DU-ers! Resist the twisting of traitorgate to political witch hunt!

[grasswire]

This story can take two paths now:

1. Political witch hunt perpetrated by Dems.

2. A blow to national security -- intelligence activities compromised, nuclear weapons tracking potentially at risk.

It is imperative that DU-ers do everything possible to resist the first path and encourage the second.

The WH is desperately trying to guide reporters down the first path. They're pulling out the big guns.

Resist! Resist!

Call, fax, email asking this: What has the leak done to our national security?

[blm]

1. Yes...the CIA doesn't NEED public prompting

that can be spun against the Dems. They are already engaged, as is the FBI. There are appropriately positioned Dems to press behind the scenes and represent the Dems publically.

DON'T FALL INTO ANY GOP TRAPS.

[proud patriot]

2. Yes in Every letter

Please Please ,,, This is about Our National Security

Investigate ...Let's get to the bottom of this .

[w13rd0]

3. This regime has shown a willingness...

...to put their own political fortunes before security needs, TIME AND TIME AGAIN. They've manipulated, fabricated, misrepresented. They've attempted to stifle all debate and dissent. They've shown a flagrant disregard for the rule of law, and their own promise to "restore honesty and integrity" to the WH.

[wuushew]

4. Why the hell can't I have my cake and eat it too?!

What Bush did was both partisan and illegal, I will enjoy playing my fiddle as his whitehouse burns.

[phillybri]

5. Amen...I wish our candidates would let leave this....

...to the congressional Dems....

[wuushew]

8. 6 out 10 of the Democratic candidates are congressional Dems

So just muzzle Sharpton,Mosely-Braun,Dean and Clark

[Selwynn]

6. A_G_R_E_E!!

[Brian Sweat]

7. It is the right that it trying to make it into a witch hunt.

But you are right, we need to concentrate on the national security aspects.

[NoKingGeorge]

10. The wall has been breeched.

A key component of our National Security fence has been breeched. The tracking of these WMD and components is a critical mission. AT least 10 years in the making.
A horrible irony if WMD are used somewhere ,and were able to move there because a blind has been drawn.
btw:THREE months ago that that blind was drawn. Homeland Security? Assman? Tenet ?

[proud patriot]

13. Exactly ...Let's not take the bait

Stay True ...

[nostamj]

9. MSRNC is whoring big big BIG time on "leak"

vote is currently 51% YES

Question of the Day:
Leak Uproar: Is it a political witch hunt?

The Justice Dept is investigating allegations that White House officials leaked the name of a CIA operative in retaliation for her husband, Amb. Joseph Wilson, saying that reports Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa were false. But Congressional Democrats are demanding that a special counsel investigate the allegations, saying Attorney General John Ashcroft is too close to the White House. Click here to send us your thoughts

http://msnbc.com/news/msnbccable_front.asp

[ignatius]

11. I have sent so many messages to my paper and my senators today

that I am starting to annoy myself.

I'll keep going though, we have got the BFEE by the nads on this one, we need to squeeze harder.

[Capn Sunshine]

12. Yes, God forbid we have another partisan witch hunt

after all, we want to keep losing by being polite and above all this.

Only mean old republicans have partisan witchunts.
Look what it has gotten THEM. Do we really want to have the Supreme Court, White House, Military , Senate, and House?

Oh, no, not if we have to play mean.

It just wouldn't be......right

[blm]

15. Dems don't HAVE to push the CIA, they are engaged

already in nailing Bush. So is the FBI. They have their Dem allies who are prodding behind the scenes. Don't try to wiener it up, because the CORPORATE media can't be trusted to report this square. Look at msnbc's question of the day.

[grasswire]

18. responding to #12 ---- your point is well taken..

...but you might as well face the fact that Republicans can pull off a witch hunt but Democrats can't. For the simple reason that THEY have an echo chamber replete with trained killer punditry, think tanks, thousands of radio stations, FAUX, and call/fax trees able to respond with millions of comments within an hour's notice.

We have only a "liberal" and lazy press compromised by a heavy burden of guilt laid on them by the right.

Dems simply can't mobilize a witch hunt.

Besides, the battle is not the prosecution of this story down the road. The battle is in the first hours of the story. The WH must control the story in the first 24 hours; set parameters and drop bread crumbs. If they can limit the focus in the first 24 hours AND give the story a meme (16 words) then their chances of winning are good.

[realFedUp]

14. National Security

National Security
National Security
National Security
National Security
National Security

[kayleybeth]

16. realFedUp

I love your recall graphic. Too funny!

[PurityOfEssence]

17. Ridiculous. Nothing is ever going to "just happen"

Who cares if they tar it as a partisan witch hunt? This is an act of revenge and tyranny that puts the very nation at risk. If they want to make it sound like the ravings of a bunch of opportunistic Democrats, it still keeps it in the public forum.

Fight.

That's what we need to do; anybody who questions our accusations should be asked point-blank: "Do you support criminal betrayal of our national security for your partisan revenge?" or "Do you support criminal betrayal of the country?"

Tell them that this administration is not to be trusted. They either lied thoroughly about everything prompting them to war or they're extremely incompetent. Either way, this proves that they cannot be above the law or "taken for their word". Tell them that liars and traitors are going to destroy the Republican Party if they're not rooted out now.

If anyone EVER claims it's partisan, huff with extreme dudgeon and call them accessories to a crime.

[ma4t]

19. exactly right

And in order to show that this is about national security and not a political witch hunt we should start now to demand that the perpertrators receive the same punishment that Robert Torricelli received when he disclosed the identity of a CIA informant back in 1995. After all, that case established a precedent for such things and to insist the precedent be followed - no more, no less- would be a good way to prove that politics is not part of the equation this time around.