Huckabee: Bush’s role in Plame leak should be ‘investigated.’
Huckabee: Bush’s role in Plame leak should be ‘investigated.’
In an interview on MSNBC’s Hardball yesterday, former Republican Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee called Scott McClellan’s revelation that “the President himself” was involved in the Valerie Plame scandal “stunning.” “They deserve to be thoroughly examined, investigated, and the truth brought to the American people,” he said, adding that President Bush should personally respond to the charges. Watch it:
View Plame’s response to McClellan’s statement HERE.
Transcript:
HUCKABEE: Well, I’m just hearing it this afternoon for the first time. It’s stunning. It’s one of those moments where I’m very glad that I’m not a Washington insider. It would not be a good time to have a Washington address.
MATTHEWS: Do you think this smacks of the problem of cover-up and sleaze and underhanded behavior, when even the president is apparently, according to his spokesman, party to a cover-up, willingly or not, wittingly or not putting out false information and then commuting the sentence of the person who shared in that party line, which was to deny any criminality?
HUCKABEE: Well, Chris…
MATTHEWS: In other words, Scott…
(CROSSTALK)
HUCKABEE: … these are serious allegations…
MATTHEWS: Scott was told to do something, Scooter did it. I mean, it’s fairly parallel here.
HUCKABEE: Well, they’re serious allegations, but we don’t know yet whether they’re true. Scott’s not saying this under oath. It’s not being denied under oath. And I have a feeling that before it’s all finished through the wash, that’s what’s going to happen.
But these are serious allegations. They deserve to be thoroughly examined, investigated, and the truth brought to the American people.
MATTHEWS: Do you think the American people deserve a statement from the president in this regard, personally?
HUCKABEE: Oh, I think he will have to respond to it, because the closeness and the fact that Scott McClellan was one of his most trusted aides and in the position of press secretary.
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Now that Scotty says it in a book, a Repuke takes it seriously?
How dumb.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:49 pm“Scott’s not saying this under oath. It’s not being denied under oath. And I have a feeling that before it’s all finished through the wash, that’s what’s going to happen.”
No way. Not going to happen.
This is the most spineless, feckless Congress we’ve seen in a long time. No way are they going to pursue this administration in any meaningful way.
They’re just waiting out the clock.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:50 pmWe have all known this for years. Bush and Cheney are behind the Plame leak.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:50 pm“We have a policy not to comment on any ongoing investigation, and we believe that this investigation is about to be reopened.”
November 21st, 2007 at 12:51 pmAs for Huckabee, everyone here needs to read the latest Rolling Stone. They have a great article on this guy.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:51 pmThank you MIke, that’s an honorable position to take. And it’s about F-in time too. Now about that evolution stance of yours…
November 21st, 2007 at 12:51 pmIt’s not like it wasn’t obvious in the first place, cripes, Mike every illegal, immoral, destructive crime that happens in government now a days is coming directly out of the White House. They tell everyone what to think and how to think it.
Why are these government types to freaking clueless?
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
November 21st, 2007 at 12:56 pmThe game is afoot!
November 21st, 2007 at 12:57 pmLand o’ goshen, the crackpot thinks it might be wise to investigate this thing! Hmmm. When are the well-paid, pampered faux-journalists going to ask him some uncomfortable questions about Wayne DuMond? I still remember how much of a problem repubs and the media thought Willie Horton was for Mike Dukakis. Without help from crackpot Huckabee, Wayne DuMond would have never been able to begin his second career as a rapist and serial murderer. And, to top it off, Huckabee got involved because he had been convinced by other crackpots possibly even crazier than he was that DuMond was only serving time because he raped a distant cousin of Bill Clinton! A rapist and murderer got off and continued raping and murdering because of Mike Huckabee! When will Chris Matthews play “hardball” with this crackpot? When will the intrepid reporters at the Washington Post and the New York Times write an article about this? When will the hard-hitting “gotcha” guy, Tim Russert, embarass Huckabee with questions regarding this embarassing incident?
November 21st, 2007 at 12:57 pmWell, crap. It’s about friggin’ time that these rightwing idiots figured that out.
Duh. Took ya long enough, you god-smacked moron.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:58 pmSo, putting aside his religion and stance on abortion, what does anyone think of Huckabee? He is moving up in the polls, he almost never comes up here at TP like Rudy, Fred or John…is he in anyway a benign conservative in anyone’s opinion? I honestly don’t know much about him but everytime I see him in an interview he seems a decent sort. His as with Chuck Norris is genuinely funny, too.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:01 pm“If someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration.”
–GWB
November 21st, 2007 at 1:02 pmI think ALL the candidates for President in 2008 need to be asked for the record….Do you agree with Gov. Huckabee that … President Bush’s role in the Plame leak NEEDS to be INVESTIGATED.??
November 21st, 2007 at 1:03 pmHuckabee should send Chuck Norris to investigate.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:04 pmThe last time Huckabee was on “Hardball,” Chris Matthews said, “You’re a great guy! We all like you around here!” You’d think a tough guy like Matthews would have some questions for Huckabee regarding Wayne DuMond. He’s deeply concerned with Hillary’s troubling habit of clapping to crowds. He hates the way she equivocates and tests the wind before making a political stand on something. He can’t stand the way she uses her sex as a political argument….
But, Huckabee being personally responsible for letting go a rapist and murderer who would go on to murder at least one woman in a neighboring state???? Chris Matthews can overlook an unfortunate incident like that because, after all, Huckabe is a hellovagreatguy!
November 21st, 2007 at 1:04 pmThe Fitzgerald Grand Jury must be reopenned
November 21st, 2007 at 1:06 pmMenehune, you’re right. It IS an honorable position to take. It’s also a reasonable one to take, and the character of the GOP demonstrated of the past fifteen years is what makes it remarkable that a Republican would take an honorable position regarding one of its own.
Of course, the upside for Huckabee in taking this position is that he is able to distance himself from the “DC Insiders” and from a deeply unpopular administration.
It’s just bizarre that the Republican frontrunners have refused to similarly distance themselves thus far.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:06 pmI could be wrong but I thought Fitzgerald hadn’t closed the case and that it was still open and ongoing. I think he would need to conveen a new grand jury though.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:09 pmSince Bush was involved, Bush should go to jail.
Isn’t that how justice works in America?
/Naivety off
November 21st, 2007 at 1:10 pm#11…I think he is a decent enough fellow. He might be praying for the Rapture, but I don’t think that he would actually attempt to start WWIII in order to make it happen. In that sense I guess he’s a more compassionate conservative.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:10 pmKeltoi: “So, putting aside his religion and stance on abortion, what does anyone think of Huckabee?”
Putting aside his religion??? Sorry, but anyone who thinks the earth is 6000 years old is simply a crackpot. The fact that we have a nation in which a serious candidate for our highest office thinks the world is 6000 years old is embarassing and a disgrace. And, as I have pointed out, this crackpot is personally responsible for the rape and murder of at least one woman – and now, after the record shows he was vigorously involved with the release of the murderer from prison, he says he doesn’t remember, so he’s a balls-out liar to boot.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:11 pmNow I am waiting for Colin Powell to spill more beans, much like he started doing in the Barbara Walters interview about his being prompted to fabricate evidence in front of the UN on Iraq WMDs.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:11 pmHow about investigating their role in the cover-up of actual, credible intelligence leading up to their Iraq invasion ?
How about investigating their use of lies and misinformation in the lead-up to their Iraq invasion ?
This government is corrupt, from top to bottom, thru and thru.
It’s time to leave this sh!t-hole while you still have a dollar in your pocket. Wait until you’re flat broke and you can’t get out.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pmLooks this GOP presidential candidate has decided it is time to run, not walk, away from Bush.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm“…Bush’s role in the Plame leak NEEDS to be INVESTIGATED.”
Comment by Badger
Unfortunately, Badger, there is no need to “investigate” the lying Sack-O-Sheet. There is a serious need to put him and all his cronies where they see the sun over Kansas for one hour per day. Congress has investigated ad nauseum until thinking people are fed up. It is time for action, not more useless talk. The only investigation that should take place is that that will occur during the impeachment hearings. A message for all politicians: DON’T TELL US WHAT SHOULD BE DONE JUST GET OFF YOUR COLLECTIVE DUFF AND GET IT DONE!
November 21st, 2007 at 1:16 pmKeith: “It’s time to leave this sh!t-hole while you still have a dollar in your pocket. Wait until you’re flat broke and you can’t get out…”
In the early 20th century, after the robber baron era almost destroyed our democracy, we fixed things. In the 30’s after an era of unregulated capitalism ruined our economy, we fixed things and created the strongest middle class in history. Here’s a suggestion: let’s fix things again and keep on fixing them until we put this modern libertarian/conservative scam out to pasture for good this time.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:17 pmIt’s time to leave this sh!t-hole while you still have a dollar in your pocket. Wait until you’re flat broke and you can’t get out.
Comment by Keith H. — November 21, 2007 @ 1:12 pm
Move all dollars to Foreign Currencies and precious metals ASAP. Get out of CDs, Treasury Bonds, Stocks, and Corporate Bonds. If you own your house, stay put, stock up on supplies, and get some serious protection for your family. If you still owe money on credit, pay back even faster than ASAP. I have the strange feeling that these Right Wing Militia Guys might be correct.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:19 pmKeltoi:
Being a supporter of reproductive choice and a believer in evolution I have no use for Huckabee. Yet, yes, he comes across as funny and unassuming…
I couldn’t figure out why the guy was so low in the GOP polls for so long.
At any rate, Rolling Stone has a good, though admittedly short article on Huckabee. Basically the author acknowledges Huckabee’s affability then goes on to detail his looniness with evolution, his abrasiveness when discussing religion, a financial scandal while governor, and his renewed wedding vows with his wife (that they registered at Target and Dillards and had the public, and presumably lobbyists too, contribute to). Details the low marks the public schools there got for science while he was governor.
Keltoi, I often look to the Republicans and wonder who out of them I could most put up with. While I’m no expert on them all, I’m thinking Huckabee is one I just couldn’t put up with.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:19 pmKeltoi, I gotta agree with the Colonel on this. Huckabee seems like a decent man with a good sense of humor, and appears to be outside the mainstream right-wing of BushCo, the think tanks and K Street. But his Christian fundamentalism is not a reasonable Christian fundamentalism (if such a thing exists).
He may be a more genuine Christian than the last self-professed evangelical installed in the WH, but that still doesn’t make him well-suited for the position of President. Not when he thinks the jury is still out on evolution.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:21 pmThe same Administration that lied its way into an invasion and occupation of a country that posed no threat to the US isn’t even going to comment on the money-grubbing ramblings of one of their “own.”
November 21st, 2007 at 1:22 pmMenehune and Keltoi:
Oh yeah, I forgot about his “Judgment Day could happen any day” thing.
God could bring Judgment Day any day now? Like tomorrow? Or next Tuesday?
No. It’s simply not rational.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:22 pmI could be wrong but I thought Fitzgerald hadn’t closed the case and that it was still open and ongoing.
Comment by IgnoranceIsNotBliss — November 21, 2007 @ 1:09 pm
Fitzgerald was very careful about this at his last press conference. I forget the exact words, but in effect he said that the investigation was no longer active without saying the case was closed. However he said it, I took away the message that he would reopen the case if new information came to light.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:24 pmPutting aside his religion??? Sorry, but anyone who thinks the earth is 6000 years old is simply a crackpot. The fact that we have a nation in which a serious candidate for our highest office thinks the world is 6000 years old is embarassing and a disgrace.
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — November 21, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
I am embarassed for anyone who believes that. The question is, will it affect his policy? You’d kinda have to say it would, but under that logic most anyone who actually believes their religion should be barred from office.
I had never heard the part about the released rapist. I wonder why his opponents haven’t “Hortoned” him over it…guess he was too low in the polls, previously.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:24 pmHuckabee and the rest of the GOP presidential field will still need to address the pesky issue of convincing America that Republicans are what the US needs to fix this Republican mess.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:26 pmDon’t tell me that Bush has broken any laws in the almost 8 years he’s been the Divider in Chief.
I just can’t believe it.
(sarcasm off, now)
November 21st, 2007 at 1:27 pmKeltoi, I often look to the Republicans and wonder who out of them I could most put up with. While I’m no expert on them all, I’m thinking Huckabee is one I just couldn’t put up with.
Comment by Frosty Cupcake — November 21, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
Yeah, Obama is my guy from Team Blue. I am an agnostic pagan Taoist. I find Western religion puzzling and fundamentalism of any kind laughable, sometimes disgusting. It is his policy I wonder about, not his faith, though.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:28 pmNow I am waiting for Colin Powell to spill more beans, much like he started doing in the Barbara Walters interview about his being prompted to fabricate evidence in front of the UN on Iraq WMDs.
Comment by Brain From Planet Arous — November 21, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
Likewise.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:29 pmI’m really looking forward to reading his tell-all book. Should be interesting. It was obvious he wanted nothing to do with that criminal enterprise and couldn’t distance himself from those bastards fast enough. Unfortunately, i’m sure he’ll wait until bozo the clown is out of office before he has it published.
I wonder what other top aides in the Chimperor’s Admin. will leave before the shoe drops?
November 21st, 2007 at 1:30 pmCmon Huckabee pardoned Keith Richards and he would pardon George.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:39 pmUnfortunately, i’m sure he’ll wait until bozo the clown is out of office before he has it published.
Comment by LividLib — November 21, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
Unfortunately, I think you’re correct. Powell is ever the loyal soldier. However, his oath was to defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic, not a criminal president. We who were around at the time, all remember the My Lai Massacre and his coverup in that.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:42 pmKeltoi:
“I am an agnostic pagan Taoist.”
I admit I am so ignorant of this statement that I have no idea if you’re kidding or not.
*grins*
Sounds intriguing anyway.
Of Huckabee I will say that i infinitely prefer his economic populism to Bush/Rove”s soak the poor and middle class policies, which infuriate me.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:46 pm“The war of aggression, the secret prisons, the use of evidence obtained by torture, and the surveillance of citizens without warrants, all initiated and carried out under the tenure of Bush & Cheney, are illegal under the U.S. Constitution and international law.” – Marjorie Cohn, President, National Lawyers Guild
November 21st, 2007 at 1:49 pmWe who were around at the time, all remember the My Lai Massacre and his coverup in that.
Comment by Brain From Planet Arous — November 21, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
Right you are! Colin Powell also lied to Congress during Iran-Contra.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:52 pmKeltoi: “I had never heard the part about the released rapist. I wonder why his opponents haven’t “Hortoned†him over it…guess he was too low in the polls, previously.”
For the last 20 years, our mainstream media has crafted “hero” tales about republicans and “demon” tales about Dems. Dems have “character flaws” and Repubs are “regular guys.” Thus, Michael Dukakis could preside over a state system which inadvertently released Willie Horton without his knowledge, and this would be a “character problem” for Dukakis. By contrast, Huckabee could personally champion the release of Wayne DuMond and do a lot of work on his behalf, DuMond could go on to rape and murder another woman, but this is NOT seen as a character problem for Huckabee.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:54 pmThis is something which Congress should be all over right now. If they do not take this seriously, there should be a class action movement by The People of this democracy to either hold them to the letter of the law which means that if an impeachable offense probably has occurred, they MUST, repeat MUST, take action on it.
Congress does not have the luxury of decising if impeachment is either on or off the table when impeachable offenses are suspected to have occurred. They must take action or be held in contempt of their oath of office and considered to be, each one personally, an obstruction of justice.
This treasonous action against Valerie Plame who was definitely covert at the time will be Bush’s Waterloo. What is the punishment for treason??? This is what the ‘WASHINGTON FIVE’ deserve – and nothing less!
The people knew they were behind this act of treason from the outset. They, conveniently, had Scooter fall on the sword by perjuring himself and thus obstructing further investigation up the chain of command. Everyone knows how the Bush Crime Cabal works – it’s not very different from the Cosa Nostra – where, when you can’t get the man then go after and hurt his wife or children. Sick, demented, and totally twisted for officials in our highest offices to be acting like nothing more than Mafioso thugs.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:58 pmHave we ever fallen down the rabbit’s hole when we even consider accepting felonious behavior like this from our administration officials as well as from Congress.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:00 pmRight you are! Colin Powell also lied to Congress during Iran-Contra.
Comment by Keith — November 21, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
That’s Right Keith! I forgot about Iran-Contra.
I guess Power Colon figures three strikes and your out.
He probably tell all when the Bush Clan are in Paraguay, along with all of the 80-90 year old Nazis who fled there after WW2.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pmIF THE FSA, THE FACISTS STATES OF AMERICA (FORMER USA) WANTS THE REST OF THE WORLD TAKING THEM SERIUOSLY, BUSH, ROVE, CHENNEY, LIBBY AND McClellan’s HAVE ALL TO BE INVESTIGATED, IDICTED AND IMPRISONED! NOW!
November 21st, 2007 at 2:03 pmMy prediction is that people in the mainstream media will say “this is old news. That’s why we’re not reporting on it.” After all, that’s what they said about the Downing Street Memo. It’s a familiar pattern. Ignore the embarassing story which everyone knows is a story and then later, act like you’ve already reported on it because everyone knows it’s a story. We’re being played like a cheap fiddle, people. The only option is media regulation, public financing of all federal elections and stripping away the phony ideas that money is speech and that corporations enjoy the rights of individuals.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:05 pmInvestigation…!!
Huckabee will be now a prime target by Limbaugh, Ann Coulters, Hannity , O’Reilly and many others in the Fox network gang who will find him and call him a traitor.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:05 pmHe will be put on a ‘Swifboat’ watch soon.
Everyone knows how the Bush Crime Cabal works – it’s not very different from the Cosa Nostra – where, when you can’t get the man then go after and hurt his wife or children. Sick, demented, and totally twisted for officials in our highest offices to be acting like nothing more than Mafioso thugs.
Comment by Veritas — November 21, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
Well, considering the Mafia was absorbed into the CIA in a hostile takeover, and GHW Bush was head of the CIA……………………….
November 21st, 2007 at 2:06 pmfeel the wayne dumond-mentum!
November 21st, 2007 at 2:08 pmLet’s also consider the motivation of Francis Ford Coppola in making the greatest mafia picture of all time, “The Godfather.” When someone asked Coppola why we needed another gangster picture, he answered that his movie was actually about unregulated capitalism.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:08 pmColonel:
“The only option is media regulation, public financing of all federal elections and stripping away the phony ideas that money is speech and that corporations enjoy the rights of individuals.”
How right you are.
PS. Finally found a news story on Dumond. You’re correct, hard to find.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:10 pmKeltoi – why do we have to put aside his crazed religious fanaticism (which leads him to spout ridiculously insane and inaccurate anti-science garbage) and his misogynistic repression of women…?
Those are the very things about him that scare me the most.
He’s wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-y too creepy and crazy for me. *shudder*
November 21st, 2007 at 2:17 pmNo. It’s simply not rational.
Comment by Frosty Cupcake
That’s why it is Religion.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:19 pmDukakis’ prison release policy was just a continuation of the exact same policy in effect under the previous governor who was Republican.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:23 pmHuckaberry will do as he’s told just like the rest of the loyal Republicans. Mitt will ask his lawyers about everything and Rudy will let the Mob handle any problems. Fred is still asleep and McCain will let his appointed brain Karl Rove made the decisions for him.
The new Deputy AG Mark Filip is the man for the job. He successfully covered up the crimes of the White House while he was a Judge, he’ll have no problem taking care of this problem. Mark has made a name for himself by taking care of the Crime Family and friends that’s how he got his job. Our new AG Mikie just wanted to be with the likes of other Criminals like Richard Nixon. Now Mikie is in the Club of the Crime Team and he will do his best to continue the criminal ways.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:27 pmReligion is phrases and gestures, and no experience.
Hinduism tries to experience, and shares some concepts of Paganism, but has scripture to bog it down
Buddhism is a Way of Life, and is most closely related to Paganism/Atheism.
Pagans, Sufis, Tantrics, and Native Americans EXPERIENCE the Divine Energy though psychoactive plants, dance, and Love Making.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:28 pmAnd Keith, DuMond’s release from prison was part of the crazy anti-Clinton hysteria ginned up by Richard Mellon Scaife’s “Arkansas Project.” DuMond was in prison for kidnapping and raping a 13-year old girl. It came out that the girl was a distant cousin of Bill Clinton and the Scaife people spread the myth that some kind of “Clinton machine” had railroaded DuMond into more prison time than he deserved. Huckabee jumped on the anti-Clinton bandwagon and championed the release of DuMond. DuMond went to live in a neighboring state where he raped and murdered at least one woman, went to prison for it and died in prison in the late 90’s.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:30 pmNow we’ve got the evidence and McClellangate will take down our own “enemy within”.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:56 pmHuckabee is the one to watch out for on the GOP side. He comes across as amiable, nice guy (even though I personally think he is a loon and as wrong as the day is long on most every important issue you can imagine). He comes across like he would be a good neighbor, he has executive office experience, and an unblemished record for the evangelical right.
If he were to get the nomination he would be the most dangerous GOP candidate out there at this time.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:01 pmKeltoi: “So, putting aside his religion and stance on abortion, what does anyone think of Huckabee?â€
“So, other than that Mrs. Kennedy, how was Dallas?”
Anyone who thinks the world was created 6,000 years ago, or who is even on the fence like the current dipshit should be immediately DQ’ed from holding any public office.
If their fundamental religious bias is that strong, it will rear it’s ugly head like it has during the last miserable 7 years. If we learned anything from the Chimp, it should be to identify these zealots early on and eliminate them from contention.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:03 pmGood luck, Huck.
Nice feigned surprise, too.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:05 pmI’d really like to see Huckster in a cute little track suit, as he’s sprinting away from the fiery, flaming bus crash that is the BushCo Criminal Cult.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:08 pm“Anyone who thinks the world was created 6,000 years ago, or who is even on the fence like the current dipshit should be immediately DQ’ed from holding any public office.”
I’d like to violently mutate this and suggest that anyone who thinks the world was created 6,000 years ago should be immediately sent to work at a DQ.
But then I’ve maintained all along that GWB wasn’t qualified to manage a Denny’s.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:35 pmIs Bush’s “Chicken coming home to roost” on Valerie Plame leak case?
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/11/is-valerie-plame-cia-leak-chicken.html#links
November 21st, 2007 at 3:43 pmDenny’s?
Hell, he’s not qualified to run a hotdog cart.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:43 pmMmmm. hot dogs, time for lunch…
November 21st, 2007 at 3:44 pmWhy do you hate DQ? Gotta admit you have a point though, keep the freaks out from behind the pharmacy counter.
Bush hit his apex as a coke snorting cheerleader, it’s been downhill from there and I am afraid we haven’t seen the bottom of his fall yet.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:46 pmDodd is also calling for an investigation. Great dinner conversation for tomorrow.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:51 pmJust one day after excerpts from the upcoming Scott McClellan tell all book suggested President Bush lied about the roles of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby in the Plamegate affair, the publisher is now back-tracking on the explosive claim. But despite a spokesman’s assertion that McClellan “did not intend to suggest Bush lied to him,” a seemingly forgotten 2005 story from the New York Daily News suggests otherwise.
As Perrspectives, Talking Points Memo, the Washington Note and other blogs noted in October 2005, the New York Daily News’ Tom DeFrank revealed that President Bush was apoplectic with Karl Rove in the fall of 2003 over his role in the outing of Valerie Plame.
For the details, see:
November 21st, 2007 at 4:06 pm“NY Daily News: Bush Furious with Rove Over Plame Leak in 2003.”
Heh – I hope all those chickens do a lot more than roost!! I hope they poop all over CommanderGuy’s pointy little head.
November 21st, 2007 at 4:24 pmThis is one of the few things Huckabee has said that I support.
November 21st, 2007 at 4:28 pmGet the facts on Huckabee’s role in the Wayne DuMond case before passing judgement. Guy Tucker had DuMond’s commutation on Huckabee’s desk when Huckabee took office. DuMond was mutilated by cronies of a corrupt sheriff (who died in prison btw). There was DNA evidence that DuMond was not the rapist of Clinton’s 2nd cousin. But that’s not the point. Huckabee originally thought DuMond was railroaded and favored his release but after careful consideration he DID NOT grant a pardon.
November 21st, 2007 at 4:39 pmI have heard nothing to refute my first impression of Huckabee. I think he’s a delusional, dangerous, religious fanatic who should never be allowed anywhere near a position in government.
Plus, his “fear of brown people” is completely off the chart. He strikes me as the most likely candidate, from either party, to implement a “final solution” for any number of “problems”.
November 21st, 2007 at 4:44 pmDumb Question for Huckabee:
Mr. H, if elected president, what will you do to investigate the Plame leak ?
November 21st, 2007 at 5:26 pmsyntax: “Huckabee originally thought DuMond was railroaded and favored his release but after careful consideration he DID NOT grant a pardon.”
I see, so Huckabee was not willing to sign his name to a formal release in the form of pardon, but WAS willing to work behind the scenes to get this guy released who went on to rape and murder a woman in another state. Fine. Your point being? And the story about DuMond’s “mutilation” is open to a lot of dispute. But again, the FACTS are that Huckabee championed and worked for the release of a violent rapist because a bunch of Clinton haters convinced him of some kind of wrongdoing with something called the “Clinton machine,” and this man went on to rape and kill a woman in Missouri. My question is still this: Willie Horton was indication of a character flaw with Democrat Michael Dukakis. Why isn’t Wayne DuMond indication of a character flaw with Huckabee?
November 21st, 2007 at 5:55 pmI sincerely HOPE Huckabee gets on a republican ticket. He’s not only a religious crackpot, but he gets real ugly under pressure or hostile questioning and he’s corrupt. Only 33% of Arkansas REPUBS (!) said they would support him in a recent poll.
November 21st, 2007 at 6:05 pmComment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — November 21, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
I also like the idea of a Huckabee nomination. He would end up with as much credibility as Robert (Farting Preacher) Tilton.
November 21st, 2007 at 6:15 pmI hope it starts to occurr to people eventually that McClellan is not the only one who knew that Bush was lying in our faces about this treason. There were also a number of highly placed “journalists” and the editorial boards of Time and Newsweek who knew the President was lying and didn’t think this was information an informed voting public needed to know before the 2004 election. Will anyone remember to ask the editorial boards of Newsweek and Time what they were thinking? How about “hard-hitting” Tim Russert? Didn’t working-class, hard-scrabble Tim think the voters needed to know Bush was lying about matters like treason?
November 21st, 2007 at 6:26 pmInvestigate Bush????Forget it!
Nobody touches lunatic BUSH & schrinking DiCK!
They have the mafia-type power and are very well organized.
If something goes wrong, there goes the pardon! Nobody is in real danger because Bush is there to rescue.
Pardon even for TURKEYS, a pardon that certainly belongs to those border defenders who were thrown in jail for defending our safety. A drug dealer is more important for Washington than two faithful cops.
I always thought that the drug dealers get toooooo much benefit from this Administration. Do the drug dealers deal with OIL, too? If not, what is then the “deal” of this admin with those guys??? Drugs??
November 21st, 2007 at 6:31 pmIf not, what is then the “deal†of this admin with those guys??? Drugs??
Comment by drtichy — November 21, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
Have you seen their pictures? Any cop, college student, or social person, can tell you that that “sunken eye look” is a symptom of cocaine use.
November 21st, 2007 at 6:54 pmI would be more inclined to think “legal” drugs are at work here – Xanax and Paxil to keep that smile going as long as possible and possibly Oxycontin to put you down real deep. Mix the oxycontin with a little liquor and you just might choke on a pretzel.
November 21st, 2007 at 6:58 pmComment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — November 21, 2007 @ 6:58 pm
I’m not so sure about that Col. Xanax and Paxil may explain reduced blood flow to the brain, but coke is famous for “messing with your eyes”. Plus, I don’t think Bushco is into “legal” anything. However, you may have a point on the Oxycontin. “Downers” can definitely interfere with one’s ability to swallow.
November 21st, 2007 at 7:14 pmNo. 26 and No. 27:
I thank you for your advice and understanding.
November 21st, 2007 at 9:39 pmI can get a little over-heated and very frustrated at times.
Please ignore the previous post, K-troll has no credibility left and has been reduced to posting at the end of a two day old thread.
November 24th, 2007 at 9:12 am