Reply #28: People make inaccurate statements everyday. Some are in fact [View All]

[Biernuts]

lies (where the individual knows full well that their statement is not true) and some are cases where the individual believes what they are saying.

Proving that a misstatement is a lie requires evidence of the former. Without a paper trail: "Memo to National Security Adviser - I believe I lied sufficiently to send the investigators in the wrong direction...." proving the intent to lie is exceptionally difficult. I don't expect a guilty verdict in the Libby case, especially after the Armitage information got the wide dissemination this week.

Not only that, it will play NOW as a campaign issue HELPING republicans retain control congress:

Rove's election commercial:

"For the past three years, the Democrats have been smearing the President and White House staff in their conspiracy to dupe YOU into believing loyal public servants leaked the name of a CIA Officer for political ends. Now the truth is out and the identity was inadvertently released when the press interviewed an administration official who actually opposed expanding GWOT into Iraq. If these left-wing fanatics are ready and willing to smear those working to safeguard you, what could ever make you believe that they wouldn't lie about ANYTHING? Let them control congress and the lies they spread will be an everyday occurrence. Keep America strong and safe by sending these fanatic conspirators not to Washington, but back to the dung heap from under which they crawled."