Twenty five years ago, Dan White murdered San Francisco Mayor Wilie Moscone and gay Supervisor Harvey Milk. He escaped with a conviction for involuntary manslaughter when his attorney pulled out the famous “Twinkie Defense.” Actually, Twinkies were barely mentioned, Dan White was more into HoHos and Ding Dongs, but most people only remember the Twinkies. This case was far more complex than that, but the point is that a very good defense attorney did manage to convince a jury that Dan White was suffering from diminished capacity.
Since Dan White had been caught in the act by none less than Diane Feinstein and since he confessed to shooting both men, a creative defense was a high priority. The motive for the case was pretty obvious, because Mayor Moscone had refused to re-appoint Dan White as a Supervisor, partly because of opposition from Harvey Milk. Most legal experts at the time didn’t think Dan White had a chance of avoiding a first degree murder conviction. Frankly, I suspect that his own legal counsel were probably somewhat shocked that this defense strategy actually worked.
President Obama has a major problem with the Libya narrative. It has been obvious for some time that Susan Rice was sent out there to tell a bald-faced lie. Even the White House has given up trying to pretend that the over-reaction to a bad video theory has any merit. Now, they are focused on avoiding the blame.
The current strategy seems to be concentrated on blaming the CIA for providing bad intelligence. But there is a problem. General Petraeus was forced to resign because of this sex scandal and he doesn’t appear to be overly enthusiastic about falling on his sword even further. He has already told congress, in a closed sesson, that he knew this was a terrorist attack from the start. Then he added that the talking points provided by the CIA were altered, but not by the CIA. This is so bad that Senator Liberman even tried to save the White House by saying we should be focused on the lack of security at the Consulate and the failure to provide miltary assistance, rather than concentrating on the obvious cover-up. Those are really good topics for the White House!
But wait. Perhaps Susan Rice was addicted to the sugar high from Twinkies. This is a high stress job and who could blame her for needing some extra energy. Then to top things off, she learned that the evil rich guys running the company were threatening to stop making twinkies forever if the union insisted on a continued strike. That’s it. Susan Rice is innocent. She was suffering from diminished capacity as the result of a sudden and potentially permant Twinkie withdrawal.
Granted this is a little thin, but it make more sense than their current theory.
TDM