Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Joe Wilson officially "jumps the shark"

How do you know when your credibility has officially been shattered? A good indication is when the Washington comPost piles on you, despite your solid BDS credentials:
Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame’s CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming — falsely, as it turned out — that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush’s closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It’s unfortunate that so many people took him seriously.
The MSM coverage (or lack thereof) seems to be a big case of "Never mind."