White House acknowledges Rove played a role
in the U.S. attorney firings. “The White House acknowledged on Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove served as a conduit for complaints about federal prosecutors as House investigators declared their intention to question him about any role he may have played in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.”
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This has the trapping’s of a good story, if it is possible to get any truth out of randy rove…Make that if the power’s that are investigating can find anything out in a timely manner..Seem’s we are still waiting for ton’s of answer’s from this out fit and they just keep stalling and getting away with it…I’m pissed as usual can you all tell…..Blessing..P.S. where did all the troll’s go.? Is Benlauden having a BBQ at the crawford ranch while lier and thief is flying all over the world with our dime.?
March 11th, 2007 at 10:48 pmHo-Hum. Another week, another GOP crisis. The GOP must be yearnng for the days of cum-stained dresses and VPs making campaign calls from the White House. When Hastert was House Speaker he had to deal with pressing matters like flag burning, gay marriage, and Terri Schiavo. Now that Hastert has taken a back seat, the GOP crooks are being weeded out in ones and twos. Good luck in 2008 “conservatives.”
March 11th, 2007 at 10:57 pmHe’ll be questioned under oath, right? :)
March 11th, 2007 at 11:02 pmThat Rachel must have been having a hard time of it. You see, she just recently lost her mother and her only companion in the whole world. I hope she really didn’t kill herself. I mean being totally disabled like she was and losing her only caregiver she has known for all these years, no wonder she might have felt like not living.
I have emailed them twice now and the first time they did in fact state a “Rachel Renaldo Jacinta Kinnardi” did in fact die and that it was drug related, and was still under investigation by Federal Marshall’s, and therefore no information would be published at this time since it was still under investigation. The second time I tried them, their basic reply was, “We won’t disclose that information upon orders of the tribal and US authorities”
I wonder if they will at least post an obituary for Rachel Renaldo Jacinta Kinnardi, if she did in fact die. Then we will know for sure. But what happens if they don’t? Are drug lords not allowed to know she died just yet?
http://www.rlnn.com/assets/RachelBarrett.html
Rachel Mary Barrett
Red Lake Net News
Michael Barrett
P. O. Box 80
Redby, MN 56670
Telephone: 218-679-5995
mbarrett@rlnn.com
Rachel Mary Barrett, whose Ojibwe name was Zhiigaa-Ikwe which means Widow Woman, 84, of Redby, died on Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, at Red Lake Indian Hospital in Red Lake.
A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the St. Antipas Episcopal Church in Redby with Rev. George Ross officiating. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Friday at the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji with a prayer service at 7 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church.
Burial will be in the spring in St. Antipas Episcopal Cemetery in Redby.
March 11th, 2007 at 11:06 pmAs Krugman pointed out in last fridays NYT, the real scandal is with all the U.S. Attorneys not fired. What pollitically motivated charges did they pursue with extra zeal?
March 11th, 2007 at 11:28 pmComment by elephnat ears
And now the concerned bystander appears. Welcome to another of Rachel’s dress-up parties.
March 11th, 2007 at 11:32 pmRove told Weh of the RNC that Iglesias was “gone.”
Then that story was slightly altered by Weh.
Now we learn that Rove was “conduit” for complaints.
We are supposed to believe that he was merely a messenger.
Every week there are more scandals, more tales of misdeeds and even crimes.
March 11th, 2007 at 11:33 pmCheney’s office is in disarray.
The wheels are coming off, but the chariot keeps rolling.
What pollitically motivated charges did they pursue with extra zeal?
Comment by Bowdler — M
Well, I can see why Carol Lam got the boot: she wasn’t sufficiently zealous in filing claims against illegal immigrant smugglers. She claimed in the Union Tribune that it was because the Bush administration hadn’t supplied her with adequate resources; and since Duncan Hunter had just announced his candidacy, her failure to pursue these high-profile cases was making him look bad, so it’s goodbye, Carol.
March 11th, 2007 at 11:39 pmFor the latest news, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the politically motivated prosecutor firings, see:
March 11th, 2007 at 11:57 pm“The Bush DOJ U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
Gee, ya think Waxman might want to ask him about anything else if he appears under oath??? I think this would be a great opportunity to spring a few little queries his way.
March 11th, 2007 at 11:58 pmAnd we are surprised by Pudge Boy Rover’s involvement?????? WTF!!!
When will the Dems REALLY get serious. We need some action, not just lip-service here. This Cabal is more guilty of so many crimes against humanity, it makes Nixon look like a choir boy!
Come on DO what we mandated you to do! Get with the program!!!
March 12th, 2007 at 12:02 amMust now be about time to put a few of these WH folks and the AG under oath for a few questions…..
March 12th, 2007 at 12:16 amHow many fu*king wheels does this Bush bus have for God’s sake?
-GSD
March 12th, 2007 at 12:17 am(Big Barfly, Big Barfly) (Jimmy Dean)
Ev’ry mornin’ at Think Progress you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew he had cocksucker lips, Big Barfly.
(Big Bar, Big Bar) Big Barfly
Nobody seemed to know where Barfly called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn’t say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said “How much?”… to Big Barfly
Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Drag Queen
And a crashin’ blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big Barfly
(Big Bar, Big Bar) Big Bad Barfly
Then came the day at the bottom of the thread
When a timber cracked and the workers fled
Miners were prayin’ and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they’d breathed their last-’cept Barfly
Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the posters knew well
Grabbed a saggin’ timber, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone-Big Barfly
(Big Bar, Big Bar) Big Bad Barfly
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a poster yelled out “There’s a light up above!”
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
Now there’s only one left down there to save-Big Barfly
With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched up out of that thread
Everybody knew there was just one dead. Big Barfly
(Big Barfly, Big Barfly) Big Bad Barfly (Big Barfly)
Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
At the bottom of this thread lies a hell of man, Big Barfly
(Big Barfly, Big Barfly) Big Bad Barfly (Big Barfly)
[Fade]
March 12th, 2007 at 12:25 am(Big Barfly, Big Barfly) Big Bad Barfly (Big Barfly)
Comment by elephnat ears — March 11, 2007 @ 11:06 pm
Obviously another Rachel persona, same exact cut-n-paste as on the thread where she “died” (don’t we all wish), under Tuscan Ears…
Where are the site monitors? Also at Bin Laden’s BBQ (love that image of our usual trolls, Sharon).
March 12th, 2007 at 12:45 am#11 upside00
When will the Dems REALLY get serious. We need some action, not just lip-service here. This Cabal is more guilty of so many crimes against humanity, it makes Nixon look like a choir boy!
Come on DO what we mandated you to do! Get with the program!!!
I would argue that they’re doing EXACTLY the right thing right now. But, go ahead and elaborate on what it is you think they should be doing right now beyond bringing a number of DoJ people in to testify under oath, and gathering enough sworn testimony to be able to go after Rove and Gonzales. Should the Dems be storming the White House with a SWAT team and phsyically dragging people out or what? What f*cking program are they supposed to be getting with right now?
March 12th, 2007 at 12:57 am#14 And Rachel is reborn!!!
March 12th, 2007 at 12:58 am#14 And Rachel is reborn!!!
Comment by JPark
Who? and, Hardly.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:03 am#14 And Rachel is reborn!!!
Comment by JPark
Who? And “Hardly”
March 12th, 2007 at 1:05 amShould the Dems be storming the White House with a SWAT team and phsyically dragging people out or what?…
Comment by chimpeach — March 12, 2007 @ 12:57 am
grrrrrreat visual there !!!
oh, i know… that is over the top… but it sure would seem fulfilling and gratifying at the time…
i agree with you, that the dams are doing the right thing now… the process is so slow… they’ve got to dot all those i’s and such…
it’s important that WE, the people, the citizens, keep up the pressure, keep telling those congress people what we expect of them…
those letters, messages and especially phone calls really do help…
we can’t let up.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:10 am.
g’nite all… tomorrow’s another day…
#19 Come on Rachel. We aren’t stupid.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:10 amComment by imaginary lover — March 12, 2007 @ 1:05 am
Please, keep to what you do best. And, if at all possible, ignore those who upset you.
Namaste.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:17 amThe Whitehouse should be surrounded by the Ghostbusters and given the treatment.
Or perhaps a gigantic enema tube starting right in the puckered Turdblossom.
-GSD
March 12th, 2007 at 1:17 amMessage to federal prosecutors. You are to investigate only the political enemies of the State. Your loyalty will be rewarded. Your disloyalty will be punished.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:20 amNo, this was more like rachel. God rest her soul. She was pickle barrel crazy.
We lost a true patriot the day we lost rachel.
Let’s all bow our heads in silence, for a moment of prayer.
Rachel we all love you and miss you terribly here at Think Progress.
If we had it to do over again we would say we were sorry and accept you as you were.
Honest Injun we would.
Sing along with all your heart in reverance to and a remembrance of goodwill to rachel.
A posthumous roast if you will.
I will start.
If rachel were here she would be singing this tune quite wildly;
She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She’ll be coming round the mountain, she’ll be coming round the mountain,
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes
She’ll be driving six white horses, she’ll be driving six white horses,
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes
Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her, we’ll all go out to meet her,
We’ll all go out to meet her when she comes
She’ll be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She’ll be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She’ll be wearing red pajamas, she’ll be wearing red pajamas,
She’ll be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes
She will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes
She will have to sleep with Grandma, she will have to sleep with Grandma,
She will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes
That is my tribute to rachel. I hope you find peace in your new surroundings rachel. Honest Injun I do.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:26 amIs Scooter Libby admitting GW Bush and Dick Cheney are going to get jail time and an impeachment? This article has several links in the actual article that I suggest following and reading to back this up.
Can it be true?
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2507
Libby Guilty, Cheney Gets 30 Years, Bush Impeached
by Scott Ott
(2007-03-06) — Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter†Libby, convicted today of four counts of lying to federal investigators about a law that he didn’t break, said he feels “very badly†that Vice President Dick Cheney now faces up to 30 years in federal prison, and President George Bush will be impeached.
“I know that this case wasn’t about me, or even about Valerie Plame,†said Mr. Libby, “so I don’t take it personally. But Dick Cheney and George Bush are fine men and I hate to see them suffer.â€
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald celebrated the jury’s verdict as a “vindication of the American legal system.â€
“It’s a good lesson to our children that we are a nation of laws,†said Mr. Fitzgerald, “and when serious charges are made about laws that haven’t been broken by high-ranking officials, justice demands that someone be convicted of something, and that someone goes to jail.â€
Mr. Fitzgerald, asked what he would do now that the trial is over, said, “I’m going to Disney World to give Snow White an opportunity to perjure herself.â€
March 12th, 2007 at 1:56 amUhem,Barfly,I’m here,and will accept your apology now.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:04 amComment by little timmy — March 12, 2007 @ 1:56 am
TROLL ALERT! TROLL ALERT!
March 12th, 2007 at 3:08 amHa, Ha, ha . .
Where you been, Troll Alert? My, but you’ve been a Chatty Cathy today. That made me curious, so I did a little back-thread checking, and guess what I found? You haven’t posted in the last four days, except to talk about Rachel, Troll Alert. Isn’t that coincidental?
And after my telling the others about your real identity, and how Troll Alert only posts to fool the others with the good guy/ bad guy monolog (”monolog,” because you’re really just talking to yourself), suddenly you’re posting on multiple threads dealing with multiple topics; it’s almost like you were trying to show that what I said was false. Another coincidence, eh? But keep it up, as actually now I’m just laughing at all the high-browed rubes you’ ve suckered (and continue to sucker) but never think you can put anything over on me old, girl. You’re transparent.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:04 amComment by barfly
You’re full of both sh¡t and alcohol.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:38 amWhen you sober up,I’ll accept your apology.
Why is there always a crony to take the fall?
Doesn’t scandal after scandal suggest strongly enough that there is knowing malfeasance going on in the oval office? Even if there’s not, this level of mis-oversight indicates a level of neglect or ineptitude that can’t be tolerated in an executive.
Makes me so fucking furious.
March 12th, 2007 at 6:08 amis rachel MIGHTY APHRODUMMY?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:40 amSay, Pakiderm Pinna, your little ditty sounds alot like she’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes. A ballad about a train (brings back fond memories of elementary days)
Now, according to what I have read her name was Roberta King and the drug dealer husband (by way of Michigan) Was Robert Lee King, who is in prison for prescription drug sales and the death of one Gary Sneller of Chebogyan. Gary Sneller is survived by a sister, Cheryl Childers and his mother, Romayne Sneller.
see; http://www.usdoj.gov/ usao/ miw/ press/ RKing12202006.html
and;http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/dec/29kingsent.htm
The person you first listed as having overdosed was Roberta King, wife of incarcerated drug dealer Robert Lee King.
This is also likely tied to this recent arrest of two other teens;
Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team officers arrested the 23-year-old Detroit man at a Pinconning fast-food restaurant, the Cheboygan Daily Tribune reported.
http://www.mlive.com/ news/ sanews/ index.ssf?/ base/ news-4/ 11701776377030.xml&coll=9
‘namaste’ here; http://thinkprogress.org/ 2007/ 03/ 09/ tom-delay-says-hell-be-cnn-commentator/
(which of course he isn’t and that Rogerx2 oddly claimed Christian News Network was 100% liberal, Lord help the confused)
Rachel talks about Canada (Canada? wtf?)
So, Pakiderm Pinna (Elephant Ear) or maybe perhaps Rachel Berger Venus?? =) (Australian female Comedian whose material is political, psychological (I’ll say) and socially conscious.)
Namaste (namaskar);
Buddhist monks in the High Himalyas translate Namaste as “I salute the potential to become a God that lies within you”. (Wikipedia)
I say to you ‘Gassho’.
Now please stop the physchological shennanigans Rachel Berger Valiant Venus would you? Please? I don’t have anything against you, but your not really fooling anyone. Your pshycologically all over the place and thats why people have a hard time dealing with your posts. Just be yourself and not acting like some Mighty Aphrodite Valiant Berger Venus psychological comedian okay?
If you have recently lost loved ones, my sincerest condolences.
Thanks and have a great day!
-Zep Tepi (low browed slightly intelligent slope head) and guide to the inner light.
(Btw I see PI day approaches on March 14 so Happy PI Day!!)
Gassho!!!
March 12th, 2007 at 8:11 ams rachel MIGHTY APHRODUMMY?
Comment by n69n —
Rachel Berger Valiant Venus!
March 12th, 2007 at 8:12 amHey Rachel namaste and gassho!
March 12th, 2007 at 8:16 amTurdblossom strikes again!
March 12th, 2007 at 8:53 amTime to subpoena the SOB.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:54 amBill Clinton Fires ALL the US Attorneys the DAY he enters office,…and you are worried about 8 lib loons getting finally fired?
Get a clue.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:19 amWhich role did Rove play with Gannon? The submissive or dominant role.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:48 amA thought keep’s going through my mind, maybe some one here can give me the answer, cause I sure as hell don’t know it……How is it possible, for a non confirmed adviser to the lier in chief , able to fire or even send down through the chain of commane the firing of prosacuting attorney’s.?.And another question ..How does some one like rove get all this clearance to all info, I thought he was ousted and relegated to something else a few month’s ago….Anyone.?….Blessings…Peace
March 12th, 2007 at 11:14 amis rachel MIGHTY APHRODUMMY?
Comment by n69n
NO
March 12th, 2007 at 12:09 pmYou’re full of both sh¡t and alcohol.
When you sober up,I’ll accept your apology.
Comment by troll alert
Apologize for what, Rachel?
March 12th, 2007 at 12:54 pmCepan7’s argument is, how would one say, without basis in reality?
I was thinking Cepan7, Clinton committed adultery and is a Baptist and follows the same God, and Jesus that Newt likely does.
Newt committed the same offense that Bill did. Yet Jesus died for Newts sins and not for Bills. Newt also spent 10 million of your beloved tax dollars prosectuing Bills adultery why spending nothing prosecuting his adultery.
I don’t know which is more loony, a Democrat that believes in Jesus or the Conservative that wasted 10 million proving his hypocrisy.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:12 pmNot only was Karl Miss Piggy Rove “the conduit” for complaints, he was THE INSTIGATOR of the MASS FIRINGS AIDED and ABETTED by Inquisitor General Alberto VO5 Gonzales in THIS HEINOUS and DASTARDLY MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE WHICH Bushland Uber Allies CONSIDERS “just doing business as usual”–WHAT STARK ARROGANCE AND FLAUNTING OF THE RULE OF LAW OF THE LAND!!!!!THESE CRIMINAL ACTS MUST AND WILL BE PUNISHED!!!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 7:06 pm[…] Griffin†as U.S. Attorney in Arkansas. Now the White House acknowledges that Rove “served as a conduit for complaints about federal prosecutors.†In emails released yesterday, former Gonzales aide Kyle Sampson […]
March 14th, 2007 at 7:42 pm