On CSPAN now the press it demanding a ROVE explanation

[Vincardog]

from the mis administration

[alarcojon]

1. Please update those of us away from our TV's!

when you can.

[Vincardog]

2. The press is asking do you stand by your statements?

Scott MC says we will not comment on the investigation.
The press asks you said you talked to these people and none were involved do you stand by them?
SM says we will not comment about the investigation.
The press asks shrub have confidence in Rove?
SM says we will not comment on investigation

[katty]

3. Rover could be looking at Perjury charge

[Vincardog]

4. The Press asks Will you appoint Clinton to SCOUS?

SM says we will not speculate.
Does the preznit want Rove to keep speaking?
SM he gives good speaches.

[GracieM]

18. Billy for SCOTUS!

[RSchewe]

5. WOW! I think the posture Scott has taken is telling

He was getting hammered! I hope to find a transcript of it or video clip. David Corn made some great points, but David Gregory, from what I recall seems to have set it off.

[lovuian]

22. Who is David Gregory ???

Who does he work for!!!

[Daphne08]

24. NBC

[Bumblebee]

29. Gregory was the one who asked his question to Chirac in French

much to Bush's iritation at a press conference in France early last year.

[lovuian]

34. LOL!!! Thanks guys!!! Now I remember!!!

No Comment Scotty that should be his new name!!!

[dooner]

31. MSNBC

He was guest hosting on HardBall recently.

[Bumblebee]

35. He is actually on both

and the official NBC WH correspondent. And I did mean to spell "irritation" correctly :)

[maddezmom]

6. did they cut April's mike while she was asking ?'s about * meeting w/ Karl

:wtf:

[Vincardog]

11. Yes some questions can't be asked

[Vincardog]

14. When the investigation is over will the shrub release the info?

MC ask the prosecutor NC
Will you direct them to release info?
MC NC
Who asked you not to comment?
I will not comment ask the prosecutor.
How does Iraq make us more safe?
By taking it to them.

[maddezmom]

16. and "spreading freedom"

and that's working so well in Afghanistan and Iraq so far...

[Jane Austin]

40. Can you elaborate?

I missed the presser.

Thanks.

[maddezmom]

47. April Ryan from American Urban Radio was asking a question

and the CSPAN sound squealed a bit and couldn't hear the question...not sure if it was a glitch or on purpose. :shrug:

[Vincardog]

7. Did the shrub talk to Rove today?

MC no comment
What is Rove's job today?
MC NC
Press you lied before
MC NC I will talk when the time is right
Do you stand by your previous statements?
MC nc

[SaveAmerica]

23. That's worthless, why didn't he just stay in bed this morning and

put a sign on the podium that says 'no comment'?

[warsager]

26. that cracked me

up, thanks.

:bounce:

[otohara]

8. You In The Press Know Me Very Well

you know when the time comes, I will discuss it -

Yeah, we know you lie like your bosses.

[maddezmom]

9. wonder if he'll turn in a resignation like Ari did?

:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

10. did you notice how he was sweating and his face was red?

[otohara]

25. Press Corp. Laughing A Lot

when this press conference ended.

[Occulus]

30. They smell blood in the water.

The sharks are circling and beginning to attack.

I think this may truly be the beginning of the end.

[skip fox]

12. Rove not only did it, but he led a conspiracy to do it!!!!

"I'm not so sure there was even a crime," says Fox News chucklehead.

It might have been inadvertant, but it was done knowingly and repeatedly, to 6 reporters with 3 followups. Who would coordinate such a leak campaign? Rove, naturally. At least two callers (one released a reporter and one didn't) also means coordination. (But, hell, if he made all 6 calls himself, that shows a deliberate and continual activity which belies any defense of ignorance.)

[endarkenment]

15. inadvertent?

It was done deliberately to punish Wilson and to send a message that no dissent would be tolerated.

Perps: prepare to walk.

[skip fox]

20. And the fact someone or several did it 6 times!!!! = deliberate

not to mention the at least 3 confirmations.

Elaboration:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1919571

[Roland99]

13. Oh there better be video of Scotty McLIEllan sweating his ass off!!

I'm surprised he didn't plead the Fifth!

:rofl:

[Vincardog]

17. This is great the PRESS Finally grows some balls

There must be blood in the water.

[GracieM]

19. Laughter at the end

Priceless....I think the press thoroughly enjoyed roasting him over the coals

[Bumblebee]

39. Froomkin is priceless too

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

Plame, By Any Other Name

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, July 11, 2005; 1:21 PM

There is no longer any question that top presidential adviser Karl Rove is a key player in the Valerie Plame case.

In fact, what Rove told Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper about Plame is apparently one of the last things special prosecutor Patrick J.Fitzgerald is trying to determine before he wraps up his investigation into whether Plame was illegally outed as a CIA agent.

[RSchewe]

21. This did not help the Bush administration

Looks like the White House press corps decided to get out of the cold pool water to ask these questions. I am sure they will go back to shrinkage mode soon though.

BTW That question about Bill Clinton for supreme court justice was hilarious.

[PleadTheFirst]

27. ... drip ... drip ... drip ...

:7

[berni_mccoy]

28. Anyone going to post the video on Dembloggers?

I'd love to see that video!

[RSchewe]

33. Probably not, check Crooks and Liars and Raw Story

C-Span asked Dembloggers.com to stop poting video. I saw on Crooks and Liars though that video will be posted soon. Rawstory has a rush transcript.

[joanski0]

32. Your reporting is right on

Vincardog. That's all I heard too. No comment. Ask the prosecutor. No comment. No comment until the investigation is over.

Reporter: Who asked you not to comment? The prosecutor? McClellan: You'll have to ask the prosecutor.

It was a very short news conference. When the reporters were all laughing at the end, I heard one of them say "It's not worth it".

[dArKeR]

36. Why not torture Rove at Gitmo for information?

You miss the obvious. If we can torture people for information why not torture Rove to uncover a NeoCon terror conspiracy!

[Bumblebee]

38. This is from Think Progress; they may have the video

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/11/breaking-white-house-stonewalls-on-rove/

Finally, the White House press corps gets its act together.

Scott McClellan’s press briefing is beginning now (you can watch it live here) — but a reporter inside today’s untelevised press gaggle just shot us an email. Apparently Scottie was asked 5 different times about the Rove revelations, and 5 different times he said he “would not comment on an ongoing investigation.”

UPDATE: This press briefing is stunning. McClellan is refusing to say anything at all, not one word, about the Plame case. The reporters are outraged - NBC’s David Gregory just told McClellan that his stonewalling was “ridiculous.”

UPDATE II: McClellan’s line is that he will not comment on the investigation until the “appropriate time, which is when the investigation has concluded.” Actually, that’s not true — at all. The investigation began on September 28, 2003.

[KansDem]

50. They tried...

They can't get anybody to hang around after Rove takes his clothes off for "the pyramid..."

[dArKeR]

51. LOL! I'd post a funny pic but I'm now forbidden!

[jayfish]

37. Hmmmm, Me Thinks Some Scrubbing Might Be...

going on. I went to whitehouse.gov and they had the video posted. I clicked the link, RealPlayer started, then a location not found message. So I refreshed the whitehouse.gov page and got this.

"Today's Press Briefing with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has concluded. Video from the Press Briefing will be available on the web site shortly."


Why was it there one minute and not the next?

Jay

[Lochloosa]

41. Link to video

http://www.cspan.org/videoarchives.asp?CatCodePairs=,&ArchiveDays=100

[bear425]

42. It's a beautiful thing. Thanks for posting. n/t

[FormerRepublican]

43. I can't bring it up on that link, either...

Either the web sites are overloaded, or they decided the press conference was too damaging to post.

[RareLubbockDem]

45. Try this

paste this: rtsp://video.c-span.org/60days/whpb071105.rm into real player directly. It's opened for me that way.

[doubleplusgood]

48. scrubbed

After clicking your link, I got this:

The page cannot be displayed

The page you are looking for might have been removed or had
its name changed.


Hmmmm......

[maddezmom]

46. here's the transcript

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000977098

Enjoy :D

[paparush]

44. This is GREAT. London is still in the news...AND..

Scotty is getting hammered..he should get hammered..they should all get hammered...FUCK!!! I'm so sick of these smug bastards running rough-shod over the world.

[paineinthearse]

49. See John Conyers' take

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1920670&mesg_id=1920670