Crimes without end

I just want to remember where all this began, and my initial reaction to the sliming of Wilson and the outing of Plame: the intention was not JUST to go after Wilson, but to send an unmistakenly clear message to anyone who crossed the official WH line on that trajectory that led to the invasion of Iraq. That message, you do not mess with us under any circumstance. It is dangerous beyond your imagination not to keep you mouth shut. WE are in charge, and the price for not recognizing that is higher than you can imagine.

I smelled totalitarianism.

I believe there will be numerous indictments, and I believe the evidence will be so thorough and overwhelmeing that all but the the most craven or ignorant will see it. That doesn't mean that many wont just think their only crime was getting caught. Sadly, politics may have polarized so much that for a sizeable number its only a matter of R or D, not anything to do with legality or ethics.

And for some reason, call it putting a stake through the heart, I really want one of those names to be Elliot Abrahms, maybe to round out the connection from scandal to scadal that can be layed at the doorstep of this scourge we now call neo-conservatism.