Posted on 08/14/2007 12:05:57 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Rove's Departure No Loss For America, Leaves Office Before Clearing the Air
Karl Rove, chief architect of Bush's failed and reckless policies, resigns under a cloud of suspicion, refusing to testify before Congress regarding the US Attorneys scandal. Like so many senior Bush Administration officials before him, Rove's departure is marked by controversy -- not only over the US Attorneys scandal but his involvement in the Valerie Plame scandal where he leaked the name of the covert CIA agent. Undoubtedly, Rove's departure will not end the Bush White House's policies of putting what's best for the Republican Party ahead of what's best for America.
"Karl Rove's departure may be a loss for the Bush White House but it's no loss for America," said DNC Press Secretary Stacie Paxton. "Whether it's his involvement in the politically motivated firings of US Attorneys or his leaking the name of a covert CIA agent or his fear and smear tactics along the campaign trail, Karl Rove's type of leadership has no place in the White House. And it certainly shouldn't stop him from being held responsible for his actions. Rove may now join a long list of senior Republican officials forced to resign under a cloud of scandal, but the true problem rests with a Bush White House that for eight years has put what's best for the Republican Party ahead of the American people."
Other officials resigning after the US Attorneys' scandal:
White House Political Director, Sara M. Taylor: Sara M. Taylor, "political director and microtargeting guru" resigned a month after a subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee was authorized…While subpoenas have been authorized, White House officials have not yet been compelled to testify." "The White House political strategist was first identified as playing a role in the removal of US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas H.E. 'Bud' Cummins during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with D. Kyle Sampson, the former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Taylor was also identified by Monica Goodling, Gonzales's former White House Liaison" After Goodling was asked "what Karl Rove knew about the firing of the US Attorneys, she suggested Taylor had signed off on the plan. 'There was an e-mail that Mr. Sampson forwarded to me, I think, on December 4, if I'm remembering correctly, that said that it had been circulated to different offices within the White House and that they had all signed off,' Goodling answered. 'I think it said that White House political had signed off. Political is actually headed by Sara Taylor but does report to Mr. Rove, so I don't know for sure.'" [Washington Post, 5/28/07; Raw Story, 5/28/07]
Former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the Justice Department D. Kyle Sampson: D. Kyle Sampson resigned from the Justice Department "in the midst of a growing scandal involving eight fired U.S. attorneys," and "two weeks later became the first top level official to testify under oath after the release of e-mails propelled the expanding" scandal. Sampson "said he took responsibility for changing and contradictory explanations about the firings, which in turn fueled congressional inquiries that turned into 'an ugly, undignified spectacle.'" Sampson's ties to the current White House are strong. "Before going to the Justice Department he was an associate counsel to President Bush from 1999 to 2001. He also served on the Bush transition team when the president first took office to provide legal advice to the incoming administration." [Desert Morning News, 3/14/07; Salt Lake Tribune, 4/22/07]
Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty: Paul J. McNulty announced his resignation "after 18 months on the job, becoming the fourth senior Justice Department official to quit amid the controversy surrounding the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys last year…McNulty began work as Gonzales's deputy in November 2005. McNulty became a central figure in the furor after he told the Senate Judiciary Committee in February that the White House played only a marginal role in the dismissals -- a characterization that conflicted with documents later released by Justice and with subsequent testimony. He also said most of the prosecutors were fired for 'performance-related' reasons. That statement angered many of the former U.S. attorneys, most of whom had sterling evaluations and had remained largely silent about their departures." [Washington Post, 5/15/07]
Former Counsel and White House Liaison for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Monica Goodling: Monica Goodling resigned from the Justice Department after refusing to testify to Congress about her role in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Now the "Justice Department is investigating whether its former White House liaison used political affiliations in deciding whom to hire as entry-level prosecutors in some U.S. attorney offices around the country…Such consideration would be a violation of federal law." The inquiry has raised "new concerns that politics might have cast a shadow over the independence of trial prosecutors who enforce U.S. laws." [AP, 5/2/07]
Director Of The Executive Office Of U.S.Attorneys: Michael Battle: Michael Battle "who had carried out the dismissals, resigned March 16." [USA Today, 5/14/07]
Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers: Harriet Miers resigned just weeks before the White House and Justice Department faced questions surrounding eight fired U.S. attorneys. Two weeks after Ms. Miers' effective last day as White House council, the New York Times reported that Miers intervened on behalf of a replacement to a United States attorney in Arkansas who was dismissed from his job without explanation. "As White House counsel, she initially suggested that Mr. Bush replace all 93 U.S.attorneys after his re-election, and she received copies of correspondence from Mr. Gonzales' underlings as the list was narrowed." Another report indicated that "Less than a month before the firings, Miers said she would consider whether the president should be brought in. Three days before the firings, the White House signed off the plan[.]" Miers' role in the growing scandal remains "murky" because the White House refuses to let Ms. Miers testify [Washington Post, 1/5/07; New York Times, 2/16/07; Dallas Morning News, 4/19/07; Knight Ridder, 3/21/07]
Still beating the dead Plame horse, I see...
....Leaves Office Before Clearing the Air....
but not before setting the strategy for the future.
Fear him ye weak and helpless. He has already set the strategy for your doom and will be drinking sweet tea in a rocking chair as his end plan in carried out.
Doom I say.....your doomed.
....Leaves Office Before Clearing the Air....
but not before setting the strategy for the future.
Fear him ye weak and helpless. He has already set the strategy for your doom and will be drinking sweet tea in a rocking chair as his end plan in carried out.
Doom I say.....your doomed.
The DNC is a loss for America every blasted day.
Utter MSM and BDS hokum.
Which reporter dreamed up the myth that Rove did detailed policy? His job was to win elections.
They’re (the left and DemonRats) running out of people to hate and project their personal problems on.
Better buy some stock in the makers of Prozac, Zoloft, Thorazine, Lithium, etc...
Did he? I thought it was Dick Armitage who leaked the name.
The Dems are confusing Rove leaving the White House with leaving politics. Rove may very well be focusing on the absolute destruction of Hillary Clinton. Clintoum Delindum Est!
It was Aldrich Ames. Plame was burned years ago.
I think you are 100% correct. Rove will be in a better position to fight the DEMs if he has resigned from the Bush Admin.
Then why do the DEMs keep saying it was Rove? Is this that “repeat a lie often enough....” crap?
And don’t forget Rove’s May 12, 2006 indictment, which will result in his being arrested in 24 business hours!
The lefties and their lackies in the press have been passing around this little nugget...a lib sent this to me today...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070813/13rovefacts.htm
As usual the DNC remains classless, clueless and predictable.
“...but his involvement in the Valerie Plame scandal where he leaked the name of the covert CIA agent.”
“Did he? I thought it was Dick Armitage who leaked the name.”
Truly an outrageous and boldface LIE. Like the mythbuster guy, they reject reality and substitute their own.
“Then why do the DEMs keep saying it was Rove?”
They’re unscrupulous? They feel they have no obligation to keep the record straight? Just a couple of guesses.
I thought they would at least mention the Rove Weather and Tsunami Maker Machine.
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