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Prosecutor: Karl Rove Not Target of Probe

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-13 11:43|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No partisan gunslinger?

Well, there is a 'senior official' who's no longer in the adminsitration.

Posted by Pappy 2005-07-13 12:12|| 2005-07-13 12:12|| Front Page Top

#2 ok..I give up, who?

Anyone besides me been hoping that this is just another Rovian plot trapping the Dems to get in a national hissy fit only to discover that the object of their scorn is one of their own?

Posted by 2b 2005-07-13 12:16|| 2005-07-13 12:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Maryland's next Senate race is shaping up to be two black men running for Paul Sarbanes' seat: for the Dems, Kweisi Mfume; for the GOP, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele.

Steele is scheduled to attend a fundraising dinner this month hosted by Karl Rove. The Dems have "issued a call" for Steele to refuse Rove's support. Heh. The silly season is upon us.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-07-13 12:28|| 2005-07-13 12:28|| Front Page Top

#4 It's pretty obvious that the media is mostly hoping/praying (if librulz are allowed to pray!) that they can use this to "get Rove," and prove that they are still the "power behind the throne" in Washington. IF they lose this, as I believe they will, even Republican Senators are going to start being a bit less impressed by the "Mainstream Media."

Their focus on "getting Rove" rather than finding what really happened is obvious if one even attempts to be objective:

IF Plame were "outed," and that's certainly not clearly the case; then it was the result of Novak's column, and the relevant leaker(s) was Novak's source. This whole "feeding frenzy" is over an email from Cooper describing his conversation with Rove. There is absolutely NOTHING, other than MSM fantasy, to suggest that Cooper's source is Rove's source. It's amazing that I've seen virtually no recognition of that simple "leap of faith" in all of the discussion of this topic.

Of course, IF the information that Rove provided Cooper was classified material then Rove MAY have done something wrong, but it's certainly not the same as the leak to Novak that produced the alleged "public outing."

Posted by Ralph Tacoma">Ralph Tacoma 2005-07-13 12:32|| 2005-07-13 12:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, this is interesting, from The Corner:
...it appears Joe Wilson has issued a statement IN DEFENSE OF Judith Miller. Which is odd on its face, because if Wilson is so concerned about finding out who revealed the name of his wife -- who Wilson claims was somehow placed in personal jeopardy by the revelation -- shouldn't he want her to testify and reveal who told her what?

Here are Wilson's words: "The sentencing of Judith Miller to jail for refusing to disclose her sources is the direct result of the culture of unaccountability that infects the Bush White House from top to bottom....Thus has Ms Miller joined my wife, Valerie, and her twenty years of service to this nation as collateral damage in the smear campaign launched when I had the temerity to challenge the President on his assertion that Iraq had attempted to purchase uranium yellowcake from Africa."

This makes no sense. Judy Miller's jailing is the direct result of an effort to find out who revealed his wife's name. But there is at least one way in which it might make sense -- if Wilson is himself the original source.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-13 12:41|| 2005-07-13 12:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh, look, Judy! Joe Wilson's on your side! I believe he used to be famous once. I'll have my secretary call the Washington desk and see if that's true and, if so, why.
It should be any day now. But according to what Martha told me over the weekend, it really wasn't all that bad. She preferred it over that blasted ankle bracelet. Oh, well. Stiff upper lip! Ta-ta!

Posted by Pinchy 2005-07-13 12:58|| 2005-07-13 12:58|| Front Page Top

#7 What is all the fuss about? We have already probed Karl Rove.

Posted by Grey Alien 2005-07-13 13:36|| 2005-07-13 13:36|| Front Page Top

#8 This is gonna kill the schmucks like Blob Buckle and Screwgy Estrogen. Buckle was peddling this crap just this morning on Fox Dayside and "demanding" Rove resign, lol! Why Fox bothers to bring on such shills, I dunno. I usually turn it off and fire up WinAmp when one of those loser "operatives" comes on. They lose me for 3 or 4 hours every time.

Posted by .com 2005-07-13 13:40|| 2005-07-13 13:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, there is a 'senior official' who's no longer in the adminsitration.

You mean the former SecState?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-13 13:55|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-13 13:55|| Front Page Top

#10 I believe that General Powell would fit Novak's description. He's a non-partisan gunslinger.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-07-13 14:18|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-07-13 14:18|| Front Page Top

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