If Rove goes down, will Bush still go to him for advice?

[Poiuyt]

I can just see them talking through the glass during visitation.

[whistle]

1. How will Bush function without his brain?

[Geoff R. Casavant]

6. People will always consult

with Rove. Not just Bush, he really has nowhere else to go after 2008. But there are others who crave office and power, and Rove has shown himself a master of getting there no matter what.

But here's the rub. Everyone will consult him, but only if there is absolutely no way it can be traced back to them. Rove is about to become seriously radioactive for a long time, even (especially?) if Bush pardons him. His name will be synonymous with "moronic national security risk." Think back -- what was Nixon doing in 1975? Where was he working? Who was he meeting with? I for one don't know. It took 15-20 years for him to shed that anathema.

[Botany]

2. I smell presidential medal.

or a pardon.

[mr_hat]

3. Of course. The metaphor I used earlier today >

is that Rove either resigning (probable) or fired will be like a baseball manager getting tossed from a ballgame.

He'll be down the tunnel, managing as ever...

[Halliburton]

4. well he could the Al Capone of the American government

calling the shots from his prison cell. scary thought.

[Zen Democrat]

5. Bush won't fire Rove. He can't afford to.

And as calls mount for Bush to DO SOMETHING, as he said he would in previous comments, it's going to be verrrrry interesting.

Certainly Bush knew everything when he made those comments. Wonder what Bush said in that 70 minute interview with Fitzgerald last summer? The interview that included Bush's newly-hired criminal defense attorney.

[dweller]

7. what...and consult with a known criminal??

:eyes:

Richard Armitage
John Negroponte
Otto Reich
John Bolton
Elliot Abrams
Colin Powell
John Poindexter
Robert Earl


and the list goes on...
dp

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Yep...

If bush* had his way he'd just promote Rove. :eyes:

[WFF]

8. Was Karl Rove in The Christmas Story?

Wow, he DOES remind me of Peter Billingsley

[ConfuZed]

9. No, they will toss him aside they are great at stabbing each other...

in the back :)