Comments on: Murder in the Cathedral

By: abb1

abb1 — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:29:58 +0000

A little odd, though, that outing his wife was their best move if what they wanted was to destroy the fella himself.

Couldn’t they find anything at all in Wilson’s bio to make him suffer? Look at poor John Kerry, whose battle wounds clearly show him being a traitor and lowlife. Look at Scott Ritter – child molester… Richard Clarke with “weird aspects” in his personal life…

The ‘his wife sent him’ smear seems so very gentle in comparison. Really.

By: dipnut

dipnut — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:18:27 +0000

I note that the “sub-mafioso” language you ascribe to Cheney is actually the language of “a source”, deep in speculative contemplation.

In my fevered imagination, Cheney said:

“Fuck Wilson. I want him fucking fucked, you understand? I want his balls in a fucking vise! Destroy him, and destroy everyone who’s touched him. Fuck his wife, his kids, whatever. He’s a fucking grease spot. Oh, hi, George. We were just talking about Joe fucking Wilson. Yeah, I’m on it.”

By: Bob B

Bob B — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:39:26 +0000

We all live in hope and I’m open to guidance but I’m still waiting to see any signs of this bit from the Bush administration:

“The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.”
[TS Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral (1935)]

By: Adam Kotsko

Adam Kotsko — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:50:17 +0000

Has anyone looked into the possibility of prosecuting Libby on the sole grounds of having the nickname “Scooter”?

By: L. Hyde

L. Hyde — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:04:25 +0000

I now wonder if the person who gave the name “Valerie Flame” to Judith Miller wasn’t Cheyney himself. That would explain why she asked that her testimony to the grand jury be limited to Libby, and why she can’t “remember” who told her the name.

By: Brad DeLong

Brad DeLong — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:04:59 +0000

Repentance, no. Ritual scourging—albeit of a sublimated kind—we have our hopes…