Friday, October 14, 2005
...and Turning Leaves.
Our interpretation of the much-discussed bizarre closing paragraph of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's letter to the New York Times' Judith Miller:
You went to jail in the summer. It is fall now.
This is planting the set up for the "turning leaves" analogy which comes later.
You will have stories to cover -- Iraqi elections and suicide bombers, biological threats and the Iranian nuclear program.
Dual meaning. a) Go along with us and we will keep feeding you stories; b) you will keep writing stories that favor the administration's positions, as you have in the past.
Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning.
This is the set up for the "turning leaves" analogy.
They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.
We're all in this together.
Come back to work -- and life.
This is a threat, pure and simple. Stay on our side, stick to the story, and you live.
You went to jail in the summer. It is fall now. You will have stories to cover -- Iraqi elections and suicide bombers, biological threats and the Iranian nuclear program. Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them. Come back to work -- and life.Line by line:
Until then, you will remain in my thoughts and prayers.
With admiration
[signed] Scooter Libby
Lewis Libby
You went to jail in the summer. It is fall now.
This is planting the set up for the "turning leaves" analogy which comes later.
You will have stories to cover -- Iraqi elections and suicide bombers, biological threats and the Iranian nuclear program.
Dual meaning. a) Go along with us and we will keep feeding you stories; b) you will keep writing stories that favor the administration's positions, as you have in the past.
Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning.
This is the set up for the "turning leaves" analogy.
They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.
We're all in this together.
Come back to work -- and life.
This is a threat, pure and simple. Stay on our side, stick to the story, and you live.
