The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Thursday, October 13, 2005
The mainstream media is suddenly "spooked" about possible indictments in the Plame affair. Why?
Thomas Lifson makes a salient point (not by any means an unusual occurrence...) about the left's sudden anxiety about indictments that might be coming on the Plame-Wilson-CIA affair. Why would a leading journalist for the left suddenly be spooked about indictments--unless the entire house of cards the press has built up about Rove, Libby, et al is about to come tumbling down. Thus, when it comes to indictments I (like Lifson) say: bring them on! :
Left wing pundit Richard Cohen, columnist for the Washington Post, all of sudden has second thoughts about the desirability of the Plame grand jury issuing indictments. Why now? After all the leftist hysterics about exposing the identity af a CIA desk jockey who used to be an undercover agent, could it be that the prospect of other crimes coming to light is making some people queasy?
Just a thought…
UPDATE: A further thought: If the grand jury were to issue no indictment and no report, the left would be able to cry “Cover-up!” That would form yet another leftist myth, to accompany “Bush lied” and “Bush stole the election.” The MSM knows that in complicated stories, most of the faithful and many in the middle will just look at the headlines and conclude that where there’s smoke there might be some fire.
All the more reason to hope for indictments.
Left wing pundit Richard Cohen, columnist for the Washington Post, all of sudden has second thoughts about the desirability of the Plame grand jury issuing indictments. Why now? After all the leftist hysterics about exposing the identity af a CIA desk jockey who used to be an undercover agent, could it be that the prospect of other crimes coming to light is making some people queasy?
Just a thought…
UPDATE: A further thought: If the grand jury were to issue no indictment and no report, the left would be able to cry “Cover-up!” That would form yet another leftist myth, to accompany “Bush lied” and “Bush stole the election.” The MSM knows that in complicated stories, most of the faithful and many in the middle will just look at the headlines and conclude that where there’s smoke there might be some fire.
All the more reason to hope for indictments.
