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red states rule
08-13-2007, 04:40 AM
This should put a smile on the faces of the left

Bush Advisor Karl Rove to Resign at End of Month
Monday, August 13, 2007

Karl Rove, longtime political advisor to President Bush, says that he will resign from the White House at the end of August, citing a desire to spend more time with his family at their home in Texas.

Rove made the announcement in an interview in Monday’s issue of The Wall Street Journal

"I just think it's time," he says. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family." Mr. Rove says.

Rove says he and his wife, Darby, plan to spend much of their time at their home in Ingram, in the Texas Hill Country. Rove’s son attends college in nearby San Antonio.

According to Rove, he first brought up the idea of leaving a year ago, but decided to stay following the Democratic takeover of Congress, saying that he didn’t want to depart on a sour note.

Also factoring into the decision was word from White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolton that if senior White House aides stayed past a certain point, they would be obliged to stay until the end of President Bush’s term in January, 2009.

Rove had worked with Bush since the President’s first campaign for Texas governor in 1993, and worked as Bush’s chief strategist in the 2000 presidential campaign.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293051,00.html

nevadamedic
08-13-2007, 05:03 AM
Rove was one of the best advisors our Country has ever had.

red states rule
08-13-2007, 05:04 AM
Rove was one of the best advisors our Country has ever had.

His shoes will he very hard, if not impossible, to fill.

nevadamedic
08-13-2007, 05:31 AM
His shoes will he very hard, if not impossible, to fill.

Vice President Cheney can handle it.

red states rule
08-13-2007, 05:32 AM
Vice President Cheney can handle it.

The corks are popping at DCN headquearters with Rove leaving. I wonder how the liberal media will spin it?

PostmodernProphet
08-13-2007, 06:41 AM
this is going to be tough on the left.....they will need to develop a whole new fantasy life.....they have been dreaming of this so long, they might not remember how......

red states rule
08-13-2007, 06:43 AM
The left will still be demanding Rove goes to jail - for what they have not said. Their hate for Rove will continue even with him gone

KarlMarx
08-13-2007, 08:02 AM
they likely spin the resignation as a way of avoiding prosecution....

but, still, I think that there has been too much dependence on political advisors.. maybe (and that's a big MAYBE) Bush will do what is right for a change rather than politically expedient....

my first hunch is that Bush isn't listening to Rove any longer

I notice that Bush is threatening vetoes.... perhaps he's decided "to hell with it" and "damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead"... and is not worrying about the political fall out but is going to do what has to be done...

we need a President in the White House, not a politician...

red states rule
08-13-2007, 08:05 AM
they likely spin the resignation as a way of avoiding prosecution....

but, still, I think that there has been too much dependence on political advisors.. maybe (and that's a big MAYBE) Bush will do what is right for a change rather than politically expedient....

my first hunch is that Bush isn't listening to Rove any longer

I notice that Bush is threatening vetoes.... perhaps he's decided "to hell with it" and "damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead"... and is not worrying about the political fall out but is going to do what has to be done...

we need a President in the White House, not a politician...

It is nice to finally see Pres Bush ready to veto these spending bills - should have done that years ago

Rove willl be missed and it will be interesting to see who replaces him. Dems will declare war on him within 24 hours of his appointment

theHawk
08-13-2007, 08:08 AM
The poor libs will have no one to villify!

JohnDoe
08-13-2007, 09:38 AM
There has to be a reason for him not sticking out the 8 years...this just doesn't make sense to me???

It seems highly untimely and Rove doesn't make a MOVE without thinking it thru and having a political reason to do it at the moment it is done, and with a specific goal accomplished at the end of it... imo.... so, we will see....

jd

truthmatters
08-13-2007, 09:47 AM
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Black Lance
08-13-2007, 10:55 AM
Whos campaign will he turn up in?

Bush is done ,he can never hold office again.

Rove is on to the next Patsy.

That's what I suspect as well. He'll take a few months off, and then join with one of the Republican candidates.

truthmatters
08-13-2007, 10:57 AM
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GW in Ohio
08-13-2007, 11:20 AM
Karl Rove: Thank you for your service to our country.

Now go fuck yourself.

truthmatters
08-13-2007, 11:23 AM
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avatar4321
08-13-2007, 06:30 PM
There has to be a reason for him not sticking out the 8 years...this just doesn't make sense to me???

It seems highly untimely and Rove doesn't make a MOVE without thinking it thru and having a political reason to do it at the moment it is done, and with a specific goal accomplished at the end of it... imo.... so, we will see....

jd

why? he isnt the first person to leave after six years. these jobs are alot of responsibility. People can get tired of it. If i was ever hired in one of those positions id probably get tired after a few years rather than the whole term too. Id just rather do something else.

avatar4321
08-13-2007, 06:31 PM
Rove did not serve his country he served the Neo cons.

Yeah and those "neocons" served the country. Its a shame those liberals wont serve anything but themselves.

Gunny
08-13-2007, 07:17 PM
There has to be a reason for him not sticking out the 8 years...this just doesn't make sense to me???

It seems highly untimely and Rove doesn't make a MOVE without thinking it thru and having a political reason to do it at the moment it is done, and with a specific goal accomplished at the end of it... imo.... so, we will see....

jd

Did you miss the "spend time with his family" part? Not real hard a concept to grasp, nor to believe.

Gunny
08-13-2007, 07:18 PM
Rove did not serve his country he served the Neo cons.

You don't even know WTF a neocon is.

glockmail
08-13-2007, 07:57 PM
You don't even know WTF a neocon is. Its the bogeyman for liberals. It describes no one so therefore they won't offend anyone. Except of course anyone that tries to have a serious discussion with them.

Apparently, as Pale Rider already said, TruthDoesn'tMatter.

JohnDoe
08-13-2007, 08:14 PM
Did you miss the "spend time with his family" part? Not real hard a concept to grasp, nor to believe. i'm not ignorant enough to take that as the true reason.... ALL politicians SAY they are resigning to be with their family, especially when they are in some kind of trouble.... saying you are leaving to be with family is just the PC jargon....

the real reason usually comes out later!!!

Gunny
08-13-2007, 08:29 PM
i'm not ignorant enough to take that as the true reason.... ALL politicians SAY they are resigning to be with their family, especially when they are in some kind of trouble.... saying you are leaving to be with family is just the PC jargon....

the real reason usually comes out later!!!

LMAO ... no you're ignorant enough to believe your own partisan speculation in lieu of the facts. Can't exactly call that "bright."

Gunny
08-13-2007, 08:31 PM
Its the bogeyman for liberals. It describes no one so therefore they won't offend anyone. Except of course anyone that tries to have a serious discussion with them.

Apparently, as Pale Rider already said, TruthDoesn'tMatter.

There was a poll at USMB 'bout a month ago that already established that as her de facto name. Apaarently it's not too hard to figure out.:laugh2:

avatar4321
08-13-2007, 09:35 PM
You don't even know WTF a neocon is.

no one does. those that do are just refering to jews

JohnDoe
08-13-2007, 09:59 PM
looked it up and here is some of what i found...


Neoconservatism is a political movement that emerged as a rejection of liberalism and the New Left counter-culture of the 1960s. It coalesced in the 1970s and was influential in the Reagan administration, George H. W. Bush administration, and the George W. Bush administration. It represented a realignment in American politics and the defection of "an important and highly articulate group of liberals to the other side."[1] Because the neoconservatives knew liberalism from the inside, they were effective at criticizing the failures of liberalism, and one of their accomplishments was "to make criticism from the right acceptable in the intellectual, artistic, and journalistic circles where conservatives had long been regarded with suspicion."[1]

The term neoconservative was first used derisively by democratic socialist Michael Harrington to make clear that a group, many of whom called themselves liberal, was actually a group of newly conservative ex-liberals. The name eventually stuck, both because it was reasonably accurate, and because neoconservatives came to accept that they were, in fact, conservative.[2] The idea that liberalism "no longer knew what it was talking about" became one of the central themes of neoconservatism,[3] and by the 1980s, being considered a conservative was far from an insult.[2]

The etymology of this type of conservatism is based on the work and thought of Irving Kristol, cofounder of Encounter and its editor from 1953 to 1958,[4] Norman Podhoretz,[5] and others who described themselves as "neoconservatives" during the Cold War.

Prominent neoconservatives are associated with periodicals such as Commentary and The Weekly Standard, and with foreign policy initiatives of think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA).

Neoconservative journalists, policy analysts, and politicians, are often dubbed "neocons" by supporters and critics alike; however, in general, the movement's critics use the term more often than their supporters.[

Gunny
08-13-2007, 10:01 PM
no one does. those that do are just refering to jews

Ahh ... it's the "chews" ... those dirty bastards.:laugh2:

PostmodernProphet
08-13-2007, 10:45 PM
It coalesced in the 1970s and was influential in the Reagan administration, George H. W. Bush administration, and the George W. Bush administration

the problem with this definition is that it doesn't recognize the differences between the Reagan administration and the Bush administrations.....

Bush 1 was put forward as a VP candidate with Reagan to appease that part of the GOP that was not happy with Reagan as a presidential nominee....they come from completely different branches of the Republican party....Bush 2 followed the pattern of Bush 1.....neither followed the pattern of Reagan.....

thus, to say one term describes all three does not make sense....

to me, it makes more sense to realize that Reagan represents the postmodern version of the GOP, just as Clinton represented the postmodern version of the Democrats.....modernist GOP would be represented by Bush 1 and modernist Democrats represented by Ted Kennedy.....

red states rule
08-14-2007, 03:34 AM
The poor libs will have no one to villify!

They still have Pres Bush, VP Cheney, and Sec Rice.

Then they will villify the person who takes over Rove's position


The poor libs will have no one to villify!

They are stepping up the attacks since they have only a couple weeks left before he is gone

ABC Blames Karl Rove for Swift Boat Ads, All Nets Scold Him for Plame Leak
By Brent Baker | August 14, 2007 - 01:47 ET
Reporting on the resignation of presidential political adviser Karl Rove, ABC's World News on Monday night absurdly blamed Karl Rove for the ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and featured John Kerry's condemnation of Rove as all three broadcast network evening shows castigated Rove for his criticism of how Democrats want to coddle terrorists and highlighted his “leaking” of Valerie Plame's name. ABC's David Wright cited Rove's “political ju-jitzu” in “turning opponents' strengths against them.” With a Swift Boat ad clip on screen, Wright described a “sustained attack on John Kerry's war record, an audacious move considering Bush's Vietnam War record was weak.” Wright contended that Rove sometimes went “too far,” such as when “he accused the Democrats of offering therapy and understanding to our attackers. 9/11 families asked him to stop.” Rounding out Rove's offenses, Wright asserted that “he's been on the defensive over the leaking of a CIA agent's name as political payback against her husband, and for his part in the fired U.S. attorneys scandal.” Following Wright's report, anchor Charles Gibson showcased how Kerry “said he orchestrated a political strategy 'that promised to unite Americans but instead left us more divided than [ever] before.'”

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2007/08/14/abc-blames-karl-rove-swift-boat-ads-all-nets-scold-him-plame-leak


There has to be a reason for him not sticking out the 8 years...this just doesn't make sense to me???

It seems highly untimely and Rove doesn't make a MOVE without thinking it thru and having a political reason to do it at the moment it is done, and with a specific goal accomplished at the end of it... imo.... so, we will see....

jd

Ah, the liberal media at it's "best"

Chris Matthews Denounces 'Bum' Karl Rove
By Geoffrey Dickens | August 13, 2007 - 18:17 ET
Chris Matthews' "Hardball" producers let the host down, as neither Sen. Pat Leahy or Rep. Henry Waxman accepted Matthews' invitation to grill Karl Rove on tonight's 5pm edition of Hardball. However that didn't stop Matthews from taking a few shots of his own at the President's adviser, as he called Rove a "bum," and sarcastically commented on Rove's genius as he greeted viewers of the August 13th edition of "Hardball" this way:

Matthews: "Can President Bush think without the man they call his brain? What about all those great ideas like dividing the country over Iraq and leaving New Orleans to drop into the sea? A country without Karl Rove calling the shots? Let's fear for the Republic. Let's play Hardball."


A little later Matthews snapped that the only way the American people would hear Rove spill the truth is to pay for it on the lecture circuit:

Matthews: "Tonight's debate on Hardball: Should Congress be able to force Karl Rove to talk? Now that he's leaving the White House, that's the Hardball debate, he's gonna go out and make a fortune on the lecture circuit. Do you have to pay to get the truth from Karl Rove?"


Then Matthews resorted to flat out name-calling when he called Rove a "bum."

Matthews referring to Valerie Plame case: "Yeah but Bush, the President said, that 'anyone of my people involved with leaking this will be taken care of.' Did he, is that what he meant by today's ceremony, the bear hug and everything? Was that being taken care of? And, I mean, I've never seen a staff aide be signed-off on at the presidential helicopter with such majesty. It was almost regal today, like he was knighting the guy. And, and he said he was going to take care of this bum, anybody that leaked in the CIA case. Well this is how he took care of him. He knighted the guy."


http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2007/08/13/chris-matthews-calls-bushs-brain-bum



Its either that or hes about to be indicted for something.

Libs were on the verge of tears when Rove was not charged with anything when Libby was indicted. Libs still have not gotten over that huge disappointment


Chris Matthews Hungers For Karl Rove's Scalp
By Geoffrey Dickens | August 13, 2007 - 12:24 ET
Talking like a Democratic congressman eager to get Karl Rove's scalp, Chris Matthews seemed to be urging Democrats to grill the President's adviser on the "witness chair." On this morning's Today show, analyzing Rove's announcement that he'll be resigning at the end of the month, the host of MSNBC's "Hardball," declared: "Well you have to wonder about his exposure now because he's used executive privilege to protect himself from Pat Leahy on the Judiciary committee and Congressman Henry Waxman, both hot to trot to get him in a witness chair."

Matthews then continued the charge (ht TV Newser) over on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" as he issued marching orders to his producers to book Leahy and Waxman on tonight's "Hardball": "If our producers are listening, what I really want tonight is, I really want Pat Leahy and Henry Waxman tonight."



http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2007/08/13/chris-matthews-hungers-karl-roves-scalp


i'm not ignorant enough to take that as the true reason.... ALL politicians SAY they are resigning to be with their family, especially when they are in some kind of trouble.... saying you are leaving to be with family is just the PC jargon....

the real reason usually comes out later!!!

The liberal media no longer reports what happened - they report what they what to happen


Rove did not serve his country he served the Neo cons.

Libs hate Rove because he beat them in so many elections


Karl Rove: Thank you for your service to our country.

Now go fuck yourself.

Libs can't stand people that know how to defeat them at the ballot box


Goodbye, 'Boy Genius'
__

By Eugene Robinson
Tuesday, August 14, 2007; Page A13

Buh-bye, Karl Rove. On your way out of the White House, don't let the screen door hit you where the dog should have bit you.

I can't say that I'll miss George W. Bush's longtime political strategist -- the man Bush used to call "Boy Genius" -- because, well, that would be such a lie. And anyway, to quote one of the great country song titles -- "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?" -- I don't believe for a minute that Rove really intends to withdraw from public life. I predict he'll be writing op-eds, giving interviews to friendly news outlets and calling Republican presidential candidates to warn them not to abandon Bush, no matter how low his approval ratings slide. Rove's new job will be to put lipstick on Bush's hideous legacy -- and, in the process, freshen up his own

Rove's reputation as the great political thinker of his era took a severe beating in November, when, despite his confident predictions of a Republican victory, Democrats took control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

But let's give the man his due. Karl Rove managed to get George Walker Bush elected president of the United States, not once but twice. Okay, you're right, the first time he needed big assists from Katherine Harris (speaking of lipstick) and the U.S. Supreme Court, but still. Honesty requires the acknowledgment that Rove was very good at what he did.

The problem, of course, is that what Rove did and how he did it were awful for the nation.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/13/AR2007081300906.html


There has to be a reason for him not sticking out the 8 years...this just doesn't make sense to me???

It seems highly untimely and Rove doesn't make a MOVE without thinking it thru and having a political reason to do it at the moment it is done, and with a specific goal accomplished at the end of it... imo.... so, we will see....

jd

Don't woory about a thing. Libs will continue to hound him even when he is no longer with the administration


Dispatch from the Briar Patch: NY Times Demands Dems Investigate Rove
By Mark Finkelstein | August 14, 2007 - 06:41 ET
When it comes to investigating Dems, the MSM is all Moveon.org. But when a Republican is potentially in the crosshairs, the liberal media suddenly goes Eliot Ness . . .

Take the New York Times editorial of this morning, Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town, which amounts to an extended plea to Democrats to investigate Karl Rove on matters sundry. Huffs the Times:

The American public needs to understand the full story of how this White House — with Mr. Rove pulling many of the strings — has spent the last six and a half years improperly and dangerously politicizing the federal government. Mr. Rove is already defying one Congressional subpoena to testify about the United States attorneys scandal. He should be made to respond to that one, and should also be subpoenaed to explain his role in several other cases of crass politicization.


http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/08/14/dispatch-briar-patch-ny-times-demands-dems-investigate-rove


Its either that or hes about to be indicted for something.

Libs have wet dreams over that fantasy

and the howls you hear as night falls..............

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=511&d=1187102623

Will libs have to fall back on sticking pins in their Karl Rove doll?

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=516&d=1187175181

Stoner
08-16-2007, 02:29 PM
That's what I suspect as well. He'll take a few months off, and then join with one of the Republican candidates.

Not a chance. Rove, thanks to the drive-by media and hate groups such as moveon.org and Kos, has too much baggage. No Republican candidate will touch him with a 10-foot pole.

And that is sad because Rove is a brilliant advisor. One of the best we've ever had.

avatar4321
08-16-2007, 03:02 PM
the problem with this definition is that it doesn't recognize the differences between the Reagan administration and the Bush administrations.....

Bush 1 was put forward as a VP candidate with Reagan to appease that part of the GOP that was not happy with Reagan as a presidential nominee....they come from completely different branches of the Republican party....Bush 2 followed the pattern of Bush 1.....neither followed the pattern of Reagan.....

thus, to say one term describes all three does not make sense....

to me, it makes more sense to realize that Reagan represents the postmodern version of the GOP, just as Clinton represented the postmodern version of the Democrats.....modernist GOP would be represented by Bush 1 and modernist Democrats represented by Ted Kennedy.....

Post modernism disgusts me so i take issue with your use of the terminology with Reagan.

avatar4321
08-16-2007, 03:03 PM
Not a chance. Rove, thanks to the drive-by media and hate groups such as moveon.org and Kos, has too much baggage. No Republican candidate will touch him with a 10-foot pole.

And that is sad because Rove is a brilliant advisor. One of the best we've ever had.

no one says he has to be a public advisor.

glockmail
08-16-2007, 03:12 PM
Not a chance. Rove, thanks to the drive-by media and hate groups such as moveon.org and Kos, has too much baggage. No Republican candidate will touch him with a 10-foot pole.

And that is sad because Rove is a brilliant advisor. One of the best we've ever had.

I would argue that this "baggage" is a plus, as the haters are essentailly free advertising, and most voters are reasonable people, seeing move and kos as what they are, and would therefore vote against them.

musicman
08-16-2007, 03:18 PM
the problem with this definition is that it doesn't recognize the differences between the Reagan administration and the Bush administrations.....

Bush 1 was put forward as a VP candidate with Reagan to appease that part of the GOP that was not happy with Reagan as a presidential nominee....they come from completely different branches of the Republican party....Bush 2 followed the pattern of Bush 1.....neither followed the pattern of Reagan.....

thus, to say one term describes all three does not make sense....

That loud, smacking sound is you, hitting the nail right on the head. The two warring factions of the GOP were known, in my father's time, as Goldwater conservatives and Rockefeller Republicans. Only the names have changed - now, in my mind, being Reagan conservatives and Bush Republicans, respectively. The long, uneasy marriage of convenience between the two was shattered - forever, I think - in 2006, by the immigration issue. The ideological rift - the differing ultimate goals - are now exposed, and irreconcilable. That's why, while I can't disagree with this statement...


Rove is a brilliant advisor.

...it is Rove's admonition to Tom Tancredo, to "never darken the door of the White House again", that will serve as his political epitaph. Which faction of the party will emerge from this war alive? Conservative America spoke its preference quite plainly last November; will the Republican Party heed us? We shall see.

actsnoblemartin
08-16-2007, 07:44 PM
mc rove is gone lol


This should put a smile on the faces of the left

Bush Advisor Karl Rove to Resign at End of Month
Monday, August 13, 2007

Karl Rove, longtime political advisor to President Bush, says that he will resign from the White House at the end of August, citing a desire to spend more time with his family at their home in Texas.

Rove made the announcement in an interview in Monday’s issue of The Wall Street Journal

"I just think it's time," he says. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family." Mr. Rove says.

Rove says he and his wife, Darby, plan to spend much of their time at their home in Ingram, in the Texas Hill Country. Rove’s son attends college in nearby San Antonio.

According to Rove, he first brought up the idea of leaving a year ago, but decided to stay following the Democratic takeover of Congress, saying that he didn’t want to depart on a sour note.

Also factoring into the decision was word from White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolton that if senior White House aides stayed past a certain point, they would be obliged to stay until the end of President Bush’s term in January, 2009.

Rove had worked with Bush since the President’s first campaign for Texas governor in 1993, and worked as Bush’s chief strategist in the 2000 presidential campaign.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293051,00.html

red states rule
08-17-2007, 04:38 AM
I would argue that this "baggage" is a plus, as the haters are essentailly free advertising, and most voters are reasonable people, seeing move and kos as what they are, and would therefore vote against them.

The only reason why libs hate Rove is because he beat them in so many elections - that is an unfovgivable sin

red states rule
08-17-2007, 07:52 AM
CBS's Plante Defends 'Smart-assed' Rove Question
By Ken Shepherd | August 16, 2007 - 15:21 ET
Admitting it was "smart-assed," CBS White House correspondent nonetheless defended his now-infamous "If he's so smart, how come you lost Congress?" quip from Monday's White House South Lawn farewell for Rove. Interviewed by CBSNews.com blogger Matthew Felling, Plante did concede that he welcomes scrutiny of how the press functions, especially in live press conference settings.

Said Plante at the close of his interview:

I’m absolutely and totally in favor of openness, even if it makes us look bad. The public is entitled to see what we see – and, increasingly, they do because of live coverage. If that means they see me or hear me asking what they think is an impertinent question, that’s fine. I’ve got no problem with it.


Glad to hear it, Bill, because we at NewsBusters are happy to oblige.

Below is an excerpt of the PublicEye interview:

Matthew Felling: Interesting week. Anything surprise you?

Bill Plante: Nothing much, actually. Anytime you challenge or appear to challenge the president – and I don’t care if the president is a Republican or a Democrat – there are people who will take issue with it and tell you it’s inappropriate. And you kind of expect that. I knew that was I did on Monday was smart-assed, but I think that that’s beside the point.

Our asking questions should not be dependent on what the White House thinks the mood or the tone of an event should be. And the fact that they say ‘no questions’ or don’t allow time for questions really has nothing to do with it. They don’t have to answer, but I think we need to preserve and aggressively push our right to ask.

Matthew Felling: This week, you asked a question, it got uploaded on the web, it got broadcast everywhere. Did you see any increased polarization or partisanship in the responses you received?

Bill Plante: Yes, the response was instant because of the Internet. In this case, my question got put up on DCFishbowl and then on Drudge, so then it spread like wildfire. That’s no surprise, since there are people that monitor those sites and others everyday.

When I did this 20 years ago in the Rose Garden, I yelled a question at Ronald Reagan at the ‘Teacher of the Year’ event as he was leaving and going inside. Several of the teachers complained and said I disrupted things and that it was inappropriate. In that case, I got a few phone calls but then had to wait for the angry letters to come in. Then after that, I wrote a Washington Post Outlook piece about questioning the president. It took more than a week to play out.

But in this case, it was instantaneous, of course. But I know that’s how things happen these days.


In an unrelated note of interest, Bill Plante may be a biased liberal journalist, but at least one apple fell far from the ideological tree as son Chris Plante, also a journalist (formerly with CNN), is a conservative-leaning talk show host here in Washington on WMAL radio (630 AM).

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2007/08/16/cbss-plante-defends-smart-assed-rove-question

Hagbard Celine
08-17-2007, 09:24 AM
And the country breathes a collective sigh of relief. And for some reason, unbeknownst to all but a few, the sun shines a little brighter today.

red states rule
08-17-2007, 09:26 AM
And the country breathes a collective sigh of relief. And for some reason, unbeknownst to all but a few, the sun shines a little brighter today.

and I bet the newsroom in CNN threw a party when the news broke Rove left the administration

Libs will not be happy for long. Rove will be back or they will declare war on the person who takes over for him