Folks, it is time to squarely face the facts

[Parisle]

--- Paul Pillar is on the Diane Rehm show this morning. The former CIA analyst and whistleblower in the "manipulated intel" investigation is offering commentary on recent developments (Feith, etc) in that widening scandal,.. comments in no way helpful to the administration. What had once been a barely-articulated suspicion has turned into a flood, and now the floodgates are opened wide.

--- There are no longer sufficient grounds to warrant any further discussion. The pre-war intelligence WAS deliberately and dishonestly manipulated by the White House. The jury is no longer out. The party's over. It's a done deal. Lt. Columbo has just raised his hand and said, "Mr. President,.... I gotta tell ya,... I think you lied to the American people."

--- So,... where does that leave us? In the words of Josey Wales,.. "Are you gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?" This is, without any doubt, the most toweringly egregious case of executive criminal malfeasance in American history.