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Making the transition from [Joseph] Wilson to [Matt] Cooper
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 14, 2005 01:58pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, July 14, 2005 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Posted 11:30 am | Printer Friendly
This week, we've learned the greatest enemy the Republicans can think of is Joseph Wilson. The GOP talking points issued earlier this week included six principal arguments, literally all of which sought to undermine Wilson's credibility.
Now, however, it seems the right-wing machine is shifting gears towards a new enemy: Time's Matt Cooper.
From a conservative perspective, this is at least coherent. Cooper's email identifying Rove as someone who leaked classified information made this lingering, two-year-old controversy a front-page scandal. For that matter, Cooper's two-hour grand-jury testimony yesterday was poised to make Rove look pretty bad. With this in mind, Cooper must be ruined, according to the GOP mindset, or people will believe him. They can't have that.
The transition from Wilson to Cooper has been subtle but steady the past few days.
* On Tuesday, Rove lawyer Robert Luskin accused Cooper of spinning the truth "in a pretty ugly fashion."
* On Wednesday, Luskin lashed out at Cooper again, claiming Cooper never got an "express person release" to testify before the grand jury.
* Last night, Sean Hannity apparently claimed on Fox News that Cooper set Rove up.
* And yesterday, responding to Cooper's appearance before the grand jury, Luskin subtly sought to bring Cooper's credibility into question.
"By facilitating Cooper's testimony, Rove has helped ensure the special prosecutor has access to all relevant information from every source," Luskin said. "Cooper's truthful testimony today will not call into question the accuracy or completeness of anything Rove has previously said to the prosecutor or grand jury."
Boy, they're getting clever, aren't they? This last one gets the award for "pre-emptive smear of the week."
If Rove is indicted, watch for Cooper to become the right's new public enemy #1. I'm sure Joseph Wilson will be thrilled. |
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