TX: Lawyer was fired after Rove called

[rainbow4321]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/081705dntexrove.21bcdfd3.html

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove personally called the Texas secretary of state about a newspaper story quoting a staff lawyer about whether Mr. Rove was eligible to vote in the state. The lawyer was subsequently fired.

Secretary of State Roger Williams said that he decided to dismiss the lawyer after talking with Mr. Rove but that the White House adviser didn't request that he do so.

"Karl called me. He had read the article and wanted to know if it was our stance" that his voter registration status in Texas might be in jeopardy, he said. "I told him it wasn't and that the person who gave that opinion was not authorized to do so."

The call to Mr. Williams came at the height of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, the weekend after the storm struck. Mr. Rove was involved in the early White House response and subsequently has been a leader in the federal government's reconstruction effort.

[Cha]

1. Yeah, rove's a big fat

Asshole..what else is new?

[Career Prole]

2. "Mr. Rove was involved in the early White House response"?!

But there wasn't any "early White House response" to the disaster!

Oh, wait...they mean the "early White House response" to the shrub cock-up of the response.

[wtmusic]

3. Er...what "early White House response" was that?

Was it the President's Picking of His Nose, or the Playing of His Guitar?

[American in Asia]

4. I'm shocked! SHOCKED I tell you! (n/t)