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07/24/2003 Archived Entry: "The comparisons begin..."
The comparisons begin...
My, my. How far our Little Dictator has fallen. Weren't they comparing him to Churchill just a couple of months ago?
Fall guys, intimidation and leaked personal attacks on enemies are back in at the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. How Nixonian. How disappointing. Political enemy number one is former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.
Wilson wrote an op-ed piece in "The New York Times" on July 6 that infuriated the White House. Wilson reported that in 2002, at the CIA's request, he had investigated reports that Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Niger and that he had found the reports baseless. From that firsthand experience, Wilson wrote about the case for war in Iraq, "that some of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was twisted to exaggerate the Iraqi threat."
Wilson’s piece ignited a full-blown frenzy and led to an embarrassing White House admission that it shouldn't have included the discredited claim about "yellowcake" from Niger in his State of the Union address. The Texans didn't 'ppreciate that.
Eight days after Wilson published his piece, veteran reporter Robert Novak wrote a column that said, "Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame, is an Agency operative on weapons of mass destruction. Two senior administration officials told me Wilson's wife suggested sending him to Niger to investigate [the reports]."
Wilson’s wife, it has been reported elsewhere, worked undercover. The "two senior officials" who blew her cover to Novak probably did something illegal. They certainly did something vile. Chuck Colson, the keeper of Nixon’s enemies list, would be so proud.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
Did you see Wilson on the Daily Show last night? He pulled out an invitation from Bush/Cheney 2004 to join their campaign!
And it was only going to cost $1000! Jon Stewart was hysterically laughing about the whole thing... it was magically delicious!
Posted by (: Tom :) @ 07/25/2003 01:42 PM NY
