Rove office shake-up?
By on Mar 30th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Rove office shake-up?
White House political director Sara Taylor and another Karl Rove aide, Barry Jackson, are “expected to be heading for the White House exits soon, according to a person familiar with the situation.” The Wall Street Journal says “the departures appear to be more-or-less routine turnover,” though “Taylor came up a number of times yesterday during the Kyle Sampson hearing as having worked closely with Sampson (along with another Karl Rove aide Scott Jennings) to install Rove’s former aide Tim Griffin as the U.S. Attorney in eastern Arkansas.”
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Of course it is routine turnover.
/sarcasm = off
March 30th, 2007 at 1:57 pmPeople leave government work all the time — nothing necessarily nefarious about this yet.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:58 pmUntil the Rove “office shake-up” has to do with Rove’s exit, who cares? The “throw them under the bus” approach is getting a little old (and predictable) isn’t it?
March 30th, 2007 at 1:59 pmThe Lobbyist Groups in Washington are going to have a lot of resumes in their in-boxes. They are leaving in droves.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:02 pmPeople leave government work all the time — nothing necessarily nefarious about this yet. Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
And the audience *yawns* as Jake recalls the role of the cowardly wizard in the Wizard of Oz – with “Ignore the man behind the curtain”.
JakeOff, you’re a boring child, and a useless little twit. Go take out the trash for your mother, and do something *useful* for once in your life son.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:03 pmSome Guy:
How do you know anyone is getting thrown under a bus. Did Ari Fleischer “lie” then when he said he wanted to spend time with his newlywed wife?
March 30th, 2007 at 2:07 pmUntil the Rove “office shake-up†has to do with Rove’s exit, who cares? The “throw them under the bus†approach is getting a little old (and predictable) isn’t it?
Comment by Some Guy
And you and I both know it doesn’t get anywhere near the root of the corruption.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:07 pmJust don’t televise, or show footage of the going away party is all I ask.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:14 pmThis is just too funny. Routine? Right. Just like Susan Ralston. Just like Kyle Sampson. Just like Scooter Libby. Just like Jack Abramhoff. Just like Randy Duke Cunningham… and the list grows longer everyday. Crooks. All of them.
Looks like the nooses are tightening around the necks of the cabal. Don’t miss that Ralston testamony folks – April 4th. I promise it will be interesting.
(You too Jake, oh wait, you’re obviously a paid flak, nevermind)
March 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pmHow do you know anyone is getting thrown under a bus. Did Ari Fleischer “lie†then when he said he wanted to spend time with his newlywed wife? Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
I want world peace, but it doesn’t mean that’s why I brush my teeth. That’s called a “leap” Jake. You know, the thing you do when you pretend to *know* anything.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:17 pmThis reminds me of the sinking ship where they throw more and more weight off trying to keep it afloat……… until they run out of sacrificial things to jettison. Then we may be at the root of it all.
God, it must be hard to still be a 29%er and supporting these clowns!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 2:17 pmTP – time to do another Iran debate as the war is supposed to start 6th April and US forces have been gathering round Iran …. as if you did not know
March 30th, 2007 at 2:22 pmGod, it must be hard to still be a 29%er and supporting these clowns!!!
Comment by upside00
No, actually it seems very easy for them to do so, how do you think Faux News stays in business?
March 30th, 2007 at 2:24 pmJake is a like boil in the butt. What a lowly twit. Totally deluded and wilfully ignorant. Most likely another stupid trash.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:30 pmRove = A$$ Clown Extraordinaire so anyone associated with the likes of this demented thug has to be an equally offensive a$$ clown themselves. Rove is going down the tubes…..there’s absolutely NO doubt about it. Why do you think Dumbya won’t allow him to testify? Because if he lies, he’ll be keeping his cohort Scooter warm in jail. If he doesn’t, then it’s impeachment time for Bush….damned if he does/damned if he doesn’t. That’s why there can be “no oath” involved. Any idiot knows that.
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FEMA
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ROVE……. SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE SLAMMER LONG TIME AGO
March 30th, 2007 at 2:30 pmI read the comments section on TP once in a while, and I always notice scumbag Jake trying to muddy the waters of argument with misinformation and half truths. Must you post so many comments on every thread? It’s like a child trying to interupt every time you speak. If you want to add to the discussion, that’s fine. However, if you all you plan to do is add Hannity-style bs commentary, I’m sure you can find somewhere else to go with like minded Bush apologists.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:30 pmJake is right people leave all the time. Now Karl Rove who ordered this staff to do the firing will be blamed and Karl will say he knew nothing about it. Just in time for the hearing. Republicans once friends have to be scapegoats like Libby to save the head criminals. Next we’ll hear Bush/Cheney/Rove knew nothing about anything criminal acts or corruption done in the White House over the past 6 years. Each appointee will be fired to have the boss. The damage is done our country is run by the most corrupt Administration in the history of the United States. Just let Bush last until his term is up. Now that his friends the Saudis have got what they wanted notice the Saudi King say get out of Iraq. Iran knows the world sees the US and UK as proven liars so anyone can do anything. Hicks was tortured to lie and confess to a crime he didn’t do. He will be welcomed home as a hero and an example of the illegal Bush Policy. Hicks will never go to jail in his country. Most likely he’ll write a best seller book and make millions as he tells the world what really happens in Gitmo. Jake is right crime does pay if your a Republican.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:31 pmAs the SS Bush Titanic begins it’s slow descent into obscurity, it must be mayhem in all offices of this administration. What they will not know until it’s too late (and which makes them totally paranoid) is which among them is singing right now….who will be next to be exposed? It was clear yesterday that the Congress has enough damning evidence to really make them all squirrley right now….lie and they’ve had it….tell the truth and they’re gone! Poof!
March 30th, 2007 at 2:32 pmThis of course should be expected when a sacrilege has occured in Nosferatu’s lair.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:36 pmhey jake, how come no references to brittany and kfed splitting up, they’re your generation too.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pmAh, the beauty of adult oversight. Its 6 years too late but at least, thank Allah, we have it. All we need now is some handcuffs and the sound of clanging jail cell doors and the late evening bellow of the prison guard saying “Prisoners, Bush and Cheney and Rover, STFU and get to sleep”
March 30th, 2007 at 2:41 pmMeanwhile the shredders are running night and day.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:44 pmYes, Jake the Joke is right. People do leave all the time. And it’s just coincidence that these people, who were mostly unknown until today, have been mentioned frequently in Congressional hearings and may be wanted for questioning.
But then this is the beginning of a long chain of routine turnovers. Heads will keep rolling until Bush and Cheney are gone. It’s no good defending these pariahs. They’re tainted. Rove will eventually have to find God and become a preacher. It’s how Republican sinners redeem themselves.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:50 pmWhat is wrong with all these people in the White House, none can remember nothing? What a group of unforgetable people, these are our leaders. Our country is in deep trouble.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:54 pmyea they leave government all the time, yea a shake up happens all the time in washington, but I wonder if there will be another plea of the fifth as we see this unfold? one thing is for sure, based on Sampson’s testimony Gonzalez has got his plate full and this “shake up in Rove’s office” is nothing more than an attempt to distance the white house from this…one final note: Haliburton, KBR, Exxon and all the other Cheny connections will have some new employees. Oh, and NASA is looking for a few good paranoid schizos too, someone to take the diaper off or something like that
March 30th, 2007 at 2:59 pmJake has battered wives syndrome, no matter how shitty his govt gets, he sticks with them.
I don’t know any other way to explain it. Basically Jake is a just a bitch that can’t think for himself, and afraid to look at reality.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:04 pmYou know on one hand I do feel sorry for these “people” that hooked their wagon to these asshats; you know losing their jobs, pensions, benefits, etc. But that’s only like maybe .0001% of how I really feel. But then on the other hand how can one feel anything for the devils servant? Granted they’ll get some cushy lobbying job or go work for Carlyle or Ali-Biu’urton (formerly Halliburton). But then at the end of the day it does make me smile that the whole world can see the true colors of the GOP shining through and this will help in dissuading younger naive individuals from even considering that these people are “good people”. These people would sell their own mothers if it meant avoiding truth and reality. And every single person that has remained loyal all the way to the end are currently or soon will be enjoying nthe view from behind prison bars. Do you honestly think the GOP, or Darth Cheney, Or Dumbya Chimp boy is gonna swing by the ole prison yard with a carton of camels for Scooter or Abramoff or Cunningham or Delay or hell this list get’s longer everyday.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:06 pmSo this message is for those 29%ers. You want to see what “loyalty” looks like ask one of those guys. Cause last I checked loyalty is a 2 way street and these asshats are loyal only unto themselves.
Bye ya’ll.
Drop off the face of the earth, ok?
**yawn**
March 30th, 2007 at 3:09 pmRove’s lackeys are probably resigning now so they can stage some more break-ins at Democratic party headquarters and commit other despicable acts of partisan hackery (under orders from famed mathematician MC Karl Rove).
March 30th, 2007 at 3:24 pm… this could be termed a chain brain drain for Busch’s Brain…
March 30th, 2007 at 3:25 pm… or: Shake, rattle and Rove…..
March 30th, 2007 at 3:45 pmThe rats leaving this sinking ship should face Congress on the way out. Then just George and Barney will be left. Barney wants out though, too.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:26 pmDoesn’t the resignation mean that any request to come before congressional hearings is now voluntary? As opposed to subpoenas issued to still employed government personnel.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:42 pmPerhaps bloggers/citizens should interview Karl Rove at his home address on Weaver Ter, NW in DC. A search at http://www.zabasearch.com
will reveal the exact address.
Wonder why his trophy wife Darby Rove is listed as living in Freeport, FL but Karl is not.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:30 pmMORE WORK FOR THE UNDERTAKER
March 30th, 2007 at 8:42 pmANOTHER LITTLE JOB FOR THE COFFIN MAKER
AT THE LOCAL CEMETERY THEY’VE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY
DIGGING PLOTS FOR Rove and CHIMPya
AS THE PLOTS THICKEN!!!!!
“How do you know anyone is getting thrown under a bus. Did Ari Fleischer “lie†then when he said he wanted to spend time with his newlywed wife?”
Jake you effing twit, his lips were moving…. We all know that when a repigs lips move he is either eating feces, or lying!!! Just like you, and those of the same inclination… Ari probably spends his off evenings with Gannon or some other low life son of a bitch….
Personally, I wouldn’t throw them under a bus. I would just rip off their effing heads and sh*t down the hole….. Might make them decay a little faster….
Ken Jackson
March 30th, 2007 at 10:55 pmCPO USN Ret
French National and Goddamn Proud Of It!!!
When is Karl Rove out!!! Evidently Bush doesn’t mean what he says when he alerted us to the fact that anyone responsible for the leaking of Valerie Plame’s covert status would be out!!!! I believe Karl Rove was involved there!!!! When his he out, Bush!!!!!??????? What does the little crook know and have on you and Cheney!!!!!! Oh, the skeletons are starting to rattle in the corridors of the White House!!!!!!!
March 31st, 2007 at 10:55 amDid anyone else notice there were reports of break-ins at two Democratic offices in Minnesota? It’s Watergate starting all over again
March 31st, 2007 at 1:15 pmI have posted here on and off for quite a while. TP is a great blog. I have a serious question for posters here if you’d like to discuss this. Why do people respond to Jake? Does it do anything constructive? I really want to know if I’m missing something here. IMO he is only a foul distraction from real discussion. Yes? No? Please give me your thoughts. Thanks
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