WaxWorks
|
Monday, October 17, 2005
You Reap What You Sow
Buried in the Bloomberg article about Cheney and the Fitzgerald probe I posted on below is this nugget about Joe Wilson's future plans:
In an interview yesterday, Wilson said that once the criminal questions are
settled, he and his wife may file a civil lawsuit against Bush, Cheney and
others seeking damages for the alleged harm done to Plame's career.
If they do so, the current state of the law makes it likely that the
suit will be allowed to proceed -- and Bush and Cheney will face questioning
under oath -- while they are in office. The reason for that is a unanimous 1997
U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit
against then-President Bill Clinton could go forward immediately, a decision
that was hailed by conservatives at the time.
As a friend said to me today, maybe this is why Bush nominated someone like Miers to the Court: he's gonna need someone in his inner circle to help him when the civil case comes up at the high court.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: isn't it time that the mainstream media started to pin Bush down on whether or not he'll pledge not to pardon Rove or Libby (or Cheney!?!) if they're indicted? Otherwise, aren't we likely to get a repeat of his father pardoning Casper Weinberger in the Iran-Contra scandal after Weinberger started to implicate Bush Sr.?
Comments:
Post a Comment
