{"id":7334,"date":"2006-05-05T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=7334"},"modified":"2006-05-05T15:53:56","modified_gmt":"2006-05-05T19:53:56","slug":"the-gloss-over-the-loss-of-goss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/the-gloss-over-the-loss-of-goss\/","title":{"rendered":"The gloss over the loss of Goss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just to follow up on the previous [tag]Goss[\/tag]-related program activities<\/a>, I think it’s fair to say that [tag]Porter Goss[\/tag]’ [tag]resignation[\/tag] is poised to be the next big disaster for [tag]Bush[\/tag]’s presidency. Probably.<\/p>\n

For one thing, watching the resignation announcement from the Oval Office, one thing is definitely missing: an explanation<\/a> for Goss’ departure. No announcement about Goss’ replacement, no perfunctory reference to spending more time with his family, nothing. Just a resignation after only 17 months on the job and stock praise from Bush.<\/p>\n

On a related note, we’ll reportedly hear the explanation in the morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Dana Priest is on MSNBC right now saying we’ll have to wait for tomorrow’s paper to find out why he [tag]resigned[\/tag]. The Post must have called him for comment on a story running tomorrow about his involvement with [tag]Brent Wilkes[\/tag].”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tim Russert was on the air suggesting that this kind of sudden departure is routine<\/a> for the director of central intelligence, but Josh knows better<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We don’t know definitely why Goss pulled the plug yet. But the CIA Director doesn’t march over to the White House and resign, effective immediately<\/i>, unless something very big is up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even Jonah Goldberg is willing to concede<\/a> that this is bad news for a White House that can’t afford any more bad news.<\/p>\n

Well, I’m here at CNN and I was supposed to tape a segment, but the Porter Goss news and the upcoming Kennedy press conference scrambled everything. The lefty blog buzz about the hooker probe can be heard here. Whatever the merits of that<\/i>, I think this is very bad news for Bush.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not just at CNN. The networks approached the [tag]hookergate[\/tag] angle very<\/a> gingerly<\/a>, but once a few on-air talking heads, including Bob [tag]Barr[\/tag]<\/a>, broached the subject, it became a common point of discussion.<\/p>\n

I have one contrarian question, however. Let’s say something awful has pushed Goss out; given what we know, coupled by the timing, it seems like a safe assumption. Let’s also say that the White House accepted Goss’ resignation because the Bush gang is well aware of whatever it is that’s forcing Goss’ hand. If that’s the case, why would the [tag]president[\/tag] sit alongside Goss — in the Oval Office — for the announcement? I don’t mean to spoil the fun, but it’s an odd media strategy if Goss is about to get caught up in a major sex\/corruption scandal. Just a thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just to follow up on the previous [tag]Goss[\/tag]-related program activities, I think it’s fair to say that [tag]Porter Goss[\/tag]’ [tag]resignation[\/tag] is poised to be the next big disaster for [tag]Bush[\/tag]’s presidency. Probably. For one thing, watching the resignation announcement from the Oval Office, one thing is definitely missing: an explanation for Goss’ departure. No announcement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}