I watched the news tonight. The pundits were all aglow with the "news" that Rove may have "outed" Wilson's wife. Loads of things to talk about. Migosh, they even sounded serious. The clips of reporters repeatedly asking stupid questions at the daily press briefing brings to mind that one must reduce one's IQ to be a jounalist.
Wilson was a politico who supported Kerry both with money and with advice. He was among the least qualified, other than ambassadorial experience, to go sluething sales of yellow cake in Niger. How anyone in the CIA was dumb enough to send him ought to be the subject of a major investigation. Rove, it seems, made mention that Cheney didn't have anything to do with sending Wilson and he was recommended by his wife, who works at the CIA. He didn't mention her name and gave the story under double Dutch secret background. The reporter, true to his word not to use it, went public with the story. As savvy a pol as Rove, should have known that telling the reporter under agreement not to use the information was tantamount to taking out an ad.
Who among the "insiders" didn't know that Wilson's wife went to work at Langley? Those who didn't could have found out quickly.
Then comes the Dems. Lined up with great hand-wringing, righteous wrath and thundering voices calling for Rove's head. Well, this is just one more time that they wanted his head. Why, he has beaten them silly and paybacks are due.
What does this really matter to most of us? Unless we earn a living trying to make the children we elect to run this country look important, not a darn thing. All sound and fury signifying very little.
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