Priorities

Priorities - Joshua "Micah" Marshall noted yesterday in re the O'Neill flap:

CNN's headline story on the O'Neill story reads: "Cabinet members defend Bush from O'Neill"

And then, when you click through, it turns out the cabinet members are Don Evans (the president's Texas crony and political fixer) and John Snow (O'Neill's tepidly respected successor at Treasury).

None of the bigs? That's all? No Colin? We're Rummyless?

Josh (can I call you Josh? Or is it Josh Micah?); I have a hunch Secretaries Powell and Rumsfeld might have bigger, better things to do than noodle around with whatever teapot-tempest that bitter, and probably duped, little pissant O'Neill is up to.

At least, they'd better.

Marshall also snarks that it took 74 days for the Plame affair to get an investigator, while it took only one day for the Administration to call for an investigation of the secret documents O'Neill flashed on "60 Minutes". OK, Josh - this one's fairly simple: While the Plame affair is, to say the least, murky, O'Neill was kind enough to flash documents marked "Secret" in front of the camera. Not unlike popping open a money bag and having the dye cartridge explode while on camera.

As you say - priceless.

Posted by Mitch at January 13, 2004 06:00 AM