Andrew Sullivan: Something is rotten in the heart of Washington

[babylonsister]

Something is rotten in the heart of Washington; and it lies in the vice-president's office. The salience of this case is obvious. What it is really about - what it has always been about - is whether this administration deliberately misled the American people about WMD intelligence before the war. The risks Cheney took to attack Wilson, the insane over-reaction that otherwise very smart men in this administration engaged in to rebut a relatively trivial issue: all this strongly implies the fact they were terrified that the full details of their pre-war WMD knowledge would come out. Fitzgerald could smell this. He was right to pursue it, and to prove that a brilliant, intelligent, sane man like Libby would risk jail to protect his bosses. What was he really trying to hide? We now need a Congressional investigation to find out more, to subpoena Cheney and, if he won't cooperate, consider impeaching him.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/03/after_libby.html

[Radio_Lady]

1. Andrew is a liberal "gay conservative Catholic" -- interesting to watch his progression on his blog.

Thanks for the post. K & R.

[Vadem]

7. He didn't use to be a liberal gay, did he? Not that I remember...

I thought he was another blind right winger, espousing BS on behalf of the criminal White House!

[Cha]

8. andy sullivan was spouting venom

against Al Gore in 2000 but bush-cheney-gang has made him see the fucking light.

I don't think he's "liberal", though. Could be wrong.

[ourbluenation]

10. He used to be the editor at The New Republic if memory serves n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Sullivan is an opportunist.

He knows the tide has turned and that there will be more Democrats throwing "A" List cocktail parties. If you make a living commenting about the latest dish in Washington, you have to get invited to the correct party.

[Morgana LaFey]

12. Sometimes I think that's about all you find in D.C.

with a few notable exceptions.

[Vinnie From Indy]

14. BINGO!

He is an opportunist and should always be reminded of his trashing of Gore along with his complete backing of BushCO for years.

[mitchum]

13. There's no progression; Sullivan is just an opportunist who knows which...

way the wind is blowing

[Why Syzygy]

2. What was he trying to hide, indeed.

At whose price was our national security breached?

[Old and In the Way]

3. What was he trying to hide?

The war-profiteering coward was trying to hide his planning of the Iraq War (Secret Energy Task Force meetings) and his probable interest in taking down down the Brewster-Jenning's CIA network tasked with following the movement of WMD in the ME. Scooter will get a pardon...I have no doubts that the deal was 'take one for the team, appeal, and we'll pardon you on the way out'. I wish I could be excited that Fitzgerald's prosecution accomplished something, but I think it was a theatrical performance designed to minimize the real damage that the Plame case could have wrought on this administration. So Cheney's probably not too broken up about this...could have been a hellavu lot worse for him.

[ToolTex]

4. "could have been a hellavu lot worse for him." Yes, the people could have demanded he be strung up.

[gratuitous]

5. Thanks Mr. Sullivan

Now, tell us something we don't know, that we haven't been screaming in the monkey faces of the dull-witted kewl kidz of the major media for the last six years. We're all agog at your sudden discovery that Dick Cheney is a mean, bitter, vindictive political apparatchik who will use all means at his disposal, legal and illegal, to further his own agenda.

[Snellius]

6. Better late than never

But Sully was as caught up in the pre-war hysteria, and the blindness to the fallacies that led up to it, as was Cheney himself.

[tavalon]

11. Something is rotten in the heart of Washington? Ya think?

If this is the first time you noticed that Sully, you've been hittin' the bottle a little too heavily.