EIGHT OUT OF TEN GUESSES

The Washington Post has yet another article SPECULATING on the Patrick Fitzgerald investigation. Like all the others, it's based on information from unidentified sources, such as "people close to the case."

I see no point in analyzing the media's analysis of the probe since it's all a guessing game.

However, this part of the Post's article was so amusing that I just had to comment.

A new USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup poll reminded the White House of the damage the CIA leak case has already inflicted: Eight in ten people surveyed said that aides had either broken the law or acted unethically.

That is so lame!

FIRST, eight in ten people don't have a clue what the facts of this "scandal" are. I would be surprised if that many people could name any White House aide.

SECOND, it's a ridiculous poll question. I know that I couldn't answer it because I haven't heard the testimony. I haven't had access to the materials that members of the grand jury are sifting through.

How can one possibly determine that aides broke the law or acted unethically? One cannot even give an educated guess.

In sum, eight in ten people pulled an answer to that question out of...thin air. It is a totally uninformed judgment, rendering it meaningless.

MEANINGLESS.

It's as meaningless as the foaming at the mouth mainstream media coverage of the investigation. Most of the "news" being circulated is rumors, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

I don't know why Fitzgerald is dragging this out. Supposedly, indictments were going to be handed down last week.

Who knows? Maybe he has a film crew following him around, like Ronnie Earle. Maybe Fitzgerald thinks he needs a few more close-ups before he concludes his investigation.