Kerry Says Rove and Miers Must Clear the Air – Testify In Gonzales Probe

[whometense]

New press release:


Kerry Says Rove and Miers Must Clear the Air – Testify In Gonzales Probe


Co-Sponsors Legislation Repealing President’s Ability to Appoint Attorneys with No Senate Confirmation





WASHINGTON D.C. – Sen. John Kerry today asked President Bush to make White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers available to Senators investigating whether eight US Attorneys were fired for political reasons. Kerry said the Administration should not fight a subpoena and instead should cooperate with the investigation. Kerry also announced that he is co-sponsoring legislation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that would roll back a provision allowing the President to appoint interim US Attorneys without seeking Senate confirmation. It’s unclear whether that provision has been used by the Bush Administration to purge prosecutors who are not loyal Republicans.





“Congress shouldn’t have to learn from the newspapers that Karl Rove has his fingerprints all over these firings,” Kerry said. “We know Karl Rove has been at the helm of the most blatantly political White House agenda in years. I’ve said before that the President should fire Rove; today, he should tell Rove to willingly answer any and all questions, as part of this investigation into the purge of prosecutors who didn’t toe the Republican Party line. The integrity of our US Attorney system is critical to the confidence in our legal system. The President must move quickly to stop the bleeding and restore public trust.”



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[blm]

1. Keep up the pressure Dems.

Don't let up.

[John Q. Citizen]

2. I doubt Miers can assert executive priviledge since she is no longer part of that branch.

Rove might try.

[whometense]

3. Retroactive executive privilege???

Wouldn't put it past them to try.

[karynnj]

9. Didn't Rove's position change back

when he was first named in the Libby case? I though he was moved from the government roles.

[John Q. Citizen]

12. No, he's still in the executive branch. n/t

[Monkeyman]

4. Wonder who the fall guy will be for Rove Just Asking

[BOSSHOG]

5. Good Point Monkeyman

No doubt the criminal is looking for someone as we hunt and peck.

[calimary]

6. Wouldn't it be funny if it were bush himself???

Voluntarily jumping out the third floor window to avoid having to be pushed over a cliff straight down into Hell?

My take on it, if I may humbly offer one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3163069

And thank you.

[whometense]

8. hell, yeah.

As it is, I'm bathing in schadenfreude today.

[flpoljunkie]

7. Oversight is back! K&R!

[frogmarch]

10. K&R n/t

[karynnj]

11. I would so love to watch Rove grilled by Senator Kerry

Rove grilled by anyone would be good - but Kerry would be incredible. In addition to his excellent abilities as a former prosecutor, his classiness, coolness and the fact that he was the 2004 nominee would make it fitting. (If it's at a committee he's not at - can the chair ask him to come?)

[beachmom]

13. Oh. my. God. That would be so awesome. That would make

Foxy look like the appetizer with Rove the entree. Without all the right wing noise machine and lapdog media to back him up, Rove would not come out of the experience anything less than badly bruised and exposed for the sleezebag that he is.

[ProSense]

14. That would be awesome. I believe

that Senator Kerry is still convinced that Rove had a hand in the CIA leak. Check out this 2005 statement here.

[Blaukraut]

15. Why was I just picturing a pig (Rove) roast with JK turning the spit?

Nice image! Although a senatorial grilling of Rove by Kerry comes in as a close second :)

[_dynamicdems]

18. OMG!

They could make that a Pay Per View event.

[karynnj]

19. That is an interesting concept - and the government needs money

Give Kerry supoena power and a charter to question everything and anything he did in the service of a villian named Bush - that would be worth watching.

[_dynamicdems]

20. LOL! Such is the stuff of which dreams are made. n/t

[zulchzulu]

21. It would be like Bruce Lee slowly destroying his enemy with a toothpick

The utter joy of seeing Karl Rove getting slowly skewered by President Kerry would be an absolute joy to watch. You could get a taste of it when Kerry slowly dissected the Swiftie contributor Simon Fox a couple weeks back.

It was like a sinewy clever cat with sharp claws toying with the mouse that knew that at any moment its life was no more...

[ginnyinWI]

16. kick n/t

[politicasista]

17. K&R!

:kick:

[BlueStater]

22. I'd like to see that

Karl Rove is one of the most overrated political minds ever. Given the results of the recent election, I don't believe he's half as smart as people think he is.

Put the bastard under oath and let's see how well he fares.