OnTheInsideVille
Apparently, in the eyes of CNN at least, cussing is now officially worse than treason.
"While discussing Rep. Katherine Harris's (R-FL) plan to run for a Senate seat against Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), (Robert) Novak told (James) Carville, "Just let me finish what I'm going to say, James, please. I know you hate to hear me." Carville said to host Ed Henry, describing Novak: "He's gotta show these right-wingers that he's got backbone, you know. The Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show 'em you're tough."
Novak responded: "Well, I think that's bullshit, and I hate that." He then said to Henry, "Just let it go." As Henry asked Carville a question, Novak walked off the set.
After the segment ended, Henry apologized to viewers for Novak's leaving the set "a little early," adding: "I had told him in advance that we were going to ask him about the CIA leak case. He was not here for me to be able to ask him about that. Hopefully, we'll be able to ask him about that in the future."
Now you might conclude that all of this means that the pressure is getting to Mr. Novak as well as CNN, which quickly moved to suspend him indefinitely.
And you might be right.
But then again, what if all this kuffufle, essentially about nothing (ie. Novak's reputation, not the Plame outing itself), has another purpose?
And it doesn't require a hat or Reynolds wrap to start thinking this way.
All you have to do is ask yourself the following.
Which got more play in the mainstream American media today, the Novak tantrum or the fact that two members of the pro-Israeli lobbying group AIPAC were indicted for receiving and passing on US state secrets?
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Update: Doug Ireland, by way of Common Dreams has a very interesting analysis of the AIPAC thing and its implications for the Wolfowitz/Feith/Franklin axis of boweevil derring do.
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