Comments on: Rove Reportedly Will ‘Help Lead’ GOP’s Fight Against Eric Holder For Attorney General

By: Klem Kiddilehopper

Klem Kiddilehopper — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:19:52 +0000

Everytime Marc Rich’s name is mentioned in relation to Eric Holder just mention Scooter Libby’s name!

By: GG

GG — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:27:02 +0000

With Rove leading the attack it looks like Holder is a shoein.

By: Chocolate Jesus

Chocolate Jesus — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:33:54 +0000

Obama should nominate fitzgerald for AG. The man is relentless and I have no question he will seek out corruption no matter where it lies. I understand fully why Obama is reaching across the isle but he must ALWAYS remember that there are many people involved with the former adminsitration who have commited massive amounts of felonies who are not EVER going to play nice…right now, they are just delaying the inevitable as much as possible so they can try and shred/delete as much as possible..

By: Professor Smartass

Professor Smartass — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:20:34 +0000

Why is he free to do anything?

Democrats could turn the GOP tactics on their head and ask Holder if did any of the things his Bush administration predecessors did:

Did you formulate a torture policy that violated the Geneva Convention, American law, and even the Army’s own field manual on interrogations?

Did you authorize illegal wiretaps of American citizens?

Did you refuse to enforce congressional subpoenas or to investigate and prosecute crimes that elected officials publicly confessed to, like torture and wiretapping?

Did you authorize the round up of American citizens and legal residents based solely on their ethnicity and religion?

and so forth.

If the press was doing their job, the GOP would be in hiding for at least the next four years, hoping the public will forget their crimes.

Instead, they will be allowed to go on the offensive, and likely no major network or newspaper will point out the rank hypocrisy.

By: pimothy

pimothy — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:44:04 +0000

Never mind San Quentin make it Alcatraz.
Wouldn’t it be great to find Rove and Limbaugh in adjoining stalls where they could practice their “wide stances”.

By: Anthony Look

Anthony Look — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:33:54 +0000

The old racist GOP base smells blood in the air. There is no wound, there is no basis for their blood thirst other than their sharpened claws and nails itching to draw some blood.
There’s nothing there but the further display of desperateness and utter waste of hateful spewing by the GOP.
Their futile endeavors will be recognized as nothing more than the racist tendencies of a dying party, withering in their stench and spin. Bush will issue his pardons soon, watch as they coil in their tails and avert the eyes of questioning Americans; watch as they repeat talking points like droids defending Bush’s reach through pardons at averting legal ramifications for their actions the past 8 years. Watch as they attempt their revionist best to spin a patriotic justifications; indeed claiming no comparison to previous presidents pardons.
Watch them lie, distort, deny, and revise; and all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put…..

By: wizard2000

wizard2000 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:20:05 +0000

Karl Rove is deathly afraid that Eric Holder, as Attorney General, will reopen the Valerie Plame Wilson case, which will eventually lead to charges of treason against Karl Rove for his traitorous involvement in the outing of a covert CIA agent during a time of war…which might lead to Rove appearing before a firing squad instead of on Faux News.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:55:47 +0000

I’d imagine that with all the secrecy (even extending to even now refusing to let Obama have the information ) that the office of AG has the potential to be particularly dangerous to the Bush Cabal.

Not to mention that the repubs will use this as evidence of Demos going on wild goose chases.

One easy win-win scenario: The international court files charges against the Bush Cabal. That way justice is done and the demos are off the hook.

By: kasinca

kasinca — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:29:57 +0000

I wouldn’t necessarily call it a smart move. I would call it a move by a criminal trying to set the stage for his criminal investigation and a way to buy maybe one more day of freedom from incarceration. KKKarl the turdblossom has not helped the GOP in the past two general elections, and he is not helping the thugs now. They put up Harriet and Alberto as AG for God’s sake. Holder was an underling to the AG eight years ago. This is typical republican non-sense and lies.

By: JPH

JPH — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:29:51 +0000

It’s a pretty smart move – not so much leading the charge against Holder, but publicizing that you are leading the charge against Holder.

Think it through. Holder will be confirmed after a nasty public fight. And, if the Justice Department under Holder does what it should and opens a criminal investigation into the prior administration, it will inevitably lead to Rove. Rove will then be able to say he is being persecuted for his opposition to Holder’s nomination – and FOX, CNN and all the rest will report it as if it has some validity.

By: WillowOrchid

WillowOrchid — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:58:35 +0000

ohsuzanna Says:

“Will no one rid [us} of this meddlesome [freak]?” Change freak to prick. Heh.

Rove is rushing to get as much money as possible before he’s charged with Treason (tho in the end it’ll be Tax Evasion or Unlawful Littering). He’s gonna need Millions to pay his lawyers. In Advance.

By: twocents

twocents — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:54:39 +0000

Pelosi and Reid are going to be so sorry they didn’t catch Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rummy when they could’ve and should’ve.

It’s gonna bite them in the behind!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:21:11 +0000

Makes sense as Rove ran the DOJ office as Attorney General while telling Gonzales what the sign. Rove needs to get more money for his legal fees and helping delay the appointment of Eric Holder can help. Rove better be quick thinking this time because Obama might put Patrick J. Fitzgerald in the AG spot as interm or maybe one of the fired US Attorneys who all say their available for the job if needed.

By: impeachcheneythenbush

impeachcheneythenbush — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:27:34 +0000

Bilbo – t’s going to be interesting what kind of an affect this is going to have on Bush pardons. It will be a little embarrassing for the Republicans if Bush pardons someone as bad as Rich while the Republicans are trying to stop Holder’s confirmation because of Clinton’s pardon.

Bush has already done something far worse; commuted the sentence of a co-conspirator in the outing of an undercover CIA operative. Libby is a traitor. As are all those involved in outing Plame. Bilbo, I suspect Fitzgerald decided not to go over Rove YET because he saw Bush would only either pardon or commute him. Certainly that’s true for Cheney’s prosecution as well, which I would bet you is the big fish Fitz is after. Probably assumes Rove would turn state’s evidence to save his own butt, which I would say the odds of his doing so are very high indeed.

By: jasperjava

jasperjava — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:15:27 +0000

Rove will try to turn Holder’s confirmation hearing into a defamation hearing, but it won’t work. People aren’t going to fall for his vicious lies again.

By: ElBruce

ElBruce — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:12:27 +0000

If a (now) private citizen is giving marching orders to the Republican Caucus regarding Cabinet appointments and this “legacy project” joke, then the “shadow government” is a fait accompli.

Rove is now in charge of the Republican party, and he doesn’t even hold an official position with them.

Talk about a power vacuum.

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:05:47 +0000

Krazny, You are correct — an up-or-down vote will do.

And as pointed out here today – Marc Rich was represented by none other than Scooter Libby!

Libby represented Rich at the time the pardon was considered and granted. Libby even defended Rich before Congress while Libby was serving as Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff.

This should be national headlines when the repugs try to stymie the Holder appointment.

By: Witch1

Witch1 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:05:00 +0000

Why is rove relevent exactley,? What office or position do’s he hold other than bush’s turd blossom? ….Blessings

By: republicanSScareme

republicanSScareme — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:03:23 +0000

Shouldn’t Karl Rove be in San Quentin?

By: MontereyDean

MontereyDean — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:56:34 +0000

There must be at least a thousand people better suited and more qualified for AG than Holder; so, it’s a bit strange that this guy would be Obama’s pick. Still, for the Republicans to question anyone’s behavior is beyond ridiculous, especially Republicans who applauded or looked the other way during the Gonzo Days.