Eugene Robinson: Are They Serious?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/16/AR2007041601412.html

Are They Serious?

By Eugene Robinson
Tuesday, April 17, 2007; Page A21

Today's topic is credibility -- specifically, recent claims by certain high-ranking present, former and perhaps soon-to-be-former Bush administration officials. The aim is to answer a simple question: Should we believe these three Bush loyalists if they tell us that rain falls down instead of up, or should we look out the window to make sure?

The present official is political czar Karl Rove, long regarded by friend and foe alike as some kind of cutting-edge genius, who seems to have the darnedest time figuring out this newfangled e-mail stuff.

Apparently he thought he had it figured out. The congressional investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys has revealed that Rove and other political staffers at the White House conducted a good deal of business using private e-mail addresses-- and laptop computers -- provided by the Republican National Committee.

This was supposed to have been a way to avoid using government equipment to conduct partisan political business. But the White House now acknowledges that official business may have been done through this parallel system.

By law, official White House communications are supposed to be preserved. But the administration says that many of the RNC e-mails have somehow been lost-- and also that millions of e-mails seem to have vanished from the official White House system, although they might have been captured on backup tapes.

We're supposed to believe that Karl Rove doesn't bother to keep track of his electronic correspondence.

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1. "what role [Gonzo] might have played in the whole affair. Or might not have played. Or whatever."

LOL :rofl: :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I love Eugene Robinson. :loveya: