‘When you least expect it’

June 2, 2006

ABC News’ John Cochran reports, just in case the political world has forgotten, you-know-who may still get indicted for you-know-what. (via Froomkin)

Thermometers have finally hit the 90’s, and Washington is getting the lazy, sultry look that comes as May dissolves into June.

We Washingtonians tend to slow down, but the news doesn’t. And it won’t this summer either, with a decision expected from Special Counsel Patrick [tag]Fitzgerald[/tag] that will finally determine whether a top White House aide will face serious federal charges in the CIA [tag]leak[/tag] case.

Those old enough to remember Watergate will recall the fiercely hot summer of ’74, when scandal revelations brought down Richard Nixon’s presidency. Now Washington waits to see what this summer holds for the Bush White House. No one believes the scandal will approach the grand scale of Watergate, but when it hits it will certainly qualify as breaking news. […]

Will there be more indictments? Will President Bush’s top political aide, Deputy Chief of Staff [tag]Karl Rove[/tag], escape indictment and continue plotting strategy for Republicans to maintain control of Congress? Or will Rove be indicted and, as [tag]Libby[/tag] did, turn in his White House pass?

Good questions. As of now, no answers.

So how much longer? Cochran talked to one lawyer who used to be involved in the Plame case who said, “Soon. Fitzgerald can’t delay this much longer.” When asked what “soon” means, the lawyer said, “Oh, one hot day when you least expect it.”

Great. At least it’s something to look forward to. Maybe.

I’m tired of waiting! Where’s my frog-march? And whatever happened to that 24 hours that Truthout said Rove had left two weeks ago?

  • Well, Fitz works out of Chicago, so maybe the weather effects are different for him.

    Somehow, on the face of it, I don’t see how they can’t indict Rove. But maybe I just don’t understand the “reasonable doubt” here.

    Unfortunately, unless this bleeds up to Cheney, I don’t see this as a spreading scandel. I mean, no one is going to actually believe Boy George II is behind it, after all.

  • No Lnace. It’s just as hot in Chicago. You can feel yourself breathe the air is so thick with moisture from the lake.

    A strategy employed by the adminsitration that empowered Fitzgerald was to load him up with other cases so he wouldn’t have the time necessary to wax them. He noted that for the press some time ago. Not the fact that it was a strategy of course. Problem for them, the Bush gang is that he is a go getter, does all assignments and does them well. Problem for us is the DeLays his work load causes that’s so frustratiing. They don’t have that problem in Texas yet they have delays anyhow.

  • “Oh, one hot day when you least expect it.”

    Hey maybe we can all agree on a particular day that we won’t expect it.

    Maybe something like next Tuesday. If we all agree that we don’t expect it next Tuesday, and we all agree that we’ll never expect it any less than we will next Tuesday, then that would make next Tuesday “one hot day when we least expect it.”

    So, let’s all try real hard not to expect it next Tuesday at all.

  • No tags no hidding behind riddles straight up. Some times the truth hurts. So don’t ask me If you can’t handle the truth. Because If I am to be quistioned about any War Crimes please feel free to Inquire. I am not affraid to tell the truth. Even If It Involves me directly. I will take full responsability for “ALL” If you need a “Escape Goat” Im willing to take the fall and Surrender For All To Have Freedom and “A Piece Of Mind” Seeing I am My Own Worst Enemy Cought Back In Time. And History Shouldn’t have to Repeat It’s Self any Longer Like I have said many times before the only thing not for sale in this Crazy World is Trust and Love witch are the Same Atleast I used to think that and I guess that has also been put up on the “selling block” Maybe I am wrong In all that I do. Or what I have done In my past. I will stand Lyable for all that I have done. Just so I know In my Heart the continued Fight For All to Have Freedom Will Continue On and People will stand up and help Each other Like a Brother Or Sister Or a Mother or Father Have for each Other Unconditional “LOVE” Right or Wrong. The bad and the good. I Can only relate to that in one way the “UNCONDITIONAL LOVE” I have for my Children and I Have for my
    Mother. But all that Love has costed me ever so dearly. And even If people would Just stop to help some one once and awhile. A small part just stop to help somebody take a minute out of our ever so busy lives. It won’t hurt you. You might even feel better about yourself In the long run giving Is much better then recieving. But I will not lay down on my back. and wait around for some body to rescue me. I Will Stand Alone If You Can’t Stand With Me. Or Untill You Can Take Me To My Knees Then I Will Get Up Again Untill You Take Me Out I Won’t Stop You Will Be The Death Of
    Me. And I Will Not Take Myself Out Anymore You Want A Reaction When You Don’t Expect It I Will Be There Black And Blue And Alive And Well

  • Randy,
    When Tony Snow tires of being press secretary, you have the gift that Bush admires in his spokesmen.

  • Plame plans for 06/06/06:

    JUNE 6: The Cost of Truth: The Price of Lies, Joseph Wilson, Ambassador, whistleblower, and author of The
    Politics of Truth, shares his first-hand perspective on the now widely-known story about the handling of information in the
    run-up to war in Iraq and the outing of his CIA agent wife, Valerie Plame. Media critic and provocateur Larry Beinhardt leads a Q & A probing the perils of media spinning and government coercion. Part of the First Person Arts Festival,7-9pm, $30-$75, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 267-402-2055.

  • Time is our friend. Perhaps Fitz has got Rove by the alls and is squeezing him to give up others in the Nat. Sec. Council, Cheney’s office, etc.

  • Re; my last message (#9) – Another one of those who may be on Fitz’s list is John Bolton:

    http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/30/174015/268.

    BOTTOM LINE: I think Rove will roll over – as opposed to going to prison and being made to bend over – he has that kind of Truman Capote face that will go over well in the big house.

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