One of my favorite conservatives, Fred Dalton Thompson lambasted Patrick Fitzgerald’s investigation of Scooter Libby. Here’s his first rip on Fitzgerald:

“There was no indication that a law had been violated,” said Thompson. “That’s borne out by the fact that nobody’s been charged with outing her. The Justice Department knew that early on. The CIA should have known that early on. Special Counsel Fitzgerald had to have known that at the very beginning. There was no law that had been violated at the time the investigation had been started,” he added.

In other words, Fitzgerald shouldn’t have even convened a grand jury. Fitzgerald was hired to see if the disclosing of Valerie Plame’s name triggered a violation of the IIPA. They knew before the grand jury was convened that Richard Armitage was the leaker and that Plame wasn’t covered by the IIPA. Fitzgerald should’ve closed the investigation at that point and explained why. He didn’t and now he’s about to have his case collapse.

Here’s another dig that Sen. Thompson got in on Fitzgerald:

“You can get someone caught up on a faulty memory and make this kind of accusation in almost any investigation. Here, everybody connected with the case has a faulty memory. We’ve seen an array of prosecution witnesses, one after another, who cannot remember entire conversations they had with people.”

As I said here and here, the prosecution’s witnesses practically made the defense’s case for them. I think that’s why the defense has decided to not have Dick Cheney or Scooter Libby testify. Here’s Sen. Thompson’s last dig of the article:

“He turned out to be a fella who can see miles and miles in a straight line, but had no peripheral vision at all and didn’t realize apparently that he was caught up in a bureaucratic political dogfight.”

That sounds like the best description I’ve heard yet of Patrick Fitzgerald.

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1. Again we must look to leftard science for the answer. Science, especially leftard science, has the answers. Dissenting views by the right are not allowed. CO2 levels are increasing and thus must be responsible for Fitzgerald’s behavior.

   Thank you again leftard “science” for your help!

   Comment by SEW — February 14, 2007 @ 5:01 am

2. Yeah thats the ticket! You may have opened up a whole new area of investigation; Alzheimers Linked to Global Warming!

   Comment by T. A. Gray — February 14, 2007 @ 9:29 am

3. They knew before the grand jury was convened that Richard Armitage was the leaker

   Funny, that fact didn’t come out until well after Fitzgerald convened the grand jury, and yet, “they knew.” Who knew? And why didn’t “they” tell anyone else?

   Any how and why is Fred Thompson suddenly an expert on anything besides being on TV and in the movies? (Just getting a dig in before you get a chance to pillory Al Franken.)

   Scooter lied to the grand jury and the FBI, and you are among the first who would be shouting from the foortops should any democrat get caught in a lie to either. As we learned when Bubba was caught in a lie, lying has consequences.

   Too bad you couldn’t have shown such reason then.

   Comment by zachary — February 14, 2007 @ 4:20 pm

4. So Zachary, when Libby is acquitted, that makes you the liar. In fact you are the liar now stating Libby lied to a grand jury. Why do you think there is a trial going on? You and your neocon libs are pathetic.

   FYI Tom DeLay will also be acquitted of the bogus charges against him.

   Comment by SEW — February 14, 2007 @ 6:00 pm

5. CO2 levels are increasing in Valarie Plames’ ass. get ready for an explosion.

   Comment by zawako — February 14, 2007 @ 9:53 pm

6. Speaking of gas building up, read the following SEW:

   “The Bush administration acknowledges that global warming is man-made and a problem that must be dealt with, Bush science adviser John Marburger has said. However, Bush continues to reject mandatory limits on so-called “greenhouse” gases, even as he acknowledges the existence of climate change.”

   Apparently you think Bush is a ‘libtard’ as well and doesn’t know better than the genius rattling around in your brain pan.

   Comment by BillyJoeJimBob — February 15, 2007 @ 9:49 am

7. BillyJoeJimBob,
   No, Dubya would be a retard on that statement, as would John McCain. Retard and libtard are genetic equivalents, usually different political affiliations.

   There is one non genetic difference. Libtards never recover, retards usually recover. That is likely due to coexisting Bush Derangement Syndrome in the libtards.

   Comment by SEW — February 15, 2007 @ 11:24 am