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This Rove story definitely has legs. If we listen to the liberal press,
Rove long ago sold his soul to the devil in return for charmed political
instincts without which George Bush will revert to being just another
out-of-his-depth sanctimonious redneck braggart. Republicans are circling
the wagons and hunkering down while waiting for the ruckus to die down.
Meanwhile, the shitstorm from the blogosphere won’t let up. The administration
is ever-so-close to falling into the damage-control, coverup trap. The
opposition have visions of a wounded White House limping into the mid-term
elections.
They say loyalty is the hallmark of the Bush White House. Could
it also be the fatal flaw that brings down the whole shady gang, or will
George find the spine and ruthlessness to lop off his own right arm in
pursuit of his persoanl and ideological goals?
Peter Fenn, a Democratic consultant, said the Plame matter has developed
into a Washington scandal in which the apparent coverup is worse than
the crime.
”Everything is so tightly controlled in this White House," Fenn
said, referring to the Bush administration’s famously discreet operation.
”I’ve got to believe this goes all the way to the top. I think that
what we’ve got here is typical damage control — obfuscate, cover up,
and hope it doesn’t come back to bite you in the behind."
from the Boston Globe
Now that various investigations are underway,
and people are on the record as affirming or denying, it seems certain
that this affair will,
in the great American tradition, wind up in court. Dems will try their
damnest to get Rove convicted, at least of perjury. Would Bush keep his
word and fire his good buddy and political lodestar? Stay tuned…..
White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove did not disclose that
he had ever discussed CIA officer Valerie Plame with Time magazine
reporter
Matthew Cooper during Rove’s first interview with the FBI, according
to legal sources with firsthand knowledge of the matter.
The omission by Rove created doubt for federal investigators, almost
from the inception of their criminal probe into who leaked Plame’s name
to columnist Robert Novak, as to whether Rove was withholding crucial
information from them, and perhaps even misleading or lying to them,
the sources said.
from the American Prospect
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