Decision ‘08

A Devoted Leftie On PlameGate: Fitzgerald Fumbled

Sheldon Drobny knows about crime; he’s prosecuted it himself, and, as the co-founder of Air America, he may yet get to see things from the defendant’s dock - but I digress. Here’s what Drobny has to say about PlameGate:

Fitzgerald stated in his press conference that most of his work has been completed. While there is always a Grand Jury available to indict others in the event of an unlikely plea bargain for Libby, the investigative phase is really over for this prosecutor. His office will now focus on the trial of Libby. Those of us who know about prosecutors and Grand Jury investigations would tell you that Fitzgerald, using a baseball metaphor, threw the Bush cabal a softball. And using a football metaphor, he just plain fumbled.

It seems that Fitzmas just wasn’t very merry this year…

Contrast with the formerly funny and now just pathetic Al Franken, who’s still acting like there’s an active investigation, despite Fitzgerald’s insistence that the investigation is “essentially complete” - hey, Al, translate this: it’s over…like your ratings, this one tanked…

4 Responses to “A Devoted Leftie On PlameGate: Fitzgerald Fumbled”

1 AcademicElephant Says:
October 30th, 2005 at 3:44 pm
It’s not just the crackpot Franken that cannot get over the fact that the investigation is over; today we had “serious” senators such as Chris Dodd demanding “answers” from Cheney and Harry Reid demanding that Karl Rove resign. They don’t get to demand anything–this is over, guys–Cheney’s not an unindicted co-conspirator and it’s highly unlikely Rove will be indicted. Yes, it’s too bad that you need to spend this lovely afternoon taking down the Fitzmas decorations, but it’s time to let go. Tomorrow’s Monday and the cabal is still there. You’re just going to have to wait for January ‘09, although I’m starting to wonder if there isn’t another nasty surprise for you coming then.

I think it should be “insistence” in that last sentence. -Ed.
2 Mark Says:
October 30th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
AE, whoops, thanks for the catch - you know, it’s amazing at this point that someone would demand that Karl Rove resign - he wasn’t indicted!…
3 mtl Says:
October 31st, 2005 at 9:08 am
I must protest on the ‘formerly funny’ tag for Franken.

What is his claim to fame/humor?
4 Mark Says:
October 31st, 2005 at 1:50 pm
Well, I thought he was formerly funny, anyway…