Anatomy of WH smears: Murtha today, Colin Powell tomorrow?

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Friday November 18, 2005 · 6:50 PM PST

2005/11/18 · 18:50

THE MORONIC INFERNO: not only did Suzy come lately, Jean Schmidt, "essentially call John Murtha "a coward"", the majority party in the House continues their shameful antics with this: "Republicans are dredging up months-old ethics charges against Murtha".

But what will they do to this critic? Colin Powell Publicly Breaks With Bush. Donald Fowler Reports:

"History is often best served cold." That's how former Secretary of State Colin Powell answered PBS interviewer Charlie Rose's question about whether Powell would one day write a book on his service to George W. Bush. Secretary Powell's paraphrase of "revenge is a dish best served cold" foretold the other observations he would reveal for the first time regarding the Bush Administration's handling of the war in Iraq.

Well, will they bring out his questionable association with My Lai? I doubt it, he was then, after all, "the consummate team player". But what about now?

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Thursday November 17, 2005 · 10:48 AM PST

2005/11/17 · 10:48

Swopa's blog characterizes it this way, Tenet's "slam dunk" came in garbage time. Following from praktike's blog, Swopa's timeline starts with this fact:

...the conversation happened in late December 2002.

What does this mean with respect to Booby's attempt to help the WH stage manage the CIA's culpability in deceiving dear leader?

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Friday November 04, 2005 · 6:09 PM PST

2005/11/04 · 18:09

Dean begins where we left off with him: John Dean on "Plamegate": Curb Your Enthusiasm. Firedoglake calls his latest piece a Barn Burner. Consider this for openers:

Indeed, when one studies the indictment, and carefully reads the transcript of the press conference, it appears Libby's saga may be only Act Two in a three-act play. And in my view, the person who should be tossing and turning at night, in anticipation of the last act, is the Vice President of the United States, Richard B. Cheney.

Now why might this be the case?

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Saturday October 22, 2005 · 11:23 AM PDT

2005/10/22 · 11:23

Waiting For The Valerie Plame Wilson Grand Jury: The Big Question Is Whether Dick Cheney Was a Target

All prosecutorial decisions are political. Not necessarily in the partisan sense, but rather, in the sense the prosecutor balances the seriousness of the conduct involved, with the purpose of the laws that might be violated, and his job is to act in the best interest of the United States government.

The leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's covert identity, if it was part of a plan to discredit her husband's report on his trip to Niger, is directly related to issues of "national security."....

But national security is a very gray area. Was the Bush/Cheney White House operating in the best interest of the country, or did they have a private agenda (oil fields in Iraq)? Did Cheney, Karl Rove, and Scooter Libby believe they had national security reasons to discredit Wilson's claims, and act accordingly? This is an area where there is no law, and it compounds the assessment of the actions of those involved.

Steve Gilliard and Whiskey Bar to our rescue.

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Friday October 21, 2005 · 3:17 PM PDT

2005/10/21 · 15:17

Could this bring us back to the "Rathergate Saga"? Nah.

According to TPM, this:

Earlier today, World Net Daily reported what it called a big development in the Miers story. That development involved a guy named Larry Littwin, a fellow who's been under a gag order and prevented from talking about his role in a scandal that took place on Harriet Miers' watch at the Texas State Lottery Commission.

Marshall confirms...

The sourcing on the original story seem a little opaque to me. So I spoke to sources up on the Hill who confirmed that this is in fact true, that GTECH has agreed to allow Littwin to testify.

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Wednesday October 19, 2005 · 6:31 AM PDT

2005/10/19 · 06:31

Is this a "well placed" leak which signifies nothing?

THOMAS M. DeFRANK brings us this:

An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News.

"He made his displeasure known to Karl," a presidential counselor told The News. "He made his life miserable about this."

Well, you don't say. Miserable? But not to fret, according to this piece, the loyal, consistent, steady Bush once again "rose" to the level of his character.

Update by libby: thanks to semblance in comments - When was the President Told Read More

Hey Mr. Bennett: "it isn't the crime stupid; it's the color."

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Friday September 30, 2005 · 10:09 PM PDT

2005/09/30 · 22:09

Let this also in someway "speak to" those among us who think that Mr. Bennett's recent controversial remarks "speak truth to power". I ask that you also consider this from The Black Commentator:

While Black and Latino crime, as a share of all crime is hardy different than in 1964, the share of persons incarcerated who are persons of color has risen from one-third to two-thirds in that period, while the share who are white has been cut in half.

What, you ask, might account for this disparity in this the land of equal opportunity for one and all?

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Thursday August 11, 2005 · 7:09 AM PDT

2005/08/11 · 07:09

Sidney Blumenthal gives us Novak as The Informer. He teases us with what we all know:

The tension of possibly being asked an impertinent question about Valerie Plame was unbearable for Robert Novak. Before it could be posed on CNN's Aug. 4 "Crossfire," Novak growled a vulgarism, threw off his microphone, and stalked off the set. Within an hour, a CNN spokesperson announced that the Washington columnist, who had been one of CNN's original marquee attractions, had engaged in "inexcusable and unacceptable" behavior and was suspended: "We've asked Mr. Novak to take some time off."

UR, please notice that Crossfire is in quotes: don't be distracted. Let's just move on to the "lyricism" of his conclusion.

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Thursday July 28, 2005 · 7:08 AM PDT

2005/07/28 · 07:08

It's Rabbi Michael Lerner "stirring up trouble again". In a nut shell:

Lerner wants to help forge a new alliance of "religious, secular and spiritual, but not religious, progressives." This alliance will someday expose and challenge the cancer of American consumerism. And it will oppose the religious Right's abuse of scripture to promote war, intolerance and ugly corporate agendas.

Yep, there is much to be skeptical about, yet...

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Tuesday July 26, 2005 · 5:46 PM PDT

2005/07/26 · 17:46

Of course there's the question as to whether Mr. Bolton was called to testify before the Plame Grand Jury then lie about it.... But what about this? "Another case", as Steve Clemons calls it. He begins with the Waxman letter regarding l'affaire "Niger/Uranium" (early March 2005).

Mr. Clemons provides the relevant excerpt from this letter:

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Tuesday July 19, 2005 · 8:55 PM PDT

2005/07/19 · 20:55

There are those "in the know" who take serious issue with the GOP talking points on the issue of "Mrs. Wilson's" CIA status. Thanks to Josh Marshall, we find that 11 former intelligence officers presented a letter to the Republican and Democratic leadership in the House and the Senate addressing this outrage.

Their examples of how these talking points are being interpreted are priceless.

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Thursday March 31, 2005 · 8:54 AM PST

2005/03/31 · 08:54

Ruy Teixeira, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress, gives him "thumbs up" in this piece on his DonkeyRising Blog: Bill Bradley Deftly Analyses Where the Dems Go Wrong . Sayest he:

Former Senator Bill Bradley has an extremely important op-ed page piece in Wednesday's New York Times - one of the genuine "must reads" of post-2004 election strategic thinking. In it, he contrasts the Republicans very stable pyramid-shaped organizational structure with the Dems "upside-down" organizational pyramid.

Bradley concludes that:

If Democrats are serious about preparing for the next election or the next election after that, some influential Democrats will have to resist entrusting their dreams to individual candidates and instead make a commitment to build a stable pyramid from the base up. It will take at least a decade's commitment, and it won't come cheap. But there really is no other choice.

Worthy of a read but sound?

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