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Besides, Bush didn't promise to fire a leaker, he promosed to fire anyone breaking the law and Rove didn't break any law.

I seem to recall that Bush's exact phrase was that he'd take care of any leaker he found within his administration.

"If there's a leak out of the administration, I want to know who it is. And if a person has violated law, the person will be taken care of...And so I welcome the investigation...I have told our administration people in my administration to be fully cooperative. I want to know the truth."
[FDCH Political Transcripts, 10/30/03]

But Bush gets to define what he considers to be a leaker. And Bush gets to define just how he might take care of him.... A golf outing? Maybe a pay raise?

I seem to recall that Bush's exact phrase was that he'd take care of any leaker he found within his administration.
"If there's a leak out of the administration, I want to know who it is. And if a person has violated law, the person will be taken care of...And so I welcome the investigation...I have told our administration people in my administration to be fully cooperative. I want to know the truth." [FDCH Political Transcripts, 10/30/03]

Actually, Bush didn't say that "he'd take care of any leaker", he said that if a person violated the law, the person will be taken care of". To me that means that anyone who broke the law would be prosecuted or otherwise handled by the judicial system.

So, not only did Bush not promise to fire anybody, he also did not promise to take any action personally.