"I'm deeply saddened that you would suggest such a thing."
Posted on 10/30/2005 11:54:36 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
The leader of the Senate Democrats today called for White House chief political strategist Karl Rove to resign, saying it's time for President Bush to "come clean" with the American people about the administration's role in the disclosure of a CIA operative's name.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), speaking on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," said both Bush and Vice President Cheney owe an apology to the American public.
Reid said Bush should pledge not to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff who was indicted Friday on five charges relating to statements he made to the FBI and a grand jury investigating the leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
He took aim at Rove, whose actions were probed by Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald. Rove is reportedly still under investigation.
"I think Karl Rove should step down," Reid said about the White House deputy chief of staff. "Here is a man who the president said if he was involved, if anyone in the administration was involved, out they would go. Anybody who is involved in this, they're gone."
Rove has not been charged with any crime and sources say he is working to convince Fitzgerald that he did not lie to the grand jury investigating the leak. Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper, who testified before the grand jury, has said that he first heard about Valerie Plame's identity from Rove. On the ABC program today, Cooper said he was surprised to be cited in the Libby indictment.
The investigation is looking into whether Plame's name and employer was leaked to the press in retaliation against her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, who was publicly opposing the war in Iraq.
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LMAO!
Harry Ried should resign and go live with Tom Daschle.
Libby faces a weak indictment because there was no crime in the first place; Rove should resign because since there was no crime, well he just should resign.
No wonder Democrats are listless losers.
Harry should get ready for the SCOTUS pick and stop Daschleing his way through life.
Reid: "Here is a man who the president said if he was involved, if anyone in the administration was involved, out they would go. Anybody who is involved in this, they're gone."
Involved in what Harry? Oh involved in "THIS". I guess since there was no leaking of a covert agent, the new accusation is "THIS".
Rove should step down because Dingy Harry says so???
Right. That'll happen. Not.
Yep - the script was already written regardless of what Fitzgerald did. This is proof of this.
Too silly. I think Reid is a modest man of modest accomplishments who has found himself thrust into a leadership position. He has to make statements like this to please the moonbat faction of the Democratic Party.
"I'm deeply saddened that you would suggest such a thing."
You have GOT to be kidding me!!!
LMAO here. Blood almost seeping from my nose, eyes and ears!!!!
Mr. Reid would do better to dump in one hand and wish in the other.
Jack.
No crime No time
For crying out loud! They couldn't get Rove legally because there wasn't a crime, don't they get it? So now Reid wants him to step down voluntarily? The Dems sure are smokin' some awfully powerful stuff! Their brains are mush!
yea, and the president and VP must apologize...EGAD
Did you know that Reid thinks Bush should pick a consensus candidate for the Supreme Court?
Harry Reid is a dick. I'm sorry but there is not a nice way to put it.
> ... it's time for President Bush to "come clean" with
> the American people about the administration's role in
> the disclosure of a CIA operative's name.
I'd like to see Bush take him up on that, and have a
press conference detailing the entire Plame/Wilson/CIA
conspiracy to sabotage US foreign policy.
> "... the president said if he was involved, if anyone
> in the administration was involved, out they would go.
Once again context dropping, as the "involved" remarl
was to a follow up question to the original statement
about convictions. Even Libby wasn't fired. He resigned.
Mere accusation does not suffice. Nor even indictment.
When is the President going to go on the offense and call these idiots to the carpet for the stupid stuff they are spouting?
Oh yeah? Well I think Harry Reid should step down. Waaaay down, all the way to his level of competence. Something like city dogcatcher for some hick town in NV.
Since he hasn't so far, I doubt he will ever. It is frustrating, but it does tend to make his detractors look like jerks.
Reagan never did it. Bush shouldn't either.
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