2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKarl Rove loses it after Fox guest calls Chris Christie report a ‘whitewash’
The National Journals Ron Fournier, however, was not convinced by the internal review, calling it a whitewash report.
We saw what happened with the IRS scandal with you have your own person investigate yourself, nobody believes it, its not credible, he explained. This was basically his attorney declaring his innocence, and the public trial is about to begin. And the public trial is going to be ugly.
As host Chris Wallace tried to call on another panelist, Rove interrupted: Its a direct attack! I have a right to response!
How can it be a whitewash, The Wall Street Journals Kimberly Strassel agreed.
Because its done on his behalf, Fournier said. And it didnt talk to half the people you have to talk to.
Strassel argued that the law firm hired by Christie would not have whitewashed the report because so many reputations were at stake.
Thats what attorneys do all the time, Fournier insisted. That is exactly what defense attorneys do when they defend clients.
I grant you that this does not exonerate him, Rove remarked. But I think youre missing this is part of a process. And now we have a third party that has looked at all this information and gushed it out!
Its not a third party! Fournier observed.
Yes, it is a third party, Rove shot back.
In conclusion, Wallace noted that Rove, Strassel and Fournier were the least collegial panel Ive ever seen.
see video at:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/30/karl-rove-loses-it-after-fox-guest-calls-chris-christie-report-a-whitewash/
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Did someone replace him with a pod person?
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)The ones that are doubling down on Christie are just bigger ones.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sounds like someone kept track of Christie aides personal emails. I bet rove has more Christie info to drip out closer to the primary time, if Christie still tries to mess with RW president choice.
Roves only 63, the RW has decades of millions they better keep paying their RW professional consultant. I bet old rove has embarrassing 'files' on every single republican.