Thursday, October 20, 2005

Some "Big-Picture" Observations From Chris Matthews

I normally wouldn't give MSNBC's Chris Matthews credit for anything, but he really nails the TreasonGate Big Picture here (via Whiskey Bar):

What did the vice president and his people do, faced with the hot seat that they were sitting on, that they had somehow gotten accused of taking us into war under false pretenses.

That's the environment in which this whole thing may have been hatched. If there was law-breaking, it came out of the vice president and his people's determination to protect themselves against the charge that they led us into a corrupt war, a war based on false pretenses.

That's how hot this thing is.

If there are indictments, they're going to be probably in the vice president's office, they're probably going to come next week and they are going to blow this White House apart.

It's going to be unbelievable.

I think the people watching right now who are voters better start paying attention to this issue. It's not just about whether somebody's name was leaked, it's about whether we went to war under false pretenses or not, whether people knew about that or not, and what they did when they were charged against that kind of offense against the United States.

It's serious business.
Welcome to the reality-based community, Chris. As Billmon notes: "Tweety, much to my amazement, kinda sorta gets it."

UPDATE: Regarding "The Big Picture," here is a guy who really gets it. Thanks, Maude, for the link.

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