"Whoops, 'Plamegate' Back on Page One"

[GreenPartyVoter]

When the White House rushed its most-important-decision-a-president-can-make on a new Supreme Court justice forward to get top aide Karl Rove's involvement in the Valerie Plame affair off the front pages, most pundits dutifully hailed the move as a brilliant tactical move that would surely bury the "other" story for days if not weeks.

Hello John Roberts, goodbye Karl Rove.

Actually, the Supreme scheme started falling apart within hours, thanks to a fair amount of attention on the poorly planned (for the White House) testimony on the Hill about a federal shield law. Even Matt Cooper got some face time on TV for that, even if he had to share the screen with his boss, Norm Pearlstine.

Now along comes the Washington Post this morning, led by top guns Walter Pincus and Jim VandeHei, trumpeting on A1 (ouch) a story that brings attention right back to Rove, not to mention to Ari Fleisher and, possibly, a cast of thousands. So let's score this News Values 1, Pundits 0.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0721-31.htm

[evil eggplant]

1. Yep

Salon made a comment that applies here. Something to the effect that the press have stopped being stenographers, and are once again real journalists.

The press is pissed at the chimp, at scotty, at the entire administration. They have been eating chimp-shit for 5 years. Now, they are liberated. And so long as they stay focused, the diversionary tactics (including clamming up) will no longer be effective.

The chimp went out there and looked real presidential with his appointment. He was hoping to stir up some controversy (Roe is usually good for that) and get the turd blossom off page 1.

It ain't gonna work. Hopefully, bushs days of getting a free-pass on everything and being held accountable for nothing are a thing of the past.

It looks like the leaked information was classified, and that the leaker must have known about it.

If you want something to really hope for, hope that Fitzgerald is smarter than rove.

Cheers

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. It all depends, though. The press are still coprorate owned. In the end

their masters will decide what can and cannot be reported. x(

[EC]

3. I think that ROVE was the threat before

and now he has been neutered...