Wilson, Plame steal some of Kelley’s thunder

[G_j]

http://www.thehill.com/under_dome/092304.aspx

Wilson, Plame steal some of Kelley’s thunder

Kitty Kelley, the best-selling Washington author whose unflattering biography of President Bush and his family just hit the bookstores, had a book-signing here Tuesday night, but she was overshadowed by two other controversial figures in the election-year scenario.


As people lined up at the Warner Theatre atrium to meet Kelley and buy pre-signed copies of The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, many in the crowd of more than 300 flocked around former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson IV and his wife, Valerie Plame, a CIA covert operative, ignoring Kelley as she addressed the crowd.

Wilson and Plame are central figures in the ongoing controversy stemming from his charge that top White House officials disclosed his wife’s CIA cover to syndicated columnist Robert Novak and other journalists to discredit him after he publicly disputed Bush’s State of the Union message claim that Saddam Hussein was seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction by buying uranium ore in Niger.

Wilson told The Hill that he expects the federal grand jury investigating the leaking of his wife’s name “to finish its work soon,” but added, “I don’t know whether there will be any indictments.” He said the ordeal “has been a great distraction for both of us, but there’s nothing we can do about it. It’s been a long year.”

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[RebelYell]

1. I remain hopeful for them

But a Repub prosecutor and a Bush-appointed judge doesn't help matters. Time will tell. I'll be happy to eat my words if there's a happy ending to it - like, indictments before the election or high-ranking officials like Rove or Libby indicted.

[G_j]

2. fingers crossed

one can only hope

[0007]

3. Good article

[G_j]

4. kick

[struggle4progress]

5. and once more

:kick:

[JI7]

6. this is a good thing, no matter which one gets attention it's not good for

Bush.

kitty kelley is the one who can attract the crowds since most people are interested in the type of stuff she wrote about. but if it also gets them to hear wilson and plame that is especially good since it shows why bush needs to really go.

[robertpaulsen]

7. Kick for Wilson and Plame!

:kick:

[are_we_united_yet]

8. “I don’t know whether there will be any indictments.”

Oh sh#t I don't like the sound of that. This may go nowhere.