Attorney charges Rove with role in her firing.
By on Aug 21st, 2007 at 10:21 am
Attorney charges Rove with role in her firing.
Elizabeth Reyes, an “attorney fired from the Texas secretary of state’s office for talking publicly about presidential adviser Karl Rove,” has “filed a lawsuit, saying she is the victim of political pressure.” In 2005, Reyes spoke to a Washington Post reporter about voter residency in Texas. Her quotes then showed up in a story about whether Rove was still eligible to vote in the state. Reyes was dismissed after Rove called Secretary of State Roger Williams, a large GOP donor, about her quotes.
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There’s a long line forming at the bench, Karl, don’t go to far away…
August 21st, 2007 at 10:24 amSo, is her cause of action “Being a victim of political pressure”? Hopefully, this case gets dismissed just like Valerie Plame’s went down in flames.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:25 amJake, you used to lose jobs and get fired in Communist Russia for not thinking the “right way”. Now nitwits think that this is how America is supposed to run. Another sign of the political and moral degradation at the hands of the Bush/Rove/Cheney misrule.
-GSD
August 21st, 2007 at 10:27 amLike every other liberal, this woman is blaming others for her own incompetance. Waa.
Rove should have thrown her into his Secret American Gulag System.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:29 amBut, But, but, Rove DID it!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:30 amRove was upset because he voted absentee in Texas while voting in Virginia during the 2004 election. He felt that his image was besmerched.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:31 amSue Rove for every dime he has and put him into destitution.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:32 amI have not been able to find the exact causes of action yet. Her lawsuit seeks lost wages and unspecified punitive damages. In addition, Ms. Reyes asks that references to her termination be eliminated from her state employment file. She should have thought about that before she violated agency policy, specifically her unautorized discussion of Rove’s residency issue with the media.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:32 amMr. peepeeweepeeheeheejeebeeleekeeleekee goes native!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:32 amObviously, if Rove voted in a same federal election in two different States, he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:34 amSue Rove for every dime he has and put him into destitution.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 21, 2007 @ 10:32 am
Or put him in de-institution!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:34 amhe should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Comment by Jake D.
That’s the spirit!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:35 am“specifically her unautorized discussion of Rove’s ”
Read the article Jake, she didn’t discuss Rove in particular, just gave the residency requirements…
August 21st, 2007 at 10:36 amComment by Tomohanakonakawanajonanaka — August 21, 2007 @ 10:29 am
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What are you doing wasting your time on the internet? Don’t you have an appointment with your local Army recruiter? Uncle Sam needs YOU to fight the Islamofacists, you coward!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:36 amHey if Rover voted in two different states in last election, then he is in deep do do. What a fat pudgy fool he is for real.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:38 amNo. Her case is for being fired from a government job as a result of a political vendetta. As for the Plame affair, treason was admitted to by at least one insider in the BA (Armitage), and there was clearly an effort to cover up that capital crime. There was also a conviction for obsruction of justice. Yet, there have been no repercussions. Bet you’re proud of your fellow ‘patriots’.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:38 amThank goodness the Supreme Court will protect Rove when it is all said and done. These witch hunts are out of hand.
You gotta hand it to Rove – without his genius, the GOP wouldn’t have a lock on the Supreme Court.
lol!!! The babykilling left is going to have to find a new stopping ground for their failed policies.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:39 amCongressional approval rating today is just 18%…. Way to go Nancy and Harry!!! That was easy!!!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:40 amLOL — Armitage “admitted” to treason and Fitzgerald never prosecuted him?! So much for Merry Fitzmas!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:40 amI like ice cream and bacon – but not together!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:42 amWhat are you doing wasting your time on the internet? Don’t you have an appointment with your local Army recruiter? Uncle Sam needs YOU to fight the Islamofacists, you coward!
Don’t ask Jake to serve. He already did…
I was with the Army’s 60th Signal Service Company out of Fort Lewis, deployed to Korea and then Japan at the First Tokyo Arsenal, until my honorable discharge as a Sgt. – Jake D
Mind you, he just ripped that off from this site…
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/units/60sigsvc.htm
August 21st, 2007 at 10:43 amAgain, IF Rove voted in the same federal election in two different States, he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:43 amExactly. Do you think weasels are interesting animals?
August 21st, 2007 at 10:44 amIf anyone NOT on the “Ignore List” wants to discuss my service in the Korean War, or anything else, let me know.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:44 amIt’s Bush’s fault!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:46 amIt’s hard to find pants that really fit.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:46 am“She should have thought about that before she violated agency policy, specifically her unautorized discussion of Rove’s residency issue with the media.”
Comment by Jake D. — August 21, 2007 @ 10:32 am
Did you actually read the linked wapo article? If you did, you may have noticed it included a correction, which read in part:
“The attorney, Elizabeth Reyes, was not asked about Rove by name. The articles also should have included Reyes’s statement that an individual’s intent to return to Texas is a primary factor in qualifying for residency.”
In other words, Reyes was merely responding to general questions she was asked regarding residency requirements. This is not secret classified information and she did not violate any policy doing this. She was not asked about Rove by name, even though the article implied she was speaking about his specific residence (my guess is she was asked about a hypothetical residence like Rove’s, since that’s the only way that scenario could have happened without Rove’s name being mentioned). Unless there is some serious transgression on Reyes’ part nobody is talking about, she didn’t do anything wrong — she probably didn’t even know the subject was Rove.
It’s fairly obvious that Rove got busted as a result of that article and needed a scapegoat. Reyes was it.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 amWhat can I put on my kitchen counters to get rid of ants?
August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 am#26 – poor guy. The Dems dream of change is over. The war is raging – actually escalated since your party took control, corruption is still rampant on both sides, and your spineless, cowardly party will NEVER vote to have impeachment hearings, let alone impeach Bush.
The Democrats = LIARS, babykillers and when all is said and done, WIMPS!!!!
Bush is at 32%, but hey, things could be worse!!! LOL!!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 amAnyone else?
August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 amYes: Herbert Hoover, Lord Mountbatten, and Heather Locklear.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:50 amYou make me warm and tingly “down there”.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:51 amHopefully a Reye of sunshine. Only everyday Americans are going to hold the Bushies accountable.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:51 amCongressional approval rating today is just 18%…. Way to go Nancy and Harry!!! That was easy!!!
Comment by Hillary = Vince Foster’s Killer — August 21, 2007 @ 10:40 am
Bush is at 32%, but hey, things could be worse!!! LOL!!
Comment by Hillary = Vince Foster’s Killer — August 21, 2007 @ 10:48 am
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Do you have links, or are these just the latest numbers you are pulling out of your arse?
August 21st, 2007 at 10:55 amFor the record, the only way someone gets on the “Ignore List” is for resorting to personal attacks when I don’t and/or refusing to answer my question(s) when I answer all of their questions. The “Ignore List” obviously does not “reset” with every thread. If someone is on the “Ignore List” from two months ago, they are still on the “Ignore List” today. If anyone NOT on the “Ignore List” has a question about that, or anything else. let me know.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:56 amComing soon!
‘Snakes in the White House’, part II
See Karl Rove display courage never before seen on the big screen?
Watch Karl make angry calls to peons in Texas who may have slighted his honor!
Watch Dirty Dick call the action from the backroom, manning the controls at Norad like a seasoned warrior!
Watch Trudi Julie Annie run like a scared child from the security of his security offices in building #7!
Watch The Cheerleader accuse others of being evil!
Watch these American Icons make Samuel L. Jackson look like a girlie-boy!
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!!!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:56 amShe should have thought about that before she violated agency policy, specifically her unautorized discussion of Rove’s residency issue with the media.
Comment by Jake D. — August 21, 2007 @ 10:32 am
STFU, Jake.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:56 amIs this truncated?
August 21st, 2007 at 10:57 amAnyone else?
Comment by Jake D.
Keep up the good work, Jake!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:57 amFondest remembrances…
Personally, I ignore my ignore list.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:02 amI keep wondering if the black hearted little troll’s get paid by the word or by the post…No matter…It seem’s to me they are in effect being paid to incite and derail…I would bet a few week’s of no response from us they would leave the country (our site)…Like illegal’s crossing the border, breaking the law for job’s they will slither off if no one respond’s to their word’s and they won’t be paid…End the problem…Blessings
August 21st, 2007 at 11:07 amIf anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss my service in the Korean War, or anything else, let me know.
Comment by Jake D. — August 21, 2007 @ 10:44 am
Could you publish that list for us? Just want to make sure who’s who in Jake’s fake world of spin…
August 21st, 2007 at 11:10 amYa Know, Jakers has a good idea.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:11 amI think I’ll start my Go Fu(kYouself list.
Guess who’s the first one on it?
For the record, “RUCerious” is on the “Ignore List” — if anyone NOT on the “Ignore List” wants to discuss that, or anything else. let me know.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:13 amI’d like to discuss the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein or the raw materials that go into souse.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:17 amJake D., do you think about what you write, or do you just type? Your responses amount to “neenerneener, you’re ugly and fat and I’m the best!” Seriously, the nuance and sophistication of your discourse is about equal to that of a sh*t-flinging ape. If you can’t bring some smart, could you at least bring some funny?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:19 amHoly crap, I just got it. Jake D. is actually George W.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:20 amI was with the Army’s 60th Signal Service Company out of Fort Lewis, deployed to Korea and then Japan at the First Tokyo Arsenal, until my honorable discharge as a Sgt. – Jake D
Ripped that off from this site…
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/units/60sigsvc.htm
Is there a reason this liar isn’t on everyone’s Ignore List?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:21 amI do think about what I type. For instance, the following is very close to a “personal attack”:
. . . the nuance and sophistication of your discourse is about equal to that of a sh*t-flinging ape. If you can’t bring some smart, could you at least bring some funny?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:22 amFor the record, “RUCerious†is on the “Ignore List†— if anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss that, or anything else. let me know.
Comment by Jake D. — August 21, 2007 @ 11:13 am
Crickets chirping.
I guess no one gives a sh!t, Jake. Why not take this shtick over to a right wing blog and see how your “I are a registered Independent” b.s. wins you friends and influence?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:22 amFor the record, “RUCerious†is on the “Ignore List†— if anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss that, or anything else. let me know.
Comment by Jake D. — August 21, 2007 @ 11:13 am
OK, I gotta know — what good is an “ignore” list if you pay attention to it so much and respond whenever somebody on it posts?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:23 amI am not George W. My full name is James Moore Dort — I posted a link to Stanford Law even — and I did serve in the Korean War.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:23 amFor the last time, if someone NOT on the “Ignore List” has a question about the “Ignore List” or anything else, let me know.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:24 amYou are my Swallow from Capistrano – my precious butterfly, and I will cherish you and love you forever.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:27 amI’m confused. How do we know whether we’re actually on the Ignore List if Jake never publishes it?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:28 amIgnore-ance test:
Jake?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:28 amJake?
You there?
Jake?
Jake is discredited as a liar and plagiarist, can we just ignore him now?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:35 amHey, Jake has trolljacked the thread while everyone was diverted with his stupid list…
he’s smarter than some give him credit for, eh?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:35 amMaybe so, but that still isn’t very smart.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:38 amAgreed, just say’n…
August 21st, 2007 at 11:39 amI’m confused. How do we know whether we’re actually on the Ignore List if Jake never publishes it?
Comment by gummitch — August 21, 2007 @ 11:28 am
Just wait til the next time you try to fly…
August 21st, 2007 at 11:42 amhe’s smarter than some give him credit for, eh?
Comment by Zimzone — August 21, 2007 @ 11:35 am
Yeah, but he did it, didn’t he?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:43 amYeah, he did.
He reminds me of Rove. Sneaky. Liar. Not very good looking. Fat. Liar. Not very good looking. Fat. Liar.
You get the point.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:45 amThis is getting my blood boiling so much I may just ignore my Ignore List of Trolls with Ignore Lists.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:46 amWhat is this guy Jake D, 12 that he has to have an “ignore list”. I thought only adults were allowed on this site.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:49 ammissmolly – go to gallup.com. You are out of date as are your views. But no worries, Stalin didn’t read the papers either!!!
August 21st, 2007 at 11:49 amStalin didn’t read the papers either!!!
Comment by Hillary = Vince Foster’s Killer — August 21, 2007 @ 11:49 am
Whoa… talk about totally irrational, meaningless comments.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:11 pmOf course, Rove is an evil little toad who likes to throw his weight around. And of course the drooling looney rightwingers celebrate his evil and delight in the belief he can get away with any nefarious activity. It’s the way of all traitorous vermin.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:15 pmmissmolly – go to gallup.com. You are out of date as are your views. But no worries, Stalin didn’t read the papers either!!!
Comment by Hillary = Vince Foster’s Killer — August 21, 2007 @ 11:49 am
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OK, went there and here’s what I found:
http://www.galluppoll.com/content/default.aspx?ci=1600&pg=2
The Republicans in Congress are getting a 29% approval rating, and the Democrats are getting a 37% approval rating, according to Gallup. And yes, Bush’s latest Gallup number is 32% (down from 34%).
You accompanied my request for a link with a few snarky comments about me that strike me as odd (I’m out of date, my views are out of date, and there’s some implication of a comparison between me and Stalin, which seems a bit bizarre). Do you have a basis for these comments, or is it just some sort of shotgun blast to mark you as a “tough guy”?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:20 pmNice to see Jake D’s return to trolldom.
He’s all bluster and is really a liberal at heart.
He recently admitted to receiving (and cashing) government Social Security checks.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:33 pm“For the record, “RUCerious†is on the “Ignore List†— if anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss that, or anything else. let me know.
Comment by Jake D”
If I am not on your “ignore list”, please put me on it. I would love to ignore you. If only it worked.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:53 pm“For the last time, if someone NOT on the “Ignore List†has a question about the “Ignore List†or anything else, let me know.
Comment by Jake D.”
For gods sake Jakie, what makes you think that anyone on this site would want to discuss anything with you. Most of the people on this site, including me, would consider it a huge waste of time trying to discuss anything with you. You write like a 12 year old and your thought processes are those of a 12 year old. If you really are 75, my suspicion is that you are in the early stages of Dementia.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:57 pmI found a James M. Dort in San Diego about the age that Jake claims to be. Anyone in the San Diego area want to look this guy up and see if he posts to TP?
You know Jakie, it is awfully easy to steal someone else’ identity on the Internet.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:05 pmJake,
First, you are not posting here to contribute to the discussion, or to learn. Your posts are intended to disrupt and derail the thread. Time and time again your “positions†are refuted on one thread, but you repeatedly post the same nonsense.
Second, you are not a 75 year-old veteran as you claim. I don’t know who you are and don’t really care, except that you are an imposter.
Third, you are wrong 100% of the time. You are a sycophant, one of the piss ants sent out from the nest to defend the queen ant. You are a mindless, senseless, sexless drone.
And finally, how do I get on this list? I see the people on the list and I am jealous, it would be an honor to be categorized with ones so interesting, smart and funny. I understand that you have to post something disgusting, so let me give it a shot.
The most vile, despicable and disgusting thing I can come up with is you and your ilk’s support of Bush and Bush’s War. You are knee deep in the blood of our finest soldiers. Their lives should haunt you to your grave, their suffering from loss of limbs and piece of mind should be yours. The tears of their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and friends should be your shower. Bush supporters are traitors and should suffer a traitor’s death.
Vile enough for you?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:16 pmAll of your right wing blow hards do us all a big favor….drink heavily from the special jug of cool aid out in the compound. Get a life!!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:20 pmRemember Brad, you hateful little man, it was Jimmy Carter who stood proudly with Jim Jones, just months before he killed an entire village.
The right-wing’s will ascend again the second Democrats nominate Hitlery Clinton and her little brownshirts in the media.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:30 pmIf you really are 75, my suspicion is that you are in the early stages of Dementia.
Comment by bilbobaggins — August 21, 2007 @ 12:57 pm
You’re entirely too kind. Jake’s been demented ever since the Air Force rejected him. he saw a Korean once, so he’s fought in Korea. he’s in late stages of dementia, Reagan territory, and will soon claim to have fought in WW2, as Reagan the Liar did. when Hillary Clinton is president, all of these loons will move to North Korea, as they are terrified of women. America will once again be free and something to be proud of. In the meantime, we have to deal with these fascist wannabe cowards best we can.
“Ignore lists” only work if you ignore people on the list, jake. You’re too far gone to figure that out, hey?
August 21st, 2007 at 3:57 pmAlthough this is about the funniest thread I’ve found in weeks, let me toss in a little “subject matter”. The alleged residence Karl Rove used to base his Texas residency and absentee voting on was a small fishing cabin without utilities, apparently little more than a shack [fact checkers help me out?]. A local man in that area (not far from San Antonio, it was in our paper) filed charges against Rove. He got in trouble [influence] and the end result was, even if it’s a tar-paper shack, iffen ya calls it yer home it is just that. Darn. But the double-voting thing sounds hopeful.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:12 pmhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/connect-the-dots-karl-ro_b_61175.html
Connect the Dots: Karl Rove’s Politics Uber Alles Strategy and the Utah Mine Disaster
Posted August 20, 2007 | 05:08 PM (EST)
What makes Karl Rove’s politics uber alles strategy chilling is connecting the dots between it and the Utah mining disaster.
Rove’s unprecedented use of federal assets for political gain, laid out in yesterday’s Washington Post, meant that every tool at his disposal was employed to help foster his goal of a permanent Republican majority. “It was all politics, all the time,” Rep. Henry Waxman told WaPo.
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:25 amTo all of you hre at Think Progress those of us that linked here from TPMuckraker applogize for Jake.
He’s here because he got banned from TPM for his excessive rantings and numerous posts that said nothing.
We really miss him at TPM (NOT!) as now some of the discussion boards are actually quite informative (and not nearly as many off topic posts)
Be Well All
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 am