Kerry wants full congressional hearings, RE: Rove. Pls. sign!

[babylonsister]

How many more times will Karl Rove make President Bush eat his words and shred his credibility before Karl Rove does the honorable thing and leaves the White House?

Yesterday the President furiously backpedaled from his promise to fire anyone involved in leaking the identity of a covert CIA agent to the press. Now that it's known that Rove and Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis Libby were involved, the President has lowered the bar and now says he'll only fire someone who is convicted of a crime.

President Bush is setting a terrible standard of leadership in the White House by protecting insubordinate aides who refused to come forward when the President demanded to know who in his administration leaked Valerie Plame's identity -- and he's sending a disturbing message about our national security.

The President should not wait to find out whether Rove is convicted in the end for his leak. Either Rove lied to the President about this matter of national security, which means he should be fired immediately, or the President is not being straight with the American people about his own involvement in this case.

With all the dissembling coming out of the White House, it's clear that the only way the American people can get to the bottom of this is through full Congressional hearings. I will call for hearings this week -- and you can strengthen this call by adding your name to our petition today:

http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove

With both the House and Senate in Republican hands it will be difficult to force Congressional hearings on the Bush White House. Having as many statements as possible from people in every state will help my colleagues and me show that this is what America wants. According to a poll released yesterday by ABC News, 75% of Americans believe that Karl Rove should be fired if he leaked classified information.

More than 300,000 people have signed on so far -- help us double our numbers by forwarding this email to your friends asking them to sign:

http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove

Thank you,

John Kerry

[Double T]

1. Done

[mulsh]

2. done

[pacalo]

3. Done.

[EST]

4. Done.

[annabanana]

5. Done. . . . .

[Ian David]

6. Done. kick

:kick:

[TayTay]

7. Done

This should strengthen a call for accountability hearings. Not just for this, but as a means of tying the whole story together, including the DSM.

[obxhead]

8. signed

[buff2]

9. Done!

:hi:

[dogday]

10. Done nt

[wli]

11. fire? this was a criminal offense

Arrest, imprisonment, and possibly even execution if it's found to be treason are the consequences, not "getting fired."

[globalvillage]

20. I think this is the right move.

The special prosecutor's work will continue regardless of Rove's job status.
Right now, IMO, we need to get him out of the WH.

Dissembling...LOL...good one, JK.

[Imagevision]

12. Done and Recommended!

[Metta]

13. done

[newyawker99]

24. Hi Metta!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[helderheid]

14. just sent this to my list:

This will stay short and sweet. Please sign the following petitions:

http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove

http://shows.airamericaradio.com/petition/

http://www.petitiononline.com/fireturd/petition.html

http://www.moveonpac.org/firerove/

http://votelouise.com/page/petition/rove

Thanks!

[johnaries]

15. Personally, I don't WANT Bush to fire rove - I want Rove to take Bush

down with him!

Of course, Bush won't fire him whether we sign the petition or not, so I'll sign!

[paineinthearse]

18. Yes, I am more concerened about nuclear proliferation in the subcontinet

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1938900&mesg_id=1938900

Issue is being championed by my junior Senator's fellow Congressman, Rep. Ed Markey.

[Booster]

26. I agree. If we insist Bush fire Rove, he will and then keep him on

the payroll & out of sight. Bush's base will be satisfied and they will think we should be too since he fired him. A question though:
why are we asked by people in Washington to sign petition after petition for them to do something that needs to be done? I've signed enough petitions to wallpaper my bedroom and absolutely nothing has changed. Hate to sound bitter, but I'm damned tired of signing petitions.

[second edition]

16. Signed and passed along to others! n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

17. did it

[gordianot]

19. Done

John Kerry is a patriot.

[fooj]

21. Done.

peace.

[katinmn]

22. Done!

[Mad_Dem_X]

23. Done!

[d_b]

25. done

[LittleClarkie]

27. I shouldn't sign if I've signed before, should I?

I get the feeling these are different emails for the same petition, trying to get as many signatures as possible.

Or should I just sign anyway?

[spuddonna]

28. done n/t

[shelley806]

29. Done and Kicked and nominated...Please all so the same; nominate

and KICK...this issue will not be buried once again by the B* hypocrites.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[shelley806]

30. Kick!!

[Sapphire Blue]

31. A few more Rove petitions to sign...

http://action.dscc.org/campaign/firerove

http://www.stopthecoverup.com /

http://votelouise.com/page/petition/rove

http://www.moveonpac.org/firerove /

http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?ItemId=19325

http://www.airamericaradio.com/petition /

http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/clean

http://www.housedemocrats.gov/news/librarydetail.cfm?library_content_id=464

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/rove_must_go