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RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Statement On The Partisan Attack On Karl Rove
Republican National Committee ^ | July 12, 2005

Posted on 07/12/2005 12:34:34 PM PDT by RWR8189

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1 posted on 07/12/2005 12:34:39 PM PDT by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189
This Rove thing is going nowhere and fast for the left.

Next!

2 posted on 07/12/2005 12:39:48 PM PDT by RushCrush (Booyaka-sha. Check dis!)
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To: RWR8189

Doesnt matter WHAT the truth is to these DIMOS. All they see is a chance to bash Bush and get revenge. No matter if the story is true or not. Very, very pathetic.


3 posted on 07/12/2005 12:40:21 PM PDT by Jazzman1
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To: RWR8189

LOL. I just heard on Hannity that Kerry (I think it was) has put up an online petition to fire Karl Rove. This gets more hilarious by the minute.


4 posted on 07/12/2005 12:43:15 PM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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Good post, but I will also add the fact that Rove did not out a covert agent as the MSM are saying. Plame had not been covert for nine years as she was outed by Aldrich Ames prior to 1994 and then again by the Cubans. She was assigned a desk job as an analyst at that time.

The identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame was compromised twice before her name appeared in a news column that triggered a federal illegal-disclosure investigation, U.S. officials say.

Mrs. Plame's identity as an undercover CIA officer was first disclosed to Russia in the mid-1990s by a Moscow spy, said officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. In a second compromise, officials said a more recent inadvertent disclosure resulted in references to Mrs. Plame in confidential documents sent by the CIA to the U.S. Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy in Havana.

The documents were supposed to be sealed from the Cuban government, but intelligence officials said the Cubans read the classified material and learned the secrets contained in them, the officials said.

Washington Times

She would have had to have been covert in the last five years for Rove to have broken the law. Add that to the info above and there is no story, but the MSM won't let a few facts get in their way...
5 posted on 07/12/2005 12:43:30 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: RWR8189
The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir by Joseph Wilson, appropriately ranked by Amazon at #7244.
6 posted on 07/12/2005 12:44:22 PM PDT by Quilla
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To: RushCrush

I've only had a few problems discussing this with people who are not political junkies:

1) Explaining who Karl Rove is.
2) Explaining who Joe Wilson is.
3) Explaining who Valerie Plaime is.
4) Explaining who Robert Novak is.
5) Explaining who Judith Miller is.
6) Explaining why, even assuming any of the allegations are true, anyone without a political agenda should give a rat's rump about it.

Other than that, this story has great legs. Especially if one compares it to the much less interesting Jeff Gannon "scandal".


7 posted on 07/12/2005 12:45:34 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority ("There is no terrorist threat! There is no terrorist threat!" - Michael Moore)
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I am much encouraged that the Republicans are fighting back with the truth.


8 posted on 07/12/2005 12:45:55 PM PDT by QQQQQ
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But the truth is so boring and is harder to read than MSM soundbite claptrap. There is no way this will actually get reported.


9 posted on 07/12/2005 12:46:48 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Register to vote as a Dem! You get to vote in their primaries and it screws up their polling data!)
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To: Quilla

# 7244 is much too high for that piece of carp.

Unless Soros is secretly buying and burning all the existing copies so there won't be a paper trail.


10 posted on 07/12/2005 12:48:33 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority ("There is no terrorist threat! There is no terrorist threat!" - Michael Moore)
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To: RushCrush

everyone says this thing is going nowhere, but it seems to command a lot of posts and replies


12 posted on 07/12/2005 12:55:40 PM PDT by benben
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To: Question Liberal Authority
"Explaining why, even assuming any of the allegations are true, anyone without a political agenda should give a rat's rump about it."

From Day 1, this has been a media creation and a media fixation. So far, the evidence points to this being an inadvertent, second-hand leak, put out to correct some misinformation that was circulating in the press. The same press that deliberately fanned the flames of the Abu Ghraib situation, in total disregard of the immediate and tangible effects on the security of our soldiers in the field and on Iraqi civilians, is now trying to use this faux breach of national security as an excuse to destroy Rove. Utterly shameless.
13 posted on 07/12/2005 12:55:58 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Wow you were fast on #11!


14 posted on 07/12/2005 12:56:27 PM PDT by RushCrush (Booyaka-sha. Check dis!)
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To: RushCrush

Nice job Ken Mehlman! This response was handled with the usual class I've come to expect from this party.

God forbid the mainstream media be confused by the facts.


15 posted on 07/12/2005 12:56:42 PM PDT by SueRae
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To: benben
"everyone says this thing is going nowhere, but it seems to command a lot of posts and replies"

It intrigues many of us because we suspect collusion between the media and anti-Bush elements within government. It also intrigues us because it is one of the more classic demonstrations of media bias and feeding-frenzies in recent years. And, paradoxically, it fascinates us that such a minor event should have acquired such magnitude in the media's eyes.
16 posted on 07/12/2005 12:58:32 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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That's gonna leave a mark.


17 posted on 07/12/2005 12:58:50 PM PDT by savedbygrace ("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
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To: QQQQQ

Unlike the demonRATs, the truth is all the Republicans (and the rest of us!) have.


18 posted on 07/12/2005 1:00:36 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (fiat voluntas Tua)
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To: Bahbah

You heard right about the Kerry petion. A brainwashed liberal (I repeat myself) co-worker of mine sent this to me. This guy is a big pro-democrap - UAW POS........


Dear Friend,

Less than two weeks ago, members of the johnkerry.com community demanded that Karl Rove be fired for his deliberate attempt to, once again, use the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks to divide America. Now Karl Rove is embroiled in another controversy concerning the leaked identity of a covert CIA agent, which was done to punish her husband, a man who had the courage to tell the truth about manipulated intelligence in Iraq.

Karl Rove is the President's top advisor in the White House and what he has admitted doing has deep and troubling consequences for our national security.

It's hard to understand how the President can tolerate his top advisor being involved in exposing a CIA agent in the name of politics by telling reporters about her work - making her already dangerous job that much more dangerous.

In order to do what the President called on us to do earlier this week - "continue to take the fight to the enemy" - the White House and Karl Rove must stop taking it to their so-called political enemies here at home.

It's perfectly clear that Rove - the person at the center of the slash and burn, smear and divide tactics that have come to characterize the Bush Administration - has to go.

http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove

The problem is that, instead of protecting the American people from real threats to our security, this Administration spends its time protecting Karl Rove. That's not leadership.

They're doing their best to brush off this new Rove controversy as just another political story, but this time they are having a harder time getting away with it. That's why, if we raise our voices now, we can really make a difference. Please ask all your friends to sign our "Fire Rove" petition today:

http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove

Despite carefully worded denials, it is now apparent that Karl Rove discussed the identity of an undercover CIA agent with a reporter. His clear aim was to discredit that agent's husband who had dared to challenge the Administration in the buildup to the war.

There appears to be no limit to the lengths to which Rove - and this Administration - will go. But, there is a limit to the patience of the American people - and we have reached it. President Bush has a choice to make: Spend the months ahead focused on protecting Karl Rove's job security or spend them focused on protecting America's national security.

We are asking the President and the White House to do what they promised. When the scandal first broke, here's what the President's spokesman, Scott McClellan, said:

"If anyone in this Administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this Administration." (9/29/03, White House press briefing). Now we will find out if the Administration honors its word. Call on President Bush to keep his word and fire Rove now:

http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove

It's as simple as this: We need President Bush and his White House staff to focus on finally taking action necessary to avoid a quagmire in Iraq. The American people can't afford to wait while the White House spends its time and energy defending a top presidential aide's dangerous political maneuvers.

In the days ahead, the President will either make good on his promise to hold accountable those who shared the identity of a secret soldier in the war on terror - or he'll prove that promise hollow.

We now know that Karl Rove "was involved" in a breach of national security. Decency - and the interests of the American people - demand an end to Karl Rove's days in the White House. It's time for you to demand it as well.

http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove

I urge you to take action right now.

Sincerely,

John Kerry


19 posted on 07/12/2005 1:01:07 PM PDT by mund1011
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To: Steve_Seattle

Excellent analysis.


20 posted on 07/12/2005 1:02:06 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (fiat voluntas Tua)
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