Devestating

Today's statement by Bob Woodward regarding the Valerie Plame case looks like a pretty serious blow. Fitzgerald's assertion that Libby lied to a grand jury is tied tightly to Libby's "attempts" to deflect attention away from himself as the original source of Valerie Plame's name.

Fitzgerald himself made that very clear when he announced the indictments.

If Libby is not the original source, then it seems a case built on showing that Libby was the original source, and then lied about being the original source, suddenly got very thin.

Although Woodward's stunning admission and the further crumbling of this ridiculous investigation was certainly enough to make my day, the text of Cheney's speech put me over the top.

What we’re hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war. The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out. American soldiers and Marines are out there every day in dangerous conditions and desert temperatures – conducting raids, training Iraqi forces, countering attacks, seizing weapons, and capturing killers – and back home a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie.

The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone – but we’re not going to sit by and let them rewrite history.

We’re going to continue throwing their own words back at them.

I sure hope that Cheney's remarks signal the kick-off to a forthright attempt to reclaim the debate from the liars and propogandists of the left.I want to hear this every day, and the day after that, until further notice. It should have been done two years ago.

Here's to hoping it's the start of something substantive and long-lasting, instead of another false start.