The Plamegate Hall of Shame

The Weekly Standard ^ | 09/11/2006, Volume 011, Issue 48 | Fred Barnes

[Laverne]

Yet another article; a good one by Fred.

[OldFriend]

The Bush haters will never apologize, they'll defend to the end and move on to the next lie and misrepresentation in their goal to destroy this President and this country too.

[TheGeezer]

I hope no one will hold their breath for any truth-telling by the MSM. A cabal of hateful bastards, whose bilious opinions cannot be distilled from their craft ("journalism"), they deserve the extinction that continues to erode their corrupt and despicable trade.

[rellimpank]

--and the Administration will sit there, like a deer in the headlights----

[battlegearboat]

"Joseph Wilson, an ex-ambassador and National Security Council official in the Clinton and Bush I administrations..."

Next job, men's room attendant.

[eureka!]

Yep. Nice summation of the asshats in this affair. That Powell and Armitage would stand silent and let the presstitutes and rats take down W during war is really hard to fathom. I hope Karma comes back to all of them, Big Time....

[Pharmer]

What's left to do? Fitzgerald, in decency, should terminate his probe immediately. And he should abandon the perjury prosecution of Libby, the former Cheney aide. Libby's foggy memory was no worse than that of Armitage, who forgot for two years to tell Fitzgerald he'd talked to the Post's Woodward but isn't being prosecuted. Last but not least, a few apologies are called for, notably by Powell and Armitage, but also by the press. A correction--perhaps the longest and most overdue in the history of journalism--is in order.

Yeah when pigs fly

[pepperdog]

bump to myself

[Youngman442002]

Its not about the truth..its about the POWER...and unfortunatly the average Springer Shock TV watcher American only remembers the lie..the power of the press

[martin_fierro]

Next job, men's room attendant.

Where he'll have plenty of time to play with his coif.

[johnny7]

“It's as if a giant hoax were perpetrated on the country--by the media, by partisan opponents of the Bush administration, even by several Bush subordinates who betrayed the president and their White House colleagues.”

There ain't no IF about it... he just finally picked up on what I've suspected since the day I saw Matt Cooper give his stress-wrought presser 3 years ago. This whole deal was a SCAM... concocted by the same type of traitors that brought us the forged, Bush memos.

Whether it is spread far and wide of what actually was brought down on the administration... is a matter of conjecture. Truth is a guarded secret today... more than ever.

[Laverne]

I think the White House will let this play out for a while before they say anything. President Bush will not make a statement directly, perhaps something via Tony next week, when Tony returns from vacation. Right now this is still a low-level story it being labor day weekend and all. I would anticipate that Team Libby is doing something, or perhaps has already done so, regarding an official way to have the case dismissed due to prosecutorial misconduct (just guessing on this of course). The whole thing stinks, and I look forward to the announcement that charges are dropped and Libby will file a defamation of character lawsuit against Armitage, the media, etc. At least I sure hope so. What they collectively have done is beyond disgrace, but unfortunately not unexpected. The dems are low-lifes, and this whole story proves it.

[1066AD]

You can just see Fred read it over then sit back and do "The Arm Folding" he's teased about on Brit Hume's show !!

[Anthony Bruni]

Here is Wilson's reply (via NR's Corner)

[litehaus]

bttt

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Fred sums it up nicely, but as Rush said last week, the damage is done and the smeared reputations will remain smeared. And, once again, the Administration will do nothing about it.

[oldironsides]

Why is it never mentioned that Joe Wilson was part of the John Kerry presidential campaign? Didn't he have meetings with Kerry people before all of this hit the fan? There is more to this Joe Wilson effort to trash the president than being offended by outing his wife. Was it a planned attack to gain votes and trash the whitehouse? I am betting on it.

[Revererdrv]

Fitzgerald should be investigated for what he knew and when he knew it. He blew it!

[Rummyfan]

It's as if a giant hoax were perpetrated on the country--by the media, by partisan opponents of the Bush administration, even by several Bush subordinates who betrayed the president and their White House colleagues.

Yes it's a good article but anyone who was paying attention knew this to be the case almost from Day One.

[Rummyfan]

Joseph Wilson..."It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously," the Washington Post editorialized sorrowfully last week.

Unfortunate? Nice summary of the last three years, and what does this say about the Post's brethren in the MSM?