Hindsight is 20/20: WH Should Have Been Smearing Fitz Months Ago!

[IndyOp]

Tonight on MSNBC, Tucker Carlson shared his true disappointment with the White House response to the CIA leak scandal.

It's not the dishonesty, or the months of stonewalling. It's that the Bush administration didn't start smearing the special prosecutor early enough:

I think politically did very much the wrong thing by saying nice things about Patrick Fitzgerald some months ago - 'he's a man of integrity,' 'he's a good guy,' 'we have complete confidence he's going do the right thing,' etc., etc. - making it now almost impossible for the White House, even on background, to attack the guy.

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[xray s]

1. My guess

They thought someone wouldn't turn, but they did.

Hubris will do that to your judgement.

[jayctravis]

7. And wasn't Fitz thought to be staunchly Republican early on?

He probably looked good on paper.

[oda]

2. maybe just maybe

maybe just maybe the people spending money to smear realized they'd be saving money by not even attempting ha

[mirandapriestly]

3. The fact that they didn't fight him

makes me a little bit paranoid.

[tabasco]

4. Tucker Carlson is a traitor to this country.

[IndyOp]

5. Wow - That's an impressive piece of equipment. Whoa.... (nt)

[blossomstar]

6. TC is such a preppy little repug prick... he tried during Katrina

to look compasionate, but just didn't swing it. Repug puke. I am just sick of all of them. The games are over with this bunch of criminals, they are not amusing anymore. People are dying. Everyone in this country should be outraged. What a crappy statement for the little chushy prick to make... slander Fitzgerald. Sorry for the rant, just can't take much more of the these present day Repukes. My language is getting totally out of hand when discussing them!

[applegrove]

8. Tucker is delusional.