WILSON is the WHISTLE-BLOWER

[Stephanie]

"Rove" is the retaliator - abusing his power in an attempt to intimidate a witness.*


















*assuming it was "Rove," of course.

[Lord_StarFyre]

1. Assuming nothing

[BrklynLiberal]

2. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!!!!!!

I hope that somehow we can will it into reality....
:evilgrin: :bounce: :bounce: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :yourock: :yourock: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Virginian]

14. Picture isn't coming up in my browser. N/t

[Catherine Vincent]

6. ROTFL!

That photoshop gets better each time. I didn't notice the wet stain before. heehee!

[CoffeeCat]

7. OMGosh that pic of Rove!!!! LOL!!

I was scrolling down and looking at it--and his wet pants caught me off guard!

ROTFLMAO!!!!

The man should be hauled away for that tie! I didn't know that Washington, DC had a Chess King! :)

[Swamp Rat]

10. Hope Springs Eternal

[Virginian]

3. That's putting it clearly!

Unfortunately, the press didn't protect the whistle blower, but now they want to protect the retaliator.

As Wilson put it, Judith Miller is collateral damage, just like his wife.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. I do not believe that she is even that innocent. She is not protecting a

source that deserves to be protected. She is covering up the name of someone who intentionally wanted the name of a covert CIA agent to be released in order to retaliate against someone who crossed his honey-boy, George W. Bush!!! It was intentional, it was Evil, and she was complicit, and as long as she is silent she continues to be complicit.

[Eloriel]

12. I agree, and so does both E&P and Fitzgerald

E&P: Karl Rove: Using Reporters--and Abusing the First Amendment
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4021846
Link: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/shoptalk_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000973352


"An attack on an administration critic, not whistle-blowing" - Fitzgerald
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1909658
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/06/reporters.contempt/index.html

[Stephanie]

15. thanks for the links

I'm baffled that Rove is getting away with spinning himself as a "source" - which then gets conflated with "whistle-blowers" in discussion of this issue. As David Zephyr points out in another thread, Rove attempted to PLANT a story in the press.

[Virginian]

13. One doesn't have to be innocent to be collateral damage

And Miller isn't innocent. She is complicit. She is an accomplice after the fact.

Plame was innocent.

Miller is more likely to still have her job once this is all over. Plame's job is gone forever.

Their being collateral just points back to the real story here. Bush lied about Iraq seeking Yellow Cake from Niger. He knew it was a lie but used it anyway to beat the drums of war. Wilson exposed his lie. The rest is collateral from BushCo's shot at Wilson.

[Stephanie]

9. She seems to be a patsy for BushCO

Whenever they need someone gullible they call up Judy.

[caledesi]

4. Love the pic. Who looks more credible? Duh...

Rover looks like the Pillsbury Doughboy and a raving lunatic.

Wilson - cool, calm, collected.

[im10ashus]

8. Whistle-blowers are not to blame.

Without whistle-blowers, we wouldn't have the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen. Rove the Retaliator will have to answer sooner or later. Let's hope it's the former.

[catzies]

11. How RIGHT you are. A whistleblower is defined as someone who

exposes the wrongdoing or corruption and is punished for it.

[Stephanie]

16. Wilson exposed the wrongdoing in the NEW YORK TIMES

So why isn't the NYT protecting him?