Smirk's Lost Weekend

"Hunting with Dick" jokes are soon likely to be replaced by "hunting for Dick" reports. While Jason Leopold at Truthout writes that Karl Rove has already been served with an indictment which will likely be made public soon (I wouldn't discount a Mother's Day resignation first), Patrick Fitzgerald is already on the record with a court filing of evidence that suggests Cheney was behind the outing of Valerie Plame Wilson. A New York Times story Sunday says it was Cheney who wanted the NSA to spy on domestic American phone calls without obtaining warrants.

More revelations are expected in a hearing Monday when a former NSA member testifies that General Michael Hayden fomented even more extensive and illegal survelliance. The witness said publicly that what has been revealed so far is only "the tip of the iceberg." (Note to future generations: "icebergs" were very big blocks of ice floating in the ocean, most of which were typically underwater.)

Also this weekend, the FBI has been busy rooting around the office and home of the former #3 official at the CIA, looking presumably for evidence in a widening influence peddling + sex scandal.

Meanwhile, Newsweek has contradicted the initial poll by its corporate partner, the Washington Post, with a survey showing a majority of Americans believe Prez Bush has gone too far with his NSA spying and other programs he says are to fight terrorism.

What does it all mean? Cheney's probably on the way out, and the theory that Smirk's people are behind this may be on the mark. Rove's whirlwind tour of key Republican groups was probably done knowing it was his last official chance before he resigns. But he won't be gone, not really. No office in the White House, but he'll still have a phone. He will continue to direct Republican strategy for the 06 election campaign.

Still, chances are you're having a better weekend than the Big Smirk's.