Cast in its best light, the Bush Administration’s Karl Rove defense boils down to this: Rove never revealed the NAME of an undercover CIA operative because he didn’t know her name. He might not have even known she was an undercover CIA operative, and you can’t prove it anyway. Actually, he was merely spreading false information about the operative in an effort to smear her husband.
…In the 90’s, there was a media uproar when literally accurate, but misleading, statements were made about a private sexual affair. Today, when such statements are made out a life and death matter — the decision to go to war — for a Nixonian purpose — to smear truth-telling critics — there is barely a peep from the press corps. In the days since Rove’s role became public, the White House press corps has yet to pose a question to the White House press secretary about it. Not a word about the disgusting hypocrisy of an Administration that came to office promising to “change the tone” in Washington now attacking a critic through his spouse.
This isn’t the first time I’ve heard the Nixon legacy referenced in this matter. May not be a big deal, but at least it’s worth noting. Any chance it might get ouder?
