Comments on: The Plame Name Game

The Plame Name Game

madamjujujive — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:43:55 -0800

The Daily Kos challenges readers to come up with a new name for the CIA-Wilson-Plame business that doesn't include the term "gate." Many amusing suggestions have been logged in comments. Entries include The Plame Game, Intimigate, FrogMarch, Novack-aine, and Karl's Bad. Whatever your political persuasion, the name game can be fun. Surely MeFi wags can come up with a few witty ideas.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:48:25 -0800

Intimigate The only thing more gatey than that would be if they called it gategate. Speaking of which, when are they going to have a gategate? I'd call it gategate.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 01:27:01 -0800

Neoconned

By: nath

nath — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 01:42:06 -0800

I'm sick of adding the damn -gate suffix to every political scandal too. I mean, it wasn't the Water Hotel. Some of the comments/suggestions at Kos are tremendous. "The Plame Affair" does sound very classy. Um... I like Plame Out, 'cause it's a pun and it refers to the admin's "outing" of Plame as undercover. I think my favorite suggestion at Kos was "The one where Rove goes to jail."

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 01:42:22 -0800

"Karl Rover, Karl Rover, the CIA calls you over." Not very catchy, but I bet they'd do the double arm link and totally throw him down into the grass. Neoconned I wish I'd thought of that.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 02:04:17 -0800

Cakefrosting

By: Onanist

Onanist — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 02:44:13 -0800

I think you're all having your Karl and eating it too. But perhaps a new expression could be 'Roveing undercover agents'?

By: angry modem

angry modem — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:08:15 -0800

"Sucks to be you '03"

By: chaz

chaz — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:25:22 -0800

The PlameGame

By: rcade

rcade — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:43:40 -0800

Giving it a cute name just makes it sound like political oneupsmanship (Filegate, Travelgate, etc.). Call it what it is: Treason.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:56:52 -0800

Good one Matt! I wonder this is the Bush idea of a faith-based outing? From the Daily Kos: "whack-a-mole."

By: nofundy

nofundy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:57:17 -0800

Follow the YellowCake Road. To Treason.

By: andrewzipp

andrewzipp — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:17:45 -0800

I predict that soon the word 'treason' will become so diluted by misuse that it will become essentially meaningless.

By: DragonBoy

DragonBoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:40:34 -0800

How about: Asshat in Chief

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:00:43 -0800

I've been leaning hard on "Frog March." I like the idea of naming the whole thing after the outcome I'm hoping for.

By: SenshiNeko

SenshiNeko — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:11:49 -0800

I've seen the situation referred to as the "Plame Affair" in a few places, which sounds like it 'fits'... kind of like a spy novel title!

By: nofundy

nofundy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:12:56 -0800

predict that soon the word 'treason' will become so diluted by misuse that it will become essentially meaningless. Perhaps so, but not in this case. It is both accurate and needed. If the chickenhawks are overusing/misusing the word for anyone who disagrees with neocon policy then perhaps a frog march will correct that problem. ;-)

By: stonerose

stonerose — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:14:02 -0800

Labelling the scandal is so 1998. This is 2003, and that means BRANDING the scandal! So how about a reality show tie-in: "While You Were Outed?" Cue host: "While Valerie Plame was out spying, her friends Karl, George, and Bob got together and redecorated her house with a splashy neon sign saying 'National Security Asset Lives Here!'" Yes, I watch too much TLC.

By: Officeslacker

Officeslacker — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:39:51 -0800

How about Hot Karl? It is a steaming mess, after all.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:44:24 -0800

But perhaps a new expression could be 'Roveing undercover agents'? Or "Rove-ing reporters." And stonerose, that was great, thanks.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:54:54 -0800

that's great stonerose! : > and "Plame Game" is good, but it's not a game, so maybe "Leak House" (with a nod to Dickens)?

By: stonerose

stonerose — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 08:01:32 -0800

Oh, here's one that should appeal to the Bushies' biblical bent: "Acts of the Apostates" ;-)

By: cps

cps — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 08:27:51 -0800

Some may say that calling this "treason" goes too far. To those I would point out the following quote, first spotted on TalkingPointsMemo.com: Even though I'm a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors. George H.W. Bush April 16th, 1999 Dedication Speech George Bush Center for Intelligence

By: jaronson

jaronson — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 10:42:53 -0800

Headline from The Christian Broadcasting Network... Leak Probe Raises Eyebrows *Represses juvenile snickering

By: jaronson

jaronson — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 10:59:51 -0800

Oh, and... Mr. Novak writes again...

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:23:57 -0800

Turd Blossom Down

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:49:34 -0800

From the latest Novak article (my emphasis): He asked me not to use her name, saying she probably never again will be given a foreign assignment but that exposure of her name might cause "difficulties" if she travels abroad. Then he follows it with: He never suggested to me that Wilson's wife or anybody else would be endangered. If he had, I would not have used her name. I don't see how those two things line up. The guy says don't use her name, as it will cause problems, then he goes ahead and uses her name not thinking it would endanger anyone. wtf?

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:13:31 -0800

Novak is spinning so furiously he doesn't know which way is up. He's already contradicted his July statement to Newsday and floated a ridiculous lie that "operative" doesn't always mean "clandestine." I linked to this in the older thread, but I'll add the text here, since it's not too long... Dear CNN, You really can't have on one of the principals of the story on discussing it, particularly when much of what he says is in conflict with what your reporters are saying. You look foolish and unprofessional. Love, Atrios Atrios has been a juggernaut on this. Therefore I vote that the name of the scandal should be ATRIOSIANA.

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 14:28:56 -0800

Yes, I watch too much TLC. No, if you were really watching too much TLC, you'd name the scandal: "Trading Plames" "While You Were Outed" "Leakyard Wars" "What Novak to Wear" or from its sister Discovery Channel: "Monster Karl" "Dead Spies by Design"... Yes, I'm having too much fun.

By: JackFlash

JackFlash — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:53:57 -0800

Even more ironic is that Novak's original purpose for calling the White House was to find out how they could have made such a political blunder as to send Wilson to Niger to investigate the uranium deal. After all Wilson is the only one who got WMDs right. All the other suckup analysts got it wrong. I can see why they would think Wilson would be a mistake.

By: airgirl

airgirl — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:38:24 -0800

When they take the perps away in handcuffs, the headline will be: CAKE WALK. Wait, isn't that what they said the war would be? Hmmm...

By: alicesshoe

alicesshoe — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:31:48 -0800

Considering an award may be in order if this brings down the whitehouse... call it The Plame d'Jaune calamity Named after the prize for the winningest film at Cannes, France, the Palme d'Or. Instead of gold, it's yellow[cake] in this case. Plame, palme, c'est la meme chose. It reads the same, with a nod.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:17:25 -0800

airgirl: 25 bonus points for CAKE WALK. you lose 10 points, however, for spelling it out in the next line. Sorry.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:18:37 -0800

Smear Eye for the Wife Spy?

By: drezdn

drezdn — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:12:24 -0800

The Name of Plame drops mainly from column space

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 05:08:46 -0800

Maureen Dowd wrote today (10/2 NYT) that Valerie Plame and Karl Rove go to the same church! I found this interesting too: "He and his wife also gave $1,000 each to the Bush-Cheney campaign "before South Carolina," he said, "which was a real rude awakening about the way Ralph Reed & Co. went after John McCain's wife and kid." There's Lord of he Flies quality to the internecine political savagery of the new Republican right. At this point, it would make a great documentary: "I used to be a loyal Republican, but I got a rude awakening when......."