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2006-09-14 Home Front: Politix
Novak's Response to Armitage's "Deception"
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Posted by Bobby 2006-09-14 06:38|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "Armitage's silence for the next 2 1/2 years caused intense pain for his colleagues in government and enabled partisan Democrats in Congress to falsely accuse Rove of being my primary source."

I couldn't give so much as a candy-coated crap for Armitage's colleagues in government; and Karl Rove is a big boy and perfectly capable of taking care of himself.

But the real damage cause by Armitage and his ilk is that because of this "Plamegate" nonsense, support for America's cause has been weakened at home and abroad, probably beyond repair; and America's enemies, foreign and domestic, have been emboldened.

Too bad we can't just hang the sonofabitch.



Posted by Dave D.">Dave D.  2006-09-14 08:42||   2006-09-14 08:42|| Front Page Top

#2 now he's a foreign-policy advisor to McCain for his campaign in '08. Sez something, doesn't it?
Posted by Frank G 2006-09-14 08:45||   2006-09-14 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, it says that McCain can't be allowed to win the nomination in '08. I haven't been active in Republican politics beyond making contributions but I might change that if I thought I could have the tiniest chance of helping to keep this guy far, far away from the presidency.
Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan  2006-09-14 10:06||   2006-09-14 10:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Even though it appears Novak spilled his guts early in the investigation, he remained publicly silent through this whole folly hiding behind his version of “journalistic integrity”. Yet now he chastises his confidential source for not coming forward. Ironically, even Novak would agree that Armitage, as a confidential source, wasn’t under any obligation to do so. In fact, before the public revelation, he said as much on numerous occasions. But because early on some “partisan Democrats” (aka Bush-haters) jumped the gun and made all kinds of unsubstantiated assertions he believes accepted ethical standards should have suddenly changed. For good ole Bob it wasn’t his own silence, or his column itself, that caused “intense pain” or “enabled” false accusations. Nope…it was his source. Novak once again proves himself to be a pompous self-promoting toad void of dignity.
Posted by DepotGuy 2006-09-14 11:33||   2006-09-14 11:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Novak was publicly silent at Fitzgerald's order. We don't know what he told Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald never threatened him with the slammer, Judith Miller kept a cell warm for weeks. I suspect Novak and Armitage are the tip of an iceberg. Could be wrong, but it's the only thing that makes Fitzgerald's actions rationally explicable.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-09-14 11:41||   2006-09-14 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I am no lawyer, but I don't believe Fitzgerald can order Novack to keep silent. According to what law ?
Posted by wxjames 2006-09-14 12:57||   2006-09-14 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 IANAL either, but I believe he can order him to keep silent about what he spoke to the Grand Jury about. Failure to do so is obstruction of justice. It makes sense as a way to prevent people from coordinating testimony through the press.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-09-14 13:43||   2006-09-14 13:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Then he could call the white house and say I told Fitzgerald how told me about Plame, no ?
Posted by wxjames 2006-09-14 14:54||   2006-09-14 14:54|| Front Page Top

#9 In fact, I heard him say that on the radio, but only after Scooter got screwed.
Posted by wxjames 2006-09-14 14:55||   2006-09-14 14:55|| Front Page Top

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