>>> You may not agree, but I'll toss in Abu Ghraib and Valerie Plame, just from the last few months...
1) Certainly, you're not suggesting that Abu Ghraib is a White House "scandal"? Hell, whatever this was originated deeply within the military bureaucracy. While it is a scandal in the same sense that tailhook was, it certainly doesn't involve the White House. It could have happened just as easily under any administration.
2) As to Plame, it appears to be a politically motivated attack by her husband, Joe Wilson. It is not even clear that she is subject to the provisions of 50 USC §421, since it isn't clear she was a "covert agent" within its meaning. Further, there isn't any real evidence that the administration was involved at this point. There is an investigation underway, and I'm hesitant to start crying "scandal" until there is AT LEAST some evidence one exists. At any rate, I'm not sure it is much of a scandal when the administration is being totally cooperative in the investigation, which it is.
I don't think I can name one PERSON that can claim absolute integrity.
Point taken. I meant, of course, relatively absolute <g>... |
