Bushies Take Aim at Probe

[katty]

Bushies take aim at probe

BY KENNETH R. BAZINET
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON - President Bush's damage-control handlers are plotting a sophisticated war room offensive to fight back against possible indictments in the CIA leak probe.
Trying to change the subject yesterday, Bush announced a new Federal Reserve chairman and convened his cabinet to signal business as usual at his beleaguered White House.

Behind the scenes, however, Team Bush was finalizing its campaign to discredit and undermine special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's conclusions, sources told the Daily News.


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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/359006p-305893c.html

[stepnw1f]

1. Jury Tampering?

No surprise here. Filth is filthy. Just look at the rest of them....

Nixon
Reagan
Bush Sr.
....ech

[Mist]

2. Too bad for the bushistas that this won't be fought in the

"court of opinion," but in an actual court.

[katty]

4. LOL-right!

[rodeodance]

3. I thinks we can count on the "GOP allies" --just as the WH plans to do.

.......The White House strategy is counting on major help from GOP allies and neocon commentators who turned on Bush for naming Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court and are now looking for redemption with a miffed President.

An emerging theme in the Bush war room is arguing that his top political aide, Karl Rove, simply got tripped up on his recollections of whom he talked to and what he told them when questioned about the outing of CIA spy Valerie Plame. He shouldn't be indicted simply because of contradictory grand jury testimony, a source said.

Bush allies have already begun casting perjury and obstruction charges as irrelevant in a probe created to find out who leaked classified information.

The probe may also have big stakes for Vice President Cheney. One of the possible suspects is the veep's top aide Lewis (Scooter) Libby. The New York Times reported today that Libby wrote a note after a conversation with Cheney that indicated the veep informed him of Plame's identity. The conversation occurred several weeks before Plame's name became public and it would contradict Libby's testimony.

[Nightjock]

5. They will circle the wagons around bush

That's my prediction of the "strategery".

They will try to say he had no knowledge-blah,blah..nothing to do with it..... and the truth will slowly unveil itself. Than...

IMPEACHMENT!!!!!!!!!!!

(although bush in the indictments would be OH SO SWEET!)

They only wish it could be like Sundays episode of the West Wing where the president found out about the leak- and than refused the leakers resignation and fired him instead.

[Wind Dancer]

6. Isn't it time for Poppy and Barbara to make an appearance?

They usually hit the airwaves as soon as the BoyKing is criticized.

[ClintonTyree]

7. They do this at their own peril.........

this was discussed in last Sunday's talk shows. It was unanimously stated that the bushies should take their lumps and move on, not creating a media circus out of it. It appears they're ignoring good advice once again and will continue onward with their scorched earth policy of politics.

In my opinion this will work against them and create even more bad will with the American people. Look for bush's poll numbers to nose dive even further in the future if they embark on this disgusting course.

[Skittles]

8. their endless Clinton-witchhunting episodes complicate their defense

yes INDEED