Rather than me attempting to put it all together, I’ll just direct you to a blogger who already has. Meet Fat Steve (that’s what he calls himself!), who’s put together a pretty comprehensive history of Plamegate, and how this story has pretty much collapsed in the faces of the Bush haters.
Even in light of the revelation that Rove learned of Plame’s identity from another journalist, John Dean makes the murkiest case yet for Rove’s guilt. See if you can make sense of it. I can’t. What I can conclude, however, is that it sounds like wishful thinking on his part (like so many others who’ve been so hopeful this witchhunt would expose the true eeevilness of Karl Rove for all to see). You be the judge.
How about paying him a visit and wishing him a happy birthday?
Let’s do a little backstory here. First, Novak’s assertion from 10/1/2003 (emphasis added):
… on Friday. If you’re a North Carolinian, please make sure to show your support! Of course, I just found out about this tonight, so I can’t go tomorrow as I’ll be working 🙁 The visit will be ‘invitation only’ but that doesn’t mean you can’t wave to the motorcade 🙂
This has got to be one of the most ridiculous requests I’ve seen in a while coming out of Congress from Republicans. Apparently four female Senators (two Republicans and two Democrats) are asking Sandra Day O’Connor to reconsider her retirement:
