Entries Tagged with PlameGate
October 27th, 2005
So, one of my co-workers is currently theorizing that Harriet Miers’ nomination to the Supreme Court was a ruse all along. He thinks that Bush nominated a moderate who he knew would be questioned so that he could nominate a real conservative when her nomination caused enough rucus to force her to withdraw. The idea then is that we’ll be so happy to have anyone other than Miers that Congress will just rush the new person right on through the obstacle course with little whining.
Another co-worker thinks that the first co-worker is assuming Bush is smart enough to think that sort of plot through.
If Rove wasn’t so distracted by Patrick Fitzgerald, I’d be willing to consider that the Harriet Miers Gambit had his fingerprint.
Now, what would be interesting is if Bush now nominates Patrick Fitzgerald to the Supreme Court and PlameGate just disappears…
Tags: Harriet Miers, politics, George W. Bush, Supreme Court, Karl Rove, Patrick Fitzgerald, PlameGate, Conspiracy Theories
October 26th, 2005
One of the things I find fascinating as I watch the whole PlameGate story unfold is the focus of Main Stream Media and most blogs on the lies told to cover up that the CIA leak actually came from the White House, from near the top. No one in MSM and very few bloggers are publically questioning why Valerie Plame’s identity was leaked.
Oh, yes, I know they’re reporting that her identity was leaked in retaliation for her husband’s, Joe Wilson’s, public statements refuting their so-called evidence that Iraq had bought uranium from Nigeria.
The question people should be asking is why did they feel the need to retailiate? Wasn’t their evidence strong enough to withstand the criticism of one retired diplomat?
It just seems to me that they went to a lot of trouble just to discredit someone politically just because he said their information was wrong. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to prove their evidence was correct?
Unless that wasn’t possible; in which case, why not admit they were misled then?
The sad part is that if they had stepped up then and admitted that the information was questionable, they could have avoided a lot of things, not just the whole PlameGate thing but all the speculation that there was a conspiracy by the White House to take us to War in Iraq for their own nefarious reasons.
Unless, it was a conspiracy all along.
Tags: politics, PlameGate, CIA, Joe Wilson, Iraq
October 22nd, 2005
As I watch the Traitorgate/Plamegate/ whatever-you-want-to-call-it investigation and the various related blogosphere commentary unfold, I have to wonder to myself how it will affect our country and our voters on both the left and the right. Mostly, I’m curious about those on the right who are deeply in denial. I mean, I’ve seen the commentary by some very liberal bloggers who believe that Bush could rape young boys on live tv and even still his “base” would stand by him and I wonder how close to the truth that is.
In general, over the last few months, I’ve really tried to pay attention to my blogging as far as what I say about the right and in particular, the Bush Administration. What I mean by that is that unlike other liberal bloggers I’ve read, I try to restrain myself from name-calling.
It’s not always easy. Sometimes I just get frustrated as it does indeed seem like Bush&Co. is untouchable and the mindboggling of the excuse-making from the right or worse, the inability to admit that a Republican could do anything wrong, makes me want to run back to that time when in my life when it was easy to believe what I wanted like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and that all Republicans were indeed above badness. Gosh, that was a long time ago and my favorite insult then was “you poopy head!”
But I digress.
I really want to ponder the whole hypothetical of how the “base” right will react if evidence is finally provided that Bush and Chenney did have knowledge of the release of Wilson’s wife’s name to reporters and that it was done as retaliation for Wilson disagreeing with their talking points for why the U.S. had to go to war with Iraq. I’m curious if it would change anything if evidence is presented that the U.S. did in fact go to war on information that was created specifically for the purpose of going to war with Iraq and that Bush and Chenney knew about that too and encouraged it or worse, ordered it.
And if it doesn’t matter to them, then what’s the point? Why prove we were right all along if the other side refuses to believe the truth?
I mean, there isn’t a person, liberal or conservative, that doesn’t deny that Clinton had sex in the White House. We don’t even disagree that he lied about it to the country. Most of us disagree on how important it was, especially considering the fact that Ken Starr was supposed to be investigating Clinton’s business practices and not his sexual ones.
So, if we liberals are big enough to recognize that much, is it too much to ask that the right keeps an open mind and accepts the evidence rather than makes excuses for it or denies it?
Remember, Patrick Fitzgerald is a Republican himself. This is not a Democrat on some sort of political agenda out to destroy the enemy. This is a man who is out to find the truth. He’s spent far less money than Starr, let’s hope he finds something more damning that Bush having sex in the White House.
Tags: PlameGate, Republicans, politics, Patrick Fitzgerald
October 17th, 2005
The blogosphere has been all a-buzz the last week or so with conspiracy theories. I love good conspiracy theories as you all know; so the excitement is starting to stir my hopes beneath the apathy.
Digby over at Hullabaloo has written a couple of posts regarding the other things that were going on around Plamegate that are connected and suggest something much more sinister was going on high up in our Executive Branch and even stretching to other countries.
And Robert George has also written about those two weeks in July 2003 and Judith Miller.
There certainly are too many coincidences and unanswered questions. I just don’t feel I can just dismiss these conspiracy theories as silly and unfounded. Good conspiracy theories are founded in truths and expanded upon and the evidence of something dastardly is starting to stack up…things liberals and reformed conservatives on the web have been noticing for years are finally making their way into the public consciousness.
I’m trying hard not to get caught up in the excitement that’s spreading through the liberal part of the blogosphere. I don’t want to celebrate until I know something real is going to happen. Part of me still thinks that this Administration is untouchable…but I guess I’m hoping that their tainted version of Camelot is crumbling.
Tags: PlameGate, Conspiracy Theories
August 5th, 2005
I’ve seen this in a couple places on the internet the last couple of days. As I haven’t seen it yet printed in any “official” sites, I don’t know how true it is (and these days it’s really hard to tell who’s telling the truth and who’s not…which I think was the GOP’s plan all along.)
Federal Whistle Blower Claims Chicago Grand Jury Indicted Bush And Others For Perjury and Obstruction Of Justice; U.S. Attorney’s Office Says ‘No Comment,’ Refusing To Confirm Or Deny Alleged Indictments
That headline comes from the Artic Beacon, which hails itself as “the last frontier of truth”. As I just stumbled on them, I can’t say one way or another if that’s true.
Although the U.S. Attorney’s office in Chicago is staying silent, it is well known that Fitzgerald is digging deep into an assortment of serious improprieties among many Bush administration figures based, in part, on subpoenaed testimony provided by former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
According to federal whistleblower Tom Heneghen, who recently reported on www.truthradio.com, Powell testified before the citizen grand jury that President Bush had taken the U.S. to war illegally based on lies, which is a capital crime involving treason under the U.S. Code.
“Regarding the Powell testimony, there is no comment,” said Sanborn.
However, sources close to the federal grade jury probe also allegedly told Heneghen a host of administration figures besides Bush were also indicted, including Vice-President Richard Cheney, Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, imprisoned New York Times reporter Judith Miller and former Senior Cheney advisor Mary Matalin.
Heneghen, unavailable for comment and first reported by internet reporter Tom Flocco, allegedly also told sources White House Advisor Karl Rove was indicted for perjury in a major document shredding operation cover-up and that Prime Minister Tony Blair was also indicted for obstruction of justice charges.
The article goes on to discuss a whole Watergate-type conspiracy involving bomb scares and attempts to get Fitzgerald, who is “Special Counsel to investigate the CIA- Valerie Plame case,” fired.
As much as I want this to be true, I hate to admit that I need more “reliable’ confirmation. I mean, Kenneth Star’s investigation was daily big news and so far, I haven’t heard a peep, even on NPR, my most trusted source…though lately, I’ve been wondering about them too.
Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, George W. Bush, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Andrew Card, Scooter Libby, Alberto Gonzales, John Ashcroft, Judy Miller, Karl Rove, PlameGate, Conspiracy Theories
July 25th, 2005
The following comes from democrats.gov’s website where they currently have a clock tallying the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds that the Republican’s have not spent investigating the CI Leak case. (Currently it is over 742 days as of this posting.)
As Earl Pitts, Redneck American, has been known to say, “Wake up, America!“
Number of days after the article outing Ambassador Wilson’s wife appeared that the White House required its staff to turn over evidence relating to the leak: 85
Approximate hours between then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzalez’s advance notification to White House Chief of Staff Andy Card that he would require staff to turn over evidence relating to the case and formal notification to staff of that requirement: 12
Minimum number of times an Administration official leaked classified information about the identity of Ambassador Wilson’s wife: 11
Minimum number of times after the beginning of the Justice Department’s investigation that White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan claimed Karl Rove was not involved: 5
Minimum number of times since evidence linking Karl Rove to the leak was made public that Press Secretary McClellan has refused to comment on the case, citing an ongoing investigation: 7
Minimum number of hearings held by Senate Republicans to investigate accusations against President Clinton involving the “Whitewater” case: 20
Total hearings held by Senate Republicans to investigate the leak of the covert identity of Ambassador Joseph Wilson;s wife: 0
Tags: PlameGate, Democrats, Joe Wilson, Republicans, politics, Conspiracy Theories, Andrew Card, Alberto Gonzales, Scott McClellan, Karl Rove, Bill Clinton, Senate
July 20th, 2005
In case anyone missed it, there’s a really good post at Preemptive Karma on this subject. In fact, I couldn’t have said it better. With the Bush administration it’s all about smoke and mirrors. If there was a Democrat in the White House, Kenneth Star would already be investigating all the discrepencies and if he couldn’t find evidence to prove what an increasing number of Americans seem to be realizing, then he’d focus on Bush’s personal life. I honestly feel like in the face of being pressured to fire one of his buddies, he actually pointed off in another direction with those squinty eyes all wide and said, “Look over there! What’s that?” and while most of us have turned to have a look at what invisible thing he’s pointing at, he’s grabbed Karl Rove and is running the other way…and John Roberts has become something of a sacrificial lamb, having been thrown to the media and political wolves.
Tags: Karl Rove, CIA, PlameGate, John Roberts, politics
