US News: Rove May Leave Within Weeks

[brooklynite]

The rumors that chief White House political architect Karl Rove will leave sometime next year are being bolstered with new insider reports that his partisan style is a hurdle to President Bush's new push for bipartisanship. A key Bush advisor tells the US News Political Bulletin, "Karl represents the old style and he's got to go if the Democrats are going to believe Bush's talk of getting along." The advisor said a departure might come in "weeks, not months." A Rove ally, however, noted that he has a record of out-witting his critics.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_061117.htm

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Bush has to blame someone

because he certainly can't blame himself.

[HughBeaumont]

5. It's not in him to do so.

And we all know who taught him that!

[Jackpine Radical]

8. "And we all know who taught him that!"

Babs?

It's gotta be someone early in his developmental history.

[HughBeaumont]

10. Most likely her and King Spook 41.

Rove merely reinforced the notion. After all, GHWSatan and Atwater groomed Rove.

[Tellurian]

20. Blame has nothing to do with Rove's leaving..

Rove can only operate successfully if
he can do so covertly..

(as could anyone else if you're allowed to

LIE, Cheat & Steal, whatever to WIN )

Now that the eyes of the World are upon
them and the playing field has been leveled;
(the new word someone coined??)

They're SCREWN!!! Yes, thats it...They're SCREWN
with a capital "S"!

Rove will be mothballed, directed to think-up new scheme to regain power....
AFTER, the Democrats clean up this mess!

[central scrutinizer]

2. "new push for bipartisanship"???

But, but, but, I thought Bushco was a uniter, not a divider all along. Or, was that just some more bullshit? :sarcasm:

[sutz12]

3. Can we make sure we tag him before he goes...

This is not the kind of guy you want to lose track of.

[Divine Discontent]

37. just set camp

out in front of the page dormitory and wait a few minutes....

[reprobate]

50. May I suggest a GPS tracker stapled to his ass?

[BlueJazz]

4. "Out-witting his critics" my Ass....He has just had the help of the ......

...rich and the Powerful to avoid taking ANY responsibility for his sleazy, corrupt personality.

[acmavm]

6. Gone but with access to the private line to the Oval Office.

[texastoast]

7. "Outwit" ??

More like outslime.

He was just one big surprise after another on how low some people are willing to go.

[Lexingtonian]

9. outwitting Republicans is not even a sport

for the same reason that shooting fish in a barrel and shooting elephants in allys are not sports.

But ya can't out-stupid them.

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Rove's record is now one of having been out-witted

He lost the majority of the US house despite outrageous gerrymandering and a cash advantage, with a president during war-time. He is nothing more than a fad - he latched on to or created a fad. Rove's not a genius. He's a fucking hula-hoop.

[Penndems]

12. About time, if it's true

Rove has been slopping at the public trough for way too long now. He should've been gone five years ago.

[sandrakae]

13. Good. Maybe he will fall down the steps and break something.

[RedStateShame]

14. What's the over-under of the Karl Rove "outing" in regard to his departure?

I'll say 2 weeks after the announcement.

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. "weeks not months"

:rofl:

I've heard that before.

[bananas]

17. Ha! Rumsfeld is getting even!

He's probably the "insider" spreading this rumor!

[daleo]

44. And we will all throw flowers at him, as he rides off into the sunset. n/t

[lovuian]

16. Fitzgerald's case continue now Democrats are in

Karl maybe up for charges

[catmandu57]

18. I get the feeling that kkkarl will be staying in a crossbar hotel

before much longer anyway. He's just too god damned slimy not to have a finger in something illegal.

[Ladydawnelle]

40. I found this link on the Huff post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-john-murtha/lets-get-to-work_b_34298.html?p=2#comments

It was from someone calling himself FITZMAS (claiming to be none other)
I went to their link and it took me here.

http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com/

I just wondered if that is one in the same?

The subject was Murtha and Fitzmas's comment was.........(copied below)

Jack, you focus on re-deploying the troops out of harms way and I will focus on re-deploying Dick Cheney into a secure federal facility...with bars.

http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com...

By: Fitzmas on November 16, 2006 at 07:52pm



anyyyyyyyyway I loved it and wanted to share! :-) I also saw the article about ROVE there as well. YaHOOOOOO!

[shanti]

19. of course he will

it was all about the $$$$$. he and the rest of them got their money (iraq), the party is over and he knows it.

when in doubt, ALWAYS follow the money! :grr:

[Eugene]

21. I'll believe it when it happens. If it does...

it means that Bush 41 really has taken over.
Junior would never let go of Rove voluntarily.

[NastyRiffraff]

22. You're right....

Remember 41 fired Rove back in the day.

[Tellurian]

24. All thats happening is directed at Cheney..

A euphemism for it is:

Cutting the cat away from the kittens..

Cheney is being isolated. He's lost Libby, Rumsfeld and now Rove.. etc..

Remember several weeks ago, Cheney ordered the Shredder truck to his home?
He knows. You better well BLOODY believe it. He knows!
He is going to PAY and pay dearly, at the hands of Poppy!

[struggle4progress]

36. Yup.

[The Count]

23. yeah, cuz his leaving makes bi-partisanship credible, Iraq escalation and all

But this makes the Baker spanking story very credible.

[speedingbullet]

25. Architect?

Not much use for an architect once you done building and only waiting around to be evicted.

[cassiepriam]

26. Just a cosmetic change? Not real? Karl will work from home now?

[ldf]

35. exactly. window dressing.

remember when everyone freaked out over the program that was called, i believe, TIA? about gathering all sorts of information on people?

they supposedly stopped that in its tracks.

then the npukes turned right around, dressed it up in different clothes, called it something else, and WALLA! we got it anyway.

rove may no longer have an office in the whitehouse, but will STILL have w's ear, constantly whispering "sweet nothings" in it, continuing to have his way.

w does NOT change course, on anything. he will never admit that either he, or rove, was wrong.

[Martin Eden]

27. Will we notice a difference ...

... when Bush no longer has his brain?

[Auntie Bush]

43. No, he never had a brain to begin with, so how can he lose it?

KKK is not a brain...he's a travesty on wheels and he's heading for the stairs!

[keopeli]

28. By the way, Rove leaked this rumor.

I don't really know that, but it's at least possible if not likely.

News like this is always a distraction from something else. Rove must not like the way the Vietnam trip is selling in the media.

[darkism]

29. I hope he leaves...STRAIGHT TO PRISON.

Assuming, of course, that this isn't a Rovian plant. :shrug:

[NVMojo]

30. this fundie hatemonger not only needs to go but he should be investigated

more seriously for his role in the Plame case and other shit. If he goes, where will the mother fucker turn up and who will he hurt?

[Canuckistanian]

31. Back to school to learn "real math"

Not just his twisted version.

[Vidar]

32. Probably just in time to join McCain's campaign, or worse yet, Jeb's.

Not that I'm cynical or anything.

[DrZeeLit]

33. Judges, Bolton, Family Planning Guy... yeah, right, sure... Bipartisan Bush

I'm not buying ANY of it.
If the Dems don't watch out, the Lame Duck Session will be a blowout in spending, war funding, conservative judges, and CHA CHING to everyone leaving by the back door.

And guess who will be left holding the big ol' bag?

Not Mr. Bipartisan....noooooo... he'll hold up his hands and give us the "What, Me Worry?" look.
And
"Mr." Rove will be right behind him.
Smiling
All
The
Way.

Nope.
Don't trust any of 'em.
Not never.

[DemBones DemBones]

34. Does anyone know who's been paying KKKarl since he

lost his official job because of the Plame leak? He should have been being paid by the RNC or Bush, not with taxpayer money. I've been wondering all along. It may have been discussed here at DU but I was without a computer for a couple of months.

[Earth_First]

38. The GOP exodus continues... n/t

[stepnw1f]

39. Awwwww.... What a Bummer!

Merry Fitzmas you right wing douchebags!

[PurityOfEssence]

41. Aw, so sad...

If so, that really crimps the concept of the Bush family loyalty. (Oh, wait! Poppy fired him once upon a time...)

These guys show us with each misstep just how much we overestimated them: they held steadfast to the troglodyte proto-male approach of never admitting a mistake and they seemed to have deft timing. Of late, they've shown themselves to be clods who are caught and can only cut and run.

A REAL masculine power whore wouldn't have cashiered Rumsfeld the day after an election gone awry; he'd have waited a week or so and gently reshuffled things.

These guys aren't geniuses, they're merely ruthless; that's what's perceived as impressive by the huddled masses yearning to breathe anything that doesn't suck.

Meanwhile, the nasty truth is obvious: control though we may have in the legislature, the monarchic maniacs have left a whopper mess that beggars solutions. Anyone with any sense can see that the fallout will all be pinned on the Dems. Despair not, folks, it seems that the Dems are being quite constructive and we shall see.

Damn.

[Kahuna]

42. Rove punked *. He had the doofus convinced that the repukes

would retain control. Guess bush objects to being LIED to. :eyes: You can't make this stuff up.

[rocktivity]

52. In all fairness, Rove may not have lied to Bush about '06 being in the bag

After all, no one could have anticipated (if you pardon the expression) how big the "blue tsunami" would be.

Maybe Karl did indeed have his cheat machines up and running, but they collasped under the weight of the voter turnout. That would explain why so many of the races were so close, why the Election Defense Alliance is claiming that "approximately 3 million votes were denied Democratic candidates in last week's election," and why James Carville's anger that more Dems didn't win just might be misdirected!

:headbang:
rocknation

[onehandle]

45. Ship him to Iraq. nt

[solara]

46. If "Bush's new push for bipartisanship" were true, then the rumor

about Rove might also be true, but so far everything Bush has done has proven the lie of his vow to suddenly "work -with- the Democrats". What Democrat in their right mind would ever believe "Bush's talk of getting along"?

Everything that comes out of the Bush Administration is bullshit and lies. If Rove steps down it will just be one more lie and he will still be advising the jerk-off.

I hope Rove can be indicted for something..He has got to pay for all the damage he has done to this country.

By the way, I agree about Cheney being isolated. He is already shredding documents and probably gathering what is left of his resources in preparation for the day when the axe falls, which cannot be soon enough. I predict that once he is no longer under the protection of the White House, someone is gonna drop a major dime on that sick bastard.

[Gin]

47. even if he goes...he will be underground... doing damage like

the termite he is!

[cmd]

48. He will morph into something equally bad

Beware.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

49. as the farside dog sez, oh PLEEZ oh PLEEZ oh PLEEZ!

[rocktivity]

51. TORO TURD!

What "partisianship" is Bush exercising--Nominating Bolton again? Trying to ram through his warrantless domestic spying? Staying the course? As for "believing Bush's talk of getting along," I'll believe it when he gets OUT!!!

:headbang:
rocknation