How to score some fast cash... off of Bush supporters.

The Doctor.

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Sat Mar-31-07 09:16 PM
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How to score some fast cash... off of Bush supporters.

This past week, I think I found a new and lucrative hobby...

"Fleecing Republicans" (I mean, aside from notable exceptions, most of them are sheep anyhow.)

Earlier this week I was visiting with one of my clients who is a very sweet Liberal Democrat lady and a personal friend. Her oldest son was there. I consider him a very decent, intelligent individual, but he is, inexplicably, a Bush-bot and dittohead. He also has a great deal of pride and some actual integrity.

For the sake of decorum, I try not to talk about anything political around him.

But this time I was talking to Mary (my client) while he was there, and as usual she and I got into the subject of the administration. At some point I mentioned how there was no longer any doubt that the administration compromised our national security.

From the other room he perked up with an incredulous expression, "Really? How so?"

I said that it was now an historical fact that when Valerie Plame was outed by the administration, her covert work as a counter-proliferation agent was ended and we lost a good portion of our intelligence gathering apparatus.

I'll bet everyone here can guess what he said next...

It went something like; �She had a desk job. The only thing compromised was the filing.� There was more, of course, about democrats making up the issue and something about limelight and such, but I decided I was just going to cut straight to the chase;

"Fifty bucks.", I was almost giddy. :D

"A bet?", He asked.

"If I can get you proof that Valerie Plame was a Non-Official Cover operative and her covert status was compromised when her name was leaked, you owe me $50."

Now I know how unfair that was considering that Rush and Fox News deliberately 'leave out' important tidbits of information, like say... facts and such, but I truly believe if you want to wake people up, you hit them in the wallet.

So of course he said; �Ok, I'll give you 'till the end of the week, then you can pay me the fifty.�

So Friday I went and found Scooter's indictment. It is a very legal document that clearly states; "Joseph Wilson was married to Valerie Plame Wilson ("Valerie Wilson"). At all relevant times from January 1, 2002 though July 14, 2003, Valerie Wilson was employed by the CIA, and her employment status was classified. Prior to July 14, 2003, Valerie Wilson's affiliation with the CIA was not common knowledge outside the intelligence community."
http://news.lp.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/plame/uslibby102805ind3.html

The transcript of Valerie Plame confirming, under oath, that she was a covert operative and wherein General Hayden was stated to have confirmed as much;
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/16/hayden-cia-plame-covert/

And, of course, the transcript of Henry Waxman's opening statements approved of by the CIA;
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0703/16/cnr.02.html

Well, today I took the printed documents and handed them to Art (the son) saying, "Here you go, let me know if you have any questions.", and went and talked to Mary to give him time to review the documents. (I highlighted the pertinent points)

After about fifteen minutes, he came out of the kitchen, handed me a fairly new 50 dollar bill, and said, "If it turns out they were all lying, I get my 50 back." He chuckled. I said 'no problem' and then asked if he wanted to go double or nothing that I could prove a gay male prostitute spent many nights and weekends at the White House.

He gave me a very raised eyebrow and said 'maybe later'.

So I�m sitting and reading DU and I remember the fresh bill in my pocket. I think �Hey! I�ll bet a lot of DUers can make a few bucks this way!�

As always, I do not recommend doing this with any strangers, and, as always, I don�t recommend doing anything that might be �illegal� and I fully intend to declare this as income., ;) , but I�m really intrigued and a little excited over the prospect of reducing ignorance and making some money at it too!

Just think of the gold mine over at FR!

Hmmm� there�s this kid at the local video store that buys the GOP line� :think:

:dilemma: