$250,000:
By on Nov 28th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
$250,000:
Amount it has cost the RNC to recover missing e-mails sent by Karl Rove and other White House aides on political e-mail accounts. House investigators have charged the RNC with overseeing the “extensive destruction” of these e-mails, which may have violated the Presidential Records Act. The $250,000 has gone to former FBI agents hired to retrieve the lost e-mails and to lawyers hired to defend the RNC.
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Now we can get to the truth about Karl Rove and treason!
November 28th, 2007 at 1:08 pmTalk about money for NOTHING!
November 28th, 2007 at 1:09 pmthat's nice . . . what that cost them, a handful of seats at a private get together amongst party donors.
How about finding out how much of US taxpayer money has gone into getting the RNC to comply with the law. Will any of their donors being footing that bill. Not with those tax cuts.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:10 pmMoney for nothing and the tricks for free
November 28th, 2007 at 1:10 pm#4... I think the Repubes payed for their tricks. At least David Vitter did.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:14 pmChump Change.
Hell, Ken Mehlman gets more per blowjob on KKKarl & Rent-a-Lott than the entire cost of this cover-up.
Hmmm, Ken & KKKarl Kover-up. Has a nice ring to it.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:15 pmNot price too high. Get 'em and nail 'em.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:17 pmIt won't matter much. If there is anything incriminating in those emails and he goes to court, bush would just pardon him.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:20 pm#8 But who will pardon Bush for his crimes against humanity and international war crimes? Now that's the question of the hour. The Hague is roasting marshmellows as they wait to fry his tender butt.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:25 pm#9: Precisely why Bush bought up that property in Paraguay, and subsequently Paraguay declared anyone within its borders are not subject to world law (that must have cost Bush a lot in bribe money). Bush is just like the Nazi cowards who ran to South America after WWII in order to avoid prosecution for their crimes against humanity. Bush is no better than the Nazi cowards, perhaps worse.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pm$250,000.00?
Kickbacks for everyone!
November 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pmAnother commenter at Atrios raised another point. Seligman trial in Alabama (Dem former governor in AL, who was sent to prison on trumped up corruption charges) may be back in the news and the speculation is Rove was caught red-handed through emails and other docs. The commenter speculates that Sen. Leahy may already have all that documentation.
If so, Rove’s goose is cooked for ever.
Interview with MD State's Attorney Glenn Ivey on Vaccination:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9SqUgno6iN4drip...drip
November 28th, 2007 at 1:37 pmMoney for nothing and the tricks for free
Comment by raynman — November 28, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
I beg your pardon, but Jeff Gannon did not come cheaply...
Badda*bing! (Rim shot...)
Thank you... thank you... thank you... yer a wunnerful audience!
November 28th, 2007 at 1:48 pm#9 what #10 said.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pmBut every dollar out of the DNC pockets for this is one less dollar for the repug election war chest.
And they already are WAAAY behind in their fundraising, both at the candidate level and at the party level.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:54 pm250k is only a small monetary hit to the republicans. Their image has taken a much larger hit and there is no signs of the slide stopping.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pmThis is "pocket money" for the RNC, but nonetheless, it is that much less in their coffers.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pm250k is only a small monetary hit to the republicans. Their image has taken a much larger hit and there is no signs of the slide stopping.
Comment by hellinabucket — November 28, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
True, and I heard that one lifelong repug is actually going to run as a Dem for Hagel's open seat in Nebraska, saying he didn't think he could win as a repug --------- in NE-f'ing-BRASKA!!.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:02 pmafter they are done finding these maybe they can find all the emails that bill and algore lost
November 28th, 2007 at 2:05 pmComment by upside99 — November 28, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
That info would be worthy of a blog submittal here. Do you have any more info on this?
November 28th, 2007 at 2:06 pmComment by ct — November 28, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
After they get done finding all the emails that lied us into a war I'm sure they'll hunt down all those BJ emails.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pmct is lost without his talking points.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:21 pmafter they are done finding these maybe they can find all the emails that bill and algore lost
Comment by ct — November 28, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
Everybody has a right to be stupid ct, but you abuse the privilege.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:26 pmafter they are done finding these maybe they can find all the emails that bill and algore lost
Comment by ct — November 28, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
The old time-tested republican look-over-there! trick. Reminder to "ct": Clinton and Gore haven't been in office for 7 years. The problems we face today are 100% caused by Bush and his republican gang of goons. You really ought to love your country more than you love your republican party. Putting a politcal party first might make people think you are a traitor to your country. People might think you are guilty of treason. You wouldn't want that now, would you? Why don't you love your country instead of loving George W. Bush and the republican party. Trust me on this one, and I know I'm right here, they don't give a sh!t about you. Not one sh!t. Not even half of one.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:50 pmI'm sure "ct" thought it was a great use of congressional money and time to investigate the Clintons' Christmas list. Likewise, I'm sure he was hell-bent on congress investigating whether or not politics were involved in the firing of two travel office employees and I'm sure he was mad-as-hell about the fact that two file boxes were mistakenly stuck in a closet instead of the storage facility across the street.
November 28th, 2007 at 3:02 pmafter they are done finding these maybe they can find all the emails that bill and algore lost
Comment by ct — November 28, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
yes, let's do that. You Republiscum are good at throwing away taxpayer money, go after that straw man as well. After all, since you're losing three wars, trashing the Constitution and destroying the economy, you might as well do every stupid, senseless thing you can think of.
November 28th, 2007 at 3:38 pmThat info would be worthy of a blog submittal here. Do you have any more info on this?
Comment by hellinabucket — November 28, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
It was a quick news snippet I saw this morning. I am going to look at the Nebraska papers online.
November 28th, 2007 at 4:32 pm$250,000 wouldn't even cover the Charmin bill to clean up that mess. Don't expect to see anything revealing for that price.
November 28th, 2007 at 7:55 pm