Posted on 06/14/2006 3:34:25 AM PDT by YaYa123
There will be no frog marching of Karl Rove out of the White House. For months, there has been plenty of irresponsible speculation about an impending indictment of senior White House aide Karl Rove for his purported role in leaking the identity of Valerie Plame in an effort to "discredit" her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson. In the wake of yesterday's announcement that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed Mr. Rove that he will not be indicted, we know definitively the indictment scenario was a fantasy -- like virtually every other charge leveled by Mr. Wilson against the Bush administration in connection with reports that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium in Niger.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Mr. Wilson isn't done yet.
He's very much a "have to win" kind of guy. He'll pull another stunt soon enough.
By now he's probably contemplating a run for a Senate seat, and all he has to do is figure out where he has to move to in order to win it. There's a seat that may open up in 2008/2009 in New York... We'll wait and see if he moves to NYC any time soon.
Zarqawis dead.
Rove is off the hook, officially.
The SF Gun Ban is tossed out.
The Dixie Chicks latest concert tour is tanking.
Hillary is booed at a Dem Fundraiser.
and 3 McCain backed RINOs lose their primaries.
Not bad, not bad at all.
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Oh I'm sure Wilson will try to sue Rove, probably Libby too, for millions. It will be fun to watch, especially when Democrats tell him to take a hike. Democrats are on a mission now...winning elections. Joe and Val are human debris, used up, failed, and no longer of value to the cause.
I'd love to have seen Joe Wilson's face when he heard this news.
Wilson doesn't strike me as the very intelligent type. In fact he seems to be a tub of mediocrity that happens to be very good at selling itself through brown nosing.
He will be seen again, and he will attempt to revive his media exposure. He loves the attention. He thrives on it. His personal profile alone should've nixed his wife's security clearance and very thin cover. He fits the classic profile of a security risk.
how about when Plame's on again off again book deal is off the table?
Which 3 McCain-supported RINO's lost?
Hadn't heard of those (from the MSM at least).... As if they would discuss anything that implies McCain isn't loved by all.
That is PERFECT.
I'll see if I can find it.
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A bad week for Democrats. :-)
A bad week for McCain's aspirations to '08.
One of the things Senators and Congressmen trade is support during their campaigns in exchange for support in various legislative efforts. I'm sure this is highly unethical behavior, but since most of it is easily covered by standard operating procedures, it is difficult to prove, and since everybody is doing it, nobody is likely to fire the first shot.
So McCain was hoping he had coat tails... And discovered he didn't, and this means that he is likely to have a lot less influence with other RINOs and Republicans in the Senate next year. Which means he'll be less likely to be as effective at obstructing the conservative agenda on social issues. He isn't that bad on financial issues, but I think he does that out of pandering rather than principle. In general I don't think he has a conservative bone in his body... Just a desire to be the biggest man on campus.
"The fantasy Rove indictment should be a cautionary tale for the mainstream media. But we suspect that there will be no sober reassessment at the senior level of the mainstream media of the unprofessional performance of journalists and producers. Rather, we suspect, their instructions will be, 'Reload, and fire again.'"
That bears repeating.
Sissy Matthews on Screwball yesterday was whining about Rove proving himself to be a power player in DC who can leak without consequence, and about Joe and Valerie being hurt badly by the leak. For crying out loud--Joe is a proven partisan liar! Any hurt he and his wife suffered is entirely on his shoulders.
Ya don't say?
The polarized media club is in bed with the losing party and way out of touch with America. They're shameless now.
Karl Rove
Posted by Raycpa to Steve0113
On News/Activism 06/13/2006 9:05:33 PM EDT · 7 of 29
One year ago today
Reid says Rove should resign, Bush and Cheney should apologize for leak
09:21 AM EDT Jun 13, 2005
NEDRA PICKLER
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Democratic leader said Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove should resign because of his role in exposing an undercover CIA officer, and a veteran Republican senator said President George W. Bush needs "new blood" in his White House.
Rove has not been charged, but he continues to be investigated in the CIA leaks case that brought the indictment and resignation Friday of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, an adviser to Bush and the top aide to Vice-President Dick Cheney.
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has not made a decision on whether Rove gave false testimony during his four grand jury appearances. Rove is Bush's most trusted adviser.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said he is disappointed that Bush and Cheney responded to the indictment by lauding Libby and suggested they should apologize for the leak that revealed the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame.
"First of all, the vice-president issues this very terse statement praising Libby for all the great things he's done," Reid said. "Then we have the president come on camera a few minutes later calling him Scooter and what a great patriot he is. There has not been an apology to the American people for this obvious problem in the White House," Reid (D-Nev.) told ABC's This Week.
Meanwhile, Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said Cheney should "come clean" about his involvement and why he discussed Plame with Libby before Libby spoke to reporters about her.
"What did the vice-president know? What were his intentions?" Dodd asked on Fox News Sunday.
"Now, there's no suggestion the vice-president is guilty of any crime here whatsoever. But if our standard is just criminality, then we're never going to get to the bottom of this," Dodd said.
Democrats appearing on Sunday talk shows portrayed Libby's indictment as one of many serious problems surrounding the White House and one of several allegations raising questions about Republican ethics.
Republicans repeatedly said the charges have been made against only one individual and that Libby should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Public opinion appears to be running against Bush. Almost half the public, 46 per cent, say the level of ethics and honesty in the federal government has fallen with Bush as president, according to an ABC News-Washington Post poll.
That's three times the number who say ethics and honesty have risen during that time.
Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi said Bush should be on the lookout for "new blood, new energy, qualified staff, new people in administration."
He said poor advice may have even contributed to the failed nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
A grand jury charged Libby on Friday with five felonies alleging obstruction of justice, perjury to a grand jury and making false statements to FBI agents. If convicted, he could face a maximum of 30 years in prison and $1.25 million US in fines.
Libby was not charged with the crime that the grand jury was created to investigate - specifically, who leaked the name of Plame to reporters in 2003. Libby and Rove were named by reporters brought before the grand jury, but it was unclear whether they knew that she was a covert agent.
Reid said Rove should resign or be fired for even discussing Plame. He recalled that Bush once said he would fire anyone involved in the leak, although Bush later amended that standard to say he would fire anyone convicted of a crime.
"If he's a man of his word, Rove should be history," Reid said on CNN's Late Edition.
Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said Rove has not been charged with any crime and that any talk of him stepping down is politically motivated.
"Senator Reid is entitled to his opinion, but he's not the president of the United States, and he doesn't administer justice in this country," Specter said.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said there "absolutely" should be an internal White House investigation. But he said allegations of illegal activity appeared to be focused only on Libby.
"I think the likelihood of Karl Rove being indicted in the future is virtually zero," Graham said on Face the Nation.
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged an internal investigation.
"The real question for President Bush is going to be: is he going to be like Nixon: hunker down, get into the bunker, admit no mistakes," Schumer said, "or like Reagan, who actually admitted mistakes, did a mid-course correction and brought in new people, bipartisan people, people above ethical reproach, into the White House."
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/051030/w103034.html
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