A lot of people are probably disappointed that Patrick Fitzgerald didn't indict I. Lewis Libby today for outing Valerie Wilson as a C.I.A. spy. Not me. I take immense satisfaction that the prosecutor nailed Libby's ass for lying, again and again and again.
Untruth isn't just the m.o., the shockingly successful political strategy, of Butch and his people. Untruth is the air they breathe, untruth is the food they ingest and regurgitate–all over everyone but their rich friends. To see even one of those creeps finally forced to account for his lying thrills me beyond words.
Will any of them learn anything? Sure. Take more care not to get caught. But the new focus on their practices will make it harder for the administration to get away with a strategy unchallenged at a meaningfol level for going on five years. And congress? Well, maybe Ronnie Earle's prosecution of Tom DeLay will have similar benefits.Plus, David Brock is living proof that no one who isn't a sociopath is beyond redemption.
The blogosphere wastes a lot of energy on right-wing pundits. I recommend skipping cable and Sunday morning talk shows. The people who believe the garbage will do so no matter what. Fitzgerald already refuted it all in advance in that press conference.
The most intriguing question to me is whether Libby will have to twist slowly till after the 2008 election. The guy obviously was just one of a herd of rogue elephants. So how much of a comeback do Butch's poll ratings have to make before he can risk pardoning his boy? 2008 must seem a long time off to Scooter. But true belisvers do seem to have a talent for adjusting to prison life. Speaking of true believers: Has anyone asked Wolfowitz how he feels about all this stuff? Scooter, after all, was a Dem before Wolfowitz turned him at Yale.
