The absurd defenses about the ‘memo’ and the attacks on the reporter have now reached a pinnacle of absurdity that is difficult to achieve- even in Washington.
A Republican aide, working for a Republican Senator, wrote the memo. Whether it was inept or incompetent or riddled with typos is pointless. A Republican wrote it.
The reporter claims it was circulated among Republicans. Republicans claim it was not. The same Republicans who said no Republican had anything to do with the memo. Whose word would you trust right now?
The actual memo may not have reached the Senate leadership. It didn’t have to- I watched the Schiavo debate on the idiot box. I heard the same talking points used over and over and over again.
Aides sometimes speak to other aides. Senate aides even talk to House aides. Aides sometimes informally, ie- verbally, pass on talking points to their Senator/Congresscritter. Ever seen the young people sitting behind the old people in televised committee hearings? The young person is an aide. Note how they whisper in the old person’s ears. I have reason to believe they talk behind closed doors, too.
The people defending this memo, denying that some (many?) in DC tried to politicize this, and denying that the talking points were widely used look about as stupid in my eyes as Dan Rather did when he said that “if the documents are not what we were led to believe, I’d like to break that story.”
Really, folks. You are embarassing yourselves. Take Kevin’s advice. Right now, in my eyes, the people still questioning the veracity of a memo that MARTINEZ HIMSELF HANDED TO TOM HARKIN remind me of the drunk guy at the wedding, who when subtlely informed by his wife that he has had too much to drink, stands up, and yells for all to hear:
“I am not -hic- drunk. I know -hic- when I have had too much to drink.”
Smart people would stop talking about this memo before they throw up on the bride.
*** Update ***
Or lose all their chips. More here.