From Josh Marshall's
Talking Points Memo:
"What did Harriet Miers know about the White House plan to bulldoze Joe Wilson and reveal his wife's identity?
Even more interesting, what does she know about what the president knew?"
According to Josh (quoting
Texas Lawyer), Miers' position as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
"gave her 'more one-on-one contact with the president than nearly any other staff member in the West Wing' and made her 'the ultimate gatekeeper for what crosses the desk of the nation's commander in chief.'
. . . .
Given her role at the White House at the time, Miers would seem uniquely placed to give some read on just what he knew and when he knew. Indeed, what she knew and when she knew it."
A month ago, this would have sounded beer-nuts crazy to even the most conspiracy-minded of the
Democratic Underground gang. George Bush would nominate his personal lawyer to the U.S. Supreme Court even though she might have to testify under oath (to the Grand Jury? to the Judiciary Committee?) about what she and the President knew about the Joe Wilson-Valerie Plame matter? No chance. But after DeLay, Frist, Miers, and Rove/Libby, not to mention a 3-1 start by the 'Skins, nothing seems impossible in the crazy little town full of dreamers, where liberal kids, who came to DC thinking that the closest they would get to real power was winning the trivia contest at The Pour House, now -- close their eyes and cross their fingers! -- imagine themselves
getting drunk with Sally and Ben and taking back K Street!
A month ago, this would have sounded beer-nuts crazy to even the most conspiracy-minded of the Democratic Underground gang. George Bush would nominate his personal lawyer to the U.S. Supreme Court even though she might have to testify under oath (to the Grand Jury? to the Judiciary Committee?) about what she and the President knew about the Joe Wilson-Valerie Plame matter? No chance. But after DeLay, Frist, Miers, and Rove/Libby, not to mention a 3-1 start by the 'Skins, nothing seems impossible in the crazy little town full of dreamers, where liberal kids, who came to DC thinking that the closest they would get to real power was winning the trivia contest at The Pour House, now -- close their eyes and cross their fingers! -- imagine themselves getting drunk with Sally and Ben and taking back K Street!
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