Today's Plame Gossip
I was watching the Astros game last night when this Rove-friendly AP story broke, so I didn't get a chance to really go through it. Looking around this morning, somebody else did a great job, so look here: Just One Minute. Focuses alot on Russert, but a good analysis.
Quick note after thinking about this article for awhile, I owe a partial apology to Jos (Why do they hate US) who said in previous comments that Rove was a "cooperating witness" who was working for Bush to pin the thing on Cheney. I still can't go that far, as there is still no evidence that Rove is "cooperating," but it does seem that he and his attorneys are trying to shape the narrative to pin all the blame on Libby. So, Jos, I'll give you a partial.
Oh, and Bush said today...
President Bush vowed Thursday to avoid the "background noise" of criminal investigations and other Republican political problems to focus on the nation's needs.
Not too much out there this morning. More updates as they come.
UPDATE: Drudge, so big grain(s) of salt, and take into account the politics and motives of the source.
NYT FRIDAY: Rove and Libby have been advised that they may be in serious legal jeopardy, but only this week has Fitzgerald begun to narrow the possible charges. The prosecutor has said he will not make up his mind about any charges until next week, government officials say... Developing...
Quick note after thinking about this article for awhile, I owe a partial apology to Jos (Why do they hate US) who said in previous comments that Rove was a "cooperating witness" who was working for Bush to pin the thing on Cheney. I still can't go that far, as there is still no evidence that Rove is "cooperating," but it does seem that he and his attorneys are trying to shape the narrative to pin all the blame on Libby. So, Jos, I'll give you a partial.
Oh, and Bush said today...
President Bush vowed Thursday to avoid the "background noise" of criminal investigations and other Republican political problems to focus on the nation's needs.
Not too much out there this morning. More updates as they come.
UPDATE: Drudge, so big grain(s) of salt, and take into account the politics and motives of the source.
NYT FRIDAY: Rove and Libby have been advised that they may be in serious legal jeopardy, but only this week has Fitzgerald begun to narrow the possible charges. The prosecutor has said he will not make up his mind about any charges until next week, government officials say... Developing...
posted by mikevotes at
4:27 PM
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This guy, Tim "Fathead" Russert, has been reporting on the Plame story with a straight face for months, never once mentioning that he is a major part of it. Russert, Miller, Cooper, etc. don't even have a shred of credibility anymore...and yet they are all still employed.
Russert might as well work for the Admin:
http://wdthu.blogspot.com/2005/06/tim-russert-washingtons-doormat.html
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JOS, at 10:52 AM
No need for any partial apologies...there are so many rumors flying on this, I have decided to quit posting on this until Fitzgerald issues his indictments...if he does issue indictments.
Libby and Rove may be as high as it goes...but we can dream.
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JOS, at 2:05 PM
Oh, don't quit. Don't quit. You are possibly chronicling Watergate. Think about that a minute. Maybe, yeah, tone down the occurences or the speculation,
But this could well be the biggest political story of our lifetimes.
So, keep an eye on it, and don't quit.
And don't interpret a lull in the news indicate a lull in the action. I've said this before: Fitzgerald gives tentative signals that he's going to announce the indictments, giving the prospective indictees a very long night of soul searching. They decide to cooperate, he has to interview them then reexamine all elements of the case before he can proceed to further questioning or investigations.
Quite frankly, to me, this lull tells me that somebody else probably turned, so don't quit now.
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mikevotes, at 2:34 PM
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