WaPo's Richard Cohen talks stupid trash on Fitzgerald and lots ...

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... of folk are informing him just how inane and reckless this Op-Ed column of his, is:

Let This Leak Go

By Richard Cohen

Thursday, October 13, 2005; Page A23

The best thing Patrick Fitzgerald could do for his country is get out of Washington, return to Chicago and prosecute some real criminals.

Have your blow-lunch bags ready if you read more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101202002.html

Kos is accurate and terse:

What a dumb fuck.

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/13/113521/45

John Aravosis buries him:

RIP, Richard Cohen
by John in DC - 10/13/2005 09:56:00 AM

No he's not dead, just his credibility.

I used to love this guy. He was one of the best op ed writers in the country. Now, I don't know what he is. His op ed in Thursday's Washington Post about how Patrick Fitzgerald should just quit and go home... What, did karl Rove kidnap Cohen's cat?

To wit (he does bury him):

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/10/rip-richard-cohen.html

Atrios awards him Wanker of the day:

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_10_09_atrios_archive.html#112920993179365451

Steve at The News Blog ... well you gotta just see the pic of Fitz and Judy (actually only a part of Judy), and read it:

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/10/let-her-go-patpretty-please.html

And, then there's ReddHedd at firedoglake -- this one is robustly detailed and fierce -- yummy:

Dear Richard Cohen ...

Should I call you Dick -- or do you prefer "connected beltway hack with no understanding of the point of prosecuting people who break the law?"

Read your column in today's Washington Post. Thought I would drop you a line to ask if you have upped your medications or if you were drunk at your deadline time or something? Do you know any real prosecutors -- or only the political wannabes that you meet at DC social functions?

If you don't know any actual prosecuting attorneys, let me help you out. For people who uphold the law as their vocation -- and there are an awful lot of them in this country who take their jobs very seriously -- putting people in jail for breaking the law, and seeking justice, is their job.

Sure, they are mean to the jerks who break the law. (btw, these people are called criminals.) These criminals may be poor, uneducated and even mentally unstable -- and sometimes they are wealthy, highly educated and people you seem to want to continue to hang out with at cocktail parties.

So much more -- enjoy:

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2005_10_09_firedoglake_archive.html#112923457347397662

Mr Cohen, what I'm going to suggest is so simple even you should be able to get it -- PUBLISH AN APOLOGY TO MR FITZGERALD AND HIS STAFF AND TO EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN.


Peace.