Bush Told White House 'Hip-Deep' in Plame Scandal and Cover Up

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Bush Told White House 'Hip-Deep' in Plame Scandal and Cover Up
By DOUG THOMPSON
Oct 24, 2005, 04:20
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Senior White House officials over the weekend warned President George W. Bush to “prepare for the worst” in the ever-deepening Valerie Plame scandal, laying out a scenario that includes indictments of top officials and detailing a direct involvement by the Administration in a concentrated effort to destroy the credibility of Ambassador Joseph Wilson and then conceal the actions from investigators.

Chief of Staff Andrew Card cancelled a weekend schedule of appearances and events to spend the weekend with Bush at Camp David and deliver the bad news personally, White House insiders tell Capitol Hill Blue.

With indictments expected against Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Richard Cheney’s chief of staff, and possibly White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, Card told Bush that both will have to resign if the administration is to salvage any chance of recovering from the scandal.

“We’re hip deep in this and the sharks are circling,” Card told the President.

According to multiple White House sources, Card laid out a detailed scenario of White House involvement in a staff-directed campaign to destroy administration critic Wilson. That scenario includes:


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http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7564.shtml

[Swamp Rat]

1. Blood in the water...

:D

[Hubert Flottz]

24. LMAO!

That shark must be a VERY hungry bullshit eating type(KKKarlcharodon carcharias)who homed in on the foul smells and emissions exuded by the top turdblossom. The poor thing's ampullae of Lorenzini will never be the same!

[BlueIris]

26. That's an adroit analogy.

Damn.

[Tripper11]

2. Not to state the obvious here but....

....if * is the "president", and the "leader" of the party etc etc. shouldn't he KNOW that the shit is hitting the fan and how involved he actually is???
I get how out of touch this moran is, but seriously..."Senior White House officials over the weekend warned President George W. Bush to “prepare for the worst” in the ever-deepening Valerie Plame scandal"

Unfuckingbelievable...

[Skidmore]

5. The Rove spin machine is now twisting the

short hairs of its creators. Either * is all-wise, all-knowing, and the greatest whatever whoever held the office, or he is out of touch and clueless. I think it's time to force them to pick what brand of * they need from here on out. Call these bastards on this. Either he's one or the other, or he's schizoid--if they want it both ways.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Like Bush didn't know !!

The desperation is running thick at the White House.
And stealing plays from Iran-Contra won't save Bush's ass
Like it or not Georgie... the buck stops with you.

It's time to take the criminals out of politics!

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Exactly!

[cassiepriam]

11. Card probably had to give * a few stiff drinks first and then lay it all

out in easily understood pictures.

[Horse with no Name]

39. Harsh

I think they rented a Barney costume and did a sing-song for him

I lie to you
You lie to me
We're a lying family....

[cassiepriam]

43. that would have been even better than just pics. Songs. Costumes.

[Just Me]

17. The breaches of national security were the product of Bush policies.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Yeah, Right

This empty suit knows what's going on? His function is to be oblivious and not really run things, so the puppet masters may have their way.
The Professor

[goclark]

31. He is knee deep in Jim Beam

and his coke jaw is bouncing all around.

He is probably reading? "My Pet Goat" and Andy is telling him another 9/11 type scenerio.

He may need to get those Reading Flash Cards for 1st graders.

Oh, I would love to see a Photo Shop of that one!

[Tripper11]

3. Delete - double post N/T

[Branjor]

4. I take capitolhillblue

with a grain of salt.

[cassiepriam]

12. I love your dog. Is it a bichon??

[Branjor]

45. Thanks!

Jordi is a Lhasa apso. And I don't see him in my sig line anymore. What's going on?

[WilliamPitt]

7. CHB = crap

Sorry.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. party pooper!

I had a great vision of * trembling in his boots and reaching for some liquid courage. you've spoiled it.

x(

[mwb970]

9. Maybe so, but others are saying the same thing.

The Bad Lads are going DOWN!

[ProfessorGAC]

21. NYDN Now Doing A Story That Many Here. . .

. . .said the same thing about, a month or so ago. Thompson was right then, Will. I'm not sticking up for CHB. But, when the MSM starts taking the same story and running with it, that lends credibility to the first source, and on the "only Card can talk to him" and "junior staffers fear his anger" story, it appears they were correct.
The Professor

[NYC Liberal]

41. Normally, I'd agree.

But it's been well-reported that the mood at the WH is very bad and that things are not going well. This is not outlandish like some other things we've seen from CHB. It's not an original story anyway.

[bmbmd]

10. Over the weekend? Over the weekend?

Don't expect me to believe that he is just now finding out that he is "hip deep" in this mess.

[chat_noir]

13. Bartlett distracted?

Maybe Bartlett didn't have time to create a Plamegate DVD, as he did for Katrina.

President Bush knew the storm and its consequences had been bad; but he didn't quite realize how bad.

The reality, say several aides who did not wish to be quoted because it might displease the president, did not really sink in until Thursday night. Some White House staffers were watching the evening news and thought the president needed to see the horrific reports coming out of New Orleans. Counselor Bartlett made up a DVD of the newscasts so Bush could see them in their entirety as he flew down to the Gulf Coast the next morning on Air Force One.

How this could be—how the president of the United States could have even less "situational awareness," as they say in the military, than the average American about the worst natural disaster in a century—is one of the more perplexing and troubling chapters in a story that, despite moments of heroism and acts of great generosity, ranks as a national disgrace.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9287434/

[elehhhhna]

14. Do they write this stuff on the bottom of his Highball glass or what?

[hang a left]

19. LOL

[Walt Starr]

16. CHB has never been a reliable source. n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

18. On the contrary, it has *always* been a reliable source...

...for entertainment. :)

[Walt Starr]

28. I stand corrected!

:evilgrin:

[The Stranger]

22. Okay, I think EVERYONE is prepared now, including the criminals.

CAN WE HAVE THE INDICTMENTS, PLEASE?

[hippiegranny]

23. Batten down the hatches

Hurricane Valerie is expected to make landfall sometime this week!

[yellowcanine]

25. How did the "lion in winter" take the bad news? My guess is he got snippy

and snappy with Counselor Card. No doubt he went back to the family quarters and polished off a couple of gazelles.

[BlueIris]

27. Also, 'hip' deep? How about EYEBALL deep?

Jesus. It's not like the WH didn't INITIATE the leak. Good Lord.

[UTUSN]

29. And It Was NEWS to Our Ever-alert "Leader"? n/t

[Flammable Materials]

30. I think the "Bush has to be told about things" line is ...

... an attempt to shield him in advance for the "what did he know, and when did he know it" line of questioning.

[leftofthedial]

32. Bill Keller's comments add insult to injury

He wishes they had "lanced the WMD boil earlier" to save the paper's reputation.

What about the 2000 (actually MANY more than that) dead soldiers sent to their deaths because of the media's complicity in the WMD lie?

[jmatthan]

35. My letter to the NY Times Public Editor

http://jmpolitics.blogspot.com/2005/10/torch-of-death.html

Torch of Death

[leftofthedial]

38. Torch of Death

:thumbsup:

[DemocracyInaction]

33. Interesting--in that this "script" was already written days ago

Raise hands---how many of you saw on numerous media outlets the whores saying things like "someone needs to come forward and tell Bush how bad this is and how he will have to clean house, blah, blah". I mean I've seen it from the real flaming mouthpieces to some pretty decent analysts. And all the time I raged inside--goddamnit as though he is AGAIN this babe of innocence not being served well by big, bad men. Fucking bullshit. He's part of it all like he's part of every dirty piece of shit floating around this regime. Even at times like this, the media still goes into "protect the boy" mode. Unfortunately, if Fitz indicts the whole goddamn repuke government, the media will still paint him as the noble prince let down by his servants.

[symbolman]

34. Exactly WHO

was it on the CHB staff of sublime comedy writers that was Standing RIGHT NEXT to CARD and BUSH to overhear the "We're hip deep in this and the sharks are circling"...?

If they have that kind of access or bugging devices or video planted all over the White House I imagine they'd have MUCH better stories than this to tell..

These guys are amazing, they are the reason that we actually had to "print a retraction" at Takebackthemedia.com and run away from them as a news source..

But they got a lot of other sites with that same story as I recall..

Total bullshit.

[ourbluenation]

36. Oh please - if * didn't know he has to be mentally retarded - and thats an

insult to retarded people everywhere.

[MellowOne]

37. If top officials are indicted

It should be all over for Bush and Rice. The truth will have to come out.

[Straight Shooter]

40. The sharks are NOT circling. This time, the sharks are being circled.

I'm just sayin'

[Toots]

42. "detailing a direct involvement by the Administration"

Detailing a Direct Involvement by the Administration. If it were not true why would they worry?

[Jackpine Radical]

44. I assume that what was actually said was along the lines of

"OK, Mr President. That bastard Fitzgerald has got a lot of asses nailed to the wall and we'll be lucky if we can get a thick enough firewall up to protect you. First thing is, Turdblossom & Scooter are dead meat. Don't even think about trying to pull thier shit out of the fire. Secod, we gotta pretend that you did't know anything about all this until right now. I don't want you saying anything. Don't try to wing any explanations. Just keep saying we're concentrating on the problems we can actually do something about. If they try to push you on anything, just keep saying we can't comment on an ongoing investigation. If they ask you what you know, just say the same thing. "I'm not gonna comment..."

Edited: typos. Lotsa typos.

[librechik]

46. drool--porn for progs

but nothing to pop the cork for yet. CHB is not real sex, just fantasy.

Good fantasy, but nevertheless...