Barring any unforseen or unexpected developments, it looks increasingly likely that Rove, Libby + some of their cronies will get indicted by this week or next.
Some of you will be invited to participate in talk-shows to debate the events leading upto the indictments, the indictment process, the indictment itself, and its implications for this administration.
Here is what you should expect:
- Conservative panelists will appear on the show with a list of talking points.
- They will stick to the message.
- 99% of the time the message will be factually incorrect.
- 90% of the time the moderators (be it radio or television) will not correct their lies, or call the conservative panelists to verify and justify their talking points. Furthermore they will actively participate in obfuscating the truth.
- The onus (again, and again) will be on the liberal or neutral panelists. Let's just wake up to the reality, and combat this media bias with facts, rather than complain about the bias. It exists and will continue to exist. How we overcome that is a subject for another post?
So, PLEASE, PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. Don't bumble. The ensuing debate is very important.
With that in mind, here are some excellent and credible sources of information. I will be compling a list of posts that will directly contradict the talking points within the next day or two. In the meantime, here are some sites and post that will give you a good, credible context:
- An impressive list of falsehoods you are likely to encounter. Be prepared to counter.
- Facts about Uranium in Niger, Iraq
- All you want to know about Niger Forgeries--the actors, the players, the devious minds at play can be found here
- Facts clearly refuting the talking point "Wilson claimed that Cheney sent him to Niger"
- It is the Grand Jury that indicts, not Fitzgerald.
- Fitzgerald's mandate
- Well the democrats also voted for war. They saw the same evidence. Why are you blaming the republicans? Well that argument is as stupid as saying the shareholders of Enron were equally guilty as the management team in perpetrating one of the biggest financial scandals. And, btw, we expect the adminstration to do its job, and not not actively seek forgeries to build-up a case for war.
- Judy Miller-who, what, why. No better source than Arianna. Arianna owns Judy Miller.
- And if you are either on Meet the Press or Hardball, please have the balls to counter Tim Russert or Chris Matthews and ask them to explain their role in Plamegate?