Joe Conason: "The Precious Flower Turd Blossom Must Be Protected At All Costs"

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http://ww1.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/03/30/partisan_government/?source=whitelist

See no Karl, hear no Karl
Guess who the latest Bush administration officials stricken with amnesia are trying to protect in the U.S. attorneys scandal.

By Joe Conason

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Taken together, the appearances of Sampson before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Doan before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform were, as Robert Klein once said sardonically of the Watergate hearings, a "veritable festival of recollection."

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Asked by committee chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., how she thought a Republican strategy session and pep rally -- held on federal property during work hours with federal resources -- had advanced the mission of GSA, which procures supplies and manages property for the government, Doan offered an evasive but revealing answer. That exercise was, she said, part of a continuing effort at "team building." Plainly she was a committed member of Rove's team, even if she honestly can't remember any details of that particular team-building moment -- especially if she can't remember any details.

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"I don't remember ever having talked to Mr. Rove about it," said Sampson. That assumption had arisen from conversations with someone else: "Scott Jennings" -- that name again -- "had expressed interest in promoting Tim Griffin." In other words, Sampson claimed, he had simply dropped the names of Rove and Miers on his own initiative.

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Far more probable is that somewhere high above his pay grade, the same imperative that doomed Scooter Libby is now about to claim Fredo Gonzales. That precious flower, the turd blossom, must be protected above all.

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1. Especially now that the republicans know he can rap and get out the black vote