If Karl Rove was a Democrat, this non-story would receive the same attention as the Sandy Berger debacle - NONE.
He would be receiving an award.
And most likely, he would be stuffing his pants with Sandy Berger. (gotta attract the ladies somehow, right Sandy.)
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
John Deutsch, the CIA director under former President Clinton
New Mexico Governor (D)Bill Richardson
Democratic Senator Rockefeller
Democratic Senator Wyden
Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Sandy Berger, former National Security Adviser under President Clinton
Ain't it the truth.
If Karl were a Dem they would have statues built in his honor....spanning the nation!
Exactly, AIM rocks!
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This would be a story if it ever made it into the paper it'd be on maybe page 11. If Karl Rove was a dem...he'd not be the genius he is...he'd be just another dumbass dembo...
Or, if he were a democrat, he would be treated JUST LIKE LEAHY was when his comments to the press ended up in a CIA agent being executed.
A widdle slappy on the wristy poo. Period.
If Rove were a dem, he'd have a "news" show on CNN and, probably, PBS. He'd be able to sneak into federal offices and steal documents that proved the President's complicity with the terrorists in the late 90s. Rove would be on the Sunday morning "news" shows and would be trotted out with words of idiocy every time the left-wing media was ordered to oppose an action or policy of a Republican President.
Doug forgot to ping you with earlier. I think this reporter has been listening to Levin. He has pointed out all of the things Levin has been saying.
As a matter of fact, a Clinton aide - not a top aide, but a political appointee - did release personal information about one of Clinton's accusers, highly embarrassing information at that: I am referring of course to former Assistant Secretary of Defense Kenneth Bacon's decision to release Linda Tripp's 3-decade old arrest record to New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.
Bacon's actions - unlike anything Karl Rove is said to have done - were clearly illegal. And what happened in that case? Basically a big pile of nothing. There was never much media interest in the matter, and when eventually Bacon was reprimanded and issued an apology of sorts, the matter dropped from sight. Tripp's reputation suffered irreparable permanent damage; Bacon went on to a distinguished post-governmental career as president of Refugees International
During Watergate, the House held closed meetings early in the investigation, which meant that they were confidential. The precise exchanges of those meetings were common knowledge almost as soon as a session ended. Someone calculated that the secrets of those meetings were kept confidential for only as long as it took a participant to walk from the chamber to the nearest pay phone. Moral: Congress is a notoriously poor security risk, as its members seem incapable of keeping secrets when disclosure appears politically advantageous.
If Karl Rove were a Democrat, they would revere him as a god. And Bob Beckel would be sending him free hookers.
Democrat's who reveal information aren't just "ignored and glossed over"...they are paraded as champions. When information is revealed by a Democrat, the perpetrator is a Whistleblower; when it's a Republican, s/he is a leaker...with all the negative connotations attached to it. If Rove were a Democrat, you can bet your *ss that Plame and Wilson's role in this charade would've been exposed as the media would've made them, their motives and their friends, front-page stories. The story wouldn't have been about Rove's secret leak...it would've been about the courage of Rove to reveal the sinister plot within the CIA to topple a US president.
Just as they did with Linda Tripp and the SBVT, the substance of their charges were irrelevant as those making the charges became targets for investigations and retribution. This is far different from the way the media treats Democrats, were the substance of the charge is the "only" thing that matters...irrespective of evidence or facts. Just the recent example of Mark Felt is an indication of this, were even though he broke the law, the ends justified the means for liberals. This double-standard is obvious...and pathetic.
If Karl was a Demon-crap, he would wear a crown and Howard Dean would have a spike collar and crawl around on his hands and knees. Karl would walk Howard on a lease and let him bite at the ankles of those who dare approach the mighty Karl. lol
Lets say Karl Rove worked for the Clinton administration and he did in fact reveal the name of a CIA agent to a reporter because she sent her husband, who is a big republican supporter, to Africa to make the Clinton administration look bad. I promise you, if Karl Rove's name was ever mentioned in the scandal, the MSM would be giving Karl Rove high praise for blowing the whistle on a corrupt CIA agent.
Wash your mouth out with soap!!!!
No controlling legal authority?