Tag Archives: Plamegate

The moral high ground

Once upon a time, Republican moral high-grounders turned a blowjob and land deal-gone-wrong into the end of the world. If you didn’t buy those arguments at the time, you’re probably fairly annoyed at how things have gone with the current administration. If you were convinced that the Clinton “scandals” merited special prosecutors and articles of impeachment, then I imagine you’re

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Joe Wilson at the CWA: he called Fred Thompson what?!

Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson (some of you may know him by his married name, Mr. Valerie Plame) addressed the 59th Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado this morning, speaking on “The Politics of Truth.” I didn’t really expect anything terribly newsworthy out of the speech, but I went in hoping he’d take the occasion to articulate a

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