It's all about Karl Rove

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From Talking Points Memo:

It's all about Karl Rove:

Publicly, the White House was standing by its A.G. One White House adviser (who asked not to be ID'ed talking about sensitive issues) said the support reflected Bush's own view that a Gonzales resignation would embolden the Dems to go after other targets—like Karl Rove. "This is about Bush saying, 'Screw you'," said the adviser, conceding that a Gonzales resignation might still be inevitable. The trick, said the adviser, would be to find a graceful exit strategy for Bush's old friend.

An insolent president trying to govern by tricks. Nixon lives.

And to think that for the better part of five years Bush was heralded as a man of unbending principle. The mind reels.

From the article about Rove linked above:

The Democrats show no sign of backing down, demanding documents and threatening subpoenas for internal e-mails from the White House and the Republican National Committee (aides working for Rove frequently used RNC BlackBerrys). That's not the only threat. The Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency that investigates whistle-blower complaints, recently sent document requests to the White House and the Justice Department relating to the firing of one of the prosecutors, David Iglesias of New Mexico, according to an official familiar with the probe, requesting anonymity to discuss an ongoing case. (The office also is seeking e-mails relating to a complaint that the General Services Administration was used to promote GOP political candidates, a potential violation of the Hatch Act.) The requests ensure that whatever happens to Gonzales, the investigations will continue.

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1. All Rove Lead To Rove...The Corporate Media's Scared Shit

One has to wonder what pictures Rove has in the files with reporters/stenographers and little animals...cause the corporate media is both afraid of him and mystified by him. He's the "lord of the access" and many inside the beltway know he's got lots of friends who can and will ruin a career if you cross him. In short...it's a co-depenency bording on physical abuse.

Look at any and every scandal of this regime and Rove's fingerprints are all over it. He should have been hauled in front of Congress and Grand Juries years ago for his knowledge in so much illegality and dishonesty. Yet, the corporate media is still fearful of demanding, like we do, that Rove be hauled under oath and forced to testify in open Senate/House session. It's time to haul Turdblosson out behind that curtain once and for all and take away that "mystique" that puts teflon on this goon.

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2. It's the Wizard of Oz syndrome...they have been bamboozled...

for so long they cannot conceive of a world in which Rove is shackled and hobbling between two Federal marshals as they head toward the penitentiary.

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3. Rove's involvement

From Digby:

If anyone wants to look at Rove's involvement from another angle, there's this one from Rick Hasen of the Election Law blog (who found the unethical "Publius" writings by ex DOJ staffer, FEC commissioner and GOP operative Hans von Spakovsky.)