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Karl Rove Should Get a Medal (Good Opinion piece by John Gibson)
Fox News ^ | 7/13/05 | John Gibson

Posted on 07/13/2005 9:06:03 AM PDT by areafiftyone

I say give Karl Rove (search) a medal, even if Bush has to fire him.

Why? Because Valerie Plame (search) should have been outed by somebody. And if nobody else had the cojones to do it, I'm glad Rove did — if he did do it, and he still says he didn't.

Why should she have been outed? Well despite her husband's repeated denials, even in the face of a pile of evidence and conclusions from a Senate investigation, it appears all evidence points to Joe Wilson's wife, spy Valerie Plame, as the one who recommended him for the job of going to Niger to discover is Saddam was trying to buy nuke bomb materials.

Why is this important? Because Wilson was opposed to the war in Iraq, opposed to Bush policy, and pointedly and loudly said so.

Consequently, it was of some interest how he got chosen for this sensitive job which people at the time might have thought would be a fulcrum point for a decision about the war.

You wouldn't send a peacenik to see if we should go to war, if we need to go to war, now would you? Well, turns out the wife did it.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cialeak; johngibson; karlrove
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To: Coffee_drinker

They've gotten boring with all the missing persons stuff, they repeat the same thing over and over again on every consarned show. Blahhh.


81 posted on 07/13/2005 12:30:40 PM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Armigerous

The funniest part is that you actually took the time to make a crank call. Forget the rudeness of it and look at the process involved. Who over the age of 12 says 'Heh why don't I make a crank phone call?' You reflect poorly on all of us.


82 posted on 07/13/2005 12:43:05 PM PDT by Bogeygolfer
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To: areafiftyone

I just love John Gibson...I like Brit best for news, but for commentary, give me Gibson...

Whenever he subs on radio shows for Tony Snow or O'Reilly, he really is good, because he doesn't even have to pretend to be fair and balanced....


83 posted on 07/13/2005 1:06:31 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice)
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To: areafiftyone

i love those tolerant, inclusive and free speech libs.


84 posted on 07/13/2005 2:09:27 PM PDT by jw777
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To: 1Old Pro

Rove was honest and the Liberal Media hates him for it?
There are too many Partisan Liberal Democrats running the Big Media.


86 posted on 07/13/2005 2:19:47 PM PDT by Revererdrv
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To: easymoney

Insulting a rogue spook is not my idea of a 'crank call' I call it taking the fight to the opposition. I see no reason why she and her little clique should escape scot free and even though it wont result in any action against her, if half a million people called CIA HQ and expressed their displeasure with Joe Wilson's whore, somthing might get done.


87 posted on 07/13/2005 9:01:37 PM PDT by Armigerous ( Non permitte illegitimi te carborundum- "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
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To: Armigerous

My take on your proposition and my fear is that it is counter productive. It serves to make us look bad. What do you expect the CIA to do...nada. They are powerless in this regarding Plame. Furthermore it makes us look like teenagers IMHO. You of course are free to pursue your own methods as you mentioned. I humbly disagree.


88 posted on 07/14/2005 12:22:23 AM PDT by Bogeygolfer
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To: areafiftyone
DUers are in a fit over this and sending John Gibson hate e-mails.

Ergo, he is lusciously correct.

Q.E.D.

89 posted on 07/14/2005 12:26:25 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Looks like the Supreme Court wants to play Cowboys and Homeowners.)
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To: Steve_Seattle
They should put Gibson in Greta's slot and put her on after I go to bed.

Yeah. What's up with that? Her show is like a men's version of "The View."

Of course the upshot is that's like putting out a men's version of pantyhose.

90 posted on 07/14/2005 12:39:52 AM PDT by papertyger (There are three kinds of people in the world. - Gary Johnson, Actor)
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To: easymoney

Your opinion is duly noted


91 posted on 07/14/2005 1:40:20 AM PDT by Armigerous ( Non permitte illegitimi te carborundum- "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
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To: Lazamataz

Next to Brit Hume, John Gibson is my fav. Straight talker, and funny to boot.


92 posted on 07/14/2005 1:49:32 AM PDT by flaglady47
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To: areafiftyone

John is great! He always gets right to the point.


93 posted on 07/14/2005 1:52:08 AM PDT by mathluv (Mercy shown to an evil man is cruelty to the innocent.)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

It should at least be repeated.


94 posted on 07/14/2005 1:55:32 AM PDT by mathluv (Mercy shown to an evil man is cruelty to the innocent.)
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To: over3Owithabrain
I agree Rove shouldn't have talked to the reporter the way he did (Hey W, the press and Teddy K are NOT your friends). But to compare that to leaking info to a "Chinese agent" is a stretch. Keep in mind he streesed to the reporter to keep it in double secret background, and was simply trying to mention Wilson's wife in passing to refute another point. The reporter used the info against his agreement in a hit piece on the Admin.

I've seen no evidence Rove specifically "outed" Plame or attempted to endanger her in any way. Her and her husband and the media were and are acting like partisan hacks.


My point is, he breached a security protocol - it shouldn't matter if it was a Chinese agent or a reporter, or whether he used her name, or just mentioned her position in passing.

Rove probably thought he was doing the right thing at the time, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You don't discuss security personnel or situations, period.
95 posted on 07/14/2005 12:14:06 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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