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Saturday, October 29, 2005

Libby Indicted, Rove Cleared (For Now)

Those of who regularly read or at least check my blog know that I'm a reasonably objective guy, right? Well, that will change somewhat as I've now found someone I can have a debate via with here in the blogosphere.

Everyone - Meet Shelley The Republican. The latest addition to our Conservative Bloggers list (and our latest political adversary).

The reason is the focus of Today's Real Deal....

In what many Republicans including this one are calling a `witch hunt', "Scooter" Libby was indicted for leaking the identity of an undercover CIA Operative whom we now know as being Valerie Plame.

I ask how is this a 'witch hunt'? Is it because the Special Prosecutor was a Democrat as opposed to a Republican that this came into being? Help me out here.

Shelley (and all you other die-hard Conservatives out there), you know darned well that had the White House been under a Democratic Presidential Administration such as Al Gore's, hyou would've been calling for noNOT ONLY the resignation of the advisor of Gore's VP, but you'd also be looking for a way to impeach Gore as well. You know that as well as I do.

Furthermore, my newly-found "friend" (if you call blogging and/or podcasting a form of "friendship") and political adversary Shelley the Republican was also quick to spew forth this piece of crap (FYI...the quoted portion is in bold text for easy reference).

Valerie Plame, the CIA agent in which this all surrounds, was more harmed by her husband than by Libby, Rove or anyone else. Her husband had an axe to grind and the administration's only mistake was allowing that man to keep his job as long as he did. What is particularly bothersome is the lack of ethics Plame used in hiring her husband to help the Democratic party.

What the hell prompted you to make THAT statement Shelley? What were you smoking or drinking? Are you sure you weren't at some bar hangin' out with the boys when you typed that?

Talk about UNAMERICAN *FROWN*

And then my newly-found political adversary had the nerve to spew forth THIS piece of crap....

The reality is that Valerie Plame had a desk job in Washington that she had for a while. She had new baby twins, which she was taking care of and she and her husband were making contributions to the Democratic Party. How is a woman behind a desk, running around as a Washington socialite, and sending her husband on CIA gigs claim she was ousted?

Umm...Tell us Shelley, what evidence do you have (or that is available online) that indicates that she was (as you put it) "running around as a Washington socialite" and "sending her husband on CIA gigs". Every news account I've heard including those aired on the obviously Conservatively-biased FOX News Channel have all indicated that Valerie's husband was asked by the CIA itself. NOT BY HER!!!!

Furthermore, what does this have to do with Hilary Clinton? (In noticed the comments she posted before the quoted text immediately above)

Getting back to the topic at hand, wasn't one of the big reasons (if not THE BIGGEST reason) why WE THE PEOPLE (notice my objectivity?) put Bush in office was to restore "Honesty & Integrety" back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? I seemingly recall that being the case.

Kinda hard to do that when you've got corrupt politicians giving *cough* *cough* "advice" to the two highest ranking politicians (That being President & Vice President) in America, now isn't it?

That, ladies and gentlemen, is Today's Real Deal....

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