At least we won’t have to worry about the best and the brightest

At least we won’t have to worry about the best and the brightest

by digby

I’m beginning to think the Romney campaign is extra dangerous and stupid, even by Republican standards:

Shortly after the candidate’s speech in Reno, Nevada, the Romney campaign sent out a press release citing former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, who is listed as an Romney campaign advisor.

“The suggestion by Senator Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, that the White House was behind recent leaks of highly classified secrets, highlights the urgent need for change” Edelman said in the statement.
Edelman, however, was implicated in the country’s last major national security leak investigation — the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame — during his time in the Bush administration.

Edelman served under former Vice President Dick Cheney in the 1990s. From February 2001 to June 2003, he worked as Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, where he served directly under former Cheney aide Scooter Libby. According to the Justice Department, Edelman, identified as “Principal Deputy” in Scooter Libby’s indictment, originally suggested the idea to Libby to start leaking information about Joe Wilson’s trip to Niger.

Do they think people won’t remember? Have they not heard of the internet? What’s the matter with them?

Now, I’d guess that Mitt Romney doesn’t know the details of the Scooter Libby scandal. He doesn’t seem like someone who pays much attention to details. (He’s an “idea man” which is scary.) But surely someone else on his team might have mentioned to Edelman to ixnay on the eaklay stuff seeing as he was at the center of one of the most notorious White House leaking scandals in history.

Imagine if the Republicans had nominated a serious candidate.

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