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[ebonlock]

via Talking Points Memo:

So we've got Karl Rove's latest story, as recounted by his lawyer, Robert Luskin.

Rove did spill the beans about Plame in an effort to discredit Joe Wilson. Only he didn't mention the name 'Valerie Plame'. He only spilled the beans about 'Joe Wilson's wife'.

I'm no lawyer. But I'd hate to go into court with my case resting on that distinction.

And of course the GOP calliope is already in full swing with the repeated wingnut bray, "But, but he didn't actually say her name!"

Good Christ, somebody on the Right please just this once come out and declare Rove a douchebag who must resign (at the very least) so I can reassure myself that y'all aren't just a bunch of Kool-Aid drinking automatons. Please? Just this once?

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[elo-sf.livejournal.com]

I noticed the Wall Street Journal hid this story in Section B, admittedly page B1, but still. This is a huge admission.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I noticed the Wall Street Journal hid this story in Section B, admittedly page B1, but still. This is a huge admission.

I just can't wrap my brain around any way one can, in good faith, rationalize this action. I just flat out don't get it. Anyone with any moral integrity should be calling for this man's head.

[scar-let.livejournal.com]

Good Christ, somebody on the Right please just this once come out and declare Rove a douchebag who must resign (at the very least) so I can reassure myself that y'all aren't just a bunch of Kool-Aid drinking automatons.

Unpossible. Because they really are Stepford Politicians.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

My bleeding Liberal heart refuses to believe they're all soulless, evil bastards, I mean I know some people who voted Republican, they have neither red eyes nor maniacal laughs. Surely some of them will step up and call for Rove's resignation...surely?

[scar-let.livejournal.com]

I've got two people that I consider friends who vote red. When conversations turn to politics neither one of them have been able to fess-up to the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraqs. I don't expect any explainations will be forthcoming for this either. It's all OK because Republicans are protecting us from terrorism, right?

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Or in broader terms IOKIYAR (it's ok if you're a Republican), this power by any means, the ends justify the means thinking just scares the shit out of me. Although when they start spouting off about being the "moral" party I do admit to admiring the level of their self-delusion and hypocrisy to some extent.

[scar-let.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm inclined to believe that Might Makes Right and Moral Righteousness have gone hand-in-hand historically. They're like the peanut butter and chocolate in the Reeces Cup of Authoritarianism. Two great tastes that taste awful to freedom-loving folks. Hypocrisy and self-delusion are just icing on the cake.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

But Rove CAN'T resign! He's Bush's Brain! Without him the whole house of cards administration will collapse, and with it the FREE WORLD!!!!!

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

You forgot, "And then the terrorists win." ;)

[caitlin.livejournal.com]

*snort* And exactly how DIFFICULT would it have been to look up who Ambassador Joe Wilson's wife is? And I'm willing to bet Rove also said something about "Joe WIlson's Wife" being a CIA operative or something.

He all but named her, and the reporter did the rest. And even if he DID say her name.... argh.

Rove needs to be taken away in chains and locked away the way they did Wen Ho Lee. Only Rove IS guilty, while Wen Ho Lee was a scapegoat.

*ahem* sorry...

Anyway...

C.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Rove needs to be taken away in chains and locked away the way they did Wen Ho Lee.

You know, sometimes I have dreams like that...I wake up smiling.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

I have no doubt that Rove did this on purpose. The sad thing is that these men will never be called to answer for all the evil shit they do. I certainly wouldn't want to be in their shoes when they die and meet the universe.
I can't shake the feeling that something is going to happen before the next presidential election, and the unknown event will open the floodgates and cause serious scrutiny of those scumbags.