Rove blasts Abrams in 2,100-word diatribe.
Rove blasts Abrams in 2,100-word diatribe.
In a more than 2,100-word letter containing 58 separate questions and written on April 13, Karl Rove blasted MSNBC’s Dan Abrams for reporting earlier this month on his alleged involvement in the politicized prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman, and for using the testimony of Republican operative Jill Simpson. Some excerpts:
– “Did you ever consider that the Governor’s security detail might have taken note of an ample-sized, redheaded woman who kept showing up at his events with a camera?”
– “In fact, it seems you believe that the absence of any concrete evidence is itself evidence of the conspiracy. If you don’t have any proof Karl Rove did it, that absence is proof enough. I am that good.”
– “As a matter of fact, I had other things to occupy my time in the White House in 2002 rather than ’structuring’ a campaign for an Alabama gubernatorial candidate.”
Perhaps it was at this point that Rove decided to reverse himself and refuse to testify before Congress on the matter.
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Heh. Methinks Mr. Piggy doth protest too much.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:26 pmSomebody help me out here. I can’t remember how the old line goes
If you can’t _________
April 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pmThen baffle em with your bullshit!
L. Hussein Annie:
April 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pmDrat! Shucks! Pshaw! I was going for that and you beat me to it!
Oh Well. Impeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Abu Ben Hussein Leporello.
RU, I believe that would be “dazzle ‘em with brilliance”…
April 18th, 2008 at 6:31 pmLeporello…
:o) ~ Annie
April 18th, 2008 at 6:32 pmOne last bit of vitriol before a crappie fishing weekend…
Fck you in the keyster you fat pig. May you suffer a long and miserable death.
There. Whew, I feel much better now. You just can’t carry that stuff around inside.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:33 pmnanlichi, hope you catch lots of piscatorial prey!
April 18th, 2008 at 6:34 pmBut remember, the worst day fishing is better than the best day at work. Crappie fishing indeed! {;>)
“Did you ever consider that the Governor’s security detail might have taken note of an ample-sized, redheaded woman who kept showing up at his events with a camera?”
It was a camera , not an Uzi , you Turd Blossom ; they gonna’ disarm everyone with a camera or make a note of them ?
Death by having your pic taken ?
I doubt there’s ever been a documented medical case like that…….
April 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pmKKKarl can take his diatribe, fold it in three corners and stick it where the sun don’t shine.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pmThanks L.H. Annie! To bad Rove hasn’t any brilliance to dazzle anybody with.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pmMcMetal, since he casts no reflection in the lens, it is a serious threat to discovering that he isn’t human.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:36 pmRUCerious Says:
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nanlichi, hope you catch lots of piscatorial prey!
But remember, the worst day fishing is better than the best day at work. Crappie fishing indeed! {;>)
April 18th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
It was also the best day during Chimpy’s presidency , acknowledged by the retarded simian himself……
And it was wonderful for America and the people of the US , as he wasn’t around to further screw things up that day……
April 18th, 2008 at 6:37 pmHey satireV! Don’t forget a dollop of Elmer Fudd in there.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:47 pmInstead of calling Rove names, perhaps we should just call him:
Soooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
April 18th, 2008 at 6:52 pmRove is a criminal and should be behind barrs for TREASON and WAR CRIMES!
April 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pmHmmmmm Turd Blossom must know that he didn’t completely cover his trail on this on. . . . Boy, do we need a Dem in the WH to appoint a real AG to dig up all the crap of the past 8 years!
April 18th, 2008 at 7:06 pmRU –
“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.”
W. C. Fields
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/if_you_can-t_dazzle_them_with_brilliance-baffle/227441.html
April 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pmMy, my,my, Tubby is blowing a lot of steam about Abram.
Memo to Tubby: If you can use your hot air to blast Abrams in a letter, surely you can take your two sets of buns and testify in front of the House committee.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:10 pmKarl Rove to everyone who cares to listen and pay attention: “I am the face of the lying, unprincipled GOP that has nothing for America when I was in the White House and has nothing now.” Rove is the real reason it will be impossible to be a Republican up for election in 2008.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:14 pmPorker is pissed off in a “why me” sort of way! That’s what we call “curb-stomping”.
Does he deserve the world’s smallest violin on this one?
I say “yes” because the diatribe alone needs a soundtrack added to it.
So will Billo do a diatribe of his own to Keith Olbermann to add a “fair and balanced” view to it? God I hope so!!!!!
Why can’t November just get here now?! Screw X-Mas for once!
April 18th, 2008 at 7:14 pmNow that Rove is no longer in the power position he held, his blathering seems so meaningless. I’m somehow reminded of the fate of Senator Joe McCarthy who fell so fast after the damage he did to so many in his Communist “purge” back in the 50s.
Rove’s physical appearance these days is an indicator of the sickness that lurks inside.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:18 pmWise move on Mr. Piggies part. If Karl Rove were ever to go under oath with any question he’d be in jail. I look forward to Bush/Cheney giving executive privilege to everyone of their fellow criminals for life. I’m sure Senators Specter and Leahy would approve. AG Musk Rat will just do as he’s told by the White House. After see Teflon John McCain’s tax return I’m sure he’s up for the big kick backs to protect the White House criminal team. I did notice as Hillary, Obama and now McCain release their income. Hillary and Bill made alot of money in 10 years. Obama and Michelle did much better when he got in a political position and look to over take the Clintons if Obama gets to be President. McCain does very well for a man who is only a Senator makes you wonder. Teflon John is brought and paid for by his Rich wife and really doesn’t have to work. It’s a reverse with the McCains. Most woman marry rich men and stay at home to raise the kids, this time it’s the rich wife who pays for a husband and pays for his to have a job as Senator.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:20 pmIt’s a reverse with the McCains. Most woman marry rich men and stay at home to raise the kids, this time it’s the rich wife who pays for a husband and pays for his to have a job as Senator.
Frankly, I am not sure Cindy McCain got the better deal here. McSame has a bad temper and is sorta ‘confused’. I am pretty sure he is lousy to live with, and even lousier to sleep with. BTW, has anyone seen Rove’s wife? The dear lady looks typically republican – Homely, unattractive, overweight, frigid. What an ugly lot!
April 18th, 2008 at 7:27 pmRove acts as if he’ll never be confronted by someone who will recogize him, and stuff his swinish ass into the nearest dumpster, just to give him a little payback. He’d better have a Blackwater detail around him at all times, ’cause sometime in the future, he’s going to turn a corner, and have a VERY bad day. He is just despised by too many people, for it not to happen. I’m thinking it will be a hit-and-run that gets him.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:28 pmIF, and it’s a big if, Karl Rove ever gets indicted and convicted, you just know it’ll require five armed guards to drag him off to jail as he kicks, screams, curses, spits, flails, cries and finally collapses.
And the video will break all records getting over 500 million hits on Youtube.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:31 pmAnd the video will break all records getting over 500 million hits on Youtube.
Frog March!!!!! Your jail cell is waiting KKKarl. We have been expecting you.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:34 pmMaybe some day Karl the Weasel will be on the menu!
April 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pmRove is without doubt the most dishonest, partisan, hateful hack ever to enter U.S. politics– and with Bush & Cheney in there, this is saying a lot. And this sort of lying diatribe from a creep who won’t even testify under oath? Here’s the thing, Rove– if you are honest, you testify. If you have many disgusting things to hide, you act like Rove. Deny, refuse, blame- the Rove & Republican way. Rove is a war criminal, a liar, a smearer. Blow him off & move on to more honest people- that’s what the U.S. (even Republicans!) needs to do. Enough of these filthy liars. Move beyond these jerks & restore the U.S. to a former dignity. Rove will send you in the opposite direction. He always has.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pmMCMetal Says:
“Did you ever consider that the Governor’s security detail might have taken note of an ample-sized, redheaded woman who kept showing up at his events with a camera?”
It was a camera , not an Uzi , you Turd Blossom ; they gonna’ disarm everyone with a camera or make a note of them ?
Death by having your pic taken ?
I doubt there’s ever been a documented medical case like that…….
UH, Princess Diana.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm>>“As a matter of fact, I had other things to occupy my time in the White House in 2002 rather than ’structuring’ a campaign for an Alabama gubernatorial candidate.”<<
Holy cow! What a “coincidence”!
Dick Cheney had “other priorities” when it was his chance to serve his country during Vietnam.
Must be standard GOP excuse #3,345,835 whenever cornered on shirking their responsibilities, called out for their hatred of our country or questioned about their moral (and genuine) cowardice.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pmExactly. If Rove is so innocent, why didn’t he testify then? Oh that’s right! Rove continues to talk out of his butt for all the world to see.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pmyeah, like pig-face should be calling any one “ample sized.”
Who actually comes to listen to this bag o’ shite anyway?
April 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pmIT’S ALL A LIE!
April 18th, 2008 at 8:06 pmIs this a gasbag way to say “I can’t go to jail right now!!” trying to convince anyone that will listen??
Sounds like a child whining…….
April 18th, 2008 at 8:11 pmHey, Strat_92117:
April 18th, 2008 at 8:53 pmThat’s no wife – THAT’S A BEARD!!!!!!
HA! Now, that would be a great day for the ole US of A!
April 18th, 2008 at 8:58 pmI’m guessing he’s not feeling well after being told his Daddy won’t be able to protect him this time .
April 18th, 2008 at 9:14 pmUm yeah, a 2100 word letter is protesting a bit much. If he didn’t have anything to hide, he’d send a fax saying “Dude, you’re killing me here. Lighten up.”
April 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pmMaybe that Jeff Gannon can bail his fat ass out.
April 18th, 2008 at 9:54 pmFrogmarch the Turdblossom
April 18th, 2008 at 10:00 pmThis scum is nothing now but a pimple on Bill O’Liely ass. Fox hires all of the conservative sleazes, who else would be the bobble heads they need to agree with their talking points. We can hope he and the others end up in the Federal pen, maybe some badass will make him his little darling.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:02 pmI will probably post this in a number of threads next week just to make sure it gets exposure. It is an excerpt from Lee Iacocca’s new book, “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?”. I apologize for its length but it is an exceptional summary of what we have been tolerating for the last seven-plus years.
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Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, “Stay the course.”
Stay the course? You’ve got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned Titanic. I’ll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out!
You might think I’m getting senile, that I’ve gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies. Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don’t need it). The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we’re fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving pom-poms instead of asking hard questions. That’s not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I’ve had enough. How about you?
I’ll go a step further. You can’t call yourself a patriot if you’re not outraged. This is a fight I’m ready and willing to have.
My friends tell me to calm down. They say, “Lee, you’re eighty-two years old. Leave the rage to the young people.” I’d love to—as soon as I can pry them away from their iPods for five seconds and get them to pay attention. I’m going to speak up because it’s my patriotic duty. I think people will listen to me. They say I have a reputation as a straight shooter. So I’ll tell you how I see it, and it’s not pretty, but at least it’s real. I’m hoping to strike a nerve in those young folks who say they don’t vote because they don’t trust politicians to represent their interests. Hey, America, wake up. These guys work for us.
Who Are These Guys, Anyway?
Why are we in this mess? How did we end up with this crowd in Washington? Well, we voted for them—or at least some of us did. But I’ll tell you what we didn’t do. We didn’t agree to suspend the Constitution. We didn’t agree to stop asking questions or demanding answers. Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech treason. Where I come from that’s a dictatorship, not a democracy.
And don’t tell me it’s all the fault of right-wing Republicans or liberal Democrats. That’s an intellectually lazy argument, and it’s part of the reason we’re in this stew. We’re not just a nation of factions. We’re a people. We share common principles and ideals. And we rise and fall together.
Where are the voices of leaders who can inspire us to action and make us stand taller? What happened to the strong and resolute party of Lincoln? What happened to the courageous, populist party of FDR and Truman? There was a time in this country when the voices of great leaders lifted us up and made us want to do better. Where have all the leaders gone?
The Test of a Leader
I’ve never been Commander in Chief, but I’ve been a CEO. I understand a few things about leadership at the top. I’ve figured out nine points—not ten (I don’t want people accusing me of thinking I’m Moses). I call them the “Nine Cs of Leadership.” They’re not fancy or complicated. Just clear, obvious qualities that every true leader should have. We should look at how the current administration stacks up. Like it or not, this crew is going to be around until January 2009. Maybe we can learn something before we go to the polls in 2008. Then let’s be sure we use the leadership test to screen the candidates who say they want to run the country. It’s up to us to choose wisely.
So, here’s my C list:
A leader has to show CURIOSITY. He has to listen to people outside of the “Yes, sir” crowd in his inner circle. He has to read voraciously, because the world is a big, complicated place. George W. Bush brags about never reading a newspaper. “I just scan the headlines,” he says. Am I hearing this right? He’s the President of the United States and he never reads a newspaper? Thomas Jefferson once said, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter.” Bush disagrees. As long as he gets his daily hour in the gym, with Fox News piped through the sound system, he’s ready to go.
If a leader never steps outside his comfort zone to hear different ideas, he grows stale. If he doesn’t put his beliefs to the test, how does he know he’s right? The inability to listen is a form of arrogance. It means either you think you already know it all, or you just don’t care. Before the 2006 election, George Bush made a big point of saying he didn’t listen to the polls. Yeah, that’s what they all say when the polls stink. But maybe he should have listened, because 70 percent of the people were saying he was on the wrong track. It took a “thumping” on election day to wake him up, but even then you got the feeling he wasn’t listening so much as he was calculating how to do a better job of convincing everyone he was right.
A leader has to be CREATIVE, go out on a limb, be willing to try something different. You know, think outside the box. George Bush prides himself on never changing, even as the world around him is spinning out of control. God forbid someone should accuse him of flip-flopping. There’s a disturbingly messianic fervor to his certainty. Senator Joe Biden recalled a conversation he had with Bush a few months after our troops marched into Baghdad. Joe was in the Oval Office outlining his concerns to the President—the explosive mix of Shiite and Sunni, the disbanded Iraqi army, the problems securing the oil fields. “The President was serene,” Joe recalled. “He told me he was sure that we were on the right course and that all would be well. ‘Mr. President,’ I finally said, ‘how can you be so sure when you don’t yet know all the facts?’” Bush then reached over and put a steadying hand on Joe’s shoulder. “My instincts,” he said. “My instincts.” Joe was flabbergasted. He told Bush, “Mr. President, your instincts aren’t good enough.” Joe Biden sure didn’t think the matter was settled. And, as we all know now, it wasn’t.
Leadership is all about managing change—whether you’re leading a company or leading a country. Things change, and you get creative. You adapt. Maybe Bush was absent the day they covered that at Harvard Business School.
A leader has to COMMUNICATE. I’m not talking about running off at the mouth or spouting sound bites. I’m talking about facing reality and telling the truth. Nobody in the current administration seems to know how to talk straight anymore. Instead, they spend most of their time trying to convince us that things are not really as bad as they seem. I don’t know if it’s denial or dishonesty, but it can start to drive you crazy after a while. Communication has to start with telling the truth, even when it’s painful. The war in Iraq has been, among other things, a grand failure of communication. Bush is like the boy who didn’t cry wolf when the wolf was at the door. After years of being told that all is well, even as the casualties and chaos mount, we’ve stopped listening to him.
A leader has to be a person of CHARACTER. That means knowing the difference between right and wrong and having the guts to do the right thing. Abraham Lincoln once said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” George Bush has a lot of power. What does it say about his character? Bush has shown a willingness to take bold action on the world stage because he has the power, but he shows little regard for the grievous consequences. He has sent our troops (not to mention hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens) to their deaths—for what? To build our oil reserves? To avenge his daddy because Saddam Hussein once tried to have him killed? To show his daddy he’s tougher? The motivations behind the war in Iraq are questionable, and the execution of the war has been a disaster. A man of character does not ask a single soldier to die for a failed policy.
A leader must have COURAGE. I’m talking about balls. (That even goes for female leaders.) Swagger isn’t courage. Tough talk isn’t courage. George Bush comes from a blue-blooded Connecticut family, but he likes to talk like a cowboy. You know, My gun is bigger than your gun. Courage in the twenty-first century doesn’t mean posturing and bravado. Courage is a commitment to sit down at the negotiating table and talk.
If you’re a politician, courage means taking a position even when you know it will cost you votes. Bush can’t even make a public appearance unless the audience has been handpicked and sanitized. He did a series of so-called town hall meetings last year, in auditoriums packed with his most devoted fans. The questions were all softballs.
To be a leader you’ve got to have CONVICTION—a fire in your belly. You’ve got to have passion. You’ve got to really want to get something done. How do you measure fire in the belly? Bush has set the all-time record for number of vacation days taken by a U.S. President—four hundred and counting. He’d rather clear brush on his ranch than immerse himself in the business of governing. He even told an interviewer that the high point of his presidency so far was catching a seven-and-a-half-pound perch in his hand-stocked lake.
It’s no better on Capitol Hill. Congress was in session only ninety-seven days in 2006. That’s eleven days less than the record set in 1948, when President Harry Truman coined the term do-nothing Congress. Most people would expect to be fired if they worked so little and had nothing to show for it. But Congress managed to find the time to vote itself a raise. Now, that’s not leadership.
A leader should have CHARISMA. I’m not talking about being flashy. Charisma is the quality that makes people want to follow you. It’s the ability to inspire. People follow a leader because they trust him. That’s my definition of charisma. Maybe George Bush is a great guy to hang out with at a barbecue or a ball game. But put him at a global summit where the future of our planet is at stake, and he doesn’t look very presidential. Those frat-boy pranks and the kidding around he enjoys so much don’t go over that well with world leaders. Just ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who received an unwelcome shoulder massage from our President at a G-8 Summit. When he came up behind her and started squeezing, I thought she was going to go right through the roof.
A leader has to be COMPETENT. That seems obvious, doesn’t it? You’ve got to know what you’re doing. More important than that, you’ve got to surround yourself with people who know what they’re doing. Bush brags about being our first MBA President. Does that make him competent? Well, let’s see. Thanks to our first MBA President, we’ve got the largest deficit in history, Social Security is on life support, and we’ve run up a half-a-trillion-dollar price tag (so far) in Iraq. And that’s just for starters. A leader has to be a problem solver, and the biggest problems we face as a nation seem to be on the back burner.
You can’t be a leader if you don’t have COMMON SENSE. I call this Charlie Beacham’s rule. When I was a young guy just starting out in the car business, one of my first jobs was as Ford’s zone manager in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. My boss was a guy named Charlie Beacham, who was the East Coast regional manager. Charlie was a big Southerner, with a warm drawl, a huge smile, and a core of steel. Charlie used to tell me, “Remember, Lee, the only thing you’ve got going for you as a human being is your ability to reason and your common sense. If you don’t know a dip of horseshit from a dip of vanilla ice cream, you’ll never make it.” George Bush doesn’t have common sense. He just has a lot of sound bites. You know—Mr.they’ll-welcome-us-as-liberators-no-child-left-behind-heck-of-a-job-Brownie-mission-accomplished Bush.
Former President Bill Clinton once said, “I grew up in an alcoholic home. I spent half my childhood trying to get into the reality-based world—and I like it here.”
I think our current President should visit the real world once in a while.
The Biggest C is Crisis
Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It’s easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else’s kids off to war when you’ve never seen a battlefield yourself. It’s another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.
On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. Where was George Bush? He was reading a story about a pet goat to kids in Florida when he heard about the attacks. He kept sitting there for twenty minutes with a baffled look on his face. It’s all on tape. You can see it for yourself. Then, instead of taking the quickest route back to Washington and immediately going on the air to reassure the panicked people of this country, he decided it wasn’t safe to return to the White House. He basically went into hiding for the day—and he told Vice President Dick Cheney to stay put in his bunker. We were all frozen in front of our TVs, scared out of our wits, waiting for our leaders to tell us that we were going to be okay, and there was nobody home. It took Bush a couple of days to get his bearings and devise the right photo op at Ground Zero.
That was George Bush’s moment of truth, and he was paralyzed. And what did he do when he’d regained his composure? He led us down the road to Iraq—a road his own father had considered disastrous when he was President. But Bush didn’t listen to Daddy. He listened to a higher father. He prides himself on being faith based, not reality based. If that doesn’t scare the crap out of you, I don’t know what will.
A Hell of a Mess
So here’s where we stand. We’re immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We’re running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We’re losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership.
But when you look around, you’ve got to ask: “Where have all the leaders gone?” Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, competence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.
Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We’ve spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.
Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone’s hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn’t happen again. Now, that’s just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you’re going to do the next time.
Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when “the Big Three” referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen—and more important, what are we going to do about it?
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.
I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn’t elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bobblehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don’t you guys show some spine for a change?
Had Enough?
Hey, I’m not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I’m trying to light a fire. I’m speaking out because I have hope. I believe in America. In my lifetime I’ve had the privilege of living through some of America’s greatest moments. I’ve also experienced some of our worst crises—the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam War, the 1970s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I’ve learned one thing, it’s this: You don’t get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it’s building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That’s the challenge I’m raising in this book. It’s a call to action for people who, like me, believe in America. It’s not too late, but it’s getting pretty close. So let’s shake off the horseshit and go to work. Let’s tell ‘em all we’ve had enough.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:30 pm“Maybe that Jeff Gannon can bail his fat ass out.”
I suspect Mr. Gannon (or someone from his escort service) can (has?) do (done?) a lot more than just “bail” his fat ass out. Hand me that ream of paper, Lindsey Graham….
After all, Rove has said he had “other things to occupy his time..”, dontcha know?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:02 pmWow, Karl seems upset. Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
April 19th, 2008 at 12:37 am“As a matter of fact, I had other things to occupy my time in the White House in 2002…”
You mean things like this?
April 19th, 2008 at 1:11 am
HOW DARE THEY
April 19th, 2008 at 1:34 amHOW DARE THEY rely on **SWORN TESTIMONY** instead of the chosen words (and lack thereof) of Rove !!!!
April 19th, 2008 at 1:35 am“I had other things to occupy my time in the White House in 2002 rather than ’structuring’ a campaign for an Alabama gubernatorial candidate. That is why I will claim Executive Privilege.”
April 19th, 2008 at 2:18 amyou know these thugs always say we shouldn’t be worried about warrantless wiretapping if we got nothing to hide. Funny, how that logic goes out the window when it comes to their hides…
April 19th, 2008 at 2:33 amanyone watching these Hillary / Obama “debates”
April 19th, 2008 at 3:05 amIf Dan Abrams got under Rove’s skin enough to cause Rove to write a 2100-word diatribe, then I would say that Dan Abrams has to be my hero.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:12 amThis is a denial?
Read the letter carefully and the only thing he states is that he never met with some of the people involved.
He does not deny any of the charges made by Seligmann, and he does not deny talking to the poeple on the phone.
Seems more like an admission than a denial
April 19th, 2008 at 5:54 amLooks like a big fat non-denial denial. Instead of asking questions, Rove should provide simple answers.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:05 amRove’s a slowly erupting volcano, along with the rest of Bush’s pals! Rove will explode one day, hopefully sooner than later,and
April 19th, 2008 at 8:27 amwhat a wonderful sight that will be!
His pocketbook will be drained by high-priced attorneys,what few friends he has will desert him!
You can only soar with the eagles for so long, sooner or later you have to land!
If they’ve lost Dan Abrahms they are really in trouble.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:31 amMethinks he dost protest too much. Proves he knows nothing about the law–he has the right to remain silent, but way too much hubris to do so. His words need to be torn apart by Conyers and company and sent right back at him.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:39 amI often ask myself the simple question “how do these people sleep at night”. Then I remind myself that if you have no conscience and have no soul, you will sleep like a baby because nothing will bother you.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:45 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
I often ask myself the simple question “how do these people sleep at night”. Then I remind myself that if you have no conscience and have no soul, you will sleep like a baby because nothing will bother you.
That is so true. I often make the mistake of trying to figure out their behavior in the framework of my conscience and soul. At some point I come back to the reality of the point you just made.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:49 amHe had other things to do. So many things to do to get his 30-year GOP rule. Rig elections, rig the US Attorneys, stuff every government agency with partisan hacks, gerrymander congressional districts to keep it GOP forever, expose CIA agents. But no time to get rid of a Democratic governor.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:59 amthanks for that tom… looking for a link to pass along, i found several…
here are 2:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/08/1056/
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17516.htm
April 19th, 2008 at 12:08 pmTurd Blossom is just pissed, because his star has been on the decline for some time, and he knows it. He also knows that come November (if gas is $4 a gallon, and the economy has gotten even sh*ttier), the republicans are going to shipped out of the White House by the voters.
The party’s almost over, Karl. Don’t forget to turn out the lights (you know, less carbon footprint). One last thing, make sure you get fitted in advance for the orange jumpsuit you’ll eventually be wearing.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:41 pmKarl Rove was the big winner. His Politics About Nothing lives on. If you aren’t going to help the working man, tell him that the other condescending guy wants to take away his gun. Republicans show respect for all the things not under siege – his guns, his religion, his marriage, his patriotism – and hope no one homes in on jobs, foreclosures or health care.
What do you think is the most important problem facing the country today?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=2170
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April 19th, 2008 at 12:43 pmIf this were really a ‘democracy,’ now that he’s out of Govt, everywhere Rove went people would be showering him with fresh feces and rotten produce…
April 19th, 2008 at 1:58 pmThe 5-page letter that Rove sent to Abrams must have taken a long time for his tubby little fingers to complete.
It sounds like Rove is sweating. Oh yeah, pigs don’t sweat. Demons, on the other hand, probably do (given their close proximity to hell).
Burn, baby, burn.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:05 pmThanks Tom!!!!! Don’t apologize for the lenth of the article. It is compensated by its content! From outside the US, I can tell the USA is alone. Not its people, but its criminal administration and its military industry complex. I can’t beleive that the ’secrete meeting on the USA TORTURE PROGRAM, which was discussed and created by top WH, CIA and PENTAGON officials are not met by a mob of patriots surrounding the WH and Congress, demanding resicnations and accountability. These are WAR CRIMES! …as the article suggests, people are with their heads on the sand or with Ipods… I still have hope though. I hope one day Bush, and Chenney will be executed after being found guilty of WAR CRIMES. Together with D. Feith, R. Perle, Rumsfeld, Rice, Gates, Negroponte, Wolfowitz, and all the rest of these corporate criminals! Only then the USA will begin restoring its image and past international position.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:24 pmI have been watching the new Dan Abrams program and I find it to my liking – I may not always agree, but that’s OK — he apparently riled up Porky Rove, and that elevates him in my book! I will await the response (and I am sure there will be one) from Abrams.
Many have pointed out today that Shakespeare’s quote from Hamlet is appropriate here, and I entirely agree. While on the subject of the bard — How about an ending of the play –Bushlet — with all the main characters lying dead on the stage and Fortinbras (Obama) entering to clean up the mess.
April 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pmHey Rove… come out in public! Come out a have a stroll on the streets of America! Come out a have a walk amogst your fellow country men. I dare a TRAITOR like yourself would!
April 19th, 2008 at 5:10 pmRove has nothing to say except I do when asked if he swears on a bible/koran/kama sutra whatever, to tell the truth and nothing but the truth so help you God, Allah, Yahweh, whatever. Then after that he’ll turn, in handcuffs,and march off with the Marshalls for his life sentance. Felony bullshit in public office is the charge.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:41 pm2,100 word diatribe?
April 20th, 2008 at 1:05 amCould it be another neocon has been turned on to meth by his gay prostitute/lover?
“… ample-sized …”. Tub’O Lard Rove needs a mirror.
April 20th, 2008 at 7:08 amIt’s all I can do to keep from getting violently ill every time I see this POS comment on anything. Funny how he can object to his honor being besmirched, and yet fail to see that his testimony under oath would go far in setting the record straight. He is scum as is FOX Noise.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:15 pmHave you, will you (the collective YOU) e-mail or call Sen. John Conyers, Chair of the House Judiciary, and let him know how imperative it is that he subpoena Rove to a hearing…not just invite hiM? http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/04/17/rove_invited_to_appear_before_house_panel/5203/
Time is running out. Bush will pardon the whole lot of his criminal cronies unless we make it clear to our Washington Reps to step it up! After June, the news will be focused on the impending pandemonium at the China Olympics, primary and general election coverage, and Capitol Hill will have to take a few weeks off for summer recess. No time like the present to get pushy. Let Conyers know he’s got to swear that sucker in soon if we stand any chance of seeing the beads of sweat drip from his flabby jowls as he answers, “i don’t recall” to every freakin’ question! i just wanna see it…please!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:53 pm