Rove tried to throw Fitzgerald under the bus

h/t Raw story

Anyone who is paying attention is not surprised by this assertion.

Why hasn't Rove been charged with high crimes and misdemeanors?

Attytood: October Surprise?

Attytood warns of the drumbeat of an October surprise. What truly saddens me in his post, is how long it has been since we have won ANY sports championship. Ugh.

Clinton = Four more years of Bush

Robert Reich is being polite in his post. HRC sounds just like Bush. Why listen to experts when I just know I know best?

Her gas plan coupled with obliterating Iran is straight out of the Karl Rove playbook.

Now I know why he resigned from the Bush administration, to work for HRC.

God help us.

GOP not the party of Lincoln, Thanks Mr. Rove

"Any prospect of a rapprochement between the G.O.P. and African-Americans died in the New Orleans Superdome. The tardy, botched immigration initiative unleashed a wave of xenophobia against Hispanics, the fastest-growing voting bloc in the country. The Muslim outreach project disappeared into the memory hole after 9/11.

Forced to pick a single symbolic episode to encapsulate the collapse of Rovian Republicanism, however, I would not choose any of those national watersheds, or even the implosion of the Iraq war, but the George Allen "macaca" moment. Its first anniversary fell, fittingly enough, on the same day last weekend that Mitt Romney bought his victory at the desultory, poorly attended G.O.P. straw poll in Iowa.

A century seems to have passed since Mr. Allen, the Virginia Republican running for re-election to the Senate, was anointed by Washington insiders as the inevitable heir to the Bush-Rove mantle: a former governor whose jus'-folks personality, the Bushian camouflage for hard-edged conservatism, would propel him to the White House. Mr. Allen's senatorial campaign and presidential future melted down overnight after he insulted a Jim Webb campaign worker, the 20-year-old son of Indian immigrants, not just by calling him a monkey but by sarcastically welcoming him "to America" and "the real world of Virginia."

This incident had resonance well beyond Virginia and Mr. Allen for several reasons. First, it crystallized the monochromatic whiteness at the dark heart of Rovian Republicanism. For all the minstrel antics at the 2000 convention, the record speaks for itself: there is not a single black Republican serving in either the House or Senate, and little representation of other minorities, either. Far from looking like America, the G.O.P. caucus, like the party's presidential field, could pass for a Rotary Club, circa 1954. Meanwhile, a new census analysis released this month finds that nonwhites now make up a majority in nearly a third of the nation's most populous counties, with Houston overtaking Los Angeles in black population and metropolitan Chicago surpassing Honolulu in Asian residents. Even small towns and rural America are exploding in Hispanic growth."

Rove's departure, the untold story

"That's why I think there might be more to Rove's decision to step down. Like the two above, it may be that Rove is stepping down for reasons other than the run of the mill political scandal. Why hasn't anyone considered the possibility that Rove literally got caught with his, or someone else's, pants down?"

I could only hope the pants belong to the Independent Democrat.

props to Booman Tribune

Karl Rove leaves OZ

Now the bastard leaves, after he helped destroy the Constitution and run our Country in the ground. I am horrified to see what other damage Bush can do without his brain.

Thanks for nothing.

Rove takes no responsibility

"Look, I make no apologies," Rove said in response to a question from the audience about whether he felt personally responsible for the war."

Adults with souls take responsibility for the mistakes they make in their life. Irresponsible children have been in the White House for years.

Public Tears?

It's one thing not to get your dream gig. It's another to literally cry about it. In public. There's no crying in politics...

Griffin resigns

Vote caging request leads to resignation of a Rove protege'.

Another one bites the dust...

I'm sure Ms. Taylor will land a cushy job in a Republican think tank.

Former Rove Aide pleads the Fifth

Funny how members of the White House discover their Constitutional Rights, after they systematically ignored sections when it applied to the rest of us mere CITIZENS.

I am returning to my sick bed. My cold is less annoying than these bastards.

How ironic?

Wouldn't it just be special if Rove gets brought down by a Republican?

Define "Delete"

I am not an IT guru. However, when I delete mail, then run the server through a grinder, I can reasonably expect the e-mails to be, well, "deleted."

My goodness, funny how things work.

It's about time

Karl Rove has created and lived in a bubble with his bubblemate, Shrub. Finally, he is receiving the "greeting" that he deserves.

It will not happen again because the Secret Service will do a security sweep, like the gastapo and the little man will be protected.

Ironically, he was one of the masterminds behind sending our kids to war. If I recall, they were to be "greeted" as liberating heros. The Iraqi would throw flowers at their feet.

The flowers seem to keep blowing up.

Dumbass.

OH SH@#T, no Hohit: Who?

So much for protection from a friend. During the Libby trial, Robert Novack testified that he provided Richard Hohit with an advanced copy of the now infamous article that outed Valerie Plame. Hohit is a the consummate Washington insider who just happens to be pals with Karl Rove.

A behind the scene type of guy is only effective, if he is remains behind the scene. A successful lobbyist, he raises plenty of cash for the republicans.

He can thank his boy for naming names. This is playing out like a bad Seinfeld episode.

I wonder if Karl Rove told the FBIs the truth about when and whom told him about Ms. Plame's identity. It would be just lovely, if he lied.

Christmas in February? March? I will be happy with April.

Karl Rove a racist pig, this is not news

I guess, I am simply not surprised that Karl Rove had the balls to say what he actually thought in a public forum.

Let's see, his son is too good the pick tomatoes or clean a hotel room. His son will also will be too good to go off to fight in a war that he and his war criminal posse started.

There are far too many folks who make a killing on exploiting illegal immigrants. If these employers paid their workers compensation, taxes and gave workers a living wage there would be no border drama.

I wonder how many folks in attendance or read reporting magazine employ immigrants in an under the table capacity ? Or harbor those same fears?

Spare me the self righteous indignation.