Posted on 07/22/2005 6:32:37 PM PDT by God luvs America
Dear MoveOn member,
Like a roller coaster, the news out of Washington this week has been an up and down ride. On Monday, the entire country was focused on Karl Rove's leak of the identity of an undercover CIA operative to the media. Then President Bush announced his nominee for the Supreme Court on primetime TVnearly pushing the Rove story out of the news. The timing was intentional, a top Republican told Reuters: "It helps take Rove off the front pages for a week.1 Monday, there were 1,043 news stories mentioning "Karl Rove" on top TV stationsyesterday there were 128.2
But last night, Bloomberg broke a major new part of the story: Roves explanation to the grand jury of how he learned Valerie Plames identity differs sharply from the explanations journalists gave.3 That could mean Rove lied to the grand jurya felony. We need to make sure the media get back on the case. One easy way to do that is on the Letters-to-the-Editor page of newspapers. We've set up an online tool that makes submitting a letter easy. You write your letter, choose where you want it to go, and click to send. Will you write a letter to the editor? Click below to get started.
An effective letter-to-the-editor is short, just a couple of paragraphs. The goal is to show your local media, your neighbors, and even our elected leaders that people are upset about the Rove leak scandal.
Your letter will be very timely. Now, there are new revelations about a memo that made it clear to White House officials that CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity was a secret. The memo is evidence that there are probably multiple people involved in this CIA leak scandal.4
The Rove leak is scandalous because everybody agrees White House officials shouldn't blow the cover of our undercover CIA agents. An ABC News poll shows that a solid majority of Americanssome 75 percentsupport firing Rove for what he did. This is true even among 71 percent of Republicans.5 But, so far, Republicans in Washington are ignoring the facts. It is important that the media hears that people are angry about the Rove leak so they keep reporting on developments in the case.
The outing of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame is more outrageous because Karl Rove and the other White House leakers clearly had a political, not a patriotic, agenda. Ambassador Joe Wilson was refuting the bogus claims by the Bush administration about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Revealing the undercover identity of Wilsons CIA agent wife was an attempt to discredit Ambassador Wilson and silence critics of the Iraq war. The lies that Wilson exposed were central to the rationale for war the Bush administration sold the American people.
Your letter can send a signal to the media that people don't want officials in important government positions who put their political agenda ahead of their patriotism. We can insist on media coverage of the White House leak. Please write a letter today.
There is also good news from Congressthe Democrats are standing up and working hard to make sure there is accountability. Today, Senate and House Democrats will hold their own hearings on the national security implications of the leak. Theyll hear from former CIA agents including a former classmate of Valerie Plame. The hearings will be chaired by Senator Byron Dorgan and Congressman Henry Waxman.
Together, we pushed stories like the Downing Street Memos into the news. Let's jumpstart the Karl Rove story.
Thanks for all you do.
Tom, Carrie, Wes, James and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team Friday, July 22nd, 2005
It's the most frustrating thing. Can you imagine what it's like arguing global warming, AIDS, affirmative action, fair taxation, and the Constitution?
Go check out the Daily Kos blog and what they're saying about the Rove thing. Be sure to check the comments. It will blow your mind. They're Nucking Futs! AND Kos is hand in hand with the MoveOn wackos.
" But last night, Bloomberg broke a major new part of the story:
Roves explanation to the grand jury of how he learned Valerie Plames identity differs sharply ..."
Do they realize how funny they sound ???
They applaud Bloomberg for allegedly leaking GJ testimony - which is a felony.
But, they want the death penalty for Karl Rove- because he passed on gossip- " I heard that, too."
When Barry Bond's GJ testimony on steroids was leaked- the federal prosecutor asked Justice to launch a criminal probe.
So, either Bloomberg News will now be hauled into a criminal probe on how grand jury testimony was leaked-
or the whole thing is urban myth from the minds of fevered Democrats.
I haven't heard any angry federal prosecutors asking the Justice Dept for a probe , have you ?
Or it could mean the journalists are full of crap.
Here in Minnecraponus the moonbats still believe the fake Texas Air National Guard memo. Every attempt at "uncovering a scandal" has failed, yet the moonbats here still believe their own propaganda, even after it's been disproven. OK, another name for the City of FLakes: Moonbatopolis.
What fun! Here's the letter I sent to the 5 national papers + my local papers:
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