As we all know the public's short term memory is a little...ah..um...short, but do you remember that big hooha the New York Times made about the supposed secret spy, Valerie Plume? Remember how we had to endure countless attacks on the Bush administration from the Democrats, how we were lead to believe she was in an extremely sensitive position of the utmost importance, and how this breach of identity would jeopardize her career and years of undercover work? Yeah, me neither.
It has also been suggested that Valerie Plume and her husband Joe Wilson [pictured together with Valerie completely unrecognizeable while sporting her Clark Kent disguise] were highly ineffective at keeping their own mouths shut about her identity. Don't forget it was Plume's husband who wrote the oped piece for the New York Times that set off this whole charade. However, I write today to offer up one more little piece of irony...
"My daddy's famous, my mommy's a secret spy," exclaimed Valerie and Joe's 6 year boy as they were waiting to board a plane to leave for an undisclosed location.
That sure is one family that can keep a secret. Of course, Mr. Wilson, who is never one to shy away from the spotlight, proceeded to carry out an impromptu interview with the reporter who tracked them down in the airport. Wilson went on to reiterate his belief that the whole leak case was a ploy to discredit him for attacking the Bush administration's reasons for going to war.
When asked if he agreed with the statements his dad had just made, Plume and Wilson's 6 year old boy replied, "Yeah, Bush is a big poo poo head. Did Dad ever tell you about the time they sat around the kitchen table and came up with this pla..."
At which point, Joe Wilson muffled his young son's voice and proceeded to walk towards the plane mumbling something about "we don't tell the nice reporters that story."
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