http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/30/plame-on/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 06:34:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/30/plame-on/comment-page-1/#comment-12280 Ted Barlow Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:22:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=825#comment-12280 Excellent point; I'll correct it. Excellent point; I’ll correct it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/30/plame-on/comment-page-1/#comment-12279 Ray Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:16:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=825#comment-12279 An editing point: Mr. Fitzgerald is a US Attorney (a federal position), not the Illinois attorney general (a state position) An editing point: Mr. Fitzgerald is a US Attorney (a federal position), not the Illinois attorney general (a state position)

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/30/plame-on/comment-page-1/#comment-12278 Anna Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:15:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=825#comment-12278 Brad was right. "I'm more optimistic than Paul: I think that there are grownups in the Republican Party, and that they will take control over Republican policymaking over the next two years. " - at http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/002511.html Also Andrew Tobias. " “I doubt you realize it,” writes one well-known conservative political figure (yes! I have conservative friends!), “but – aside from the fanatic neocons and perhaps a few of the most ultra-extreme tax-cutters – virtually every prominent conservative I know is utterly appalled at the whole range of Bush's policies, so much so that many have told me privately they're really hoping for a Democratic victory. But it's hard for them to do or say anything, lest the Republican apparatchiks stir up the gullible conservative base voters (who still overwhelmingly back Bush) against them. Even some of the highest ranking conservatives most closely tied to the Bush Administration and most willing to defend him in the media quietly feel this way.” " - at http://www.andrewtobias.com/newcolumns/031215.html Brad was right. “I’m more optimistic than Paul: I think that there are grownups in the Republican Party, and that they will take control over Republican policymaking over the next two years. ” – at http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/002511.html Also Andrew Tobias. ” “I doubt you realize it,” writes one well-known conservative political figure (yes! I have conservative friends!), “but – aside from the fanatic neocons and perhaps a few of the most ultra-extreme tax-cutters – virtually every prominent conservative I know is utterly appalled at the whole range of Bush’s policies, so much so that many have told me privately they’re really hoping for a Democratic victory. But it’s hard for them to do or say anything, lest the Republican apparatchiks stir up the gullible conservative base voters (who still overwhelmingly back Bush) against them. Even some of the highest ranking conservatives most closely tied to the Bush Administration and most willing to defend him in the media quietly feel this way.” ” – at http://www.andrewtobias.com/newcolumns/031215.html

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