Blame the Victim

In an attempt to move the focus of the discussion around Karl Rove's potential role in outing a CIA operatives, the Republican Party has gone on attack, figuring a good offense is the best defense.

In doing so the GOP have decided to attack Joe Wilson, Matt Cooper of Time Magazine for their role in the story. Afterall, all Karl Rove was trying to do was alert the media to questionable story. It will be interesting if that strategy works.

The thing those on the left find interesting about Rove is that in 2004 he was involved in an election campaign that played heavily on security issues, yet he, or someone else at the White House outed a CIA operative.

Because the investigation was underway the press didn't push the story too much (afterall they were much too busy with attacking Kerry based on faulty right wing claims) and the public didn't have an opportunity, in an election that was about security issues, to decide if they wanted to vote for a group that hurt American security.

While the White House is currently facing some unpleasantness, many cynics believe that in the end the most anyone involved will get a slap on the wrist, secure in the knowledge that this came out after the election and well after it could have been an issue.