Spin, spin, spin
Defective Yeti recaps the Plame scandal for latecomers.
And Billmon provides some useful quotes on the subject.
In a sane world, it would look pretty bad for Rove. But in this world, the Republicans made a deserter from the Texas Air National Guard look like the hero and a decorated war veteran look like the coward, so I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for Rove’s conviction. Or even for the press to keep asking hard questions when Bushco dangles a bright, shiny controversial Supreme Court nominee in front of them.
Extra-special member of the unreality-based community award to the right-winger arguing that Rove couldn’t have outed Plame as a covert CIA operative because it was public record that Wilson had a wife named Valerie Plame. (If you had trouble following that, don’t worry: that’s normal.)
Soren has a good recap of the Plame affair, too.
Posted by rone on July 13 2005 23:17
I am feeling despondent, and thus ascribe all this to a simile of an old empire, crumbling under the weight of its sins and lies. Perhaps a little Roman history.
Truth, these days, seems so scarce a commodity.
Posted by Camilo on July 15 2005 23:28