Begala just absolutely destroyed some rethug over Plamegate.

[speedoo]

They were on with Blitzer and the rethug was trying to say no damage was done by the Plame outing. Begala just blasted him totally. Even Blitzer piled on a bit.

Very enjoyable to watch.

[otohara]

1. Too Bad Begala Still Works for CNN

i like him, but boycott them. Crooks & Liars hope you post this soon!

[Fuzz]

2. Saw it

The pubbie wasn't at all confident about what he was saying.

[pearl]

4. Wolf helped him

I guess Blitzer couldn't stand the spin.
Really old material.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

Wolf very pointedly said that it was the CIA that asked that the leak

be investigated, and if they did, there must have been a basis for a criminal charge. Ergo..Valerie was a covert agent. In fact, she was a NOC.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. I think the guy's name is Rich Galen

He often appears with Susan Estrich and his tactic has always been to interrupt the leftist. That's his schtick, over-and-over again, interview-after-interview: interrupt the leftist.

Here, he was saying that Valerie Plame was not a covert agent. I thought that it was a pretty settled matter that she was; a NOC in fact. Begala didn't do a very good job of refuting that, in my opinion, except to say at one point that we didn't know whether she was covert or not. I would assume if this matter goes to trial, that expert witnesses as well as co-workers from the CIA will be called to testify as to whether she was covert.

[Cha]

5. "interrupt the leftist" to

lie.

[Mist]

11. Yeah, the Rethug dragged in that old "talking point": "She wasn't

undercover anyway." Then did the Rethug thing of interrupting and talking over Begala. The rethugs NEVER address the point of the case BEING BROUGHT BY THE CIA ITSELF.

[WiseButAngrySara]

6. And strangely enough, I lost total transmission just as this was occurring

Yesterday, it was Dean on Hardball with Tweety...MSNBC was the only cable station that was affected, and ONLY during Dean's speech. Today, the same thing happened on CNN with Begala dicussing Rove! I'm beyond suspicious here? Two separate Cable stations go blank only when controversial issues are discussed? I'm NOT generally a tin foil hatter, either.

[CottonBear]

7. Begala pissed off Daryn Kagan this morning.

She took umbrage that Begala said that * spoke during a bad time slot for hte US but that his speech was directd to the Middle East.
Kagan thought he was dissing her show. Hah! She was pissed.

[Lex]

10. She's not very bright.

And Bill Hemmer who used to be on in the morning was a total idiot.

[patrice]

8. Plame was fighting Terrorism for real by working to ID real WMD.

What's the defnition of treason? Doing something that puts the U.S. in Grave Danger?

What part of this do people not understand? Her for real job was to find WMD. She was trashed, ergo WMDs are flowing through channels that had previously been denied to them by her presence on the watch.

[KelleyKramer]

9. Hopefully someone will get a video clip up

Calling BP .. or Crooks and Liars ???? ........