Friday, October 28, 2005
Indictments Today; Republican Spin Operation in High Gear
You would expect it on Fox News, but we also are seeing it on CNN, MSNBC and the networks. Republicans are trying to get on all the shows this morning to minimize the upcoming indictments.
Reports indicate Cheney's Chief of Staff Scooter Libby will be indicted today and that Karl Rove likely will be indicted in the near future.
Republicans on TV, all using the same talking points, are trying to minimize the impact by saying the indictments likely won't be for a "real crime" but something like obstruction of justice, or misleading the grand jury by not remembering some detail that came up later.
No matter how they spin, this is a big deal.
The White House likely will pressure Libby either to plead to a lesser charge to avoid a trial, at which their strategy of lying about why we were invading Iraq would be laid bare, or to stall the trial until after next year's mid-term elections.
The growing public disapproval of Bush's war in Iraq and his botched nomination of Meiers for the Supreme Court have weakened him significantly. The indictments of top White House officials will hopefully be the final nail in the coffin.
Reports indicate Cheney's Chief of Staff Scooter Libby will be indicted today and that Karl Rove likely will be indicted in the near future.
Republicans on TV, all using the same talking points, are trying to minimize the impact by saying the indictments likely won't be for a "real crime" but something like obstruction of justice, or misleading the grand jury by not remembering some detail that came up later.
No matter how they spin, this is a big deal.
The White House likely will pressure Libby either to plead to a lesser charge to avoid a trial, at which their strategy of lying about why we were invading Iraq would be laid bare, or to stall the trial until after next year's mid-term elections.
The growing public disapproval of Bush's war in Iraq and his botched nomination of Meiers for the Supreme Court have weakened him significantly. The indictments of top White House officials will hopefully be the final nail in the coffin.
