What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.
Posted on 06/19/2006 5:33:00 PM PDT by .cnI redruM
Last Friday, Truthout editor Marc Ash told his readers to "Expect a more comprehensive accounting of this matter on Monday, June 19." It's 5:45 p.m. on the East coast, and so far Ash hasn't posted anything about Jason Leopold's false report that Karl Rove had been indicted.
Perhaps that's because yesterday, the Washington Post published a story that adds to the number of things Ash needs to explain. It's by Joe Lauria — the journalist Leopold pretended to be as he tried to confirm his phony story: Three days later, Leopold's Rove story appeared. I wrote him a congratulatory e-mail, wondering how long it would be before the establishment media caught up.
But by Monday there was no announcement. No one else published the story. The blogosphere went wild. Leopold said on the radio that he would out his unnamed sources if it turned out that they were wrong or had misled him. I trawled the Internet looking for a clue to the truth. I found a blog called Talk Left, run by Jeralyn Merritt, a Colorado defense lawyer.
Merritt had called Mark Corallo, a former Justice Department spokesman who is now privately employed by Rove. She reported that Corallo said he had "never spoken with someone identifying himself as 'Jason Leopold.' He did have conversations Saturday and Sunday . . . but the caller identified himself as Joel something or other from the Londay [sic] Sunday Times. . . . At one point . . . he offered to call Joel back, and was given a cell phone number that began with 917. When he called the number back, it turned out not to be a number for Joel."
A chill went down my back. I freelance for the Sunday Times. My first name is often mistaken for Joel. My cellphone number starts with area code 917.
That's when Lauria realized that the phone calls were coming from inside the house!
Seriously, could this story get any weirder?
PING!!
Same time it always does: on the eleventh of NEVER.
Jason Leopold was on KIRO AM in Seattle today still saying the same old crap, he is a fraud.
LOL: Here is an extract from truthout:
"What appears to have happened is that - and this is where Truthout blundered - in our haste to report the indictment we never considered the possibility that Patrick Fitzgerald would not make an announcement. We simply assumed - and we should not have done so - that he would tell the press. He did not. Fitzgerald appears to have used the indictment, and more importantly, the fear that it would go public, to extract information about the Plame outing case from Rove.
"Yes, it does appear that Truthout was used, but not lied to or misled. The facts appear to have been accurate. We reported them, and in so doing, apparently became an instrument. From all indications, our reports, first on May 13 that Rove had been indicted, and then on June 12 when we published case number "06 cr 128," forced Rove and Luskin back to the table with Fitzgerald, not once but twice. They apparently sought to avoid public disclosure and were prepared to do what they had to do to avoid it. "
So in other words, Truthout stands by its story....Rove was indicted in secret! These poor things, truly sufferers of BDS!!!
No wonder the Liberals all pushed to close the States mental hospitals an discontinue the use of Electro-Shock therapy.
A lot of todays DUmmies would be lifetime residents, rocking in a corner, playing with their own poop.
but undoubtedly still voting Dem once or twice every election.
Bwaahhhaaahaaaa!
Don't hold it in, say what you really feel. LOL
Man, why didn't WE think of that during the impeachment wars!
Bill Clinton was secretly tried and convicted of perjury, obstruction and witness tampering, and sentenced to 20 years in jail, but the sentence was suspended for the good of the country.
That's why they call 'em Truthout by golly. Get the truth out and damn the consequences. Reel American heeeroes.
If they see any truth, they get it out of there before publishing!
I am shocked....deeply saddened...at the lot of you.
Isn't it obvious as to why Ash did not make the announcement today?
Let me connect the dots for you.
The facts appear to have been accurate.
Yes, it does appear that Truthout was used, but not lied to or misled.
Rather, CBS may part ways By Gail Shister INQUIRER TV COLUMNIST
After 44 years, bang the drum slowly for Dan Rather.
Barring a miracle, CBS will not renew the legendary newsman's contract when it expires in late November. All signs point to it.
Ladies and Gentlemen, these are the facts of this case. They cannot be disputed.
The reality is that Rather has an Ash, shocking as it may be.
Faithfully submitted by LVMarmalard (Greg).
I've changed the name to RDS - Rove Derangement Syndrome.
Ping.
Who ARE all these editors Ash refers to? There's "all the senior editors". That implies there are also junior editors. Any of these people have prior editing experience? degrees in journalism?
On edit: Realizing that I have read nothing about Marc Ash's qualifications, I tried googling for his bio. Came up with a link to http://faithfulprogressive.blogspot.com This blog was basically apologizing to its' readers for having passed along the Truthout story claiming Rove had been indicted. In passing, it refers to Ash as a former advertising man and fasion photographer in California. Is there anymore to the guy than that?
"The reports appeared on the liberal Web site Truthout.org, run by Marc Ash, a former advertising man and fashion photographer in California. Jason Leopold, the author of the stories, directed inquiries to Ash, who says that "we stand by the story. We have multiple points of independent confirmation of what we originally reported. Our problem is, the prosecutor's office is under no obligation to go public." "Leopold acknowledges in a new book, "News Junkie," that he is a past liar, convicted felon and former alcoholic and cocaine addict. An earlier version of the book was canceled by publisher Rowman & Littlefield last year. posted by Faithful Progressive at 12:55 PM 2 comments
1463223, It's actually a typo Posted by Tin Man on Mon Jun-19-06 08:41 PM
...it's supposed to read Señor editor.
Yet another example of Señor asleep at the wheel again...
Was that aa racial slur from "tinman" L0L
Do you suppose it could be......................?
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