How dumb do they think we are?
Uhhhhhh...
A senior Bush administration official told The Washington Post that, shortly after the publication of Wilson's piece in the New York Times -- which undercut the administration's case for launching a pre-emptive war against Iraq -- two top White House officials had called six journalists to disclose the identity and the position of Valerie Plame, Wilson's wife.
That same senior administration official said: "Clearly it (the leak 'outing' Plame) was meant purely and simply for revenge."
Are you ready for a barefaced lie? Listen to the Republican talking points. It is true that Rove did talk to Matt Cooper. But he was not trying to smear Wilson and thus silence a formidable critic of Bush's Iraq policy.
No, Rove's only motive was to make sure that Cooper and Time did not publish something that could turn out to be false.
That same senior administration official said: "Clearly it (the leak 'outing' Plame) was meant purely and simply for revenge."
Are you ready for a barefaced lie? Listen to the Republican talking points. It is true that Rove did talk to Matt Cooper. But he was not trying to smear Wilson and thus silence a formidable critic of Bush's Iraq policy.
No, Rove's only motive was to make sure that Cooper and Time did not publish something that could turn out to be false.
-Mark Shields.
Pic from the Biomes Blog.
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