Rovegate: When Will The Rs Begin Attacking Fitzgerald?

[stopbush]

It's bound to happen. Right now, they're busy discrediting Joe Wilson. But that can only go for so long. No matter how much they spin, there's an investigation going on. 99% of the country could believe the pro-Rove spin, but when indictments come down, it changes everything.

The RWNM is bound to go after Fitzgerald at some point, but when?

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[DBoon]

1. Fitzgerald better stay out of small planes

nt

[Botany]

2. Problem with attacking Fitz is he was appointed by Ashcroft.

:rofl:

[gordianot]

6. Right, and it may just be Ashcroft's legacy in history as Attorney General

:dilemma:

[Al-CIAda]

11. No, Ashcroft's legacy is telling field agents he 'didn't want to hear

about terrorism' and to 'stop bothering him' with such talk.

[gordianot]

3. History repeats itself when they are unsealed, think Agnew.

It will be too late to do too much.

[TahitiNut]

4. For sure they're compiling a dossier as we speak.

I'm certain his background his being examined with a fine-tooth comb ... and every disgruntled co-worker and neighbor in his past is being chased down. I'd even bet that false information is being planted anywhere there's a chance.

[Jersey Devil]

5. They already have - yesterday's WSJ piece called him an "unguided missile"

and yesterday on the floor of the Senate Sen. Roberts (R) said that Fitzgerald's investigation had "a lot of leaks."

[pgh_dem]

10. Hilarious...those 'leaks' are Rove's own lawyers...n/t

[napi21]

12. I've also heard Fitz described as "overzealous".

It's not wode spread in the Party though. Maybe they all realize THEY could be part of this investigation too! Don't pi** off the prosecutor if hes got YOU in his sights!

[napi21]

7. Some are already! Several times, I've heard the comment

Fitz is only an overly agressive prosecutor chasing after innocent people for political reasons.

From what I can tell, Fitz is going to be pretty difficult to damage. He's got a pretty impressive history.

[stopbush]

8. In that case, the RW spin will be "what happened to cause

a good prosecutor to turn into an out-of-control, partisan hack?"

[wli]

9. they'll assassinate him like the rest

[spuddonna]

13. They already have!

I read an article somewhere this past week that commented on how 'strange' Fitzgerald is... how he has 'old socks in his desk drawer'... I read it, and the first thing I thought of was, "Gee, Rove is getting a little SLOW in his smear attacks!"

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll hear lots more about his 'weirdness' and how he's unfit to even be a prosecutor, let alone investigate this 'Holy White House' which is filled with such righteous Christian men... (choke)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. Isn't Rove an agnostic?

I read somewhere that early in his career he admitted to a reporter that he wasn't religious at all. But it seems that now he goes to Methodist church like the Chimp, because it's the Republican thing to do.

[spuddonna]

17. I'm sure that if Shrub attended human sacrifices...

...Rove would too, just to ingratiate himself... Oh wait, that's what they're doing now... nevermind... :(

[Pathwalker]

14. LAST WEEK! My local rag's editorial demanded a

special prosecutor to look into Fitzgerald. Does that count?

[Azathoth]

15. They'll start planting stuff in the media toward the end of September

As the grand jury starts winding down, little smear stories will start popping up -- little anecdotes about how Fitzgerald's son was once caught using marijuana or how his wife once wrote a $100 check for a local Democratic candidate, for instance -- and the wingnut talking-heads will begin laying the groundwork against him by beginning to publicly question his sincerity and his patriotism. The attacks will begin in earnest when the indictments come down (or at least when someone inside Rove's office gets wind that indictments are on their way). By the time the right wing smear machine gets done, they will be claiming that Fitzgerald is actually a covert agent working for rogue terrorist mastermind Valerie Plame to destroy the president.