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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You did say (IIRC) that Libby's prosecution was political, which is absurd. There wasn't a Democrat involved anywhere in the process. At every stage, you had Republican appointees making the decisions. Indeed, the thing was depoliticized by the fact that various political appointees -- Ashcroft, most notably -- had to recuse themselves, letting Fitzpatrick do his job as he saw fit.
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The Democrats pushed the issue to the point that the GOP had to agree to Fitzy doing his thing. That was the beauty of the hit job, afterward, the Dems could offer exactly the defense you did here.
You don't think the Dems kept this non-story front and center for all those months where people were beginning to tire of it?
It was a perfect hit. No prints at all.
