Democracy NOW: Bush's Brain Steps Down: Facing Subpoenas, Karl Rove Resigns

[L. Coyote]

Thirty days has August. Karl Rove's ouster is happening fast for a reason, and here is one report on the topic.

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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Bush's Brain Steps Down: Facing Subpoenas, Karl Rove Resigns
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/14/1352243

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President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove announced on Monday he will step down as White House deputy chief of staff at the end of the month. The move comes while he is at the center of several Congressional investigations. We speak with Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater, co-author of two books on Rove, "Bush"s Brain" and "The Architect."

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While Karl Rove says he is resigning in order to spend more time with his family, the move comes while he is at the center of several Congressional investigations. Last month Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy subpoenaed Rove to testify about his role in the politicization of the Justice Department and the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. So far Rove has ignored the subpoena and has refused to testify, citing executive privilege. In addition, two weeks ago Rove skipped a Congressional hearing on the allegedly improper use by White House aides of Republican National Committee email accounts. Leahy has vowed to continue the investigation. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Rove said "I'm Moby Dick and they're after me."

Rove previously escaped indictment in the CIA leak case. While then-White House spokesman Scott McClellan initially publicly denied that Rove had anything to do with the leak, the special prosecutor's investigation later determined that he had in fact divulged or confirmed undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity .................

[MadMaddie]

1. Rove was fired by Daddy * for leaking information to the press

twice...why is it hard to believe he leaked Valerie Plame's name to the Press....this is his mo

[mike_c]

2. that was an especially good discussion, I thought....

I especially liked Slater's comments about Rove's grasp of history, and his certainty that for all Rove's bluff and obfuscation, he knows he will forever be associated with one of the worst presidencies in America's history.

[L. Coyote]

3. "The only question is now whether an indictment or other charges could come in the future..."

I liked that part, an essential aspect of any R "spending more time with the family." Which family, the White Collar Mafia?

[lonestarnot]

4. "I'm Moby Dick and they're after me."

KKKarl has his dicks mixed up. Heh

[L. Coyote]

5. Okay, you're not Ishmael. "Great White Whale" seems to fit, as does the paranoia.

Yes, they are after you. You missed an appointment at a Congressional hearing, dufus!

I take it back. Dufus fits better.

[lonestarnot]

6. Sperm whale dick works too.