Sep 02 2006
OTA Weekend- The Joe Wilson IV edition.
The IV in his name, which we all know means 4th, might as well mean intravenous because Joe Wilson’s credibility and reputation, as well as the conspiracy theories about Bush’s retaliation, are on serious life support.
So in Ambassador Wilson’s honor, I present the Joe Wilson OTA weekend.
We start with Sister Toldjah, who gives us: Put the blame on Plame - her husband, that is
There, she gives us this WaPo article: WaPo reluctantly revisits the plame game
The punch line:
Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame’s CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming — falsely, as it turned out — that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush’s closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It’s unfortunate that so many people took him seriously.
Tom Maguire takes a turn at the issue: WaPo Whacks Wilson
Sanity takes a broad look at the Media’s mishandling of not just this issue, but many others as well: The Media - Fast and Loose with the Facts
And Flopping Ace has this post with n excellant link round up: The End Is In Sight
A few other links: Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Captain’s Quarters
And finally a slightly…ok, very sarcastic look at the issue by Texas Rainmaker (Hat Tip ST):
The Editorial Joseph Wilson Should’ve Written…
In light of the end of the Plame affair, I did some digging and came across Joe Wilson’s first draft of the editorial that started it all….
What I Didn’t Find in
Africaa Bogus Investigation
By JOSEPH C. WILSON 4thDid
the Bush administrationI manipulateintelligence about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programsfacts about my wife being outed to justifyan invasion of Iraqa bogus investigation of a President’s administration?Based on my experience with the administration in the months leading up to the
warbogus investigation, I have little choice but to conclude thatsome of the intelligenceall of my claims related toIraq’s nuclear weapons programmy trip to Niger and my wife’s alleged outing as payback was twisted to exaggerate theIraqi threatlie.
You get the point.
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