make treat this with such emphasis.

Their story being a FRIDAY DUMP along with it being BURIED IN THE PAPER.]

That's exactly what I said on another thread. WAPO is in CYA mode.

[FreedomNeocon]

(Bold comments mine)


That's not to say that Mr. Libby and other White House officials (like Armitage) are blameless. As prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has reported, when Mr. Wilson charged that intelligence about Iraq had been twisted to make a case for war (which has nothing to do with his function, purpose, or task... other than it fits as a 'consolation prize' for the lefties), Mr. Libby and Mr. Cheney reacted by inquiring about Ms. Plame's (aka Mrs Wilson's) role in recommending Mr. Wilson (aka Mr. Plame) for a CIA-sponsored trip to Niger, where he investigated reports that Iraq had sought to purchase uranium. Mr. Libby then allegedly disclosed Ms. Plame's identity to journalists and lied to a grand jury when he said he had learned of her identity from one of those reporters. (which was discovered by reading the journal of Libby that he voluntarily turned over to Fitz Mr. Libby and his boss, Mr. Cheney, were trying to discredit Mr. Wilson; (discrediting someone who is lying about you and your intentions... OH NOOOOO!) if Mr. Fitzgerald's account is correct (which this story is all about how he wasn't), they were careless about handling information that was classified. (which wasn't actually classified, and wasn't anywhere near the subject of the investigation

But how they end it is just too rich Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming -- falsely, as it turned out -- that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush's closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. ALL of this, almost literally WORD-FOR-WORD is what the we have been saying all along and was scoffed at by pinheads on the left who were OBSESSED with their Fitzmas party

And they close in typical MSM fashion. Looking around and saying 'wow, how did this happen' as if they were some random innocent bystander that just witnessed all the BS that went on for 3 years.

Not their fault, not their responsibility. Like them reporting on 'why is the reason Bush isn't getting credit for a healthy economy' after constant reporting of 4% growth as "not as good as last years 4.2%".

It just sickens me...
It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously.

[CyberAnt]

"Unfortunate"


They smeared and lied about Rove, Cheney, Bush, the whole admin, and it's just "unfortunate" .. good grief!

[jaydubya2]

Where did that editorial come from? It certainly spins the etire ordeal in a irrational manner.

[longtermmemmory]

BDS

Bush Derangement Syndrome.

Michelle Malken coined it, and unabiding delusional hatred of GWBush.

MSM = "Sorry we destroyed your life, we appologize for the inconvenience"

[Bahbah]

I don't think I have ever read as many falsehoods in one piece in my life as in the one you posted.

[Wristpin]

There should be mass firings and resignations within the MSM over this.

It is really no different than the manufactured National Guard memo's. A manufactured myth to undermine a President during a time of war.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It is what it is: Plame related gunk.

[BluH2o]

The WH needs to capitalize on this ... unfortunately their press secretary Tony Snow is missing in action (vacation).