Plame leak = no smear (so says dingus in my local paper)

[carrowsboy]

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784077034&path=%21editorials%21letters&s=1045855935005

"The Plame Leak Wasn't a Smear

Editor, Times-Dispatch: Paul Krugman writes, "And now we know just how far was willing to go with these smear tactics: As part of the effort to discredit Joseph Wilson, Rove leaked the fact that Wilson's wife worked for the CIA."

Could someone please tell me what the smear is? What is wrong with working for the CIA? It does not exist by accident. Congress votes money for the CIA every year. The agency takes orders from the President. If it is disgraceful to work for the CIA, then shouldn't it be equally shameful to work at the Capitol or the White House -- or fraternize with people who do?

I know some people would object that the CIA practices employment discrimination. Narcotics addiction, alcoholism, adultery, gambling, and conflicts of loyalities do not bar a person from elected office or other positions of political leadership. The security-clearance system keeps most applicants with these problems out of the CIA.

Democrats -- not CIA employees -- are the ones who should be embarrassed. The moral climate that gave us Tyco and Enron in the private sector must have fostered some juicy public-sector fiascoes. Democrats should be ashamed if they can't find a scandal with a bit of substance and entertainment value. Charles J. Gambill, III. richmond."

[MaineDem]

1. She was COVERT... not a known CIA agent. Duhhh

People are so thick sometimes.

[gratuitous]

2. You gotta work hard to be that stupid

Astonishing to me that the Gambill family had enough collective marbles to produce any offspring, let alone a Charles III. I'm going to have guess inbreeding was a factor.