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		<title>By: HA</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/09/01/why-it-all-happened/#comment-81415</link>
		<dc:creator>HA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Roger,

Is David Corn still involved with Pajamas Media? If so, why? He is still linked on the Pajamas Blogroll. What is the nature of Corn&#039;s association with Pajamas?

He and Isikoff did as much as anybody including Wilson to perpetuate this fraud on the American people. He and Isikoff are still trying to milk this fraud for all its worth even after Wilson has been proven a liar time after time after time.

If you want to know why Plamegate happened, maybe you should ask David Corn. If David Corn won&#039;t denounce Wilson even today, then David Corn is making himself part of the lie.

Why would you want this man associated with Pajamas Media? If Pajamas continues its relationship with Corn, then how is it demonstrating any more integrity than the MSM hacks it is supposedly a remedy for?

I urge you to confront Corn on this issue. If Corn refuses to denounce Wilson and admit that the Bush administration acted honorably on this issue, then Pajamas should terminate any relationship it has with Corn.

Pajamas should not squander its integrity on a &lt;b&gt;Wilsonist&lt;/b&gt; like David Corn.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Roger,</p>
<p>Is David Corn still involved with Pajamas Media? If so, why? He is still linked on the Pajamas Blogroll. What is the nature of Corn&#8217;s association with Pajamas?</p>
<p>He and Isikoff did as much as anybody including Wilson to perpetuate this fraud on the American people. He and Isikoff are still trying to milk this fraud for all its worth even after Wilson has been proven a liar time after time after time.</p>
<p>If you want to know why Plamegate happened, maybe you should ask David Corn. If David Corn won&#8217;t denounce Wilson even today, then David Corn is making himself part of the lie.</p>
<p>Why would you want this man associated with Pajamas Media? If Pajamas continues its relationship with Corn, then how is it demonstrating any more integrity than the MSM hacks it is supposedly a remedy for?</p>
<p>I urge you to confront Corn on this issue. If Corn refuses to denounce Wilson and admit that the Bush administration acted honorably on this issue, then Pajamas should terminate any relationship it has with Corn.</p>
<p>Pajamas should not squander its integrity on a <b>Wilsonist</b> like David Corn.</p>
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		<title>By: Insufficiently Sensitive</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/09/01/why-it-all-happened/#comment-81414</link>
		<dc:creator>Insufficiently Sensitive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David Thompson:

&quot;The days of FDR, Harry Truman, and JFK are long gone. Today?s Democrats are disingenuous pacifists to the core.&quot;

What???  The MSM fawned over the oh-so-heroic John Kerry, &#039;reporting for duty&#039;.  They were all set to build him up as a Great Military Hero setting forth to undo the &#039;mistakes&#039; of the inept Bush administration, while simultaneously attacking Bush for a fictitious dereliction of duty.

Any Democrat ascending to Commander-in-Chief would have this manufactured cheering section in support, and plenty of individuals, knowing this, would be happy to compete for the &#039;honor&#039;.

The Dems could not sustain a disingenous pacifist pose were they elected - too much of the electorate is concerned for national defense to allow them more than one term should the Dems so act.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David Thompson:</p>
<p>&#8220;The days of FDR, Harry Truman, and JFK are long gone. Today?s Democrats are disingenuous pacifists to the core.&#8221;</p>
<p>What???  The MSM fawned over the oh-so-heroic John Kerry, &#8216;reporting for duty&#8217;.  They were all set to build him up as a Great Military Hero setting forth to undo the &#8216;mistakes&#8217; of the inept Bush administration, while simultaneously attacking Bush for a fictitious dereliction of duty.</p>
<p>Any Democrat ascending to Commander-in-Chief would have this manufactured cheering section in support, and plenty of individuals, knowing this, would be happy to compete for the &#8216;honor&#8217;.</p>
<p>The Dems could not sustain a disingenous pacifist pose were they elected &#8211; too much of the electorate is concerned for national defense to allow them more than one term should the Dems so act.</p>
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		<title>By: Bostonian</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/09/01/why-it-all-happened/#comment-81413</link>
		<dc:creator>Bostonian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;In the beginning the left went along with Bush&quot;

This is true for more moderate lefties like my mom, but I&#039;ll never forget a conversation I had with a lefty at work shortly after 9/11.

The week after 9/11, this coworker told me he hated Bush so much he could barely stand to look at him. Those are his words, as far as I can remember.(Mind you, the guy hadn&#039;t been in office very long! What had he &quot;done&quot; to deserve such hate?!)

I commented on the very recent disaster, and he said that it didn&#039;t really bother him, because &quot;there are already too many people in the world.&quot;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;In the beginning the left went along with Bush&#8221;</p>
<p>This is true for more moderate lefties like my mom, but I&#8217;ll never forget a conversation I had with a lefty at work shortly after 9/11.</p>
<p>The week after 9/11, this coworker told me he hated Bush so much he could barely stand to look at him. Those are his words, as far as I can remember.(Mind you, the guy hadn&#8217;t been in office very long! What had he &#8220;done&#8221; to deserve such hate?!)</p>
<p>I commented on the very recent disaster, and he said that it didn&#8217;t really bother him, because &#8220;there are already too many people in the world.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Old Dad</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/09/01/why-it-all-happened/#comment-81412</link>
		<dc:creator>Old Dad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post Roger, but I&#039;m hoping someone can explain something to me.

I can understand why the Administration allowed the Plame investigation to move forward. They needed political cover.

I can understand why Wilson and Plame ginned up their scam.

I can understand why the media ran with the con.

I can understand why Armitage with Powell&#039;s cover ran and hid.

I can understand why Fitz tried to salvage his bogus investigation.

What I don&#039;t understand is why the Administration didn&#039;t blow Armitage&#039;s sorry ass out of the water months ago, before all the collateral damage? If the current reportage is accurate (a big if), then everyone at the top knew who the source was. One little leak could have buried this albatross.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post Roger, but I&#8217;m hoping someone can explain something to me.</p>
<p>I can understand why the Administration allowed the Plame investigation to move forward. They needed political cover.</p>
<p>I can understand why Wilson and Plame ginned up their scam.</p>
<p>I can understand why the media ran with the con.</p>
<p>I can understand why Armitage with Powell&#8217;s cover ran and hid.</p>
<p>I can understand why Fitz tried to salvage his bogus investigation.</p>
<p>What I don&#8217;t understand is why the Administration didn&#8217;t blow Armitage&#8217;s sorry ass out of the water months ago, before all the collateral damage? If the current reportage is accurate (a big if), then everyone at the top knew who the source was. One little leak could have buried this albatross.</p>
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		<title>By: HA</title>
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		<dc:creator>HA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Roger,

It is time for the Wilson name to enter the lexicon of American politics alongside its McCarthy predecessor.

&lt;b&gt;Wilsonism&lt;/b&gt; is the tactic of cooking up smears that conform the leftist agenda of the MSM and then exploiting the ensuing controversey for personal and political gain. A &lt;b&gt;Wilsonist&lt;/b&gt; is one who engages in such tactics. The term also serves as a verb, as in Libby and Rove were &lt;b&gt;Wilsoned&lt;/b&gt; by the former Kerry campaign advisor. A key facet of &lt;b&gt;Wilsonism&lt;/b&gt; is the complicity of the media in perpetuating the Big Lie.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Roger,</p>
<p>It is time for the Wilson name to enter the lexicon of American politics alongside its McCarthy predecessor.</p>
<p><b>Wilsonism</b> is the tactic of cooking up smears that conform the leftist agenda of the MSM and then exploiting the ensuing controversey for personal and political gain. A <b>Wilsonist</b> is one who engages in such tactics. The term also serves as a verb, as in Libby and Rove were <b>Wilsoned</b> by the former Kerry campaign advisor. A key facet of <b>Wilsonism</b> is the complicity of the media in perpetuating the Big Lie.</p>
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		<title>By: DRJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>DRJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that liberals in the media perpetually try to recreate the role they played in the Vietnam War and Watergate - episodes where their participation was central to the ultimate outcome.  In a sense, those events represent the moment in journalistic history when reporters threw off the mantle of disinterested observer and became players in the political arena.  It&#039;s a two-fer for every idealistic reporter:  Become a real-life mover and shaker and, better yet, Robert Redford plays you in the movie.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that liberals in the media perpetually try to recreate the role they played in the Vietnam War and Watergate &#8211; episodes where their participation was central to the ultimate outcome.  In a sense, those events represent the moment in journalistic history when reporters threw off the mantle of disinterested observer and became players in the political arena.  It&#8217;s a two-fer for every idealistic reporter:  Become a real-life mover and shaker and, better yet, Robert Redford plays you in the movie.</p>
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		<title>By: BEAM</title>
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		<dc:creator>BEAM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patrick Fitzgerald doesn&#039;t get enough of the blame for his role in this whole fiasco. He was second only to Joe Wilson when it came to dishonest grandstanding and media &#039;manipulation&#039;. That nutty press conference he held for the Libby indictment is a prime example. The man knew full well what that no harm and no fouls were commited, but carried on with his ridiculous baseball analogies all the while insisting the investigation wasn&#039;t over. What a complete joke.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Patrick Fitzgerald doesn&#8217;t get enough of the blame for his role in this whole fiasco. He was second only to Joe Wilson when it came to dishonest grandstanding and media &#8216;manipulation&#8217;. That nutty press conference he held for the Libby indictment is a prime example. The man knew full well what that no harm and no fouls were commited, but carried on with his ridiculous baseball analogies all the while insisting the investigation wasn&#8217;t over. What a complete joke.</p>
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		<title>By: chuck</title>
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		<dc:creator>chuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;and proletariat within each nation by the notion of ruling versus proletarian nations.&lt;/i&gt;

I believe Mussolini originated, or at least popularized, this notion, with Italy being one of the proletarian nations. One of the wonders of Marxism is the adaptability of its ideas.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>and proletariat within each nation by the notion of ruling versus proletarian nations.</i></p>
<p>I believe Mussolini originated, or at least popularized, this notion, with Italy being one of the proletarian nations. One of the wonders of Marxism is the adaptability of its ideas.</p>
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		<title>By: David Thomson</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Thomson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;And should the Dems regain power, they&#039;d all be scragging one another to be the new FDR-style Great Leader in the noble battle against their suddenly-realized 7th Century Fascists.&quot;

Sadly, you could not be more wrong.  The days of FDR, Harry Truman, and JFK are long gone.  Todayís Democrats are disingenuous pacifists to the core.  Vietnam changed everything.  They are convinced that American military action will only further anger our enemies.  After all, it is allegedly our fault for initially oppressing them.  The Republicans are regretfully the only game in town.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;And should the Dems regain power, they&#8217;d all be scragging one another to be the new FDR-style Great Leader in the noble battle against their suddenly-realized 7th Century Fascists.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sadly, you could not be more wrong.  The days of FDR, Harry Truman, and JFK are long gone.  Todayís Democrats are disingenuous pacifists to the core.  Vietnam changed everything.  They are convinced that American military action will only further anger our enemies.  After all, it is allegedly our fault for initially oppressing them.  The Republicans are regretfully the only game in town.</p>
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		<title>By: Insufficiently Sensitive</title>
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		<dc:creator>Insufficiently Sensitive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The MSM is badly broken and the Democrats unfit to command.&quot;

Not true, either one.  The MSM works brilliantly - as an agitprop partisan of the Democrats.  And should the Dems regain power, they&#039;d all be scragging one another to be the new FDR-style Great Leader in the noble battle against their suddenly-realized 7th Century Fascists.

Oh, some differences.  FDR actually ran a bipartisan Administration (as did Churchill) during WW II; Reid, Pelosi &amp; Co. are far too much  religious believers to allow any credit to fall to infidel Republicans.

And the Dems aren&#039;t stupid - they know that in the face of a war, the Republicans (unlike themselves) wouldn&#039;t undermine an Administration in wartime just to try for a political reverse.  They also know that the MSM would never paint a military campaign in such black hues as it now does Iraq, Israel etc, if Dems were in charge of it.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The MSM is badly broken and the Democrats unfit to command.&#8221;</p>
<p>Not true, either one.  The MSM works brilliantly &#8211; as an agitprop partisan of the Democrats.  And should the Dems regain power, they&#8217;d all be scragging one another to be the new FDR-style Great Leader in the noble battle against their suddenly-realized 7th Century Fascists.</p>
<p>Oh, some differences.  FDR actually ran a bipartisan Administration (as did Churchill) during WW II; Reid, Pelosi &amp; Co. are far too much  religious believers to allow any credit to fall to infidel Republicans.</p>
<p>And the Dems aren&#8217;t stupid &#8211; they know that in the face of a war, the Republicans (unlike themselves) wouldn&#8217;t undermine an Administration in wartime just to try for a political reverse.  They also know that the MSM would never paint a military campaign in such black hues as it now does Iraq, Israel etc, if Dems were in charge of it.</p>
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