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BuzzFlash, Dean did put out a demand for an investigation, and if the story is true, those who put out that story about Wilson's wife should resign immediately. I believe his note was on your website, yes?
And, Dean is a Democrat, after all. (I'm supporting him all the way....I think Clark was drawn in as a ringer). I could be wrong. Regards, Donna Hey Buzz. It's ironic that Bob Novak would out a CIA operative but not the sources of the leak. Is this an example of misplaced priorities? What does it say about Novak in that of those who received the leak he is the only one who printed it? Doesn't this make Novak an accessory to a felony? JohnW Subj: Bob Novak I saw joe wilson on tv yesterday discussing the outing of his wife by bob novak. I thought, wouldn't it be interesting to see that old man dragging leg irons for refusing to identify his source the way susan mac dougal was paraded around on tv? it probably won't happen, but it is a funny thing to contemplate. maggie fortune Re: Did Karl Rove Authorize Outing a CIA Operative? Jim Moore Should Know. Why doesn't Novak get roasted for jeopardizing the career and life of an operative for purely political purposes? This isn't releasing the Pentagon Papers. There was no journalistic integrity or purpose served by what he did. People should call for his removal from their papers and from the TV news shows. Russ Subj: Thar's a leak in the White House. Thar's "A Hole" In The White House Dear Georgie, Dear Georgie. Everyone agrees this is a serious breech of security, so while they are investigating the leak, why isn't Robert Novak in custody? It is because this isn't viewed as serious enough to have Jerry Falwell do one of his docu-inquisitions on the lack of discipline of this administration. As far as we know, Wilson's wife is still among the living. If this were during the Clinton administration they wouldn't have bothered to look for the leak, the buck would have stopped in the big chair in the oval office. They accused the Clinton's of murder, "for Dubya's sake". I don't take the name of the Lord in vain, but I am not convinced Dubya is the Lord no matter how many people worship him. It doesn't matter who actually did it, you jump right in and blame the guy who hired whoever did it or that is what we are accustomed to, after 8 years of witch-hunting. In this case since they haven't indicted him on any other charges, they could go after Ken Lay. He did staff the White House and George W. Bush appointed him to do it. If he isn't going to the woodshed over ENRON, he could be the "escapegoat" who will fall on his sword this time. Or they could just get George Tenet to confess to this one as well. Would the congress have allowed the Clinton Administration to investigate itself? Would Janet Reno have resisted appointing an independent counsel? Well she appointed a lot more than one to make sure everything was above board, but this one is under-the-rug. Well the Bush Administration doesn't need that, we should just trust them, no matter how many times they lie. But this is different because they told the truth. Wilson's wife was a CIA agent. Novak on the other hand is a slimy rat who should face the music, " There's a hole in Bob's backside, dear Georgie, dear Georgie." We would not expect Novak to reveal a source even if this administration does want to re-write the first amendment. Separation of the 4th Estate and State would be a nice change. Judge Moore, in Alabama, said he was sending that chunk of holy granite to the Supreme Court and I think he should send it to the White House I thought they probably, at the very least, had a copy in Dubya's big family Bible, but I think it must have been blacked our for security reasons. It's one of those presidential privilege things. I think I am going to start a commandments sampler in counted cross-stitch for every room in the White House and a really large one for the wall facing the desk Dubya never sits at, one for Air Force One, one for the ranch, one for the wall opposite Dubya's favorite toilet and I think one for the back of the jacket of his lead Secret Service guy. I am beginning to think this leak is coming from the very top and trickling right down to the carpet. That really pretty one with the presidential seal on it. Nah, it's probably Dubya just wetting his joggers over the mess his leadership, or lack thereof, has caused. All together now, "Thar's A Holes In the White House", sorry "Thar's A Hole In the White House" If it bruises your sensibilities you can leave out that last line, but I call a hole an "A Hole" when I see one and that is with a "capitol A", or maybe a "Capitol O" for offense, which has really put them on "Capitol D" for defensive. It isn't a "Capital Offense" because I don't believe in capital punishment. I am pretty sure it is an impeachable offense at least as serious as having oral sex and lying about it. Enough Capitol silliness for one day. His lies have been responsible for the deaths of over 300 of our guys in uniform, thousands of injuries and the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis, so far. That is about as serious as it gets. Karen Webb Subj: CALIFORNIANS: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Dear BuzzFlash Isn't it amazing that the GOP in California has endorsed an inexperienced man who has nude pictures on the web, has given interviews on taking part in sexual orgies, with a reputation for womanizing? We should also not forget that he is pro choice and for gun control laws. The republican party was always a bunch of hypocrites, acting as if they are morally outraged when it suits them, and will back a man with a questionable background over a conservative candidate (McClintock). The whole recall effort seems to have Karl Rove's fingerprints on it. My brother is appalled that his fellow Californians have been taken in by someone so unqualified like Arnold. If they do not want to hand California on a golden plate to Dumbya Bush, they had better vote against the recall!!! A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Novak's Hedge Bob Novak's statement "no one at the White House called me to leak this" is a classic hedge statement. He didn't say they didn't leak this, he really only addressed the origination of the call. It is entirely possible that Novak originated the call and that this leak was made as an aside. Glenn Subj: (What a convenient distraction) FW: Breaking News Tue., September 30, 2003 Hello, It gets so obvious, almost anyone can read between the lines. The order probably went out on Saturday, check anybody and everybody so that we can arrest somebody. All these poverty increase headlines are starting to look bad. A BuzzFlash Contributor
A letter to Bob Novak Subj: Real Journalists . . . Would be telling us who were the "senior White House officials" are that outed Valerie Plame. Most everyone with brains knows that Rove (your buddy) is one of them. Bush was AWOL www.awolbush.com for his last year of services, but FAUX journalists debate about John Kerry and Cheese Wiz rather than telling the REAL TRUTH. Care to be a REAL journalist, Bob? Tell the truth about Bush being AWOL, and if you really believe in National Security, outing a CIA agent is TREASON (according to Bush 41 speaking in 1999), and should send some people to jail (possibly including YOU). Time to stop fellating Karl and George and tell the truth, Bob. About AWOL Bush lying about WMD's and sending our soldiers to their deaths over OIL (and breaching our national security by outing CIA agents). You should be proud, Bob, you Media Whore, you. Arn Gunnutes Subj: Novak Dear BuzzFlash, They should ask Robert Novak who his source was & if he won't spill the beans they should throw his ass in jail for contempt just like they did Vanessa Leggett. I think it would do Bob a world of good & what about Andrea Mitchell? Maybe with Greenspan's wife in jail for contempt there would be some action. I heard McLelland say "Bush ""knows"" Rove didn't do it. How does Bush know? I thought McLelland said Bush wasn't going to do any internal investigation? That they were leaving the whole thing up to Justice? If Bush **knows** Rove didn't do it then either he knows who did or he has at least questioned Rove. if he has questioned Rove - why stop there? This is the Administration who launched their bloodhounds on our Senators to discover who leaked information that was already in the public domain. Surely, this Administration, cares enough about our National Security (they make this claim every few hours) to try to discover who the 2 treasonous members of their Administration are? Surely they would do that - but - it appears that nope, Bush likes it just the way it is. Make no mistake - by revealing Valerie Plame's name & occupation they committed treason. Linda Subj: Talk about a failure
Jackie Subj: We have a contradiction here Where is Ashcroft when you need him? Poppy and the Mother Superior are coming out in favor of Ahhhnold. I am not surprised, the first parents are not as prudish as the first couple. I took note that at the 2000 Republican Convention Poppy was sitting next to Bo Derrick. They like a guy or gal who isn't afraid to display their assets. Well the only ones of value that is. If Bill Clinton had sat next to Bo at the Democratic Convention his head and genitals would be on a platter. If he endorsed a candidate who had not only posed nude, more than once, but had no compunction about it being slapped on very porn site on the net, he would have been accused of being gay. Where has the propriety of the Bushes gone, long time passing? I hope Barb gets to sit next to Arnie at the next convention, why should Poppy have all the fun partying with exhibitionists? Somehow there's a contradiction here, well not Contra, but contra. Arnold doesn't have Contra-diction, he has Nazi-diction. Poppy on the other hand has fluent Contra-diction, sort of. Everyone is in favor of Ashcroft covering the boobs of Lady Justice, but the Bushes like being identified with the naked boobs and everything else in the Republican Party. Now if we can get Poppy to hop up behind Bo and go romping horseback on the beach and maybe we could get Barb posing next to a nude of Arnie or maybe even next to nude Arnie, himself, we could have a campaign ad Larry Flynt would print. I just can't imagine Ashcroft really warming up to an exhibitionist in the California Governor's Mansion which will be a move to lower income housing for Arnie and Maria, the naked "he said, she said". He says it, but she says it where you can understand it. Karen Webb Subj: Hot BobBeckel.com Story Today 9/29 Rush, after reporting that General Wesley Clark criticized the Clintons earlier this year, said "Clark and his family better be careful or they will find themselves in Fort Marcey Park [the park where Vince Foster took his own life]." A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Diebold memos back on-line! The memos are back up... Anyone who hasn't already taken a copy of the Diebold memos... I encourage you to do so. Alastair Subj: Election 2004 I remember the look on George's face when they told him Florida had gone to Gore. He looked unworried and then calmly said that was impossible. Did he know the fix was in? Play back the tapes and watch it for yourselves. Now, with the clamor for new, electronic voting equipment, we should look very carefully into who manufactures and programs these devices. This paranoia is justified in the face of what has been going on with this Administration the last 3 years. The real question is what won't they do to secure a Republican victory, anywhere? Just a thought. Jack Pryor Subj: Ashcroft's History RE: Reporters protecting sources. Dear BuzzFlash: Someone needs to dig up the AG's record re: reporters protecting their sources. Undoubtedly, it would be of interest with respect to how Robert Novak is treated. I'm sure it would clearly prove another example of this administration's rampant hypocrisy. The thought of this "justice" dept. investigating this administration is ridiculous, and this AG picking a special prosecutor is also cause for deep concern. Thanks; Robert McCloy Subj: Novak the Felon In all of this discussion about exposing Plame's CIA status, it seems to me that Novak is getting a free ride. That he has not named a source is being questioned on an ethical basis, but that is all. The ethical choice for him to make was the same one the other 5 or 6 journalists made: to NOT print it. After all, this is not so much a crime of what you hear, but what you pass along. Since he is the only person who so far has admitted direct and complicit involvement, why isn't this guy already facing federal charges? My guess is he'd give up his source in a minute if his own butt was in the hot seat. His only alternative would be to claim he made it up, but given the reaction of Wilson, the White House, and the CIA, that's not going anywhere. Bob Morris Subj: Ashcroft jailed a female journalist in TX for not revealing her sources Dear Buzz, Robert Novak's comment on Crossfire that he did not reveal the name of someone who is a covert CIA operative so therefore what he did was not illegal, reminds me of a situation in Texas not long after Ashcroft was installed where he held a female journalist in jail for a long period of time because she refused to reveal her sources. You had several stories and editorials regarding this situation. I wonder if John Ashcroft will apply the same tactics to Robert Novak? Just asking. Nancy Lynn Nagy (TN) Subj: Robert Novak In July 2001 in Houston, Texas Federal Judge Melinda Harmon from the Fifth Circuit sentenced writer Vanessa Leggett to jail for not turning over her notes on a non-fiction book she was writing about a murder case. An appeal to the Supreme Court was turned down. (She is the same judge who presided over the Arthur Anderson case and is now over the Enron trial.) If Robert Novak will not name the source for the column he wrote naming Charles Wilson's wife as a CIA agent, shouldn't he also be sent to jail? Especially since this is a matter of national security. Katie Redd Subj: Idea on Joe Wilson/Karl Rove outing scandal Dear Buzz, Regarding "Some Dare Call It Treason" commentary; let's take a lesson from the Republicans. They are great at sound-biting and labeling issues in a way that conveys their ideas or intentions in one or two words (i.e. The Death Tax instead of the Estate Tax). Pass the word then; this scandalous deed, this treason committed in the White House to out a CIA agent as retaliation against a brave American (Joe Wilson) should be named --- SPYGATE!!! Regards, Tom O'Keefe Hi Buzz, This morning George Bush Sr. and his lovely wife Barbara were being interviewed by Matt Lauer. Matt asked GHWB if he was supporting Arnold and George replied - you bet I am. When Matt asked him why, do you know what our ex-president said? Because Arnold has always supported him and supported him for president. Isn't that a typical Bush answer. Me, me, me - it's all about me. And what a perfect reason for all Californians to support Arnold. Well, when Matt asked Jessie Ventura (who was also on) what he thought about Arnold being supported by an ex-president, Jessie replied that as far as he knows, George I has never lived in California - and what difference does it make that a president who lives in Kennebunkport, Maine is endorsing a governor for California. That was a great answer. Which brings me to the point, what makes them so sure that Arnold can deliver California to Bush in 2004? Pataki has never delivered NY to Bush. In fact, he delivered NY to Clinton twice. Arnold could win by as little as 15% of the vote. This means that all Californians will support Bush in 2004?? Barbara in NYC Subj: Gov. Gangbang advised by cheney aide behind bush's tax cuts http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak28.html It looks to me that Gonad the Destroyer wishes to pull a Dubya - run as a moderate but act as a conservative once in office. I hope the people of California learn about this so they can make an informed choice. He has shown what he really intends to be as governor by his choice of advisors from Cheney's aide to a bigwig in the Carlyle Group as his environmental advisor. Add to that the amazing new levels of hypocrisy that the republican party has gone to in support of the groping governator after howling about Family Values for the past decade! Remember when they complained that America lacked moral authority because of Clinton's fling with Monica? What kind of moral authority are they trying to project by supporting this man with a worse sexual and drug use history than they ever tried to pin on Clinton? a BuzzFlash reader Subj: Novak If you go to the link of Novak's article that BuzzFlash has so graciously provided, [LINK] there is a space at the bottom where you can "take action about what you have just read" & email your congressman about your reaction to the article. I would suggest doing so for those interested. A BuzzFlash reader Subj: Rush Blasted on ESPN Regarding Rush Limbaugh's ignorant statements to the effect that "the media wants black quarterbacks to succeed," vet QB and NFL analyst Joe Theisman said Tuesday Sept. 30 on the ESPN Dan Patrick Show that Rush " doesn't know what he's talking about", that he does not understand the game of football, and that Rush is introducing color into an area where it doesn't belong. Rush was recently added to the ESPN lineup of NFL analysts to represent the "fan's perspective." Host Dan Patrick and co-host Ron Dibble agreed that talent is the great leveler in the NFL. Rush is expected to make an appearance on the show today or tomorrow to discuss his statement. Check in on ESPN radio on the air or on the net, and write/call/e-mail ESPN about boycotting the NFL Countdown program as long as Rush is on. (The NFL pregame programs are in a very competitive battle for viewer share - they'll take notice of a boycott). David Gomez Did Rush Limbaugh REALLY say the following on "Sunday NFL Countdown"? " . . . the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There's interest in black quarterbacks and coaches doing well." McNabb, Limbaugh said, isn't "as good as everyone says he has been." http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/football/6893265.htm The "media has been very desirous"?! VERY desirous?!?? Really. Did anyone ask him (putting aside the grammatical problems) to back that statement up with something called A FACT?! And concerning his "isn't as good as everyone says he has been" comment, did anyone on this joke-of-a-football-show happen to mention that he is a Pro-Bowl quarterback who as led his team to the last two NFC championship games? Could Limbaugh perhaps name the last White quarterback to do the same in either conference? (AFC Elway, '97, '98; NFC Favre, '96, '97) . . . and you haven't fired him yet?!? What in the world are you waiting for!?? Tom Jackson to pop the cist on his behind when he kicks it after Limbaugh slips up and makes another "take that bone out of your nose" comment !!?!? The full Phil Sheridan article is from the Philadelphia Inquirer is on the attached link. I suggest this be forwarded to the erstwhile ESPN executive who thought it would be a bright idea to have 'el Rushbo' provide, in the words of an e-mail response I once received from your network, 'the fans perspective'. That executive should actually READ it. And if he still doesn't get it, I'll explain it to him. Better yet, perhaps said executive would think it a marvelous idea to send Mr. Limbaugh to do a few side-line commentaries during a game (imagine him asking questions of Terrell Owens as to why he isn't performing like Randy Moss, for example). As much as I would love to tune in to see Mr. Jackson or Mr. Owens turn Limbaugh into more of a blathering fool (which would actually be a step up for him), I'm still NOT watching your program until Limbaugh is canned. Even when someone finally understands and gets rid of Limbaugh, you'll be on probation. John Powell Subj: It's not hate Some of us used to think of R's as more fiscally responsible. Democrats were the tax-and-spenders. R's are now the borrow-and-spenders. R's leave the bills for others to pay. Compassionate conservatism is now corrupt cronyism. Case in point: Cheney continues to receive payments from Halliburton (that amount to more than his salary as VP of the USA) and Halliburton gets no-bid contracts. You don't have to hate anyone to smell that this stinks! R's could have made a moral case for toppling Saddam Hussein but they didn't. They fed us, the people who vote, a pile of crap about weapons of mass destruction that they now try to pass off as "bad intelligence" when our own intelligence never supported their assumptions to begin with. Just because the credibility of the USA has been besmirched by this administration, doesn't mean we want Saddam Hussein back in power or that we hate anyone. We oppose the policies of an administration that is showing itself to be arrogant and corrupt. What happened to the "uniter-not-a-divider"? Where is the promised "humility" as we interact with the world community? And when did R's become so anti-environment? This White House has made the case better than any D could have that self-regulation doesn't work, not when it comes to the environment, to energy or to corporate governance. President Bush is taking this country in a direction that many of us do not wish to go. His mangling of the English language may be annoying and an embarrassment but we don't stay awake nights hating him or anyone else in the administration and we will use our power to oppose his corrupt and ineffectual policies. It's not hate. It's dawning wisdom with a steep price tag. Kris Winter Justice Department lawyers notified the White House counsel's office on Monday night that it had begun an investigation into "possible unauthorized disclosures concerning the identity of an undercover CIA employee," according to a memo sent to White House staff by counsel Alberto Gonzales. why did this take until October when the CIA requested it in July? the delay alone warrants suspicion and militates in favor of the appointment of a special prosecutor. Chris McFarland Buzz, I don't know if anyone watched the today show this morning 9/30 when there was a dialogue between Nadine Strossen, ACLU (hooray) and a relic from the reagan years, his att.gen.(ugh). When asked by Katie to comment on a statement by the American Library Association regarding the patriot act and kaiser ashcroft's snooping, Ed Meese offered these fine words, "librarians are more interested in promoting pornography than they are in promoting patriotism."!! I think NBC ought to issue some kind of verification, like it was early in the morning and we didn't hear right, after all NBC gives all those right wingers a free pass anyway. By the way the salvation army in West Palm Beach charges the homeless and I'm sure it happens elsewhere as well. Maybe people will start to expose them for what they really are. Ruth Gottlieb Subj: FBI Investigates CIA So now the FBI will be investigating the CIA for the "outing" of a CIA operative. Why does that unnerve me? The FBI announced that the first place they will investigate will be the CIA. Considering the FBI's history, that sounds threatening to me. Frances Subj: Right-wing attacks on Families I thoroughly agree with Maureen Farrell's column about the increasingly indiscriminate attacks of the conservatives on anyone who opposes, or even deviates from, their agenda. Increasingly, the targets seem to be the families of their opponents. Witness not only the attacks on Joe Wilson's wife, Hillary Clinton, and even Chelsea, but also the targeting of John McCain's adopted daughter in 2000 and, apparently, even Tucker Carlson's wife and kids. These incidents certainly put an interesting spin on the loudly-espoused "family values" of the right-wingers. I must disagree with one point made in Farrell's column, however. Attacking the families of opponents was not "too smarmy" for Richard Nixon. If you recall, Edmund Muskie was forced out of the 1972 Presidential election partly because CREEP's attacks on his wife's history of alleged mental illness finally drove him to public tears. This kind of reprehensible thuggery has been standard fare for the political right literally for decades. Where I was raised, attacking a man through his wife (let alone his children) was considered an act of the most contemptible cowardice. We should all remember this sort of thing when we hear George Bush whine about "incivility." Sincerely, Bryan P. Sorohan Subj: Where Is Ann Coulter When You Need Her? Dear BuzzFlash, Now that "senior administration officials" have apparently committed treason by undermining national security in the Valerie Plame case, is Ann Coulter planning an updated edition of her latest literary gem? Jon Krampner CNN should fire Robert Novak for his unpatriotic behavior Conservative Robert Novak has been a fixture on CNN, but when he is party to activity that violates federal law, his presence denigrates an outstanding network and all that it stands for. As a journalist, Novak has the right to stand behind the first amendment guarantees of free speech and free press. However, when he engages in behavior that identifies an employee of the CIA in retaliation for action taken by her husband, then CNN has an obligation to remove him from employment there -- even if he is a part-time employee. Novak is unpatriotic! I can only speak for myself, but I will not watch the network until he is removed -- and I watch it daily. Contact CNN and ask them to fire Novak: <http://www.cnn.com/feedback/> Hugh Conrad This is from today's Internet Movie Data Base. (IMDB). I think Franken may have cracked O'Reilly for good. Bill Perkins * * *
[BuzzFlash Note: Bill O'Reilly deserves only to be described in grade school terms -- he's a whiny baby. Boy, those conservatives can sure dish it out, but they sure crumble when it comes back at them. What a loser.] Subj: Treasongate Dear BuzzFlash, It ain't Wilson-Gate because Wilson didn't do anything. It ain't Rove-Gate, because there were at least two officials, and anyway the whole administration is trying to cover it up now. It's simple. It's treason. That's why we should always refer to Treasongate. Hang a tag on 'em that fits not just this but everything they have done. It was Bush Sr after all who said doing something like this could only be done by "an insidious traitor." Jim P Subj: Novak endangers the mother of 3 year old twins!!! Valerie Plame On July 14, in his syndicated column, Chicago Sun-Times journalist Robert Novak reported that Valerie Plame Wilson - the wife of former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, and mother of three-year-old twins - was a covert CIA agent. (She had been known to her friends as an "energy analyst at a private firm.") I wonder how many people know that Valerie Plame is the mother of 3-year old twins????? How could the White House endanger all of these people? I wonder if Robert Novak knew that when he published her name?? A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: STATISTICS ON DYING IN IRAQ!! I sent you this before, and have sent it to a number of newspapers. No one, including you, have published it yet. I wish you would keep it in reserve for every time some dittomonkey like Brit Hume uses the old "Iraq is safer than California" gag. The secret to this "statistic", started by Rush Limbaugh, is that it is NOT a statistic. Statistics look at death RATES, not total numbers of deaths. They like to say that 40,000 people die a year in automobile accidents in the US, while only 300 us TROOPS have died in Iraq, so therefore Iraq is safer. The problem is that they are comparing a population of 300 million to a population of 140,000. That's like saying that Detroit is the safest city in America because there were only 1000 homicides there while there were 35,000 homicides in the rest of America! When you look at the death RATES, a very different picture emerges. Lets just look at accidents and homicides. There were about 70,000 accidents and homicides in the US last year, and since February there have been 300 deaths in Iraq. Lets call that an annual rate of 600 to make it comparable. Now, 70,000 is still a lot more than 600, but you actually have to divide this by the total affected population (and then multiply by 100,000) to get a rate per 100,000, which allows you to compare the two numbers directly. The population of the US is about 300 million. That means that there are about 23 deaths per 100,000 Americans due to accidents and homicides in the US. On the other hand, there are only about 140,000 American troops in Iraq. If you divide the annual number of deaths by that number, you get about 428 deaths per 100,000. Lets see, is 428 a smaller or a larger number than 23? Help the ditto monkeys out here, folks! It turns out that 428 is the larger number, and in fact it is about 19 times larger. That means an American soldier in Iraq has a 19 times greater chance of meeting a violent death than an American living in the United States. Please encourage your readers to send this out to every local paper they can think of, especially when they see some dittomonkey pretending that our troops in Iraq are having a Sunday school outing. John Cross Subj: Findlaw: Bush's Unofficial Secrets Act
Isn't it ironic that Bush Co. will go to any lengths to nail someone who reveals nonvital information but did nothing to investigate the exposure of an undercover CIA agent (Joseph Wilson's wife) which puts her life and the lives of all she has associated with in danger. a BuzzFlash reader Subj: "Bring 'em on," Bush said again today. Dear BuzzFlash, Reporters are now telling their colleagues (off the record, of course) that it is, in fact, Karl Rove who committed the felony, or dare we call it treason, vindictively exposing one of our covert agents who is a WMD specialist. How ironic from the administration who promises to protect us from terrorists with WMD. Of course, we knew this anyway, because Karl Rove has a long history of pulling crap just like this, for 26 years in Texas before he arrived in DC. There are books about his life of crime. He was even fired by Bush Daddy for pulling a similar stunt. But Karl Rove will not lose his job. Bush will protect him, defend him, cover it up, while daring those nasty reporters to break their vows. "Bring 'em on," he said today, in effect. And the Justice Department under John "Mullah" Ashcroft will take at least year with their investigation, giving Rove a chance to figure out how to dodge the bullet, and giving everybody else time to forget. If the report is ever issued it will come out on a Friday night or get buried under some other news, like maybe the invasion of Syria or Iran. And it will be "inconclusive." This is one time when we need the US Congress to interfere by having hearings. All they need to do is put every senior WH official on the stand for five minutes and ask a series of carefully worded questions that will leave the guilty party with only three options: Confess, lie, or take the fifth. Get Kenneth Starr to do this, he knows how to entrap. But even more likely it will force someone who knows the truth to tell it, rather than risk being an accomplice to a felony. With the prospect of that happening, maybe Bush will ask for resignations. Karl Rove can't control everybody. Can he? Such a sick, corrupt administration. Now...do you want to know how I REALLY feel??? A BuzzFlash READER Subj: Hate Radio Dear Buzz... I had the pleasure of enduring Sean Hannity this evening! It was priceless as he tried to dismiss the Valerie Plame affair by imploring a self-described CONSERVATIVE caller, no less: "Where were you people, where was the outrage when someone leaked Paula Jones' tax returns or Lynda Tripp's personnel records, where was the outrage?!?" If I didn't laugh I'd be crying, as my mother always said, so maybe just this once I'll allow myself a big guffaw as I ponder the deeper question: Just who was it that tampered with the oxygen on Sean Hannity's incubator? Man, is he psychotic. Sincerely, Michael G. Subj: Rice, Powell, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Perle Bush stooges!! The funny thing is...Bush does not even know they are pulling the strings. Condi...let's face it, is a lovely token lady, who looks great in a slinky evening gown and plays the piano..and occasionally has to go out and take the heat! Powell turned strange around the time of the yellocakegate thing...he has not looked right out of his eyes since! He can evade pretty well, too....now! Cheney is just evil....he does not want money..nor power..he has it all..he is just evil! Rumsfeld has early onset mental thing or something that makes him (at first he was silly) now he is getting nervous and plays with the things on the podium when Myers is trying to be serious! Wolfowitz and Perle...I do not know...I just know that they are crooked and only want to rule the entire country of Iraq...Now, all I have to do is figure out why! It cannot be all for the Oil...It has to be for the power and the adoration they think they will get...and face it folks, they may have a God Complex...they all think they are above anything the rest of us have to do! Shirley.........St.Louis Subj: no duh! :):) I KEEP SEEING ALL THESE PEOPLE ALL OVER TV TALKING ABOUT HOW HAPPY THE PEOPLE IN IRAQ ARE THAT WE ARE THERE. NO DUH! :):) MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME COUNTRY COME IN HERE AND GET RID OF OUR DICTATOR, BUILD NEW SCHOOLS, NEW GARBAGE TRUCKS, BETTER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, LOW CAST HOMES FOR THE POOR AND SPEND A BILLION A WEEK JUST MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR US! YEA.....WE WANT SOME COUNTRY TO DO THAT FOR US! :):):) KATIE JOHNSON TAMPA FL Subj: Joe Wilson/Valerie Plame Hey, how about a campaign to get Bob Novak fired from CNN? They have a feedback section at http://www.cnn.com/feedback/. Let your readers know about it. This was the one I sent:
Jason Tilley Subj: Robert Novak To BuzzFlash Readers, "The media's nose for news fails when the smell gets too close." Robert Novak knowingly published the name of a CIA operative and knowingly put her in danger and knowingly did untold damage to our intelligence service. Robert Novak is a "news reporter." Are the names of our undercover agents news? I do not hear much on this question, why not? There is too much protection of news wigs by news wigs and too much protection of politicians by politicians these days and not enough for our operatives. Which of our operatives will next be identified, by a traitor like Novak, under the guise of being a "newsman." Suppose Usama gets a job with Al Jazeera. What rights would that give him here. You may get the point. Just because a "newsman" is told something does not mean he has the right to publish that something. Where is hard line, neo con, conservative, far right wing, republican Novak's head. Is Novak going to be allowed to go unpunished and allowed to go on endangering our nation's operatives and go on taking traitorous actions? Define terrorism for me please. Must terrorism always involve a bomb. Define subversion and sabotage for me please. Watch "Crossfire" if you want to see some chicken livered "newsmen" bend over backwards to hide their broken noses for news and protect one of their own. Watch "Crossfire" to see Novak hide behind the "...not required to reveal his source doctrine." What does it matter who told him? He published it! Novak exposed a CIA operative, period! How safe now do other operatives feel? How far now are other operatives willing to go to gather intelligence? Can a CIA agent, any CIA agent, feel safe with Novak around? Hell, even I do not feel safe with Novak around. Signed, diggerdell DRUDGE HEADLINE-- "CIA MESS: White House accuser Wilson told CNBC on Tuesday night that he had given $2,000 to Sen. John Kerry's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and that he had met several times with advisors to Kerry in recent weeks..." He left out the rest of the story---Wilson also said he gave to the 2000 Bush/Cheney ticket. People like Drudge are a joke. What a hack. stevie g PS - The headline is not linked to the transcript for people to get the whole story. Subj: Why Karl Rove is so angry You know this had to have had a big emotional wallop. From the Nicholas Lemann profile in the New Yorker May 12, 2003
How about outing the 6 "journalists" who didn't GET that the story was NOT about Wilson's wife was CIA (which they apparently didn't find interesting) but that OUTING her was ILLEGAL and should have been THE story months ago....? Andrea Mitchell is one, who are the other 5?? They should be FORCED to stand up and be publicly humiliated, the fools. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: CNN: Aaron Brown and John King re: Allegations of White House leak re:CIA agent Dear Buzz, I am still in shock. Had the TV on CNN. Aaron Brown was asking John King about what the next steps are with respect to the investigation of the White House Leak. King said that the Bush White House will paint this whole matter as nothing but political, thus causing people to tune out. After all, Ambassador Wilson has given money to the Democrats! and will be appearing with the Democrats tomorrow morning, thus corroborating the White House line....then Aaron asked something to the effect of, how is this possible? What does it matter the political affiliation of the Ambassador? If the White House leaked the identity of a covert CIA agent, how can this be dismissed? (or something to that effect). Are you ready, Buzz?????? King says, "Well Bill Clinton had sex with a young intern in the Oval Office and two Speakers of the House lost their jobs. Go figure" [I have never seen John King so ruffled as tonight, really angry and personal] and did not refer to the former President as President... King made it sound as if lying about a blow job in the Oval Office is worse than the act of treason committed by Rove and Associates! F him. This is really, really way out. It is clear that King in unable to separate his personal feelings from his job as CNN reporter on the White House. I think we have descended into a vast sea of stupidity, ego, and partisan hatred at the expense of the rule of law and our nation's future. Holy Cow! A BuzzFlash Reader boy howdy! i sure am glad this is just someone outing an undercover cia operative putting her life at risk and the security of this country at risk and not bush getting a blow job! that would mean an independent council, impeachment and god knows how much money! karen :):):):) Subj: The unmasking of Karl . . . Dear Buzz: How fascinating to watch Karl Rove being dragged from his dark lair into the harsh spotlight. I read in the Times today that Senator McCain is especially interested in pursuing this case. Maybe it has something to do with Rove leaking nasty stuff about one of his children during the last Presidential campaign. Apparently McCain has an adopted dark-skinned child and Rove leaked to the press that McCain had sired that child with a black prostitute. McCain got very shaken and defensive at this and many believe it helped derail his chances against Bubba. Now three years later, the tables have turned. Let's watch what McCain does. Laurie Subj: Plame/Wilson/Kelly links Hi BuzzFlash, Have you noticed how the time line of the Plame outing and the outing of Dr. David Kelly are very closely linked in time. On 7-9-03 David Kelly was identified as the source for the article by the BBC. Robert Novak's article was published on 7-14-03. Novak was informed about Plame one or so days before the article was published! Could it be that the outings were orchestrated on both sides of the Atlantic for maximum effect. And, if so, it would point the finger at both Bush and Blair. Brad Evans |
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