Thank you for providing such a useful post. -Kevo

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that Bush and Cheney learned about Valerie Plame from a document shown to them by Colin Powell??????

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Off topic, I know. But, important nonetheless.

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Did Meir resign as a nominee for the Supreme Court Justice job, because she would better serve Bush/Cheney/Rove as their defense attorney against any Fitzgerald indictments?

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Picture this scenario:

Fitzgerald issues indictments for Rove and Libby. The ball of twine begins to unravel, and after several furious weeks of bad press coverage, Dick Cheney resigns, ala Spiro Agnew.

Bush appoints a replacement VP, ala Gerald Ford. Weeks later, Bush resigns “for health reasons.” Untainted by the scandal, the new president declares “our long national nightmare over,” and proceeds to pardon Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby and the rest, ala Gerald Ford once again.

End of Plamegate, and history repeats itself as farce. The Republicans figure what worked in 1973 can work again in 2005.

But like Gerald Ford in 1976, the Republicans are voted out by a scandal-weary nation in 2008, and the Democrats regain the White House.

Lionized by the chattering classes in New York and San Francisco for single-handedly bringing down the Bush Administration and remembered for heroically standing up to Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War, Joe Wilson gets appointed Secretary of State by the new Democratic president.

Wilson brokers a miraculous peace deal in the Middle East, which resolves not only the Irag and Iran crises, but also brings peace to Israel and the Palestinians. He is Time Magazine’s Man of the Year.

During the State of the Union Address of 2010, Wilson is the cabinet member designated to hole up in the “secured location,” a common practice since September 11, 2001. The U.S. House of Representatives chamber is the epicenter for a portable nuclear device set off in the subway tunnels underneath the House Chamber. Next in line of succession after the sudden deaths of the president, vice-president, Speaker of the House and President Pro-Tempore of the Senate, Joseph Wilson IV becomes president.

Wilson’s leadership during the grave crisis that ensues inspires the nation, much like FDR during the Great Depression and World War II.

Only a few doubtful Cassandras have the temerity to point out that each of President Wilson’s names contain six letters.

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People in Washington have been so upset they cannot spend as much time thhink about Plamegate. That Thought just came to me out of the blue, but it also makes sense, if you think about it.

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The obvious manipulation of this site by Alternet technicians is outrageous! It's bad policy. It's a very stupid thing to do. Please stop it.

Several of my posts were not printed. A couple were. Now they're gone. One was posted on behalf of another member of this forum, who also was experiencing technical difficulties.

If we're not breaking rules, print our posts exactly or risk turning this valuable forum into a meaningless ego spa.

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They've got more than "technical" problems. Items once posted "disappear" inexplicably. That's "bullshit." That's called "rewriting" history.

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I can maintain...

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Good. Glad your back. Libby to be indicted tomorrow, Rove on hold. Fitzgerald setting up shop in DC. The fun is starting. Cheney is toast. I wonder how many times I've typed that in the last two months. It is becoming fun. Cheney is toast. Cheney is toast. Cheney is toast. I can do it fast, too. Or, maybe I'm losing my mind. Who knows?

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For awhile there, I actually fell in with the giddy, anticipatory hysteria that many in the progressive community have felt this week.

With indictments looming for high ranking officials in the Bush Administration, it's natural to feel a little jolt of joy, as Bush's "Accountability Moment" starts to materialize in full view for the entire American public.

Tonight though, the night before the indictments (supposedly) start raining down, I cannot feel all that great about what is happening in Washington, DC. Yes, some level of accountability is being reached, hopefully, for the Bush Administration. But let's recall what has happened over the last 3 years.

2,000 Americans and over 100,00 Iraqis are dead, and thousands upon thousands are injured, both physically, and mentally. The Middle East is rapidly becoming even more unstable than it already was, and it's almost impossible to predict how many hundreds of thousands will be killed or injured before this whole nightmare is over.

This Administration has LIED US INTO A WAR, and so far, they have been able to get away with it. If Libby and/or Rove goes down tomorrow, that still leaves Bush, Cheney, Rice, Wolfowitz, Perle, Powell, and a host of other neo-con criminals, UN-INDICTED, and thus far, NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE for the war crimes for which they are responsible.

A little justice is a nice thing, but so far, it seems like that's all we are getting. A LITTLE justice, for an ENORMOUS crime. How can we take pleasure knowing that Libby and maybe Rove are "getting theirs," when there are already hundreds of thousands of ruined lives as a result of these greedy profiteers? Is this justice?

Our government, which is supposed to reflect the will of the people, has been turned into a war-mongering lone wolf on the international scene. American credibility is shot, dead.

I literally want to weep for all the blood that is now on the hands of the American people. In this democracy, we are supposed to be the watchdogs over our government, and in a way, we have truly failed in that respect. Indictments tomorrow would once again show the failure of the American people to confront the basest elements in our power structure. And for that, no little indictments of second-tier officials can be considered a cure.

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