There's an old joke in which a lawyer is defending his client thusly:
Your Honour, my client wasn't even there. And even if he was, he didn't do it. But if he did, it was an accident. Besides, the son-of-a-bitch had it coming to him."
In short, the lawyer is using every conceivable excuse even when they're mutually contradictory which, naturally, brings us to Version 1.0 of the Scooter Libby-related defense of Preznit George W. McFlightSuit which, not surprisingly, you can find over at Crazy-Assed Racist Redneck where Kate quotes approvingly from one Austin Bay:
Presidents and vice-presidents can declassify information based on their own good (or bad) judgment. That is a privilege and responsibility of the office. Their authority is near-absolute. Disseminating unclassified information isn’t a crime — no matter the technique used. The information can be disseminated at a press conference, in a press release, in a speech, or — yes– via leak.
See how that works? The Preznit is in the clear because, well, he had the authority to declassify and leak information about a covert CIA operative all this time. Who knew?
Ignore, of course, that the White House has adamantly denied any involvement from the beginning. Ignore the Chimpster's statement from back in 2003, when he said (courtesy of Simon back here), "And if there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of."
In other words, "We absolutely, positively didn't do it, no way. But if we did, it was legal because we can do anything we want, anyway." Isn't it kind of pathetic when your entire talking point reduces to a moderately funny joke about lawyers?
AFTERSNARK: Once upon a time, leaking was a bad thing. Today ... not so much.
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To play on one of the favourite "talking points" about Clinton:
He was impeached because he lied about it.
Okay - seems to me BushCo's been caught out in more than one lie...
Yep, sure enough the talking points are oozing their way across the news. Dontcha know, there is a clear distinction between what is a "leak" (bad) versus the presidential act of "declassifying" information (which is a-ok). Bush did the latter, therefore he didn't "lie" when he gave the impression back in September, 2003 that a) leaking Plame's identity was bad and b) something he wouldn't tolerate from his staff (all the while knowing full well who did it, on his own authority, no less).
Gotta love right wing semantics: leaks, declassification, breached, topped, tomayto, tomahto. I've asked this before, but what is wrong with these people?? Bush's supporters would rationalize his eating of a live baby on national TV, I firmly believe that.
Well you see Simon, the President is a very busy man and need proper nurition. He need lots of protien to ensure that his body is equal to the gruelling task of protecting your freedom and your life from evil terrorists. And what could be more nutritious than a sweet tender barbequed infant? they are milk fed, just like veal, and at three months haveven't gotten fat enough yet to be all greasy and high in dangerous cholesterol. Oh sure, some whining liberal moonbats will complain that it's cannibalism or that it's morally wrong to eat babies, but if you remember the second Austin Powers movie, Mike Myers character joked about how he liked to eat babies - and Myers is an actor and a Canadian, how much more liberal can you get? So before you dizzy moonbats get your French panties in a twist and start criticizing a great man like the President of the United States of America for eating babies, maybe you better get you're facts straight and stop making racist comments about the President being a cannibal. That's right, I said racist. People in Borneo and New Guinea eat babies all the time, but I guess thats okay in our new multicultural world, since they are third world blacks and everything. I thought you libruls were supposed to be "tolerant"?!?!
Hah, since the great patriotic Americans at the NSA are probably monitoring your terrorist supporting comments, I hope you enjoy the tax audit and free vacation in Guantanemo, moonbat.
Now excuse me while I go get another glass of kool-aid and throw another toddler on the barbie for America.
You know, satire is pretty much my favourite kind of humour (love The Onion and what you just wrote was hilarious rev.), but have you noticed that reality in the U.S. has pretty much caught up with satire of only a few years ago?
So maybe in a few years Bush really will eat a live baby on TV. If not George, maybe President Jeb. Heck, Barbara's been getting battier by the year. I could see her mistaking an infant for bread pudding once her vision takes a turn for the worse.
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