Salon War Room: Justice To White House - Let's Try To "Muddy The Coverage" On Firings

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/we-are-trying-to-muddy-the-coverage

‘We are trying to muddy the coverage.'

From today’s document dump, an email from Justice Department spokeswoman Tasia Scolinos to Bush counselor Dan Bartlett and Cheney aide Cathie Martin on 3/6/07, one day before several purged U.S. Attorneys testified before Congress:

Right now the coverage will be dominated by how qualified these folks were and their theories for their dismissals. We are trying to muddy the coverage up a bit by trying to put the focus on the process in which they were told — I suspect we are going to get to the point where DOJ has to say this anyway. First, it is true. Second, we are having morale problems with our other U.S. attorneys who understand the decision but think that these folks were not treated well in the process.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/04/13/justice/index.html?source=rss

[merh]

1. "muddy the water" = "obstruction of justice"

:grr:

[Sapere aude]

2. Why the need to "muddy the coverage." If you didn't do anything wrong you don't have anything to

hide as the repuke meme goes.

[merh]

3. where is the other post on this?

:shrug:

[Hissyspit]

4. An hour ago, but I've reinstated post since it is slightly different

and has comments and two posts.

[merh]

5. thank you for resposting

:hi:

Tadpoles muddy the water, gov't attorney's that confuse the issues and deflect an investigation obstruct justice.