As usual, David Brooks hits the nail on the head in his New York Times column today (which I had to get online because the delivery fella threw me a Plain Dealer today, instead. Blech!)
This whole Libby-Plame-Wilson-Rove-Armitage(remember him?)-Novak affair is like a multi-act play. No one, including the salivating media, is wearing any halos on this Independence Day.
The mock horror under something that really had no serious underlying crime is quite a farce.
The best nugget is below, but check out the full article.
This whole Libby-Plame-Wilson-Rove-Armitage(remember him?)-Novak affair is like a multi-act play. No one, including the salivating media, is wearing any halos on this Independence Day.
The mock horror under something that really had no serious underlying crime is quite a farce.
The best nugget is below, but check out the full article.
Scooter Libby emerged as the least absurd character in the entire drama, and yet he was the one who committed a crime. President Bush entered the stage like a character from another world, a world in which things make sense.
His decision to commute Libby’s sentence but not erase his conviction was exactly right. It punishes him for his perjury, but not for the phantasmagorical political farce that grew to surround him. It takes away his career, but not his family.
David Brooks in the 7-3-07 NYT
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