Top Ten (Themed!) ‘Progressive’ Reactions To The End of Fitzmas
Well, who can resist the broad side of a barn when it’s just standing there waiting to be hit? With the usual caveats that I know all Democrats and lefties aren’t as ignorant as those I choose to spotlight here, I give you:
#10: The deep roots of the conspiracy prevented the truth from being known.
However, it also doesn’t mean that Rove is innocent of any involvement in outing an undercover CIA agent whose job it was to protect us from rogue states seeking unsecured nuclear material and bombs.
Given the incredible secrecy that shrouds the White House — secrecy largely brought on by Rove and his good friend Dick Cheney — it was unlikely that Fitzgerald would be able to get to the bottom of the Plame case. Indictments for the crime that risked all our lives were never likely.
This letter most likely means that they were unable to catch Rove in an obvious lie as they did Scooter Libby.
#9. Obliviously bad timing. ‘Nuff said…
#8. Keeping hope alive in the face of all evidence to the contrary.
I’ve said this before, and I will say it again: unless and until I hear it from Patrick Fitzgerald, the investigation continues to be ongoing. Which means that there are still potential developments down the road, should the evidence (like handwritten marching orders on the Wilson op-ed in Dick Cheney’s handwriting) lead there.
#7. The world’s smallest headline from the home of screaming innuendo (you’ll have to strain your eyes on the top righthand side). Anyone want to guess the type size if Rove HAD been indicted?…
#6. The reaction from the always-classy Democratic chairman.
“He doesn’t belong in the White House. If the president valued America more than he valued his connection to Karl Rove, Karl Rove would have been fired a long time ago,” said Dean, the Democratic Party chairman, speaking Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show. “So I think this is probably good news for the White House, but it’s not very good news for America.”
#5. The attorney for an increasingly irrelevant man.
Statement of Christopher Wolf, Proskauer Rose LLP, Counsel for Ambassador Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson
“We have become aware of the communication between Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Luskin concerning Karl. Rove’s status in the criminal investigation. We have no first-hand knowledge of the reason for the communication or what further developments in the criminal investigation it may signal. While it appears that Mr. Rove will not be called to answer in criminal court for his participation in the wrongful disclosure of Valerie Wilson’s classified employment status at the CIA in retaliation against Joe Wilson for questioning the rationale for war in Iraq, that obviously does not end the matter. The day still may come when Mr. Rove and others are called to account in a court of law for their attacks on the Wilsons.”
#4. The reaction from the lunatic fringe.
I’m not trying to give people undue hope, or trying to cheer people up. But it has become clear that Cheney was the architect of this smear, from start to finish. It has been clear that Fitzgerald has Dick in his sights. If Fitzgerald got closer to being able to prove that case, I think it possible that the Texas mafia might sacrifice the person who caused all this difficulty (and who had become the White House’s anvil dragging it down) in order to save its beloved Turdblossom.
#3. A progressive with a sense of humor.
…I find it amusing that the biggest story of the day is that a member of the Bush administration is NOT being indicted.
#2. Blame the prosecutor.
…[M]any people have been executed in this country on circumstantial evidence much more flimsy than what Fitzgerald has to work with.
It’s a triumph of a nit-picking, fact-obsessed mentality that refuses to make any intuitive leaps or take any risks.
Every last “T” has to be crossed and “I” dotted, or it’s no go.
Justice loses, and as Dean said, so does America.
#1. The reaction of the biggest dupe of all.
Four weeks ago, during the time when we reported that White House political adviser Karl Rove was indicted for crimes related to his role in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson, the grand jury empanelled in the case returned an indictment that was filed under seal in US District Court for the District of Columbia under the curious heading of Sealed vs. Sealed.
As of Friday afternoon that indictment, returned by the grand jury the week of May 10th, remains under seal - more than a month after it was handed up by the grand jury.
Beautiful…
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June 13th, 2006 at 8:19 am
[…] Update: For those who do not have time to wade through hundreds of wailing posts from lefties moaning the end of Fitzmas, Mark Coffey has collected his top ten favorite whines. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 8:26 am
This just seems like more of the usual tripe of “well, we can’t prove any of this, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.” After all, (the doofus defense attorney once said to the jury) who ya gonna believe? Me, or your lyin’ eyes?”
June 13th, 2006 at 8:55 am
Rove Cleared - Moonbats Sad
UPDATES BELOW, ‘cuz everyone loves a round-up! Fresh from DRUDGE:
On June 12, 2006, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove.
June 13th, 2006 at 8:55 am
I expect the “Dick Cheney is the real target” will become the new meme on the wackier blogs. If the Karl Rove frogmarch fantasies won’t come true, they’ll aim higher.
June 13th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Rove won’t be indicted (UPDATED)
Via the NYT:
WASHINGTON, June 13 — The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case on Monday advised Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, that he would not be charged with any wrongdoing, effectively ending the nearly three-year criminal investigation t…
June 13th, 2006 at 8:57 am
Yep - see #4 above…
June 13th, 2006 at 8:57 am
Oh, the bitter, bitter pill. When reality intrudes on Reality a splash of Bactine is hardly sufficient. The more these fatuous goobers cry the more I laugh. I look forward to much laughter yet before W goes back to Crawford. Oh, yes.
June 13th, 2006 at 9:14 am
JASON LEOPOLD’S HEAD EXPLODES
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has announced that Karl Rove will not be indicted for his part in L’Affaire de Plame:
The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case on Monday advised Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, that he would not…
June 13th, 2006 at 9:19 am
[…] And the Leftist teeth-gnashing. Mark Coffey presents: The Top Ten ‘Progressive’ Reactions to the End of Fitzmas. ABP. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 9:25 am
Rove Won’t Be Charged in C.I.A. Leak Case
Just wanted to post this news real quick: NY Times:
The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case on Monday advised Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, that he would not be charged with any wrongdoing, effectively ending the nearly three-year crimina…
June 13th, 2006 at 9:25 am
“It’s a triumph of a nit-picking, fact-obsessed mentality that refuses to make any intuitive leaps or take any risks.”
Pardon me, but isn’t a “fact-obsessed mentality” normally a good thing, especially during any kind of criminal investigation, or whenever one is trying to uncover the truth about a situation?
June 13th, 2006 at 9:27 am
[…] Mark Coffey finds the Top Ten (Themed!) ‘Progressive’ Reactions To The End of Fitzmas Well, who can resist the broad side of a barn when it’s just standing there waiting to be hit? With the usual caveats that I know all Democrats and lefties aren’t as ignorant as those I choose to spotlight here, I give you: […]
June 13th, 2006 at 9:43 am
Seeing as Berger has already gone down, and Franklin Raines is on the chopping block…
The Clinton admin still appears to be leading in the ‘administration with the most convictions’, 6 years after they are out of office.
June 13th, 2006 at 9:52 am
[…] Lefty Bloggers React….. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 10:03 am
[…] UPDATE: The angry beat of drums can be heard coming from The Fever Swamps as the Moonbats swarm in shrill madness. Decision ‘08 brings it all to you here. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 10:06 am
Seal Versus Seal Versus Unemployment
Whoopsie. Right after Leopold's Truthout comeback story breathlessly speculated on what "Sealed vs Sealed" might actually contain, the New York Times reports that not only is Rove not under indictment, he also has been told in a…
June 13th, 2006 at 10:10 am
Karl Rove Cleared, Leopold Weeps
From CNN:WASHINGTON (CNN) — White House senior adviser Karl Rove has been told by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald that he will not be charged in the CIA leak case, according to Robert Luskin, Rove’s lawyer. In deference to the pending
June 13th, 2006 at 10:16 am
Mark, I feel left out. I’m not sure where my reaction falls under your categorization scheme.
One other thing, can we all (liberal and conservative) try to figure out what hell was going on at Truthout? I’m genuinely curious how it is they came to inhabit the parallel universe they’ve been in for the last month. Weird.
June 13th, 2006 at 10:29 am
Your reaction falls under honest disappointment…call it number 11…but I respect your opinion too much to lump you in with the ‘progressive’ reaction…
June 13th, 2006 at 10:30 am
[…] DECISION ‘08: Themes in the Fever Swamps […]
June 13th, 2006 at 10:31 am
Regarding Leopold, well - there’s a pattern here, isn’t there? I hate to pile on, but the man has obvious problems, not the least of which is either (a) extreme gullibility, or (b) a pretty low standard for ‘truth’…
June 13th, 2006 at 10:35 am
Kinda wondering if the dems will realize what a QUAGMIRE they are in going after Rove, and I question their strategy that has brought them no closer to success. How many more tinfoil hats will be crushed on the net, before those Krazy Kos Kids realize that they embarked on a War they couldn’t win?
Just as “Saddam is not the enemy, UBL is”-do the troggressives realize that Rove is not Bush?
All that writing/effort spent on hyping Rove’s ‘indictment’, which could have been spent domestically? It is time for the dems to admit their mistakes and cut their losses. If admitting mistakes is all Bush needs to do, the confessional is now open for the leaders of the Democratic party.
June 13th, 2006 at 10:44 am
Thanks, Mark. Regarding Leopold, the weird part is that it wasn’t just him. The other people at Truthout backed him up and claimed to be privy to the same information. It’s just so bizarre. I mean, why make up a story that can be so readily proven to be inaccurate? It just doesn’t make any sense.
June 13th, 2006 at 10:46 am
The Dems will continue to ride this horse as long as it is politically valuable to do so, regardless of the legal reality. The GOP did the same with the Clinton mess, using it to neutralize his agenda.
June 13th, 2006 at 10:47 am
So in the reality based community (as opposed to the fact obsessed one) it no longer depends on the meaning of the word “is” only whether the “I” has been dotted or not?
June 13th, 2006 at 10:52 am
I mean, why make up a story that can be so readily proven to be inaccurate?
I dunno…let’s ask Dan Rather! LOL!
June 13th, 2006 at 10:53 am
DUmmie FUnnies has been covering the meltdown at DU all month, since the original claim from Leopold over a month ago who promised Rove was going to be indicted on May 12. The beauty it was proven false a month later, right after truthout backed their story up, I believe on June 11. I go there, because it is the only way I can handle the nutjobs at DU. They are turning on each other and it is truly hilarious.
June 13th, 2006 at 10:56 am
Anonymous, it will be interesting to see if they have an editorial reaction again…it’s hard to see how they can avoid it…their credibility is really shot…
June 13th, 2006 at 11:00 am
[…] On Karl Rove’s continued freedom: Top Ten (Themed!) ‘Progressive’ Reactions To The End of Fitzmas A categorized summary of lefty reaction to the news that Rove will NOT be indicted - at least for anything related to the Wilson/Plame nonsense. I’m sure they hope he’ll be prosecuted for something, sometime, somewhere. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 11:01 am
[…] Decision ‘08: Top Ten (Themed!) ‘Progressive’ Reactions To The End of Fitzmas […]
June 13th, 2006 at 11:06 am
[…] Somehow I think just typing that line made some leftist’s head explode. Sorry. I’m not out to hurt anyone! The Blue Crab does seem to think, though, that an able prosecutor should be able to get a grand jury indictment on anyone if he has credible stuff to present to it. Ouch. That sounds like common sense, doesn’t it? Byron York has more, and Decision ‘08 has reactions from the left. Another Rovian Conspiracy takes the Rove-haters through their five stages of grief. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 11:23 am
The “Reality Based Community” goes through the 5
Reading the firedoglake synopsis of the news of Karl Rove being cleared today, brings into mind a certain Simpson’s episode. In the episode, Homer is told by Dr. Hibbert that he’s got a terminal disease and will die soon. In this single post at Fired…
June 13th, 2006 at 11:39 am
No Truth to Rove Indictment
There’s mass weeping and gnashing of teeth today. Embarrassment abounds. The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case on Monday advised Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, that he would not be charged with any wrongdoing, effectively ending the …
June 13th, 2006 at 11:47 am
[…] UPDATE: Oh, this is funny — “Top Ten (Themed!) ‘Progressive’ Reactions To The End of Fitzmas” […]
June 13th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
In the political lexicon of the day:
“A miserable failure.”
June 13th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
>I mean, why make up a story that can be so readily proven to be
>inaccurate? It just doesn’t make any sense.
Remember, these are the same people who accuse Bush of doing just that with regard to Iraq’s WMDs. Making up easily-disproved lies must somehow make sense to them.
June 13th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
[…] Marc Coffey identifies the top ten “Progressive” reactions. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
[…] Mark Coffey is having still more fun with mooonbats, this time via a Top Ten List of progressivist reaction to the devastating news. For myself, I’ve tossed off a quickie commemorative Photoshop: Poor widdle moonbats; they want so desperately to believe, but reality just won’t leave them in peace. […]
June 13th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
The truth is OUT.
We are not having any of that around here.
June 13th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
[…] The audience, military and civilians, is wildly appreciative, especially when Bush says “we will continue to defeat terrorists like Zarqawi.” (Paraphrased–I’m writing this while watching the video on TV.) I love this guy. Talk about seizing the moment! Video of him meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki here, with more video linked in the article. I’m guessing Fox News and others will have the video they just showed (of Bush speaking to the crowd) at their site soon. I can just hear moonbat heads exploding. HA! Especially with it being Fitzmas Rovemas! * gloat * (Stand by for someone to “question the timing” of Bush’s trip to Baghdad, on the same day Rove was cleared! Wait, that wouldn’t work to the left’s advantage….hahahaha) UPDATE: Excuses, excuses! And meltdowns! […]
June 13th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
Rove Cleared, BUSH in IRAQ, Reporters left on Short Bus to Camp David
In a news day that has to have the left spinning madly Karl Rove will not be indicted per Fitzgerald’s office, President Bush is meeting with the Government of Iraq in the Green Zone as I type, and all the reporters are steaming on the short bus …
June 13th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
Too funny.
Rove won’t be charged. Allah gloats. Man, will there be some achin’ pu**ies around the blogosphere today.
Expect Insty to have the biggest roundup.
UPDATES: Top Ten “Themed” Progressive Reactions.
June 14th, 2006 at 8:50 am
Fitzgerald is a homosexual and Rove threatened to out him.
June 14th, 2006 at 10:07 am
That quote pretty well summarizes the mentality of the leftists who want nothing to do with the truth because when the truth is reveal, it illustrates the shallowness of their position.
June 14th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
[…] The hardline far right is pushing immigration policies which are opposed by the American people by 80-20. Note: we have had this discussion readers - stop pleading ignorance about polls that go against your wishes. And an 80-20 poll is not close and never wil be. Durbin had the same level of support in comparing our military to Nazis. […]
June 16th, 2006 at 11:00 am
The Council Has Spoken!
First off… any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now… the winning entries in the Watcher’s Council vote for this week are Spinning Their Way to Defeat in No…