Somebody Really Ought To Send Novak's Last Column To Scooter !!!

[WillyT]

Especially for that last paragraph...

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The I-word (for incompetence) is used by Republicans in describing the Bush administration generally. Several of them I talked to described a trifecta of incompetence: the Walter Reed hospital scandal, the FBI's misuse of the Patriot Act and the U.S. attorneys firing fiasco. "We always have claimed that we were the party of better management," one House leader told me. "How can we claim that anymore?"

The reconstruction of his government after Bush's re-election in 2004, though a year late, clearly improved the president's team. Yet the addition of extraordinary public servants Josh Bolten, Tony Snow and Rob Portman has not changed the image of incompetence.

A few Republicans blame incessant attack from the new Democratic majority in Congress for that image. Many more say today's problems by the administration derive from yesterday's mistakes, whose impact persists. The answer that is not entertained by the president's most severe GOP critics, even when not speaking for quotation, is that this is just the governing style of George W. Bush and never will change while he is in the Oval Office.

Regarding the Libby-Gonzales equation, unofficial word from the White House is not reassuring. One credible source says the president never -- not even on the way out of the Oval Office in January 2009 -- will pardon Libby. Another equally good source says the president never will ask Gonzales to resign. That exactly reverses the prevailing Republican opinion in Congress. Bush is alone.

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Link: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/bush_alone.html

Might just get ole Scooter to pick up the phone and give Fitz a call. Ya never know.

:shrug:

[merh]

1. Good idea.

And Scooter knows from personal experience that Novak is well fed by the WH.

[eleny]

2. If Scooter doesn't pick up the phone - his wfe might

She was on fire coming out of the courtroom.

[WillyT]

3. I Hadn't Heard. Does FDL Have A Blog On That ???

:shrug:

[WillyT]

4. Ok... Found It !!!

Is this what you're talking about?

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Libby was stoic and Mrs. Libby daubed her eyes as the verdict was read. Nobody on the prosecution showed much emotion but Zeidenberg held his head in his hands. Libby himself was seated between Wells and Jeffress. He did not move.

Afterwards Mrs. Libby came up and hugged Jeffress profusely, then Wells, saying "love you, love you" with much emotion. Then all the rest of the defense team. She didn't hug Scooter however, or hold his hand, or even make eye contact.

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Link: http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/06/verdict-from-the-courtroom/

Sounds like she's mighty pissed of to me.

Maybe she WILL make that call.

:bounce:

[eleny]

5. I read some posts here at DU

Something about her saying that they were going to "f" them. And no one thought she meant the jury!

Sorry for the delay in replying! Our connection has up and down all day. So I went to clean the kitchen. :(

[annabanana]

6. So, is Scooter sweating yet? Have we sent our letters

to the Judge, encouraging him to throw the book at this weasel?

You know, to counter the "He deserves a lenient sentence because he is a good guy" letters that his lawyer has been soliciting.

see here for details:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x515959