White House Plans to Deflect

[muchacho]

WASHINGTON — The prosecutor hasn't announced any indictments, but President Bush's aides and their allies in Congress are working on strategies to counter the blow if White House officials are accused of crimes.

The basic plan is familiar to anyone who has watched earlier presidents contend with scandal: Keep the problem at arm's length, let allies outside the White House do the talking, and try to change the subject to something — anything — else.

The White House doesn't plan to attack Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation — at least not directly, several GOP officials said. Instead, expect Bush to unveil a flurry of proposals on subjects from immigration and tax reform to Arab-Israeli peace talks.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess27oct27,0,1051268.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Nightwing]

1. Translation? Look out Joe Wilson

This administrations character assassins will be busy slandering Wilson and his wife as part of that deflection strategy. But I don't think Wilson will go quietly once he's under attack.

[liberalnurse]

3. They have already begun the vicious attacks

and screaming lies. Coulter just makes things up going from talk show to talk show....Tucker-Bowtie is doing the same thing..... They are focusing on Joe and Valerie......claims of nepotism, she was not deep cover,she was never outed, everyone in D.C knew she was CIA......and so on....

It reminds me of their attacks on Andy.

[Garbo 2004]

2. Oh yeah, deflecting attention to other Bush projects will work. Like he

can trot out his "we're going to Mars" project again. That was a big, huh?

Arab-Israeli peace talks always a good idea, but why am I wondering if they've been watching The West Wing reruns on Bravo for ideas.

And this just shows how out of touch they are in the WH bunker:

"Once the controversy begins to subside, they argued, Bush will have an opening to change the subject and call public attention to Iraq and the domestic economy, where the administration says there is good news."

Oh yeah, lots and lots of good news there.

[leveymg]

4. Next stop, Damascus

I thought you said, "Defect".

[Demeter]

5. When You Live In A Bubble There's No Place To Deflect To

all your shit just piles up around you. (hee hee hee)

[clydefrand]

6. Ah, gee...I thought that was defect;!! :-(