Similarly, is Bush's most trusted advisor (Rove) lying to him? Either Bush knew all along or Rove lied to him.

Even Republicans must see the problem with senior advisors lying to their president.

I'm sorry, but Kristof needs to get bent. Anybody else notice how he only did a 180 on this after he saw that one of his columns was cited in the indictment? Before that he was making his usual mewling noises about how we should all just get along.

Here is a thought: Suppose I am sent to a country (by my wife) to investigate inquiries into buying nuclear materials that would threaten the peace in a region of the globe. I would then report to who? To the Vice President I allegedly said sent me to find this information?(I didn't). To the head of the CIA who allegedly sent me? (Did I?) Or did I give my report across the pillow when I got back home?But in any case,WHAT STANDING DO I HAVE, the low level former ambassador (with a roman numeral after my name) TO AUTHOR AN OP-ED PIECE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!! AND WHO WOULD GIVE IT CREDIBILITY IN THEIR EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT? [Is there a crime in pointing out to the MSM that what is alleged in an editorial is bunk? And that the pretense for the information gathering was bogus? I think not]

finest, it apears that the prosecutor Mr. Fitzgerald sees it differently...
eventually you and others seemingly persuaded like you are gonna have to deal with that, like it or not.

Dear Mr. Kristof:

Go F*** Yourself!

Signed,

The Dickster

finest, it appears that you are a complete idiot who doesn't really know anything about the matters about which you write. i realize this kind of thing gets you high marks at Propaganda U, but here in the reality-based continuum, we're bored speechless by the constant repetition of ridiculous, false spin points.

now, back to kristoff.

i don't mind that kristoff woke up and realized that there are questions to be posed to cheney. I mind that of all the topics in the world he could have written about last week, he chose to publish an abysmal column about fitzgerald from which he has now, as Toast notes, done a complete 180.

I cast myself as the Veep of the U.S. of A: Note, Tryin' real hard to come to grips with the importance of Joe Wilson, IV, self proclaimed Nigermeister, late of ambassadorship to godknowswhere, call Scooter and discuss with him, agree his CIA hausfrau put him up to it. On to other business. Oh Oh! That was a 1.25 million dollar slip o' the tongue. That could cost us our jobs! Ah, but it was worth bringing down the House of Wilson IV!

finest, it still appears that you are a complete idiot who doesn't really know anything about the matters about which you write.

a mind is a terrible thing to waste, but when you attend Propaganda U, that's, sadly, what happens.

Howard

What is sad about it? Call trash trash not sad. And "finest calls himself "finest." Of course pigs call themselves pretty too. Must have lost his mirror along with his mind. He should go back to Nascar and have a really good time.

Pablo, deep down, i'm an optimist. even proven propaganda robots didn't start their lives that way, so it is, to me, sad that "finest" ended up surrendering his or her brain to the right-wing....

I'm sorry. I would take Safire back over Kristof any day. The fact that he's had to backtrack yet again has shown just how far this guy has fallen under the spell of the Inside-the-Beltway Tea Party set to be able to see clearly any more. He thinks he's in touch with his small town roots, but the people he really represents are rich, beltway insiders. He's yet another White House funnel posing as a leftist.

When's Kristof going to get it right the first time? How often does he have to get burned and hung out to dry by this White House before he takes off the rose colored glasses? Wake up, Nick!