With Scooter Libby Indicted and Karl Rove in legal limbo, one wonders when the vaunted Republican attack machine will kick into gear and begin its effort to smear special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. My guess is soon. Very soon.
An interesting item appears on the pro-Bush website BlogsforBush.com . Posted by Slinon on October 26, 2005 it reads:
Luntz and Melhman have circulated an email telling us what to do: as soon as the indictments come out, we need to immediately start discrediting Patrick Fitzgerald as a party hack.Here are some underreported aspects of his background:
He was once a staff lawyer for the Democratic Party of Arkansas right out of law school where he worked side-by-side with Hillary Clinton. She called him in a speech to donors, "my dear friend Pat."
He also was the personal lawyer for disgraced Whitewater figure Susan McDougal for a time. Sources in Arkansas indicate that he was part of some land deals used to defraud savings and loans.
As US Attorney, he has shown too much sympathy for individuals suspected of terrorist actions. He has personally voided important aspects of the Patriot Act because of his sympathy for terrorists. Abdul la Muhhamad--a Sudanese national--was picked up in Chicago for being part of al-Quaeda and Fitzgerald resisted attempts to transfer him to Guantanamo to make it easier to torture him. He also let Muhhamad have access to his lawyer and other dangerous things to help his defense.
There are also questions about Fitzgerald's personal choices--he was spotted at Chicago's Gay Pride parade on a big float with signs that said "Hey, Hey, Hey, we are gay, stay outta our way." He is also known to frequent certain "massage parlors" in untoward parts of the city. To say that he has been "embraced" by Chicago's rainbow community would be an understatement.
Finally, he has also performed pro bono law work for Planned Parenthood, defending abortion doctors and trying to get protestors--who are simply exerting their first amendment rights--to be thrown in jail.
Given all of these facts, it is clear that Fitzgerald is nothing more than a political hack and opportunist who is looking to create a record for an eventual senate run in ultra-liberal Illinois. It is shameful that he would try and destroy the credibility of the White House to do so. Please spread these facts near and far! Fitzgerald is a partisian hack.
I’m not sure who Slinon is, but it appears that he is using BlogsforBush to spread these talking points to Bush supporters. If they are not part of this effort, Republican Pollster Frank Luntz and Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman might want to ask BlogsforBush to take down the post.
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