…for our old friend Jason Leopold:
To Our Readership and Friends,Jason Leopold is no longer employed by Truthout.
Jason is a truly gifted reporter, and his efforts on behalf of Truthout have been greatly appreciated.
There may be some speculation that this announcement is connected in some way to Truthout’s reporting of the Karl Rove indictment matter. It is not. At the time of our reporting on the Rove matter we stood by the factual accuracy of our reports, and we stand by them now.
— Really? That must mean the clock is still ticking on that impending Rove indictment.
WE SHALL HAVE OUR FROGMARCH YET, COMRADES! INEVITABILITY AND HISTORY! TRUST YOUR INNER HEGEL!
We sincerely wish Jason the best of luck.
Marc Ash, Executive Director – t r u t h o u t
Oh well. Truthout’s loss is likely Olbermann’s gain. Unless, say, some North Korean outfit snaps him up first.
Let the bidding begin!
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/19 @ 4:08 pm #
Maybe he’s moved to No Quarter?
Comment by happyfeet on 2/19 @ 4:21 pm #
Is that kind of like The Gap?
Comment by SarahW on 2/19 @ 4:39 pm #
I bid 2 hairpins, some pocket lint, and an altoid that fell behind the sofa
Comment by MayBee on 2/19 @ 4:41 pm #
Valerie Plame can hire him as press secretary when she is made Hillary’s DNI.
Comment by Kirk on 2/19 @ 4:43 pm #
You must not like Altoids as much as I do. Even fuzzy ones.
Comment by Hoodlumman on 2/19 @ 4:53 pm #
He should keep his resume Sealed vs. Sealed.
Comment by JohnAnnArbor on 2/19 @ 4:59 pm #
Unless, say, some North Korean outfit snaps him up first.
It could happen. Even North Korea has its useful idiots.
Comment by JD on 2/19 @ 5:08 pm #
Rove, you magnificent bastard. How did you manage to go all this time and hide that indictment from Jason?
Comment by sashal on 2/19 @ 5:18 pm #
not commenting on Rove’s behaviour, criminal or not . But note , Jeff, that Justice sometimes takes a long time to come to fruition.
How many years it took Mossad to get Eichmann ?
And many unfortunately got away completely.
Stalin died unpunished,
so the stupidity or naivete of Jason Leopold, does not prove the innocence of the other guy…..
Comment by happyfeet on 2/19 @ 5:20 pm #
Justice sometimes takes a long time to come to fruition.
You obviously don’t watch Law & Order.
Comment by Alcyoneus on 2/19 @ 5:22 pm #
Sashal, innocence doesn’t need to be proven, guilt does. Your’re dumb.
Comment by sashal on 2/19 @ 5:22 pm #
true, HF, true….
But my friends watch reruns, so I’ll ask them
Comment by daleyrocks on 2/19 @ 5:23 pm #
Matbe he’s gone into the import/export business to support his habit.
Comment by McGehee on 2/19 @ 5:26 pm #
Sashal, are you seriously comparing Karl Rove to Adolf Eichmann and Josef Stalin?
How many people has Rove frogmarched into death camps or gulags?
Comment by sashal on 2/19 @ 5:33 pm #
no, mcGehee, I was just saying that the idiotism or stupidity of one guy -Jason, is not proving anything, and sometime justice takes a long time to catch up with people, being that Stalin, or Putin or Rove…..
I was not talking about the specifics of crimes committed.
Some were mass murderers, some just a fucking liars compromising national security, etc, etc,
Comment by JD on 2/19 @ 5:38 pm #
some just a fucking liars compromising national security
Prove it.
When did proving innocence become our standard? I got it … sashal fucks goats. Prove that you don’t!
Comment by JD on 2/19 @ 5:40 pm #
some just a fucking liars compromising national security
Yes, it appears to be taking a while for justice to catch up to Armitage and Wilson, sashal.
Comment by JD on 2/19 @ 5:42 pm #
sashal claims Jason is an idiot. Bravo. Some might call him an outright fucking liar, but idiot is a good first step for people like sashal.
McG – Though they lump Rove in with Eichmann and Stalin, they are in no way comparing him to them. Nope.
Comment by sashal on 2/19 @ 5:43 pm #
and some will completely escape, JD.
Remember O.J?
It puzzles me how Armitage avoided any responsibility as well…..
Comment by happyfeet on 2/19 @ 5:46 pm #
Oh. This is Jason. My mom would be mad if she knew I was making fun.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/19 @ 5:47 pm #
Which I’m not. I’m so not. I’m concerned is all.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/19 @ 5:49 pm #
Poor guy. Looks like Woody Allen’s mongoloid brother.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/19 @ 5:50 pm #
And I mean that in the nicest way.
Comment by McGehee on 2/19 @ 5:57 pm #
Which, you’d think sashal would have some sympathy for JL.
Comment by alppuccino on 2/19 @ 6:02 pm #
Those poor goats. They don’t like that sashal. Na-a-a-a-a- means no!
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 2/19 @ 6:03 pm #
we stood by the factual accuracy of our reports, and we stand by them now.
Lady Elaine Facts in the land of make believe.
Comment by JD on 2/19 @ 6:12 pm #
we stood by the factual accuracy of our reports, and we stand by them now
How can they say that with a straight face? That is like the hacks at TNR maintaining that Beauchamp confirmed his story, even in the face of him denying his story.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/19 @ 6:19 pm #
Typo. They meant actual faccuracy.
Comment by JD on 2/19 @ 6:21 pm #
Does actual faccuracy mean that they made shit up?
Comment by Pablo on 2/19 @ 6:37 pm #
You might want to have a word with Patrick “Case Closed” Fitzgerald.
Comment by bigbooner on 2/19 @ 6:44 pm #
Mary Mapes could not be reached for comment.
Comment by Pablo on 2/19 @ 6:50 pm #
If Jason really needs a gig, I gots some socks what need washing. But I don’t know if I could trust that fucker to pair ‘em back up.
Comment by Jeff G. on 2/19 @ 6:53 pm #
He’d pair them up all right — then tie that collusion to a rightwing conspiracy involving boxer briefs and a Tucker Carlson bow tie.
Comment by maggie katzen on 2/19 @ 6:54 pm #
They’ll get Karl Rove! and his little dog too!
Comment by happyfeet on 2/19 @ 7:57 pm #
He does get excited doesn’t he? You gotta wonder though if with Bush on the way out lots of these outfits are just gonna have to downshift a bit.
Comment by mojo on 2/19 @ 8:05 pm #
“KCNA’s new North American reporter…”
Comment by Rob Crawford on 2/19 @ 8:38 pm #
They’ll either spend their time going after McCain or demanding Obama throw everyone who served in the Bush administration into prison — never mind trials, charges, evidence, or all that.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/19 @ 8:43 pm #
I just don’t see the audience showing up. Then again, Full House and all.
Comment by Karl on 2/19 @ 10:43 pm #
Insta-lanche!
Comment by happyfeet on 2/19 @ 10:45 pm #
Dan too.
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 2/19 @ 11:15 pm #
Where the left’s Fraccuracy comes from. Hoo hoo…chuga chuga..hoo hoo
Comment by M. Simon on 2/19 @ 11:20 pm #
No Quarter? He should also write for their sister publication No Dime Either.
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 2/19 @ 11:34 pm #
Remember who Leopold’s sources for Rove indictment sealed vs. sealed were…
t r o u t h o u t s says
and
Larry_Johnson (1 posts)
These 2 – Joe Wilson and Scary Larry Johnson – being the on the crack “Elect” Hillary team Hillary has assembled.
Shows good judgement on Hillary’s part don’t you think?
Comment by Sean M. on 2/20 @ 12:19 am #
Fixed that for you.
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 2/20 @ 12:36 am #
Sean M
crack or something.
Comment by daleyrocks on 2/20 @ 12:40 am #
Doesn’t Scary need a license for being criminally, crushingly, embarrassingly stupid in public or something? Can we make a citizen’s arrest?
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 2/20 @ 1:00 am #
Doesn’t Scary need a license for being criminally
Daley…duh and super double dutch duh!
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 2/20 @ 1:05 am #
O heck, I can’t stop being silly…this one’s priceless
Comment by happyfeet on 2/20 @ 1:07 am #
That’s really sad. But that’s kind of brave, really. To go out of your house like that. I don’t think I would be that strong.
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 2/20 @ 1:22 am #
Oh come on Happy! This is some prime US choice CIA intelligence paramilitary coup trained involved here. The potbelly is a false flag, it’s the CIA’s way of tricking the enemy.
Comment by daleyrocks on 2/20 @ 1:28 am #
That pot belly can kill!
Comment by maggie katzen on 2/20 @ 1:30 am #
I’m savin’ that for the next time I have to buy larger pants.
*sob*
on the plus side, I never published a column about how terrorism wasn’t such a big deal shortly before September 11, 2001.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/20 @ 1:40 am #
Oh yeah. Him too but I meant the guy that looks like he had Styx cranked up loud in his K car on the way over.
Comment by XBradTC on 2/20 @ 1:55 am #
Fuck you, happyfeet. I had a K Car and I liked styx. It’s not like I grew up hoping my life would turn out that way.
Comment by maggie katzen on 2/20 @ 1:59 am #
I think the past tense here is what’s important. ;D
Comment by happyfeet on 2/20 @ 2:00 am #
Sometimes I just don’t think. I kind of had you pegged more as an ELO guy though.
Comment by XBradTC on 2/20 @ 3:46 am #
Thanks Maggie,we all have things in our pasts that should stay there. Happy, ELO wouldn’t be my FIRST choice, but I did get laid to it once (in the K-Car) so I have fond memories.
Comment by clarice on 2/20 @ 7:39 am #
Maybe he and his friend David Shuster can now work together fulltime on their hard hitting breaking news stories.
Comment by BJTexs on 2/20 @ 8:02 am #
Jason Leopold needs to get back to basics, start slow and be dead on. He can redeem himself!
“Multiple sources indicate that most farts smell bad.”
See how easy? WE’RE ROOTIN’ FOR YA, JASON!!!
Comment by bour3 on 2/20 @ 11:23 am #
You guys better stop with all these Photoshopsâ„¢ before you get sued.
Comment by mojo on 2/21 @ 2:41 pm #
…more as an ELO guy…
ELITIST!