Suspense build as Rove & Cheney turn on each other

Jane Stillwater

Suspense builds as Rove & Cheney turn on each other

Thu May 25, 2006 18:26

The Plame season finale: Suspense builds as Rove & Cheney turn on each other. Who will win?
By Jane Stillwater http://jpstillwater.blogspot.com

It's that time of year -- when Desperate Housewives and Survivors and Apprentices all have their season finales. But they are not the only ones gearing up for that last nail-biting final episode. It looks like there's going to be a HUGE season finale on CSI Washington DC as well.

The suspense has been building all season. Fitzgerald has already nailed Scooter Libby. Who is going to be indicted in the last climactic episode? Cheney or Rove?

All season long, Fitzgerald let us believe that he was gunning for Cheney but subtle hints in last week's episode point to a dramatic last-minute indictment of Rove.

And if it comes to a stand-off between Cheney and Rove, who is going to survive? And who will be fired? I bet you anything that if I'm right and there IS a final showdown between Rove and Cheney in the last episode of CSI Plame, Rove will NOT be the one going down.

Here's how I predict the final episode will go: As Fitzgerald gets closer to the truth of who leaked the Plame documents, Rove will point the finger at Cheney in order to save himself. And Cheney will try to have Rove take the fall.

Can Rove rat out Cheney fast enough to save his own skin -- if Jason Leopold is right and Rove has already been indicted? Or will Cheney be able to outwit, outplay and outlast? I bet you ANYTHING that it will be Cheney whose torch will be doused.

Why?

Because when Leopold claimed that Rove had already been indicted, what did Rove do (besides of course getting TruthOut's unlisted cell phone number from the NSA)? Rove swift-boated Leopold. REALLY swift-boated Leopold. And he will try the same trick on Cheney. If Rove is cornered, he will turn ugly. What do you want to bet?

If Cheney thinks he can go up against The Karl and win, of course he's not gonna Survive. If we know anything about Rove, it's that he plays dirty. And he plays to win -- no matter the cost. Rove won't be fired. My money is on Rove.

However, the final episode could prove to be even MORE exciting than that. Suppose Rove and Cheney formed a last-minute alliance and double-teamed Condi and Bush!

One bet is sure, however. This season's finale of Plame CSI is gonna be the most gripping finale of all.

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From OpEd News: Bush Prepares to Cut and Run in Afghanistan: We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric from the Bush Administration about “staying the course” in Iraq. About how it is America’s responsibility to stay as long as it takes to ensure that Iraq becomes a stable democracy. Those who’ve opposed this position—whether they have advocated an immediate withdrawal, a staged departure, or simply the preparation of a transition plan—have been branded as dolts, as advocates of a “cut and run” philosophy.

What’s gotten little notice is that in Afghanistan the Administration is pursuing the very same cut and run policies that the accuse others of espousing in Iraq. http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bob_burn_060525_bush_prepares_to_cut.htm

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My blogging friends:

Betty Reid Soskin: http://cbreaux.blogspot.com/ As luck (and an act of Congress) would dictate, early in the year 2000 Richmond [CA] was named as the one place in the nation where there were more World War II structures still standing than in any other state. Albeit they still stood as the result of benign neglect and not from any sense of reverence for its past, but nonetheless there is still much through which to tell that important story of an era. There are many still living who have active memories of those years, and -- if we can save them from the wrecking ball -- sites to be saved for posterity.

Michael Shaw: http://home.earthlink.net/~oshaunasy/ This weblog will hopefully be more than an online journal. I didn't spend hours creating it to be marmy-smarmy. I did it because I'm angry and I'm angry because I believe the very foundation of everything that makes our nation great is at stake.

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Global Exchange has a Reality Tour leaving for Afghanistan on June 18, 2006. I want to go. The only way one can find out what is really happening in Afghanistan is to go there. to help fund my trip, e-mail me for further information at jpstillwater@yahoo.com or call 510-843-0581. Thanks.

And sign up to go to Afghanistan yourself too!

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From me: "Life is a competition. The winners are the ones that do the most good deeds."

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I have become shocked and amazed lately at how bitter and cynical and mean my e-mails are becoming -- but ever since Bush, Rove, Rumsfeld and Cheney bombed several defenseless countries into rubble, failed to protect my country on 9-11, scalped our treasury and blatantly STOLE two national elections, I've just not been the same. I WANT to be a kind and loving and caring person but the example being set for me by America's "leaders" has precluded that from happening. My apologies.

In defense of my country, I must fight fire with fire. Those people in the White House are NASTY.

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If you like getting my outside-the-box essays but your in-box is too full and you need a break, that's okay. Just e-mail me, say "Dear Jane" on the subject line and I will take you off my list. Thanks.

And if you get more than one copy of this, blame it on my jankity old computer!

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Sen. Carl Levin Senator6@levin.senate.gov
Re: APFN - ENRON INFO
Tue Mar 5 19:00:04 2002
68.3.132.0

Dear Friend:

Thank you for contacting me about the Congressional inquiries into the
collapse of Enron. Enron was the largest energy trading company in the world,
and at one point, it was listed as the 7th largest corporation in the United
States. Yet the company abruptly collapsed, upending the lives of thousands of
Enron employees and shareholders.

Enron's collapse also rattled the American people's confidence in Wall
Street and the federal agencies that oversee it. Now, it is alleged that Enron,
with its auditor Arthur Anderson, issued misleading financial statements;
engaged in corporate conflicts of interest; shredded documents while under
investigation; pursued insider profits at the same time employees were losing
their hard-earned savings; hid debt; and took earnings that are taxable in the
U.S. and using offshore paper entities, mainly in the Caribbean, converted them
to nontaxable earnings.

Americans in record numbers now rely on the stock market for their financial
security including their retirement savings, college education for their
children, quality care for elderly parents and adequate money for their
retirement. Investors and employees rely on the expectation that corporate
executives and board members are acting in the best interests of the
stockholders, according to their duty, and that the information companies pass
along to the investing public is accurate and trustworthy. That is why the
situation surrounding the collapse of Enron is so disturbing.

The American people deserve an explanation for this debacle and legislative
action to close any loopholes.

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), which I chair, is one of
the subcommittees that has initiated an investigation the Enron Corporation.
The PSI is looking at the role of the Enron Board of Directors; the role of
Arthur Andersen; and Enron's use of offshore entities.

Enron's deceptions and accounting gimmicks are clearly unacceptable. The
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is planning to hold hearings on the
Enron collapse later this year after we have had the opportunity to thoroughly
examine the facts of the case.

It may be that Enron and Andersen broke laws or it may be that the principal
scandal is what passes for legal conduct in today's marketplace. But in the
interim, we must take steps to ensure that no other company is permitted to use
deceptive corporate structures and accounting practices to hide information
concerning their financial health from stockholders and employees.

I will be sure to keep your views in mind as we proceed through the
investigation. Best wishes.

Sincerely,

Carl Levin - Senator6@levin.senate.gov

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* BREAKING: Ken Lay Indicted, Will Surrender to FBI — TRUTHOUT, Wed Jul 7 18:52
http://www.apfn.net/MESSAGEBOARD/07-07-04/discussion.cgi.11.html

o White House counsel Alberto Gonzales: "beating himself up" — Newsweek, Wed Jul 7 19:01
http://www.apfn.net/MESSAGEBOARD/07-07-04/discussion.cgi.12.html

High court overturns Arthur Andersen's Enron conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron-related documents before the energy giant's collapse.

In a unanimous opinion, justices said the former Big Five accounting firm's June 2002 obstruction-of-justice conviction — which virtually destroyed Andersen — was improper. The decision said jury instructions at trial were too vague and broad for jurors to determine correctly whether Andersen obstructed justice. (Opinion: Arthur Andersen, LLP v. U.S.)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=04-368&friend=usatoday