American journalist-hero Brit Hume is taking flack from terror-loving, success-hating liberals for admitting that the first thing he thought when he heard of the terrorist attack in London was that now would be a good time to buy futures. Of course, the first thing to cross the so-called “minds” of hypocritical liberals was probably “I hope no terrorists got hurt”.

This isn't a top presidential aide accepting an expensive gift, or engaging in lewd sexual conduct. It's a top aide providing truthful information to journalists in response to lies told to embarrass the administration and our government. And, as John suggests, Valerine [sic] Plame isn't very convincing as a covert agent of the United States, although she did fairly well as an agent of her husband and the president's other enemies.