[snarks_when_bored]

"... I would do the same thing over again because I don’t think I hurt Valerie Plame whatsoever."

Probably true. But George Bush wasn't much helped by it. Of course, Richard Armitage is the real smelly turd in the whole affair.

So long, Bob Novak. You had your moments...

[angkor]

>>>> Probably true. But George Bush wasn’t much helped by it. <<<<

Who cares.

George Bush was the President and would have had NO problem defending himself if he had chosen to do so.

Ever. Even once.

[browardchad]

Probably true. But George Bush wasn't much helped by it. Of course, Richard Armitage is the real smelly turd in the whole affair.

So long, Bob Novak. You had your moments...

I think Cheney's upcoming book will do quite a bit to shed light on the subject.

Until then, rest in peace, Mr. Novak. Life is about more than politics.

[San Jacinto]

The Plame Case—— a dirty tarnishment of an otherwise fairly undistinguished and non-descript career. Robt Novak — he was what passed for a conservative in D.C.

[Jim Scott]

I have to agree with the opinions expressed that feel Scooter Libby was purposely and unnecessarily destroyed by this fake 'scandal'. Fitzgerald was a major culprit because he knew Armitage was the 'leaker'. As for President Bush, why the half-way measure of sentence commutation but no pardon? Bob Novak - well, he was clearly self-serving during the whole mess.

I lost all respect for Novak after this thing played out but was sorry to learn of his brain cancer, announced last year. He'll be missed but not half as much as Tony Snow, another cancer victim who was an asset to the Bush administration in a way few other Bush insiders ever were.

[Tribune7]

But George Bush wasn't much helped by it.

That's his own damn fault. He should have pardoned Libby or fired Fitzpatrick.