NEWS: Your Turn, Republicans

POLITICS: Your Turn, Republicans

Tomorrow Valerie Plame Wilson, Ambassador Joseph Wilson and their lawyer will hold a news conference where they will announce the filing of a civil lawsuit against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice-President Richard Cheney and Karl Rove.

Now Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Scooter Libby will be forced to sit through a deposition just as Bill Clinton did when he was president. Many other White House employees, like President George W. Bush, may also have to endure hours of questioning at the hands of lawyers. Just think of all the questions they will be asked.

Just as with those who were employed by the White House during the Clinton years, the financial burden will be heavy. Clinton’s bill alone was over six million dollars. Maggie Williams, who served as the first lady's chief of staff, ran up fees in excess of six figures. Other aides were forced to pay attorneys over one hundred thousand dollars. The Secret Service members who were called in to testify racked up bills of thirty thousand dollars.

Secretaries, drivers, assistants, every single person working on Air Force One the day the Wilson memo was passed around, every person who worked for the president, Karl Rove, or the vice president will be brought in for depositions. All will have an attorney by their side and that lawyer will cost them money. It’s a bad day to be an intern in the Vice President’s office.

I'm no lawyer, but just because they file a suit doesn't mean that it will be taken up by the court does it? Folks are suing the govt for the release of information all the time, and they just get ignored. Or do civil suits work differently? Some lawyer please come explain this to me!

Wow.... it is almost sad to watch the completely insignificant get to 14 minutes and 59 seconds... almost... what are they trying to get on the cover of VF again?

Well, there it is.

A private citizen - previously employed in national defence - sues the government for trashing her career, and a "conservative" describes her as "completely insignificant".

well, maybe if shed registered republican she would have more significance. GOSH.

what is the suit about

If i had to guess.. i'd say its about them leaking her identity to the press while she was a CIA agent

Don't they know that Cheney shoots lawyers? In teh face!?

No, her subsequent actions and media whoring that make her insignificant...

Are you talking about Cheney and Rove?

For SERIOUS!

I mean, how dare she be upset about that? It's not like they did anything wrong. Get over yourself, lady!

Civil suits work very differently. From E&P

She had no significant career. She was not a secret agent. There weren't any laws broken. There were no secrets exposed or people put at risk.

And 99 percent of the public doesn't give a shit about this case.

For fuck's sake, let it die. "Fitzmas" is not coming, and if you're looking to get back at Dubya Bush, Rove and co., there are million better ways to go about it than riding on the backs of two attention whores who posed for a Vanity Fair spread.

Totally insignificant. Unless you know how to use the internets

MSNBC confirms: Outed CIA agent was working on Iran.

Please explain the million better ways?
I'm having difficulty with that statement.

I hope this finally drags out into the open for everyone to see ( including those who would rather believe it didn't matter ) just how this bunch of fuckwads operate . The simple fact is by releasing her identity , they not only endangered Wilson's life , but everyone who may have been working undercover around her . If you can't see that , then I hope you enjoy the rest of your life with those rose colored glasses .

Damn , too slow on the draw with that post I see ...

Wrong.

Wrong.

Wrong.

Wrong.

Annnnd... Wrong.

I'll go on record and say that these fuckwads deserve whatever Wilson/Plame can throw at them. (Brave of me, I know)

...says a professed fan of Ann Coulter.

Pot, meet kettle.

-TM

but maybe if we repeat it one more time, the lie will be the truth!

I think they are just doing this to try and get press. Val has her book and good know they love the attention. Probably only about a 1 in 5 chance it ever gets to a court.

I also wonder if it does go to court it may very well backfire on them when discovery is available to the defendants?

just think of it as an employee sueing for unemployment wages after wrongful termination. i mean its not like she can ever be a secret operative again. they screwed her career, let em pay some damages.

Yes but when they both get million dollar book deals somehow I don't think they were "damaged" in any real degree.

syhucks, bones, i guess thats for the courts to decide.