Reply #240: Newt is playing a big role today,

[H2O Man]

isn't he? A man rejected by the public, who showed a willingness to SHUT DOWN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT in the past. We would do well to watch a fox who is willing to SHUT DOWN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. A fox who will create a crisis to not merely distract attention from what is going on at the margins of public awareness, but to justify the strong-arm tactics needed to "bound and gag" any public official who were trying to alert the public to the DANGER of, oh ... let's say the shutting down of the federal government prior to the fall elections .... if that's what it took .... to keep some skunks from being rejected by the public.

On the other hand, we have Rockefeller.... who knows exactly what is going on. The small amount of information being released -- to distract public attention -- has been "disrupted" in large part by a movie by Michael Moore. For every action, there is an equal reaction, and Rockefeller knows that even moderate republicans are upset by the revelations from F 9-11..... the senate report on the White House's role in the intel manipulation leading to war in Iraq .... plus the Plame indictments .... would result in moderate republicans turning away from this administration.