Novak column contradicted by the facts! LOL

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In today's column most likely written in advance:

Possible indictment not keeping Rove from fund-raising

October 16, 2005

BY ROBERT NOVAK SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

While colleagues express concern that presidential adviser Karl Rove could be indicted in the CIA leak case, he continues to be scheduled for private fund-raisers by the Republican National Committee.

Rove was listed for such a money-raising reception Oct. 14 in New York City, the same day he was to testify for the fourth time to a federal grand jury. Rove is scheduled for a fund-raiser Monday in Greenwich, Conn. Earlier, he appeared at such events in Lexington, Ky., and Indianapolis on Sept. 26.
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak16.html

Rove Cancels Appearance at Fundraiser for Kilgore
Many Shrug Off Last-Minute Switch as Fairfax Republicans Hear From National Chairman Instead

By Ian Shapira
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 16, 2005; Page A07

If those attending yesterday's annual Republican "Pep Rally Breakfast" in Fairfax County did not pay much mind to the scrum of protesters outside, all they had to do was take a seat and flip open the program to see what all the ruckus was about.

There it was, smack in the middle of the first page: The man scheduled to deliver the keynote address in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore would be Karl Rove, the White House senior adviser who is embroiled in the investigation of a leak that revealed the name of a CIA operative. Tickets were hot. The press was barred.

But soon after party activists sat down inside the ballroom of the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, it was announced that Rove had been scratched from the lineup. No detailed reason was given. The 300 breakfasters listened instead to Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee.

For the Republicans, the missed opportunity to see Rove -- one day after he appeared for the fourth time in front of a federal grand jury investigating the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name in 2003 -- triggered responses ranging from disappointment to indifference. Many of the local party loyalists shrugged off the last-minute switch, saying the investigation is meritless, or that Mehlman, who earned fame as Bush's campaign manager in 2004, was equally galvanizing.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501286.html?nav=rss_metro

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. you can run, but you can't hyde.

NO, that is unfair. (Henry Hyde always stood up and accepted responsibility if he blew it. Which was why was was a popular repub. with moderates, even dems in Illinois.)
Standing up, being accountable, admitting mistakes? nope, not today's GOP.

I am surprised that Novak is still writing. after stomping off the set on CNN, everyone thought that he would do the honorable thing and retire. Until they realized, "Hey, THIS is BOB NOVAK we are talking about. Honor? HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH"

At least Rove did the right thing and did not appear. Probably under attorney's orders.

[abluelady]

2. I Almost Got Up at 4:00 am to protest that

so glad I didn't. I kept thinking I should be there in body, not only spirit, but that 4:00 am alarm clock was telling me something else.