Everything Is Beautiful, In Its Own Way…

10:10 pm EST October 16th, 2005 | Politics | 8 Comments

White House prepares for possible indictments

The White House is bracing itself for the possible indictment of senior officials as Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor, prepares to wrap up his two-year inquiry into the leaking of a covert CIA agent’s name.

By the way, the talking points are out and the word in question appears to be “criminalization” (you can see the increase in its usage in visual form).

The same people who launched impeachment proceedings over an extramarital affair are going to be wailing about the “criminalization” of politics.

The irony meter is at about 12 and rising.

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8 Responses to “Everything Is Beautiful, In Its Own Way…”

  1. Semanticleo says:
    October 16, 2005 at 10:10 pm

    It just all depends on whose ox is being gored.

    Is it a coinkidinky that the same feckless promoters of the conservative agenda had their own interests foremost in mind when they had the power(sans the right) to take full advantage?

  2. buma says:
    October 17, 2005 at 12:10 pm

    Depends on how you use the word.
    Why does Bushco continue to criminalize the executive branch? How much more of this GOP-sponsored criminalization will the American people tolerate? Power corrupts.

  3. buma says:
    October 17, 2005 at 1:10 pm

    well, Billmon also says:

    Stare Decisis
    I’m guessing that this time we won’t hear a lot of Republicans harrumphing about the fact that “no man is above the law.”

    In an interview yesterday, Wilson said that once the criminal questions are settled, he and his wife may file a civil lawsuit against Bush, Cheney and others seeking damages for the alleged harm done to Plame’s career.
    If they do so, the current state of the law makes it likely that the suit will be allowed to proceed — and Bush and Cheney will face questioning under oath — while they are in office. The reason for that is a unanimous 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Paula Jones’ sexual harassment suit against then-President Bill Clinton could go forward immediately, a decision that was hailed by conservatives at the time.

    The real question is: What “good for one use only” legal doctrine will Roberts, Miers, Scalia and Thomas adopt this time.

    Miers: Executive privilege is so “cool”!

    http://www.billmon.org/
    Posted by billmon at 08:54 AM

  4. buma says:
    October 17, 2005 at 1:10 pm

    Billmon says

  5. SaveFarris says:
    October 17, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    From this we can glean:

    A) Wilson believes that Fitzgerald will NOT indict Rove, Libby, et.al. If so, why bring up the spector of a civil action now? One doesn’t fire that bullet until all others are exhausted.

    B) Wilson is apparently unaware that defense counsel would be able to depose him in such a civil suit. Were someone to share that with Joe, I doubt he’d be so gung-ho on this particular legal action.

  6. Joshua Gaines says:
    October 17, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    If so, why bring up the spector of a civil action now? One doesn t fire that bullet until all others are exhausted.

    That doesn’t follow. There’s nothing he loses by pointing out that he may file a civil suit later.

    Wilson is apparently unaware that defense counsel would be able to depose him in such a civil suit. Were someone to share that with Joe, I doubt he d be so gung-ho on this particular legal action.

    I highly doubt that he is unaware that he can be deposed. He was an ambassador and speaks several languages. I met him once and he didn’t strike me as someone who wouldn’t be that clueless.
    But, just for the sake of argument, let us assume that he doesn’t know. Can you explain why this would be problematic for him? It’s not like he’s been reticent up to now.

  7. Joshua Gaines says:
    October 17, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    That is, I met him once and he didn t strike me as someone who would be that clueless.

  8. Beth C. says:
    October 17, 2005 at 7:10 pm

    The “criminalization of politics” meme is the ultimate in hypocrisy. We need to turn it around–the White House (okay, the entire GOP–look at DeLay) is “politicizing criminal activity”.