Bush team plans leak strategy: Aides got 'tripped up'

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from RawStory:
http://www.rawstory.com/

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

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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.
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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.

[Demit]

1. Hahahahahaha! The Steve Martin defense: "I forgot."

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3. Hey, it worked for Reagan... eom

[WLKjr]

6. but regan was at least not lying about it

he really DID forget

[Octafish]

2. Rove: 'Wilson's wife is fair game.'

Isn't that what Rove told some member of the White House press corpse?

Traitor.

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5. That's what Matthews (Hardball) said.

so it must be true!

[emulatorloo]

15. Matthews has already said it is absurd to claim Rove "forgot" anything

I;m paraphrasing of course and dont have a link of course, basically Matthews said on Hardball that anybody who knows Rove knows that he has an incredible memory for details, etc etc.

[Cassandra]

4. Sophisticated?

More like desperate.

[Benhurst]

10. Exactly. And what passes for White House "brilliance" is just

ruthlessness.

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11. BINGO!!!

Since when is this a moral value?

[DefenseLawyer]

7. Tell it to the jury

at your trial, Karl.

[snippy]

8. Rove likely will be indicted on 5 or 6 counts. Hardly irrelevant. n/t

[Orrex]

9. Here's the part that sickens me:

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.

Why the hell are these people still trying to cozy up to this incompetent asshole? If they had any integrity at all (pause for laughter), they'd cut the cord already and say "You know, he really is an awful president, and God doesn't talk to him, either."

[emulatorloo]

14. only a fool would sign on with this strategy - so lets keep a list

1. Kay Bailey Hutchison



Already signed on, see MTP last Sunday

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[CatWoman]

12. WHAT? No, "Dog ate my homework" stratergerie?

[Zynx]

13. "People make mistakes." That's basically what they're saying.

"I mean, come on. He's only human. We would all commit perjury and obstruction of justice if given the chance."/ sarcasm

[LynnTheDem]

16. "contradictory grand jury testimony"

Ummm...that would be PERJURY.

Too fucking funny. :rofl:

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17. They are unreal, aren't they!