[Mouton]

If Bush leaves office without a pardon for each of these men I will lose what little respect I have for the man. It is one thing to be obstinate but quite another to be an ignorant a hole.

Vince

[aruanan]

It is one thing to be obstinate but quite another to be an ignorant a hole.

I think there are few people who are obstinate (versus tenacious) who are not also a-holes.

[midwyf]

I agree 100%. The whole Plame affair was an attempt to “get” Dick Cheney, failing that Fitzgerald laid Libby on the altar and President Bush allowed it.
I firmly believe that Fitzgerald blew the whistle on Blago prematurely to save Obama and figured they could pressure Blago to resign in exchange for not prosecuting. I doubt it will ever go further than impeachment or being Chicago, an accident.