Rove Tries To Link Obama To Blagojevich Scandal Despite Previously Arguing There Is No Link
Rove Tries To Link Obama To Blagojevich Scandal Despite Previously Arguing There Is No Link
Last night on Fox News, former Bush political operative Karl Rove tried desperately to link President-elect Obama to the scandal surrounding Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL). When co-host Alan Colmes noted that conservatives are “looking for anything they can to try to drag him into this,” Rove obliged, saying that Obama is “parsing words” and “making it look like there was no contact” between Obama’s team and the Illinois governor.
Rove also said that Obama should ignore U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s request to not discuss the case, saying “the president-elect ought to decide what is in his best interest.” Further suggesting that Obama has something to hide, Rove — who knows a little bit about hiding information — claimed that he doesn’t “buy” that Obama’s team “is resisting giving out this information only because they’re being held back by the prosecutor’s office,” later adding that the whole affair is “troubling.”
But just last week on Fox, Rove stated with absolute certainty that Obama “is not involved” in any way with the Blegojevich scandal and said he would not try to link Obama to Blagojevich:
COLMES: [I]s there going to be — are you — are there going to be an attempt to link Obama to this?
ROVE: No, no, look. I think, I think we’ve got to be careful about this because, look, I think Fitzgerald went out of his way today to basically say none of this touches President-elect Obama. None of these actions that Blagojevich was involved in were — you know were made to President-elect Obama and President-elect Obama is not involved in these specifically actions.
Watch it:
Indeed, conservatives (and many in the media) are trying every which way to link Obama to Blagojevich’s corruption scandal even though absolutely no evidence exists to suggest such a link. Even Newt Gingrich has called such efforts a “destructive distraction.” In fact, Fitzgerald himself advised against such actions, warning to “not cast aspersions on people for being named or being discussed” in the criminal complaint against Blagojevich.
Yet it seems that Rove just can’t give up his perch as the Right’s attack dog point man.
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With all the dirty shit Rove is linked too, why isn't the traitor in Jail? The fact he has a voice on the media shows how little people care about our country.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pmKKKarl, blow it out your butthole.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pmThis weakling is just flailing around, trying to find his footing.
Rot in hall, Rove.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:04 pmOh f uck, rot in HELL, too! :-D
December 16th, 2008 at 2:07 pmI'd like to see Karl Rove "linked" to a bunker-buster that's about to land on Dick Cheney.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:08 pmKKKarl and his minions see their world ending. Even the money they stole has lost value in their failing economy. He and his right wing allies are grasping for whatever lifeline they can find. If they do not destroy Obama they are as extinct as the dodo.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:11 pmSTFU, you fat little barstid - before someone throws a whole shoe store at you!!!
December 16th, 2008 at 2:14 pmRove also said that Obama should ignore U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s request to not discuss the case, saying, "Whenever a U. S. Attorney gives me a hard time, I just have him fired at the pleasure of the president."
December 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pmI suggest the Left should boycott covering any of the drool that spills from Shrubby, Cheney, Rove, Grinch and any of these lameduck GOP wankers.
These nuts make less sense than a 4 year old and are about as frustrating to carry on a conversation with.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pmIsn't Rove one of the douche bags that Hall & Oates were singing about the other night on Stewarts show?
Hilarious !!
¶ AIO
December 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pmWhat turd-blossom seems to forget, Gonzo is NOT the USAG any more and that O and his team are trying to RE-BUILD any reasonable part of the DOJ that hasn't been trashed by Chimpy and his crew.
Turd-blossom will find out soon enough how nasty O's DOJ will be as soon as a special prosecutor to foster through the process of War Crime Charges against him and his cronies....then he'll be squealing like the little piggie he is...
December 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pmSee? Conservatives saw they needed to redefine themselves, and look how they've completely changed their behavior.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:25 pmObama hasn't even been sworn in and they just can't wait to start throwing sht. Watch them all bring 'hypocrisy' to a whole new gutter level.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:25 pmI don't think there is any inconsistency here with Rove. It is all calculated deception and manipulation for the sole purpose of smearing Obama. His first statement contained the line "I think, I think we’ve got to be careful about this". And, he is being very careful to weave the Obama-is-corrupt narrative in his usual, crafty fashion. By first stating that Obama was not associated, his current stance can be spun as "new information" and a "reluctant acknowledgement" of Obama being knee deep in the muck. His "caution" is a ploy to be considered "reasonable" and coming to a "rational conclusion". BS from the master.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pmfaux and trud in the same sentence will produce lies and "woe is me" bs.
turd answer your subpoenaes or STFU. What are you hiding, sfb? We know every small detail about your hang-on, swallowing, shameless, shyte starting sloppy ass.
It ain't working you nasty projectionist.
Boy Genius my ass. HAHAHAHA that was a lie you sucked-up to, dummy.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pmThere are those who know what Rove has done just in this BushCo admin, know it intimately. Comeuppance & redemption, y'all, a hundred fold.
Come forward and make this a truly Happy New Year 2009.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:28 pmAs if we needed more proof of how neocons work, Rove confirms their moral bankruptcy with his call for Obama to "ignore" a lawful request from a U.S. Attorney. These (bleep)s have zero regard for the law.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:28 pmTo the TRAITOR, K. Rove: You are an irrelevant turd mountain! No one is listening to the criminal crap that comes out of your fat mouth. Don't worry, JUSTICE will prevail and you are going to be held accountable! Wait and see! Personaly, I hope you get hanged!
December 16th, 2008 at 2:28 pmI'd love to know when the Republican, McCarthyesque, tactics like this are going to start backfiring on them. Or backfiring MORE.
At what point do the Democrats STAND UP and say ENOUGH!
The Democrats have been trying to talk, and walk, about bipartisanship and the country still gets this nonsense.
Heck. The Senate should institute the "nuclear option" that Republicans attempted to pass under Bill Frist and then just IGNORE these folks.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pmFox continues to parade the neocon idioti to bluster, bloviate and benight a willing and tragically ignorant segment of the hoi polloi.
These has-beens were spectacularly wrong on supporting every detail of the bush administration's disastrous policies, yet the corporate media is still giving them a platform.
Meanwhile, the report conclusively linking the bush administration to war crimes goes unreported. (see Glenn Greenwald.)
Ladies and Gentlemen, your corporate media in action. (or rather: inaction)
December 16th, 2008 at 2:41 pmTubby McTreason Rove Tries To Link Obama To Blagojevich Scandal Despite Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah....
Come Janaury 20, 2009, Tubby will not have the clown President to protect his butt.
"Further suggesting that Obama has something to hide"
Please.. And this comment is coming from Tubby who has bob and weave, duck and refuse the House committee's subpoenas in the USA firing probe?
December 16th, 2008 at 2:41 pmclaimed that he doesn’t “buy” that Obama’s team “is resisting giving out this information only because they’re being held back by the prosecutor’s office,” later adding that the whole affair is “troubling.”
Ahem, excuse me. I thought as good little patriots, we were supposed to assist the police, the investigators, et. al. in any way possible so they could conclude their investigations in a timely fashion and so that we wouldn't be seen as obstructing justice? Did this change and someone forgot to send me the memo?
December 16th, 2008 at 2:41 pmPshaw, mf, pshaw.
he's so irritating and lose.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:42 pmshoeless Says:
Rove also said that Obama should ignore U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's request to not discuss the case, saying, "Whenever a U. S. Attorney gives me a hard time, I just have him fired at the pleasure of the president."
For sure! what a idiot.
executive order ***clicking fingers*** talk about your dirty shit, there's plenty.
Leave President-Elect Obama the f alone. ah.
your boy is still the lame duck prez. Don't you have some "image cleaning" to do, turdstank?
December 16th, 2008 at 2:50 pmKarl should do an infomercial on word parsing. "It dices, it slices, it distorts, it contorts."
"Open and transparent" meant just the opposite for eight long and sorry years. Please, let there be change.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:54 pmSomewhere is an empty sty, missing a Turdblossom.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pmRove also said that Obama should ignore U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s request to not discuss the case, saying “the president-elect ought to decide what is in his best interest.”
Ah but when the topic was administration criminals outing a covert CIA agent, Rove was all " we must not comment, to protect the integrity of the investigation."
December 16th, 2008 at 3:02 pmThis Turdblossum is polished to a high gloss.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:05 pmThrow Shoes, no Boots
December 16th, 2008 at 3:06 pmBob Says:
Obama hasn’t even been sworn in and they just can’t wait to start throwing sht. Watch them all bring ‘hypocrisy’ to a whole new gutter level.
Is the domain name HypocrisyWatch.com taken yet?
I just looked and the web site is some bizarro weather site - a squatter for sure. Probably owned by some repug who saw the writing on the wall and made a pre-emptive move. They're good at that.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:30 pmI know where I'd like to stick a size 12.
No, I wouldn't throw it; that's not my style.
I'd plant it about 6" up his pigass in one swift kick.
When Turd's blossom, do they still stink?
December 16th, 2008 at 3:35 pmWhy does anyone care what this fat tub of sh*t thinks & why isn't he in prison for treason?
December 16th, 2008 at 3:48 pmROVE commenting on Fitzgerald ???
Even for FOX this is incredibly stupid.
December 16th, 2008 at 4:24 pmOr...if you're a FOX watcher...YOU are incredibly stupid.
I wonder why Karl Rove is not speaking up on what he's hiding. He is involved with most to the crimes exposed and some crime to come while the 8 year crime wave in the White House was in control. Rove is scared of Fitzgeral because Fitz is on to his tricks and crimes. Look for the names Karl Christian Rove and Patrick J. Fitizgerald to cross again as Fitz will finally bring Rove to trial and give him the pink jail suit to wear in his cell.
December 16th, 2008 at 4:59 pmHey Karl, there is "contact" between me and telemarketers, too. They try to sell me something I don't want and I tell them where to go! Does that make me responsible for anything they do?
December 16th, 2008 at 6:52 pmKeith, sounds to me like you are “parsing words” and “making it look like there was no contact”. I find that this whole affair between you and these telemarketers is “troubling.”
December 16th, 2008 at 9:09 pmAAArrrrrggghhh! I'm innocent!!!
December 17th, 2008 at 5:03 amRove:
“Obama is getting himself drawn into this when he doesn’t need to get himself drawn into this.”
“If he was asked the question, as he has been asked, did people close to you talk to the governor’s people, he should have said…of course they were going to be talking to the governor about who to appoint in my place and so and so did so, instead of basically parsing words and making it look like there was no contact when everybody knew there was…”
“Let’s be precise. President-elect Obama had no contact with Blagojevich. I think Axelrod misspoke on the 23rd of November. I find it hard to believe that President-elect Obama would come out today and say “I had no contact” knowing that they had tape recorded all of Blagojevich’s telephone conversations.”
Yep, Rove practically accused Obama of being the mastermind. ;)
December 17th, 2008 at 9:52 amThis is exactly the kind of backstabbing that makes me get up to defend Rod Blagojevitch. Aren't all of us liberal democrats in it together? What about standing up for Rod Blagojevich? He's a two-time governor of one of the most important blue states in the union. He hasn't been convicted of anything yet. We need to give him a chance. The folks at http://www.freerodblagojevitch.com have gotten it right, however. LOL.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:22 am