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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (387091)5/28/2008 11:41:04 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1572713
 
"He "was" loyal? "

He was loyal.

"Loyalty is or it isn't."

Loyalty doesn't have to be for life. If you get screwed over enough, and for Scott the breaking point appears to be Plame, you can switch.

"Every day for the last 30 years, I have been (and probably you, too) trusted with a ton of information from clients under the condition that it is not for public consumption."

Yup. But I have never done the equivalent of going to my clients and asking if they had anything to do with the outing of Plame, and they told me "who, me? No way!". Then, after committing myself to that, it turns out that they were telling a grand jury something different to save their own asses.

I have to guess that Rove was the deal breaker for him. Libby went to the wall. Rove squirmed.

To be honest, I still probably wouldn't say anything. I am, deep in my heart, an idealist. My wife and I go around and around about this all the time. I suspect that if Rove had been honest with him, he would not have written this book. Scott went into that press conference with the assurance that no one was telling a different story than he was presenting.

That proved to be wrong.

I haven't read the book. I don't really know. But if I were to guess the key event was that press gaggle when he marched out there and stated he had talked to Rove and Scooter and they said they had no involvement. Whether or not he actually believed that was true or not isn't really relevant. Rove was already singing a different tune to the grand jury. Scooter was sticking with his story.

Rove hung him out to dry.
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