Republicans Flip Flop on Plamegate

Now that the man who knows where all the bodies are buried has been implicated in what is certainly an ethical breach, if not outright treason, the Republican spin (read: lying) machine has gone into hyper drive.

The best part is, it is a big, huge FLIP FLOP. They are parsing words, splitting hairs, and trying to create just enough of a smoke screen to hide a balding, fat Special Advisor to the President.

In 2003, then RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie said this to Chris Mathews of Hardball:

Hardball (MSNBC - 9/30/03):

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Don't you think it's more serious than Watergate, when you think about it?

RNC CHAIRMAN ED GILLESPIE: I think if the allegation is true, to reveal the identity of an undercover CIA operative -- it's abhorrent, and it should be a crime, and it is a crime.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: It'd be worse than Watergate, wouldn't it?

GILLESPIE: It's -- Yeah, I suppose in terms of the real world implications of it. It's not just politics.

AHHH, Ed, but it seems it IS just politics. That's what your replacement said today! Current RNC Chairman had only this to say about the whole thing:

It's disappointing that once again, so many Democrat leaders are taking their political cues from the far-left, Moveon wing of the party. The bottom line is Karl Rove was discouraging a reporter from writing a false story based on a false premise and the Democrats are engaging in blatant partisan political attacks.

So was it just politics or not?! And is it now acceptable to compromise national security in an effort to discourage a reporter from writing a false story based on a false premise?

Do not let them get away with this, people. Write your newspapers, your Congressmen, and the White House. This man can NOT be trusted with the highest security clearance that W has given him. Karl Rove has got to go.