Discounting severity, downplaying implications and the forgetfulness meme

[N]othing in this indictment suggests a broad-based conspiracy that requires endless further investigation by Congress or others. Nor does this case prove (or refute) charges that President Bush misled the country about the grounds for war.

so, everything's fine... settle down... take it easy... no need to give yourself a stroke from high blood pressure... it's only a little cover-up...

[Fitzgerald] offered renewed evidence of that oldest of Washington axioms: the cover-up is always worse than the crime.

but why the need for lies in the first place...? lies don't arise spontaneously... lies are told for a purpose... lies are meant to persuade that reality is not what it seems... i feel like i'm being sent back to square one while our country continues to be trashed by a gang of criminals...

oh, but wait... i FORGOT...! libby wasn't LYING... he just has a faulty memory... i guess my memory is going too...

"As lawyers, we recognize that a person's recollection and memory of events will not always match those of other people, particularly when they are asked to testify months after the events occurred."

just like al franken said yesterday... his "only defense will have to be early alzheimer's...

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