Reply #25: It's All The Access Game

[KharmaTrain]

Look at this thing like a big game of telephone. The scheme was to get Wilson's name slimed and to use reporters to do it. This was planted around town many different ways...Scooter, Rove and proxies yet unnamed spoke "off the record" all over town not only to get the Wilson story planted but to create such a confusing trail that it would be hard for any to ascertain where the leak ever came from.

Libby tried to play his end of the phone game and shoveled it off on Russert thinking Russert would play off it as well seeing that Timmy could lose his coveted access and connections if he didn't play along. It's the Aspens and Timmy's one of 'em. The problem breaks down that somehow Libby didn't communicate to Russert that this was how the game was supposed to be played and Timmy didn't play along with saying he couldn't recall where the name came from. Remember, Judy's still trying to play that Flame game.

The gambit here is to use the media to compromise itself...and the boooosh regime sure has done a great job of that. Between the cronyism of the punditocracy...Rove and Russert and Mrs. Greenspan and Tweety all being very good friends or a Wolfie Blitzer saying how great a guy the party hack/liar Cliff May is...attempting to give these crooks cover and credibility. Timmy's still not sure how things are shaking out as to how he plays it. If he screws Rove or the Repugnicans too bad, he's screwed his own pooch.