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Case Not Closed

7.6.07 @ 12:01AM

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The current head of the CIA, and Patrick Fitzgerald, have both confirmed that this woman was a covert employee of the CIA at the time she was outed. Obviously nothing is going to convince you that she was even if God himself said it and the fact that you launch your article with a personal attack on someone who seems to have been largely blameless in this tawdry bit of political payback really says it all doesn't it. We'll see how the the American people regard this blatant disregard for the legal system and due process during the 08 election. I have a feeling it isn't going to redound to the credit of the GOP.
-- John Ellis

The one angle I have not heard concerning the Scooter Libby saga is that about journalism itself. I would have thought that our MSM "professionals" would have taken a deep breath at the realization of the "chilling effect" the prosecution would have on their craft. If Libby was convicted upon what a reporter remembered him to say, pretty soon public officials will not talk to reporters at all.

All I can say is that if I was on the White House staff and I didn't absolutely have to talk to the press I would not speak on or off the record.
-- Michael Wm. Dooley
Indianapolis, Indiana

Re: "Bush Amazes" by Ben Stein: how about "fair and balanced"? Let's see an article about Bush ignoring the two border patrol agents rotting in jail for doing their jobs. (Jobs that Americans won't do??) They deserve pardons as much Libby did. Bush had better get his head right on controlling the border before he destroys the Republican Party.
-- Robert D. Aust, a very disgruntled Republican

STAYING ALIVE
Re: Quin Hillyer's Bush Isn't Dead Yet:

I think Quin Hillyer proved the point quite convincingly, albeit inadvertently that the reason George W. Bush is a weak, lousy politician with no achievements to his name is because he is a weak, lousy politician who lacks basic leadership skills. Telling a politician who has been in office as long as Bush has that he is a sore loser, is the worst communicator since 'Silent Cal' Coolidge and has no understanding of the concerns of ordinary voters is the same as saying that he is unqualified for the job. Bush can't lift his game because he has no game to lift and never did have. Bush is a failure as a President, he has eighteen months left in office and his polls are almost as bad as Nixon's in his last few days before he resigned. God only knows what damage Bush will do before he takes his last walk across the White House lawn. It is a good bet that conservatives will rate Bush as the worst President in the last century -- this conservative says it right now, but then I always like to beat the rush.

Instead of wasting time on a wasted Presidency, conservatives should instead be looking to make sure they pick a real leader the next time around, instead of a weak fake who couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, let alone defend the interests of his own country. Now, whats that Fred Thompson fellow got to say for himself?
-- Christopher Holland
Canberra, Australia

Mr. Hillyer makes many good and relevant points in his column. Let me take up just one of them, his point about Communication, and specifically communication regarding judicial appointments.

During his entire time in the White House, Mr. Bush has followed the same road map. He nominates a candidate to a judicial vacancy, and promptly moves on, forgetting all about what ever happens to his nominee. He has done this with his District Court level nominations and his Circuit Court of Appeals nominations. According to insiders within the Bush circle, he does not like trying to sell his choices to the American public, and does not believe that he should have to, so he refuses to. In fact, he believes that he should not be made to engage in normal party politics outside of the limited period of the race to the vote on election day.

My point, Mr. Hillyer, is that it would take a complete reversal of what Mr. Bush believes he ought to have to do to fulfill the duties of an elected politician. It is because of that fact that I do not believe that there is a snowball's chance in Hades to expect Mr. Bush to accept the truth of your column and to embrace its recommendations. Ergo, I do not expect Mr. Bush to rescue his remaining time in office from swirling down the primary toilet facility.
-- Ken Shreve
New Hampshire

This is something I never thought I would say but your assertion that Bush isn't dead yet makes it clear that he soon will be, and not a moment too soon. I mean by that that it is imperative that Bush be dead politically and retire to an ignominious existence in his adopted home state of Texas, hide his face under a barrel and try to recover from the embarrassment and disgrace he has earned by his attempt to rearrange the world, which he has done to its detriment. A long-time effort to recover from Bush's deranged ideas might take many, many years, and it may be too late for even that. Any one who is still supporting Bush and the Republican Party shows lack of political acumen, no regard for humankind, and a sad view of the earth and the fullness thereof. Unfortunately, Bush has enough time left in his second term to complete the job he is doing of dismantling all Democratic ideas, the American Constitution, and the greatest thoughts produced for man by the greatest thinkers of all time, our founding fathers, so it is incumbent on those who are close to him to try to change his mad dash toward disintegration (Armageddon) for America and her true friends. It is always later than one thinks and something must be done soon.
-- Conni Vance

High energy costs? That's your number four priority? We clearly live on different planets. I can see the merit of your first three points, although I would not have put them even into my top ten, but high energy costs? That is probably about number 50 on my list.
-- Paul Roth

ONE MAN'S TERRORIST
Re: George H. Wittman's We Can Do It:

Finally. George H. Wittman just about says it outright, which I've not seen any serious person do until now.

Our problem in Iraq and elsewhere is that we have accepted the enemy's first offer: we've agreed to the asymmetric warfare paradigm that favors his strategy, that is his strategy.

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