Plamegate may seem arcane, but we all have a stake in the outcome

[struggle4progress]

This scandal offers an opportunity not only to discredit Bush, but the entire ideology used to justify the war in Iraq

Jonathan Freedland
Wednesday October 26, 2005
The Guardian

Now America has its own David Kelly affair. There is no corpse - unless you count the US troops killed in Iraq, whose number is now 2,000 - but all the other elements are in place. A complex saga, turning on the unwanted outing of a government servant; a media organisation rocked by accusations of sloppy editorial processes; and a judicial investigation zeroing in on the charge that the government cooked up the case on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. It will reach its climax any moment now. <snip>

How damaging will it be? If it was purely a matter of hardball tactics by his aides, Bush would be able to ride it out. But there is the question of motive. In the words of former presidential candidate and current Democratic party chairman Howard Dean: "This is not so much about Scooter Libby and Karl Rove. This is about the fact that the president didn't tell us the truth when we went to Iraq, and all these guys are involved in it." <snip>

What's more, Plamegate comes as Bush is especially vulnerable. Hurricane Katrina exposed his administration as careless, cronyish and above all incompetent. In a blistering speech last week, Colin Powell's former chief of staff, Col Laurence Wilkerson, warned that if the US was struck by another terror attack or a major pandemic "you are going to see the ineptitude of this government in a way that will take you back to the Declaration of Independence".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1600747,00.html

[waiting for hope]

1. the great thing is....

now we can use this to our advantage for the '06 and '08 elections, let face it, we will probable be stuck with the asshole for the remainder of his term but it's the shit pile beneath him that can be flushed. Dean rocked Sunday morning! :headbang:

[EuroObserver]

2. I'm sorry, struggle4progress, I see I duped this

thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x167903

(three hours later).

I see the search function here really doesn't always work properly...

[struggle4progress]

3. I unintentionally dupe all the time. And you're right about "search" --

sometimes it completely misses.

[rodeodance]

4. yes, yes yes.

...But there is the question of motive

[EuroObserver]

5. Blair lied to take the UK into 'war'

aka. illegal invasion.

(see thye other thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x167903 and read article (UK perpective)).