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Newsweek: Much Ado About Rove and Plame -The LEFT Salivates

Yesterday Flap had this piece, Newsweek: Much Ado About Rove and Plame.

While Leftie David Corn over at Huffington’s Post has Time to get ready for the Karl Rove frog-march?

The Left wants Karl Rove so badly because they cannot defeat him at the Polls.

But…… not this time OR EVER!

Individuals who should be prosecuted and frog-marched are Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson for being the double-crossing, self-serving dumbasses that they are.

And to the LEFT….. get another conpsiracy theory or YES blame the MSM, like Time and Newsweek.

Update #1

Dafydd over at Captains Quarters has this piece: If It’s Rove… Part Deux

It is easy to predict that the Left is going to have a field day with this, as indeed they should. In their usual nuance-trampling, black-and-white mode of attack, they will spin the Newsweek story like a top, twisting it to make it seem as if it “vindicates” all of their charges. But in reality, it explodes them like a soap bubble.

And from the profane comments that Flap has been moderating, it looks like the Moonbats are out ……. and the sun has not even set in the West!

Now, Michelle Malkin has this round-up piece on the drooling lefties, STARK ROVE-ING MAD.

Bush-bashers have been in a tizzy all weekend over the latest Rove revelations. The Washington Post follows up; Pavlovian salivation ensues.

For a non-heavy-breathing perspective, read:

Betsy Newmark on the “scandalette.”

Lorie Byrd at Polipundit on “Some Of The Worst ‘Reporting’ I Have Seen – And That’s Saying A Lot.”

Tom Maguire at Just One Minute plays editor and notes:

Eventually, an enterprising reporter will ask Matt Cooper whether some of the sources he is shielding are other journalists; his answer may provoke a bit more head-scratching.

And the Power Line team weighs in. Paul Mirengoff writes:

The media feeding frenzy will, indeed, be massive. But absent a serious claim of a statutory violation or perjury, it’s questionable whether anyone apart from liberal bloggers and other pre-existing Bush haters will partake in the media’s dog food.

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More…

Leon H. at RedState sums up:

So let’s review – Wilson lied about how he got to Niger, he lied about seeing a report that didn’t even exist at the time, he lied about the conclusions of his own report(!), he lied about what the administration had been told, and his wife, Valerie Plame, specifically sent him on a mission to intentionally debunk a claim, not to find facts or perform inspections. I’d say the WaPo’s conclusion is pretty sound on this one.

Also, it certainly gives life to the question of why the heck these two lied so darn much in absence of a clear and compelling political agenda driving their every move. Let’s not rush to make these partisan hacks into saints – they attempted to cook the books against the administration and got busted for being the compulsive liars that they are. In the course of attempting to discredit the ludicrously false claims, someone in the White House (presumably Rove) told the press that Wilson was sent to Niger on dubious premises in the first place (the recommendation of his wife), without giving the name of Wilson’s wife, which Rove apparently did not know.

When this story first broke on the scene, I thought that Rove should properly be banished from the administration team, despite the fact that even at that time it was pretty clear that no crime took place. However, given the serial and politically motivated lies of Wilson and Plame, it’s clear that the fairy tale the liberals have constructed in which Plame was the heroic CIA agent unjustly outed by Arch-Demon Karl Rove is totally and completely false – and I won’t be shedding any more tears about either of their fates.

Regarding media coverage of Judith Miller’s imprisonment, Tim Graham at The Corner calmly reminds:

Left out of almost all the media coverage of Judith Miller’s decision to go to jail rather than reveal sources to special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is the way the New York Times editorialists pounded the table for the special-counsel probe that boomeranged on them…

Nice……. but it looks like the Lefties will NOW try to spin the story.

Stay tuned for more……

Update #1

Huffington’s Post now has this earth shattering story about the White House, TROUBLE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: “You’re In A Bad Spot Here, Scott”…

So, the Leftie Press is hounding the White Press Secretary. Why don’t they just dial-up Rove like they always do to get their background stories and leaks.

Word to the MSM….. just read Newsweek or Time.

3 Comments

  • Frankie

    Hi. I have been a conservative since Ronald Reagan ran his first bid for Presidency. He was a fine man and leader. Please don't brand me, yet today I reflect on the good American feeling Pres. Reagan shared with me. Unfortunately, things seem to be off kilter right now. Like Scott, I'm holding my opinion until the investigation has been concluded. Yet, admittedly in my heart, I've becomed worried about the new government environment we now live in. As I said, please don't brand me, but right now I wish Pres. Bush would address the nation and end this once an for all. Mr. Pres., if you are listening, I sure could use some guidance.

    Frankie

    Houston, Texas

  • Frankie

    Tom:

    I'm sorry that you feel this way. I am true in my heart, and have a lot of respect for what President Bush has done to make us safe. I guess it was stupid of me to ask. Please accept my apology.

    Frankie

    Houston, Texas