Emma Peel
Sunday, October 16, 2005

http://ddr.theavengers.tv/index.html

Last nite BBC had an Avengers marathon on and Erika and I watched a couple episodes 2 of which were very good ones. The 1st one was the duplicates where this doctor was making replacments of people but they would freak out over certain radio frequencies. The 2nd one was where Emma Peel was kidnapped and forced to star in a movie of her own demise. The Avengers is one of the best tv shows to ever come out of the UK and its amazing to think that it started 41 years ago. Diana Rigg aka Emma Peel starred in it from '67-'69 and other women picked of the part but none of them had the aura and mistique of Riggs. I found this website with photos, bio, and even a disertation of Emma Peel - Feminist Icon or Swinging 60's Chick.

The show started out in B&W then moved to color in its 2nd season I believe. The storylines are very campy, it was made to be a spoof off of James Bond so it had to be cheezy. In the 90s Uma Thurman played Emma Peel in the movie of The Avengers. This didn't go over too well with the general public, most people had no idea it was based on a tv show so they thought it was just stupid. I felt the movie did the show justice, they kept with the style and did well with their villian played by Sean Connery.

If you have never watched The Avengers and have the BBC, look for it, they like to show it on the weekends.

Posted by mardenhill 10/16/2005 09:35:00 AM 1 comments    

Goodbye Hello, Hello Firefox
Friday, October 14, 2005

For those of you on a mac, posting thru safari never lets you add pictures, hyperlinks and spell check. With firefox you can do all of this, so screw you Hello, I don't need you anymore.

Posted by mardenhill 10/14/2005 11:43:00 AM 0 comments    

Rove & Libby Sitting In A Tree.......

Just found this great pic of our current US traitors, Karl Rove and Lewis "Scooter" Libby, now we just need a pic of them being dragged out of the whitehouse in cuffs. Rove is testifying for the 4th time today, I don't think that is a good sign, I think Fitzgerald has caught him in a perjury trap and just making sure its airtight. New notes were found on a conversation between Libby and Judith Miller, this is not good news for him and Karl's "the media told me, I didn't tell them" defense has more holes than a piece of swiss cheese.

Here is a quote from the WH press secretary Scott McClellan "They are good individuals," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said of Rove and Libby on Oct. 7, 2003, when asked whether they had leaked the identity of Wilson's wife. "They are important members of our White House team. And that's why I spoke with them, so that I could come back to you and say that they were not involved.

I am interested to see the spin when both are indicted, I wonder if Scott will be so nice.

Posted by mardenhill 10/14/2005 09:34:00 AM 2 comments    

Nice New Outfit
Thursday, October 13, 2005

This week's blast from the past cd review is Fugazi's "Steady Diet Of Nothing". I found this one the other nite and this morning put it on and took a trip down memory lane. Everyone knows Fugazi, they are that punk rock band that only charged $5 for their shows and $10 for cds. Ian MacKaye along with Guy Picciotto alternated the singing duties and screamed a lot. Fugazi's most famous song Waiting Room can be found on 13 Songs but some other classics were on "Repeater" and "Steady Diet Of Nothing". On Steady you have the opening song Exit Only, followed by Reclamation and one of my faves Nice New Outfit. Fugazi is one of those bands that when they are one you sing along and enjoy it but never pull a cd out to just listen. I think its also an age thing, fugazi just makes you think of all ages shows and young punk kids. I remember seeing them back in the day, Fugazi was very anti moshing which is funny when you listen to their style of music. Anyways this punk kid Garrett from highschool got kicked out of the show for stage diving, Ian grabbed him and started yelling it was pretty funny. If you want a good dose of old school, check out Fugazi again, you won't be disappointed.

Posted by mardenhill 10/13/2005 09:35:00 PM 3 comments    

New iMac
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Picture of the new imac, ports are lining the bottom instead of on the side, the unit is thinner and has built in isight camera.

Posted by mardenhill 10/12/2005 02:36:00 PM 2 comments    

Frontrow Remote

Software called Frontrow will be bundled with the new imacs along with a remote. You can access your music, dvds, videos and photos with the remote, Apple's version of a media center pc. This is very cool, not sure if you can buy the software for older imacs, if so sign me up. I imagine the remote is just bluetooth so it would be backward compatible to older imacs but I could be wrong. The new imacs are thinner, sport a bigger hard drive, all have dvd burners, wireless cards and faster processor. They also have a built in isight camera so you can video chat, take stills and conference with all your friends and family.

Posted by mardenhill 10/12/2005 02:34:00 PM 2 comments    

Video iPod

New iPod, now in black, bigger screen, smaller click wheel, 33% thinner, built in video playback, 2000+ videos for sale for $1.99 each and TV shows for the same price. Price is $299 for 30 gig and $399 for 60 gig.

Posted by mardenhill 10/12/2005 02:20:00 PM 1 comments    

Banana Republicans

Banana Republicans

This picture sums up all the republican corruption which is running rampant throughout our country. As time goes on, I have a feeling this list will continue to grow.....

Posted by mardenhill 10/12/2005 01:34:00 PM 3 comments    

New Echo & The Bunnymen
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Echo released a new cd last month entitled "Siberia", if you havn't heard it yet, you are missing out. It has the classic sound of Echo but not as melodic and slow as the last 2 cds. The 1st song Stormy Weather sounds like it came from "Evergreen" Echo's '97 return. The cd is on the Cooking Vinyl label and if you have signed up for eMusic, they have it available for download, that is where I got it. All Because Of You Days is an amazing singalong, showcasing Will Sargent's guitar hooks. Parthenon Drive starts out sounding like Bring On Your Dancing Horses with that light quitar jangle but picks up throught the song. Of A Life is probably the most rockin song, it has some Electrafiction to it, that edge that Ian and Will are so great at. This cd reminds me of the last Cure cd that captured their whole range of sound. The only thing I am bummed about is that Echo are doing some touring but not coming to Detroit. The last show sucked, Ian was sick and the Majestic's sound was awful that it made them sound like some 2 bit local band. I have seen some amazing Echo shows and would like at least 1 more before they close up shop.

Posted by mardenhill 10/11/2005 10:53:00 PM 3 comments    

Notes from Apple's Q4 '05 conference call

Tomorrow there is a Mac event where the rumored video iPod will be revealed. There is also talk of a Madonna style iPod, kinda like the U2 one from last year.


Apple sold 1,236,000 Macs during the quarter.

The company also sold 6,451,000 iPods.

602,000 of the Macs sold were desktop systems while 634,000 were portables.

The average selling price of Apple desktops was down slightly year over year due to lower iMac pricing.

Apple shipped over 1 million nanos in the 17 days that were left in the quarter after the player was announced.

The company ended quarter with "enormous backlog" of the nano and cannot predict when it will be able meet a supply and demand balance on the players.

Apple's iPod nano backlog issues are a result of a component constraint, not manufacturing or product mix (2GB/4GB or B/W issues), the company claims.

Demand for the nano is "staggering" said Apple's only executive vice president, Tim Cook.

The company hinted at forthcoming iPod/Mac announcements.

There are now over 1000 authorized iPod accessories on the market.

15 major car manufacturers are offering iPod integration with their automobiles; about 30% of cars in the US will offer iPod integration in 2006

Tiger revenue for the fourth quarter was in the mid-$35 million dollar range.

Apple retail stores saw 14.8 million visitors during the quarter, which breaks down to 9800 thousand visitors per store, per week.

The company plans to open 35 to 40 new retail stores in fiscal 2006, most of which will be in the U.S.

Apple for the first time confirmed that it is constructing a [mega flagship] store on 5th Ave in Manhattan and would like to see it open by the end of the year.

Apple's education sector sold more Mac systems during the fourth quarter than any other quarter in last 10 years.

Higher eduction Mac unit sales grew 38% year-over-year, thanks largely in part to a better than expected back-to-school buying season.

During the quarter, DRAM and LCD-panel prices were more stable than had been expected. DRAM prices should stay down through the current quarter. Hard drive prices are also expected to decline, but less than historical trends would imply.

Mac channel inventory came in below Apple's 4- to 5-week target as Mac sell-through exceeded expectations.

For its first quarter of 2006, Apple expects $4.7 billion in revenue based on 35 percent year over year growth.

Posted by mardenhill 10/11/2005 10:47:00 PM 3 comments    

Could Cheney Go Down?

Scanning the blogs tonight I came across this on www.huffingtonpost.com

News Orgs Working On Stories Tying Cheney Into Plamegate… Developing…

The Huffington Post | Posted October 11, 2005 07:28 PM

The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are working on stories that point to Vice President Dick Cheney as the target of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name.

A lot of the forum on this went back and forth between if Cheny goes down, who's gonna be VP and does Bush get to pick someone? Well yes, Bush could appoint somone to VP position and some of the names going around are Guilini and Rice, both would be in a great position to run for the 2008 nomination and screw the Dems. I know I am getting ahead of myself here but just imagine if Cheney resigns "due to health reasons" and Bush appoints Condi. This means the Dems will have to put Hillary up in 08 to battle for the presidency. Dumbass Dick Morris just came out with a book today talking about the 2 ladies and how Condi is the only thing that can keep Hillary from the White House. It kinda makes u think a little more about McCain's statement the other day comparing the VP position to being a prisoner of war, could he be on the short list?

Part of me would love to see Cheney go down but he is a better target in power than out. Realistically, I only see Scooter Libby going down for this, Rove will be bruised and battered but I have a feeling he will somehow escape this one. I hope the main stream media finally grows some balls and runs with this story because they owe us for their part in selling the whole Iraq war.

Posted by mardenhill 10/11/2005 10:37:00 PM 2 comments    

Terror Alerts

See I'm not the only crackpot out there who thinks that the terror alerts have been used for political gains over the last few years. Keith Oberman, my new favorite MSNBC news anchor will be doing a special tomorrow on this.
What's up those Terror Alerts

Keith Olbermann will be having a special feature on Wednesday.
Emailer M: "... he's going to do a segment on how terror threats are related to bad news at the White House. Specifically, Karl Rove going before the grand jury I believe.

OLBERMANN: Last Thursday, we spoke of at least 13 coincidences of timing between bad political news for the government and a terror or terror-related event. We will be presenting a special report detailing those and other coincidences on Wednesday night's edition of this news hour, "The Nexus of Politics and Terror" on COUNTDOWN this Wednesday at 8:00 and midnight Eastern here on MSNBC.

Posted by mardenhill 10/11/2005 03:42:00 PM 0 comments    

New Blog Skin

As you can see, I changed my blog's skin yesterday and this is the new look. The picture is of the martian landscape and I can change it anytime I want. I will probably do so every week or so to mix it up. Comments can still be posted but you need to click on the 0 next to the title of each blog. When there are postings this will increment. I tell ya, its been a slow news the past 2 days on Plamegate. Everyone is sitting on pins and needles waiting to see what Fitzgerald has in store. The good news is that it should be coming soon, he bad news, he can stretch it out til Oct 28th when the grand jury expires. Hardball had a good story on it yesterday and really brought the scandal to light. The republican apologists will have a hard time spinning this one if Rove and Libby are indicted. It has already started tho, some are saying its no big deal, everyone leaks and the usual Valerie wasn't undercover, its not really outing a CIA agent. Well folks, it was an outing, Valerie cannot go undercover ever again and the company she used for cover, Brewster Jennings has been exposed, how many others used this company and were outed? None of the neocons like to discuss this part of it, they just focus on Valerie. Mark my words, if Rove gets indicted, there will be a terrorist threat just like the one in NYC which turned out to be false to draw the attention from him. The problem with this strategy is that a hoax was exposed and if they try again to use the threats to scare people, its going to backfire. We have all come to the conclusion that this administration doesn't know when to stop so they will go ahead with raising the threat level if indictments come down. You would think after the charges of cronyism have been going on that Bush would have picked someone else for the Supreme Court, but no. Besides the terrorist threats the republican apologists will go on and on about how we need to move forward and not focus on the past and this is what the terrorists want us to do, divide the country and get us off our guard. They will never accept that one of their own could have outed a CIA agent and will swiftboat Fitzgerald as an overzealous proscuter just like they tried to do with Ronnie Earle.

Posted by mardenhill 10/11/2005 11:53:00 AM 1 comments    

Rove's Loose Lips.....
Sunday, October 09, 2005

Besides the whole Plame affair, ya know where Rove assisted in outing Valerie and Brewster Jennings, well he is at it again, this time with Dobson. James let a little diddy slip last week saying that he has been assured that Harriet Mires will be a good nominee by the administration. Now why should this rightwing religous zealot have information that the rest of the country doesn't have? I hope he is dragged before the Senate and forced to explain himself, he needs a good beatdown and maybe this will be it........

http://www.dailykos.com/

Specter: What Did Rove Tell Dobson on Miers?

Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, said he will would look into a statement by James Dobson, president of the Colorado Springs, Colorado-based advocacy group Focus on the Family, that Dobson has had ``conversations'' with Rove about the woman nominated to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and knows things about Miers ``that I probably shouldn't know.''

The Senate Judiciary Committee is entitled to know whatever the White House knew,'' Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, said on ABC's ``This Week'' program. ``If Dr. Dobson knows something that he shouldn't know or something that I ought to know, I'm going to find out.'' Good for Specter.

Posted by mardenhill 10/09/2005 06:21:00 PM 1 comments    

Interesting Analysis of the Plamegate Affair
Thursday, October 06, 2005

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Plamegate: The Next Step

If Karl Rove's lawyer, Bob Luskin, is still as easy to read as he has been since I broke the story that his client was Matt Cooper's source, then we now know that Rove has received a target letter from Patrick Fitzgerald. How do we know it? Luskin refuses to deny it.

Fitzgerald does not have to send Rove or anyone else a target letter before indicting him. The only reason to send target letters now is that Fitzgerald believes one or more of his targets will flip and become a prosecution witness at the pre-indictment stage. A veteran prosecutor told me, "If Fitzgerald is sending target letters at the end of his investigation, those are just invitations to come in and work out a deal."

Prosecutors prefer pre-indictment plea bargaining to post-indictment because they have more to offer you, like not being indicted at all or downgrading your status to unindicted co-conspirator. And pre-indictment plea bargaining can greatly enrich the indictments that the prosecutor then obtains. If, for example, Fitzgerald has a weak case against, say, Scooter Libby, imagine how much Rove's cooperation might strengthen that case.

If no one RSVPs to Fitzgerald's invitations, look for indictments as early as next week. If anyone does sit down with Fitzgerald, he will probably have to move to extend the grand jury, which now has only thirteen working days left in its term.

Prediction: at least three high level Bush Administration personnel indicted and possibly one or more very high level unindicted co-conspirators.

Posted by mardenhill 10/06/2005 02:42:00 PM 1 comments    

Where's Waldo, err Where's Rove?

Well, well, well, we might be in for another whitehouse scandal, this one involving Karl Rove. Fitzgerald is wrapping up his investigation and the buzz around town is that Rove will be indicted. According to the story below, Rove has been absent from some very important Bush appearances, is this the white house's way of distancing themselves from Rove? The spinmeisters will say that its due to Rove's kidney stones he had 5 weeks ago. I don't think recovery is that long so I think they WH is running scared. Today Bush was supposed to speak on the War on Terror, it will be interesting to see if Rove is there or not. I have a feeling that the WH has been intune with the blogs and will put him there to spin the situation.

http://www.rawstory.com/

Rove missing from White House events; Word on Hill is that he has been told he's target of probe

Update: Rove's lawyer will no longer deny client a target
President Bush's most trusted adviser, Karl Rove, has been absent from recent White House events, leading those close to a CIA outing case to speculate that he has been told he is the target of an investigation, RAW STORY can confirm.

The buzz on Capitol Hill is that Rove has received what sources called a "target letter," or a letter from the prosecutor investigating the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson telling him that he is now a target in the investigation. To date, no reporters have been able to confirm this account. One lawyer says that at this point in the investigation it would be more likely any letters would normally be notifications of an indictment.

Late Wednesday, Reuters added a new element, saying Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, declined to say whether his client had been contacted by the prosecutor in the case.
"In the past, Luskin has said that Rove was assured that he was not a target," Reuters notes.
Rove disappeared from the scene around the time he was diagnosed with kidney stones in mid-September, sources close to the White House tell RAW STORY . At first, the belief was that he was off the beat to recover from his illness.

But his absence at President Bush's press conference Monday where Bush announced that he had chosen Harriet Miers to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court raised eyebrows. Rove is usually present at such events.

President Bush has declined to say whether he would fire Rove if he were indicted. He has said that he would fire any White House staff that was found guilty in the case.
Others, noticing seeming Administration slip-ups -- the response to Katrina and the unexpected groundswell of discontent from conservatives over Miers -- suggest the White House may be distracted with something else.

Rove's absence was first noted by AmericaBLOG .
DEVELOPING....

Even Drudge Report is talking about it, not as the headlines but that will come in a couple days, check out the link here.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051006/pl_nm/bush_leak_dc_1

Posted by mardenhill 10/06/2005 10:24:00 AM 0 comments    

Video iPod Coming?
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Well folks, rumor is next week Apple will be dropping a new ipod player, this one will feature video playback, be thinner than the current model and have a bigger screen.

Apple Computer has begun production of a new version of its iPod digital music player that will be capable of playing videos, AppleInsider has learned.

Reliable sources believe the iPod could be introduced as early as next week, possibly around the time Apple releases results from its fourth fiscal quarter of 2005. Although details are scarce, sources who claim to have seen the new iPod describe it as being similar to Apple's 60GB iPod photo player, but several millimeters thinner. The device reportedly sports a smaller click-wheel akin to that of the iPod nano's, making way for a larger, higher-resolution color display that extends further down the face of the device. The release of the iPod video is expected to be accompanied by a "major update" to Apple's iTunes music store that will include a significant number of music videos and other short video content. Apple, which had been updating the "Music Video" segment of its iTunes download service on a regular basis, stopped posting new music video content last month, leading to speculation that a major content update was brewing.

Sources have also recently reported sightings of a new Apple wireless device, which is similar to Apple's AirPort Express wireless base station, but also includes a video out option. However, it's unclear if the long-rumored device will coincide with the introduction of a video capable iPod. Apple recently introduced an ultra-thin version of its iPod called the iPod nano. According to well-placed sources, the company has modeled to sell 3 million of the players each month during the holiday shopping season.Update: The aforementioned AirPort Express-like product may be an add-on module for the video iPod that will let users play videos on an external display. It's unclear when such a device would debut.

Posted by mardenhill 10/05/2005 11:42:00 AM 3 comments    

DELAY INDICTED: AGAIN!!!!!
Monday, October 03, 2005

Yep you are reading this correctly, Delay was indicted again by a new grand jury this time on money laundering charges. Delay is out in full force bashing Ronnie Earle again, you couldn't ask for a better day. Delay's attorneys were in court this morning trying to get the charge thrown out, later that day they were hit with another charge. So is this the smoking gun or are there more charges to come? I don't think Delay will be coming back to the House, he will not get the leadership back and his own district will vote him out of office........

courtesy of http://www.dailykos.com/

DeLay indicted again
by kos
Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 15:20:33 PDT
Didn't expect this. More fireworks out of Austin. This time it's money laundering.

A Texas grand jury on Monday indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering.

A different grand jury whose term ended last week indicted him on a conspiracy charge, forcing DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader. Both indictments accuse DeLay and two political associates of conspiring to get around a state ban on corporate campaign contributions by funneling the money through the DeLay-founded Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee to the Republican National Committee in Washington. The RNC then sent back like amounts to distribute to Texas candidates in 2002, the indictment alleges.I wasn't aware that there was a second grand jury looking at this stuff.

Update: It's a brand new grand jury, put into action today:

A different grand jury whose six-month term ended last week indicted him on a conspiracy charge, forcing DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader [...] The new charge was the first action from a new Travis County grand jury, which started its term today. Another grand jury, which ended its term Sept. 28, handed up 41 indictments in the three-year investigation.

Posted by mardenhill 10/03/2005 08:15:00 PM 2 comments    

Supreme Court Nominee

Today was almost as fun as last week when Delay was indicted, the rightwing wackos were out in full force bashing Bush on his supreme court nominee. Going over the specs, Harriet Mires has no experience on the bench, was a conservative democrat until '89 (donated to Al Gore's primary campaign in '88) and has been Bush's personal council in the past. 30 minutes after the announcement, Sen minority leader Harry Reid came out and praised Mires as a great choice. The dems at that point fell in line and shut up the whole day while the unraveling of the republican party started. I surfed the conservative blogs and found some amazing quotes:

Reply 13 - Posted by: fantom, 10/3/2005 2:43:03 PM
The President stabbed us in the back. I know he will have a good time at all the Demo Cocktail Parties he is sure to be invited to now. He kicked us conservatives in the teeth and there is nothing for him to say to us to change it. What a bunch of crap our President fed us!

Reply 10 - Posted by: citizen1, 10/3/2005 2:33:37 PM
"Loyalty and friendship to Bush is not a qualification for the highest court in the land; it it were, we'd nominate his dog." Bush will get around to nominating his dog. But first comes Miers, and then Gonzalez.

Reply 24 - Posted by: Bill, 10/3/2005 3:03:32 PM
Tammy Bruce speak for me ---- Tammy Bruce, a Democrat and a pro-choice feminist who once headed NOW's Los Angeles chapter, said the nomination to the Supreme Court of Harriet Miers proves "President Bush is turning into Jimmy Carter.”

http://www.lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=239063

Pat Buchanan is pissed off not sure if that was a smart move.

In a decision deeply disheartening to those who invested such hopes in him, Bush may have tossed away his and our last chance to roll back the social revolution imposed upon us by our judicial dictatorship since the days of Earl Warren. This is not to disparage Harriet Miers. From all accounts, she is a gracious lady who has spent decades in the law and served ably as Bush’s lawyer in Texas and, for a year, as White House counsel.

But her qualifications for the Supreme Court are non-existent. She is not a brilliant jurist, indeed, has never been a judge. She is not a scholar of the law. Researchers are hard-pressed to dig up an opinion. She has not had a brilliant career in politics, the academy, the corporate world or public forum. Were she not a friend of Bush, and female, she would never have even been considered.

What commended her to the White House, in the phrase of the hour, is that she “has no paper trail.” So far as one can see, this is Harriet Miers’ principal qualification for the U.S. Supreme Court

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=9444

If you are looking for a good time and a few laughs, go scan the conservative blogs and enjoy the infighting and the beginning of the republican split. Our favorite judge Roy Moore from Alabama has announced his run for Governer and this will help foster the split. My theory is that the republican party will split and the dems will stay strong and we will have a 3 party system. The dems will win in 2008 but then will suffer the same fate as the republicans and split the party in two. At that point we will have 3 partys but I see the conservative dems and the moderate republicans merging for 3 parties, very similar to most western countries.

Posted by mardenhill 10/03/2005 07:37:00 PM 2 comments    

Source to Stephanopoulos: President Bush Directly Involved In Leak Scandal
Sunday, October 02, 2005

I was watching This Week today and saw this discussion between Stephanopoulos and George Will. I was suprised to hear him say it but there must be more to this story or George would not have put himself out there like that. If this is the case and if indictments come up by the end of the month, Oct 28th is when the grand jury will be released, its not going to be a fun November for the Repubs. Just imagine if both Bush and Cheney and their aides are indicted, that would be for some blockbuster November sweeps. Forget about Lost and Desparate Housewives, Plamegate takes center stage and the neilson ratings.

I have been scanning the blogs and getting everything from there is no story, Fitzgerald will wrap it up and report no laws were broken to a vast conspiracy to smear Joe Wilson orchestrated by the White House. I have come to the conclusion that the Frist scandal is dead, there will be nothing that comes out of that one, but the Delay, Abramoff and Plamegate are still going strong. 3 out of 4 ain't bad plus you still have the FEMA/Michael Brown, the rebuilding of New Orleans and the Iraq war weighing down on this administration.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/02/bush-directly-involved

Near the end of a round table discussion on ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos dropped this bomb:

Definitely a political problem but I wonder, George Will, do you think it’s a manageable one for the White House especially if we don’t know whether Fitzgerald is going to write a report or have indictments but if he is able to show as a source close to this told me this week, that President Bush and Vice President Cheney were actually involved in some of these discussions.

This would explain why Bush spent more than an hour answering questions from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. It would also fundamentally change the dynamics of the scandal. President Bush could no longer claim he was merely a bystander who wants to “get to the bottom of it.” As Stephanopoulos notes, if Bush played a direct role it could make this scandal completely unmanageable.

UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video.

http://www.crooksandliars.com

Posted by mardenhill 10/02/2005 05:36:00 PM 4 comments