"It's a silly case about nothing much" - Richard Cohen. WaPost

[marylanddem]

Spoken to Tweety. Did anybody else find themselves appalled to hear these words about the Plame case coming
from WaPost columnist Richard Cohen in defense, I guess, of his colleague Woodward?
What arrogant assholes these guys are.

[soleft]

1. Didn't he say the same thing in a column last month

that got largely blasted by the blogs - guess he hasn't changed his tune

[AlCzervik]

2. yes he did "Much ado about nothing" basically.

[marylanddem]

4. It well could be - I vaguely recalled some assinine statement

he made recently but had forgotten exactly what it was on.

[writes2000]

3. Just because corrupt character assassination is the norm...

Doesn't make it right nor does it make it exempt from the law.

It is their responsibility to handle classified info with extreme care always keeping in mind what's best for the COUNTRY.

Clearly, they weren't doing that here.

[thefloyd]

5. Silly case?

What's the deal with our country. Jesus. Was everyone more enamored with Bushco than DU knew or I knew at least. Man oh Man.

[Lex]

6. Yeah. I heard him. He said, "Hey, it's just the way things are done."

:wtf:

Yeah, the White House wants a critic to shut up so they out his wife and blow her CIA cover.

I can't believe people are upset about it. /sarcasm

[LSparkle]

7. He must be the "balance" to VandeHei/Leonnig ... ?

[SoCalDem]

8. and the Clinton impeachment was really a A SILLY case

but how many people said it then?? It stillboggles my mind to think that so much money and time were wasted trying to "get" a guy who was well-known to be a "chaser"..

THAT was a silly case, but republicans treated it like a quest for the holy grail...but then to them , it was. It set the stage for *². Without the impeachment, he could never have campaigned on "moral values", now could he??

[roguevalley]

10. let him eat it when this goes to the wall. he'll look more stupid than

usual.

[Pithy Cherub]

9. Cohen is Baghdad Bob Woodwards official water carrier.

Co-dependent Cohen slopped it all over himself and he has to be among the dumbest people working at WaPo. And saying that today, is really sayin' something.

:yoiks:

[NanceGreggs]

14. "Baghdad Bob Woodward"

Excellent! :smoke:

[Montauk6]

11. In the grand scheme of things, it IS a silly case that just shows

what a bunch of spoiled, catty juveniles are running our country.

Imagine how ridiculous this whole thing is: "What??? You said... (huff huff)... OK! Just for THAT we're gonna... WE'RE GONNA BLOW YOUR WIFE'S COVER! YEAH!!! WHADDAYA GOTTA SAY ABOUT THAT!!!???"

Nevertheless, the iceberg that this little tip is a part of is what all eyes should be glued to.

[Neil Lisst]

12. I am glad you started this thread. I didn't want to, but it's needed.

The Washington Po-Po.

How far it has fallen. It's a good thing they weren't writing a book about Nixon in 1973.

[marylanddem]

13. I just have distant memories of journalism school

in the 1970's when Woodward & Cohen (who exposed Agnew) had some
I guess integrity. But you know, I don't think real integrity can be lost. So I guess maybe they never really had it. I don't know.