Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer
It was fitting that George W. Bush commuted Scooter Libby’s prison sentence while visiting with Daddy Bush since it was 41 who likely taught him about such dirty tricks. In fact, Bush the Elder took a similar route by pardoning Caspar Weinberger who was indicted for lying to the special prosecutor investigating the Iran/Contra affair. As Marcy Wheeler stated on Democracy Now (seen in the video), Senior Bush’s pardon similarly prevented investigators from discovering his role in the Iran/Contra scandal. For kicks, you’ll also see Fox “News” pundit, Fred Barnes, mentioning the older Bush’s pardon of Weinberger in defense of 43’s actions, which might be the reason he is fuzzy with the details.
Poor Fred Barnes—-I thought he was dead by now. He sounds like the same desperate, self-righteous weenie I remember bashing Kondracke on McClaughlin Group.
Marcy has been doing outstanding work on “unpacking” the lies and deceptions of the Administration, and it is interesting that she (like Brad) has been moving up the media chain from voice-in-the-wilderness-blogging to half-way respected guest reporter or maybe (dare we say it) pundit on the teevee.
I like and I don’t like it. I know the slothful media needs some resistance in their faces, and I can see the value of having the best qualified there to offer it; however, I also fear the impact of distraction upon their work.
Josh Marshall is among those who is simply starting his own truth-in-media empire from the grassroots, much like Democracy Now does in the tradition of Pacifica Radio.
GTASH, one more should be included in your group of real reporters, Chris Floyd. Check it out for starters with:
http://www.chris-floyd.com/Arti...et_of_the_CIA/
My sincere patriotic THANK YOU to each and every one of them. Happy Independence from the the darkest secret.
Bush the First is the mother of corrupt coverups and it is a strange family thingy with Bush the Second?
It rings true.
Here’s the “Family Jewels” on the Bush thingy Dredd:
http://tarpley.net/bushb.htm#Table