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To the MODS: is this an attack directed against Word Press and its users?

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But Fauxnews had reported that the Libby jury returned a not guilty verdict. I saw it on the TeeVee. Oh well, I guess we’ll never know for sure.

Exactly – often when not-so-well-known Repub members of Congress are indicted or accused of an impropriety, Fox will “mistakenly” label them a Dem in the streaming news ribbon running beneath video. The last time I recall seeing it done was when Florida Repub Mark Foley resigned after his email messages exposed him to be a pedophile preying on congressional pages. Fox continued to identify Foley as a Dem on the ribbon for 24 hours after the “mistake” was pointed out on the Daily Show.

“This is criminalization of politics.”

Of course just the opposite is true, Libby (and maybe Goodling, and Doan, and Rove, etc…)was criminalizing politics by actively outing Plame.

pwrlght @ 174

Libby won’t flip – Cheney and his cronies are paying his bills but we can all hope any way.

BTW Valerie Plame was COVERT.

Does anyone wonder if Mrs. Scooter might say “to hell with those guys” and spill the beans about what she knows?

I agree. As Marcy pointed out at TNH, Scooter’s only real profession now is going to be as a rightwing victim.

If he flips now, he’ll lose that income stream. Although, to be fair, it has happened. John Dean and David Brock have both made admirable post-rightwing turn-arounds by joining the land of the sane and fighting the good fight.

And Scooter’s wife is reportedly a Dem. If she has any influence on him, Scooter could – as unlikely as it seems – become one of the good guys.

I really, really doubt it, though.

In the meantime, he might prepare himself for life on the inside, which is why I suggest he think about getting some TATTOOS…so he’ll fit in.

Suggestions for a Libby jail-house tattoo?

How about one honoring the person most responsible for his getting sent up, the person Libby has been protecting by perjuring himself and lying to federal prosecutors?

A tattoo on Libby’s chest, maybe, of a heart with the words “I LOVE DICK_cheney” or just a basic tattoo stating “I”D DO ANYTHING FOR DICK_cheney,” including going to jail with these tattoos on oneself.

Aw, c’mon, Scooter. You’ll need tattoos where you’re going, just to identify to which gang you belong. In your case, the DICK_cheney gang.

He actually was convicted of crimes. (She wasn’t.) All he had to do was say the word and she would have been free– but he didn’t say that word. Why we should feel sorry for him, I don’t know. He didn’t feel sorry for his friend and leakee.

I love your son’s idea of a vigil for the Rule of Law — but, honestly, I think what Digby wrote was just brilliant snark. So good, I fell for it at first, too, posted a comment taking it seriously. Read it again…I’m pretty sure it’s snark.

But, tell your son we do need all the support for Rule of Law we can get. Especially from young people.

I told him. His response, ” Hey are you listening to the news — of course they are holding vigils – all over the news for crying out lound!

He was correct. I said, “Go for it kiddo, it’s your own kind of snark!”