Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Condi will testify--what this means.
Even though many seem worried about what this will do to the developments thus far, I don't think this is all that bad.
I mean, granted, what's unsettling about this development is that it totally reverses the Bush strategy up until this point (i.e. attack, then abandon ship), leaving us scratching our heads as to what in hell is going on. Knowing how meticulous Rove is, we assume that they must have already figured out a way to fuck us over.
Not necessarily so. To me, the fact that the Bush team has been so adamant about Rice NOT testifying is a pretty good sign that, at worst, she may possibly neutralize some of the negative press they've been getting as a result of not letting her testify until now. Remember that putting her on to lie was ALWAYS an option, and if it would have been advantageous to do so, they damn well would have trotted her out already.
I think that, rather, they've been forced into this, and that their main goal is simply to neutralize bad press. They'll do that first by simply having Condi testify, a bold reversal that says, "Look, we're not deceitful and totally closed and secretive afterall!" and second, by continuing the attack on Clarke, which, frankly, won't be really any more defined by the press in that forum than it is already.
Wouldn't it be really great if, at some point right after Condi testifies, that ALL of Clarke's correspondences and prior testimony is declassified? I think we (the left) should make a really, really big stink about declassifying EVERYTHING, if for no other reason than to keep Condi more honest when she goes under oath.
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Even though many seem worried about what this will do to the developments thus far, I don't think this is all that bad.
I mean, granted, what's unsettling about this development is that it totally reverses the Bush strategy up until this point (i.e. attack, then abandon ship), leaving us scratching our heads as to what in hell is going on. Knowing how meticulous Rove is, we assume that they must have already figured out a way to fuck us over.
Not necessarily so. To me, the fact that the Bush team has been so adamant about Rice NOT testifying is a pretty good sign that, at worst, she may possibly neutralize some of the negative press they've been getting as a result of not letting her testify until now. Remember that putting her on to lie was ALWAYS an option, and if it would have been advantageous to do so, they damn well would have trotted her out already.
I think that, rather, they've been forced into this, and that their main goal is simply to neutralize bad press. They'll do that first by simply having Condi testify, a bold reversal that says, "Look, we're not deceitful and totally closed and secretive afterall!" and second, by continuing the attack on Clarke, which, frankly, won't be really any more defined by the press in that forum than it is already.
Wouldn't it be really great if, at some point right after Condi testifies, that ALL of Clarke's correspondences and prior testimony is declassified? I think we (the left) should make a really, really big stink about declassifying EVERYTHING, if for no other reason than to keep Condi more honest when she goes under oath.
