Libby Trial: Fitzgerald's Mission, NBC's Hope
Matthew Sheffield
The closing statements ended around 5:30 pm Eastern. I took about 60 pages of notes and am going to go through them later for a later post on the trial.
In the meantime, I will say that it appears prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald still wants to go after vp Dick Cheney, however, Libby's refusal to go along with his storyline has effectively hampered the prosecutor's quest.
I expect that if Libby is convicted, Fitzgerald will attempt to use it as a cattle prod against him to cooperate against Cheney. No telling whether Libby would accept, though.
Post worth reading: Tom Maguire on how NBC execs probably want Libby to be acquitted despite the wishes of their left-wing talent like Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and David "Karl Rove Will Be Indicted" Shuster
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.