Because of the rotation and spherical nature of our planet, it is always upside down to somebody.
Today's my day.
1. Atrios applauds Kristof's apology to Mr. Fitzgerald. But he then lets Kristof get away with pure crap. Kristof writes in today N.Y. Times that Cheney "learned from the C.I.A. that Joseph Wilson's wife worked at the agency, and told Mr. Libby that on June 12, 2003. Why? There may be innocent explanations." Kristof does not come up with any possible "innocent" explanations, and I defy you to come up with one. ( I already want to apologize to M. l'Atrios who usually does an amazing job.)
2. For weeks now the Republic Party spokesmen have been bragging about the graciousness shown by the White House in dealing with Mr. Fitzpatrick. They make much of the stark contrast that they see to the vicious smearing that the Democrats did to Ken Starr. So it was fun this morning to hear Messrs. McLaughlin and Blankley on the TV agreeing as to how incompetent and unprofessional Ken Starr's investigation really was.
3. David Brooks actually wrote something of interest! He closed his op-ed today by saying that "On Friday we saw a man, Patrick Fitzgerald, who seemed like an honest and credible public servant. What an unusual sight that was." This is from a "journalist" who has spent his life em-bedded in the Republic Party. A man whose career is reporting on the Republican House, the Republican Senate, and the Republican White House, is surprised to encounter "an honest and credible public servant."
It all seems a little crazy to me. And no, I do not have a recipe for pineapple upside down cake. I find any dessert whose central attraction is a marischino cherry repulsive.
So true about Brooks. I'm surprised that the media isn't focused on the question of why Libby perjured himself. He's a smart operator. He had to know that he'd get busted, both by people in the White House and by reporters when Fitzgerald came knocking.
Could it be that the Cheney White House made a calculated decision that perjury was the lesser of two evils? After all if he told the truth, he stood a good chance of being convicted of outing a CIA agent. Very bad in right wing think. (And progressive think too: altogether bad.) But if he lied, there was a chance that he might get away with it and if not, there was a chance the Fitzgerald would validate the interest of the law by getting him on perjury and obstruction of justice rather than on the more difficult to prove agent-outing charge. That would be preferred because perjury etc. is just a "technicality" to the wing nuts--unless of course it's Bill Clinton doing the lying.
Was Scooter between a rock and a hard place? Will he plead and take one for the team? Will he be pardoned in 08? Does he already have a job lined up at Carlyle?
To be continued:
Posted by: sisterblog | October 30, 2005 at 06:32 PM