Thank Vivica Novak for Rove getting off

[TheWebHead]

I'm surprised there isn't more vitriol here for her right now. Had she done her job as a reporter and kept her mouth shut, Rove's lawyer wouldn't have been tipped off that his client was in hot water unless he revised his memory.

Refresher:
Here's what happened. Toward the end of one of our meetings, I remember Luskin looking at me and saying something to the effect of "Karl doesn't have a Cooper problem. He was not a source for Matt." I responded instinctively, thinking he was trying to spin me, and said something like, "Are you sure about that? That's not what I hear around TIME." He looked surprised and very serious....Luskin walked me to my car and said something like, "Thank you. This is important."

[johnfunk]

1. I don't think Rove "got off" without FLIPPING...

From Christy Hardin Smith at firedoglake:

First, the NYTimes article from David Johnston this morning. (And a hat tip to Holden for the heads up on the article.) If Luskin is coming out and saying publicly that they got a letter from Pat Fitzgerald which says that Rove will not be charged, there are two things that I want to see and know: (1) what does the letter actually say, word for word; and (2) does it say something along the lines of "Please thank Karl for his cooperation in this matter."

And there's more...

... to spin this as the case being over is laziness on the part of David Johnston — and the media writ large, frankly — who have never dug into this case to realize that the players were larger than the Libby and Rove narrative frame that the corporate media types have conveniently used throughout the investigation. And that the be all and end all of the case was not the ultimate criminal charges, but the exposure of the smarmy underbelly of the Bush Administration and their standard MO of attacking, with a vengeance, anyone who dares to question them — even when those questions are not only appropriate but also expose them in a lie.

Just go read the whole thing.

[emulatorloo]

2. excellent piece -- I have been posting links to it as well

Luskin's job is to spin for his client. Those who take his word at face value are naive. IMHO