The Joe & Valerie Show

Golden couple takes D.C. - and L.A.

By Jonah Goldberg

Sure, "Scooter" Libby might go to jail. His career is in tatters, his life a

shambles. Even Denis Collins, the omnipresent juror-journalist, says he and

his peers feel sympathy for Libby, the "fall guy" in this whole spectacle.

But really, who is the real victim?

Joe and Valerie, of course.

"The golden couple targeted by White House machine," as described by one

British paper, have had to put up with so much. There's no need to dwell on

the hardships faced by former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV: that arduous

junket to Niger helped along by his wife, Valerie Plame; the endless cups of

sweet mint tea he had to drink; the awkwardness that his findings, as

briefed to the CIA, supported President Bush's famous "16 words" although

Wilson said the exact opposite on the New York Times op-ed page and in 12

trillion television studios.

A man of less mettle might grow frustrated with the effrontery of the

Washington Post calling him a liar, a blowhard, and the real destroyer of

his wife's career. Simply because it's true hardly justifies stepping on his

story line. Don't they know he's the author of a book, The Politics of

Truth, and a winner of awards for his self-proclaimed courage for "speaking

truth to power"? Why should a bipartisan Senate intelligence report

cataloging his dishonesty and distortions stand against a man with such

important hair?

The Great Dissenter's burden doesn't end there. Joe wanted to appear on

equal footing, as befits his stature, with Katie Couric on Today. Instead he

was stuck in D.C., and his "one chance to sit face to face with America's

sweetheart" was dashed. "All I could see was the unblinking eye of the

camera in front of me," he laments with a stiff upper lip in his book. And

it must have been those cheap partisans who forced the ambassador to sell

himself to the John Kerry campaign, to call for the frog-marching of Karl

Rove, to call Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol a "drunk." Joe's a

statesman, darn it!

Then there's our gal Val. Oh, the price she's paid. Almost every night, the

ex-CIA officer has to see file footage of herself in that stunning white

gown and those tiresome pictures of her and Joe posing in their Jaguar for

Vanity Fair. CNN ran a segment comparing her to James Bond and Mata Hari.

The comparison wasn't perfect, CNN said: "Mata Hari supposedly blew a kiss

to the firing squad that executed her. Valerie Plame seems more inclined to

kiss her husband." It's right about that. Plame told Vanity Fair she spilled

the beans about her CIA status after her third - or fourth! - makeout

session with Joe "The Animal" Wilson. Thank goodness al-Qaida doesn't read

Vanity Fair. Not only would they find out what Plame looks like, they might

discover Joe's remarkable interrogation technique.

The Wilsons' civil lawsuit against Dick Cheney, Karl Rove et al - filed,

they assure us, with "heavy hearts" - claims that the White House's

revelation of her identity put Valerie and her children in danger. (Never

mind that it wasn't the White House that outed her but Richard Armitage over

at the State Department.) Even after baring all for Vanity Fair, the golden

couple make every effort to maintain their privacy. While heading for a

vacation, Wilson couldn't resist giving one last interview at the Houston

airport. His son blurted out for everyone to hear, "My daddy is famous, my

mommy is a secret spy." Clearly the pressures of the Wilson family code of

silence had gotten to the lad.

Last month, the golden couple was spied lunching with Morgan Fairchild at

the Four Seasons in Washington. The trio supped on soup and salad and shared

a lovely mushroom risotto, which probably won't be on the menu wherever they

send Libby. You'd think the golden couple would rate higher than the faded

star of Falcon Crest. But there's a buzz that Fairchild might play Valerie

in the movie Warner Bros. has just green-lighted about Valerie's life. Other

boldface names said to be under consideration are Sharon Stone and Gwyneth

Paltrow, so it was really a kindness for the Wilsons to even take the

meeting.

Sure, all this might sound glamorous to the lumpenproletariat who don't

understand the Wilsons' plight. But such rubes can't comprehend that the

only reason why the Wilsons had to leap straight to a movie deal was that

the CIA is holding up Valerie's $2.5 million book deal by slow-walking the

clearance the book needs for publication. Doesn't anyone understand how

development works? Clearly not the CIA, which claims that it still wants to

keep secrets. Don't those people read Vanity Fair? That is, like, so 2003!

Lesser mortals might have trouble sleeping at night knowing that they're

having the time of their lives through a level of dishonesty dwarfing the

transgressions that may send Scooter Libby to prison. But, thank goodness,

the golden couple is better than that. They're troopers.

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"Taylor" <taylor@nospam2me.com> wrote in message

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> By Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Golberg: Fascist NeoCon... lot's of brains but no moral compass to

guide him. If you need support for a war, call Jonah, he's your bitch.

Dion

"Taylor" <taylor@nospam2me.com> wrote in message

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> Golden couple takes D.C. - and L.A.

>

> By Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg - if it weren't for him mommy he'd be asking "ya wan fries

with dat?" for a living - what a puke!

> Sure, "Scooter" Libby might go to jail. His career is in tatters, his life

> a shambles.

ROTFLOL

"Scooter" is one of the richest (if not the richest) man in the

administration, born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He will be pardoned

at some point, and like criminal Elliot Abrams will do very well. Life in a

shambles? Honestly!

> Even Denis Collins, the omnipresent juror-journalist, says he and his

> peers feel sympathy for Libby, the "fall guy" in this whole spectacle. But

> really, who is the real victim?

>

> Joe and Valerie, of course.

That's because Scooter isn't a victim - he's merely a crook!

LOL

I think Oprah should get Joe and Val thier own talk show like she did

for Dr. Phil.

Rick Hohensee

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>I think Oprah should get Joe and Val thier own talk show like she did

> for Dr. Phil.

>

> Rick Hohensee

Joe and Val are probably too smart for the viewing public.

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:28:53 -0600, "Taylor" <taylor@nospam2me.com>

wrote:

>Golden couple takes D.C. - and L.A.

>

>By Jonah Goldberg

>

>Sure, "Scooter" Libby might go to jail. His career is in tatters, his life a

>shambles. Even Denis Collins, the omnipresent juror-journalist, says he and

>his peers feel sympathy for Libby, the "fall guy" in this whole spectacle.

>But really, who is the real victim?

>

>Joe and Valerie, of course.

>

>"The golden couple targeted by White House machine," as described by one

>British paper, have had to put up with so much. There's no need to dwell on

>the hardships faced by former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV: that arduous

>junket to Niger helped along by his wife, Valerie Plame; the endless cups of

>sweet mint tea he had to drink; the awkwardness that his findings, as

>briefed to the CIA, supported President Bush's famous "16 words" although

>Wilson said the exact opposite on the New York Times op-ed page and in 12

>trillion television studios.

>

>A man of less mettle might grow frustrated with the effrontery of the

>Washington Post calling him a liar, a blowhard, and the real destroyer of

>his wife's career. Simply because it's true hardly justifies stepping on his

>story line. Don't they know he's the author of a book, The Politics of

>Truth, and a winner of awards for his self-proclaimed courage for "speaking

>truth to power"? Why should a bipartisan Senate intelligence report

>cataloging his dishonesty and distortions stand against a man with such

>important hair?

>

>The Great Dissenter's burden doesn't end there. Joe wanted to appear on

>equal footing, as befits his stature, with Katie Couric on Today. Instead he

>was stuck in D.C., and his "one chance to sit face to face with America's

>sweetheart" was dashed. "All I could see was the unblinking eye of the

>camera in front of me," he laments with a stiff upper lip in his book. And

>it must have been those cheap partisans who forced the ambassador to sell

>himself to the John Kerry campaign, to call for the frog-marching of Karl

>Rove, to call Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol a "drunk." Joe's a

>statesman, darn it!

>

>Then there's our gal Val. Oh, the price she's paid. Almost every night, the

>ex-CIA officer has to see file footage of herself in that stunning white

>gown and those tiresome pictures of her and Joe posing in their Jaguar for

>Vanity Fair. CNN ran a segment comparing her to James Bond and Mata Hari.

>The comparison wasn't perfect, CNN said: "Mata Hari supposedly blew a kiss

>to the firing squad that executed her. Valerie Plame seems more inclined to

>kiss her husband." It's right about that. Plame told Vanity Fair she spilled

>the beans about her CIA status after her third - or fourth! - makeout

>session with Joe "The Animal" Wilson. Thank goodness al-Qaida doesn't read

>Vanity Fair. Not only would they find out what Plame looks like, they might

>discover Joe's remarkable interrogation technique.

It wasn't Al Qa'ida that wanted her dead; it was the Bush

White House. By the way, even if she had not been a "clandestine"

agent (which she was), it would still be obvious that their intent was

to get her in a lot of trouble. If everything he said supported the

Bush admin's claims, why did they out her?

And if their only defense is that she "was not a clandestine

agent", then they've admitted their intent - as much as saying "Yeah,

we blew the whistle on who she was, but so what?". And of course, she

was a clandestine agent, so rightfully, they're screwed.

Where are the reports Wilson gave that show that what he found

supported the Bush admin's claims?

>

>The Wilsons' civil lawsuit against Dick Cheney, Karl Rove et al - filed,

>they assure us, with "heavy hearts" - claims that the White House's

>revelation of her identity put Valerie and her children in danger. (Never

>mind that it wasn't the White House that outed her but Richard Armitage over

>at the State Department.) Even after baring all for Vanity Fair, the golden

>couple make every effort to maintain their privacy. While heading for a

>vacation, Wilson couldn't resist giving one last interview at the Houston

>airport. His son blurted out for everyone to hear, "My daddy is famous, my

>mommy is a secret spy." Clearly the pressures of the Wilson family code of

>silence had gotten to the lad.

Oh well, if her son blurted it out after everyone knew, then

it's his fault... certainly not Cheney's and Bush's and the rest of

the crook crowd.

>

>Last month, the golden couple

Did you post this because you're a Bush fan, or are you just

jealous of Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame... and their son?

>was spied lunching with Morgan Fairchild at

>the Four Seasons in Washington. The trio supped on soup and salad and shared

>a lovely mushroom risotto, which probably won't be on the menu wherever they

>send Libby. You'd think the golden couple would rate higher than the faded

>star of Falcon Crest. But there's a buzz that Fairchild might play Valerie

>in the movie Warner Bros. has just green-lighted about Valerie's life.

She's not nearly as pretty as Valerie Plame... sorry.

>Other

>boldface names said to be under consideration are Sharon Stone and Gwyneth

>Paltrow,

Gwyneth is a likely candidate, as long as she doesn't go

around to talk shows lecturing America on how tough it is being a spy.

>so it was really a kindness for the Wilsons to even take the

>meeting.

>

>Sure, all this might sound glamorous to the lumpenproletariat who don't

>understand the Wilsons' plight. But such rubes can't comprehend that the

>only reason why the Wilsons had to leap straight to a movie deal was that

>the CIA is holding up Valerie's $2.5 million book deal by slow-walking the

>clearance the book needs for publication. Doesn't anyone understand how

>development works? Clearly not the CIA, which claims that it still wants to

>keep secrets. Don't those people read Vanity Fair? That is, like, so 2003!

>

>Lesser mortals might have trouble sleeping at night knowing that they're

>having the time of their lives through a level of dishonesty dwarfing the

>transgressions that may send Scooter Libby to prison. But, thank goodness,

>the golden couple is better than that. They're troopers.

Wilson found that the Niger yellowcake story was bull, and the

White House leaked his wife's name hoping to get her killed. Either

that or they were planning to have her killed and blame "Al Qa'ida",

etc.

>

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