Late Nite FDL: Is it Fitzmas Eve?
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It's the MOST won-der-ful tiiiiiiiiiiime of the year…
What's that sound? Do you hear it echoing over the snow? Is it sleigh bells?
You know kids, it's times like this when the whole family's together and everyone's hopes are so high, well, it just hits you right *there*, doesn't it? This family's been through a lot together this year and I just want to say how thankful I am for all of you and for good friends like Jane and Pach and Christy and Emptywheel and Jeralyn and Swopa and new friends like Scarecrow and Peterr and the lovely Phoenix Woman. Oh, we're a motley bunch of fools, but I can't think of a single blog on all the Interwebs where I'd rather hang my hat than here.
*Sniffle*
I love you guys. And all you readers, too. Group hug!
*Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!*
Aw, shucks.
So, you all know, don't you, that there is a very real possibility that we'll gather around the ol' wireless (connection) all day tomorrow and the jury will go on about their business without returning a verdict. It's par for the course. We could still be sitting here next Sunday night anxiously chewing our nails and hoping against hope that the verdict will be in tomorrow. Let's be careful not to get our hopes so high that by the end of the week we're all sniping at each other and getting so cranky and whiny that Christy finally just locks us all out in the back yard so she can get a few minutes of peace.
But remember, kids, it's not even a guilty verdict that counts. Whether the jury convicts Scooter or not, the important thing is to remember why we're here. We're a family, and we've accomplished great things together. We've boldly gone where no blog has gone before. FDL became the authority on this story. It's like Glenn Greenwald says, FDL's coverage of the Libby trial has forced a lot of people to reevaluate their preconceptions about what blogs are and what they can do.
The flip side of that, of course, is that as good as we've come off looking through all this, the overpaid shills of Big Media have come off looking like a bunch of pompous, overly credulous rubes. From Mary Matalin's bitchy asides to Scooter about Joe Wilson being "a snake" and Russert being the easiest mark on color TV to the child-like compliance of the White House Press Corps, all the way to Judy Miller's WMD's on the cover of the New York Times, nobody, it seems, has been more of an unquestioning enabler to the Bush administration than the So-Called Liberal Media.
So, let's take a little time amid all the Fitzmas noise and bustle to enjoy the sights and sounds and smells of the season, like Barbara Comstock sweating through her Eau de Joi, Ted Wells wringing out his sodden hankie and laying cool slices of cucumber on his tear-swollen eyes, Judy Miller snarfing down handfuls of Ambien, and the fresh, steaming egg on Tim Russert's face. Mmmmmm, it's Schadenfreudelicious! Yee haw! The people on the other side are sitting just as close to the edge of their chairs as we are tonight. Hell, let's send the poor suckers a round of drinks. Waiter! A tray of hemlock martinis for that glum-looking crowd over by the pool-tables, please!
Bottoms up!
Merry Fitzmas!
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