July 20, 2004

Laugh-testing Marshall
Posted by Jon Henke

Josh Marshall, on the timing of the Sandy Berger story....

However, it seems equally clear that the surfacing of this matter is the product of a malicious leak intended to distract attention from the release of the 9/11 commission report.

Consider the timing.
[...]
The most obvious, and probably the only, explanation of this leak is that it is intended to distract attention from the release of the 9/11 report due later this week. That would be yet another example of this administration's common practice of using the levers of executive power (law enforcement, declassification, etc.) for partisan purposes.[emphasis added]

What, you mean the report the entire country is focused on now, because of this story? Yeah, this story has shoved that right under the rug.


UPDATE: Also failing the laugh-test...the Eschaton attempt to assert that--because of the Clinton connection--the Berger issue is getting more attention than the Valerie Plame outting.

They can't seriously believe that, can they?

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I noticed that Marshall post, too.

Can they seriously believe that? Yes. Yes they can.

Posted by: Jimmie at July 20, 2004 01:05 PM

Well, if it came out this week--it's to deflect from the 9/11 comm'n.

Next week: to deflect from the DNC convention

Week after that: To deflect from the post convention bounce

Week after that: To deflect the deflecting by the Dems preceding the GOP convention

...or something...

Posted by: Christopher Cross at July 20, 2004 02:24 PM

Along the lines of the lie from 2000 where Dan Rather said that the independent counsel "leaked" damaging info about Clinton to hurt Gore during the convention. Totally false and Rather had some flunkie retract it while he was on vacation.

But it's good to know that any bad info on Bush can be summarily dismissed if it takes place within a week of the convention.

Posted by: HH at July 20, 2004 03:38 PM

http://www.ratherbiased.com/gore_al.htm

Posted by: HH at July 20, 2004 03:39 PM

MSNBC is now reporting that Berger is relieving himself as an advisor to Kerry.

Posted by: Billy Beck at July 20, 2004 04:33 PM