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Karl Rove announces exit

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Just waiting a few months until the word pardoned is associated with this asshole, as in, dumbya pardons another traitorous scum, rove. I hope he rots wherever he goes.
 
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Braznor
Here to a happy life for Rove 🙂

Rove boy, the lefties here are pissed at you.

There is something you did right in your life.
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I'm sure Jesus will be proud of the guy who spread rumors that McCain's adopted daughter from India was an illegitimate black baby that he had as a result of an affair.
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:thumbsup:

 
I very much wonder if Rove will now seek work with one of the 08 Presidential candidates? Rove has ridden GWB&co. to a point where the wheels are falling off. And it may be time for a new ticket to ride.
 
Rove boy, the lefties here are pissed at you.
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Ain't just the lefties Sherlock...


I'm sure Jesus will be proud of the guy who spread rumors that McCain's adopted daughter from India was an illegitimate black baby that he had as a result of an affair.
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Who Would Jesus Slander? 😉
 
Once again I have to ask. What has this guy accomplished since the 2004 election? Yeah, I know... the swiftboating strategy worked and he delivered victory, but what is his function besides campaigning?

Oh wait! I know why he's leaving. He finally realized what an asshat he made of himself earlier this year.

Rove busts a move
 
Originally posted by: Arkaign
Rove is done, nobody will hire him because of too much legal/negative baggage.
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He'd have no problem getting a well compensated gig in the right-wing family. Look at Scooter Libby, immediately was in a right-wing 'think tank'. There's plenty of $ for them.

I'm glad he's out of power.
 
Originally posted by: Lemon law
It basically means nothing---it just gets a totally morally bankrupt man off the public payroll----but Rove is still free to dispense his bad advice out for free and his ideals still live on in the hearts and minds of GWB&co. And just because Joe Wilson may now never get to see Rove frog marched out of the white house still does not mean Rove can't be frog marched out of where ever he is at the time.

And who knows---Karl may not be really retiring from government, there may well be many witness chairs with his name on the seat. And they don't let you raise your right hand and swear to tell the spin and nothing but the spin. They actually want the truth---and Karl Rove, a truly contemptible man, may learn all about the truth for once in his life.
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Thats what I have always liked about you lemon....
You do a lot of wishful thinking...
 
There's a good article in this month's Atlantic about just how completely Rove has crapped his pants in Bush's second term. He was the driving force behind pushing for that disasterous social security reform, he was the one that apparently pressed for Bush to take a hands off approach to Katrina, and he's the one that pushed for Bush's disasterous immigration stance.

Maybe he's good at campaigning, but when it comes to actually trying to get policy enacted his record is one of unmitigated failure. Maybe Bush has just realized that.
 
Originally posted by: eskimospy
There's a good article in this month's Atlantic about just how completely Rove has crapped his pants in Bush's second term. He was the driving force behind pushing for that disasterous social security reform, he was the one that apparently pressed for Bush to take a hands off approach to Katrina, and he's the one that pushed for Bush's disasterous immigration stance.

Maybe he's good at campaigning, but when it comes to actually trying to get policy enacted his record is one of unmitigated failure. Maybe Bush has just realized that.
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dumbya wouldn't realize his ass was on fire even if it was pointed out to him. rove's a dick, a failure as a human, and hopefully a convicted felon sometime soon.
 
Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti
Originally posted by: eskimospy
There's a good article in this month's Atlantic about just how completely Rove has crapped his pants in Bush's second term. He was the driving force behind pushing for that disasterous social security reform, he was the one that apparently pressed for Bush to take a hands off approach to Katrina, and he's the one that pushed for Bush's disasterous immigration stance.

Maybe he's good at campaigning, but when it comes to actually trying to get policy enacted his record is one of unmitigated failure. Maybe Bush has just realized that.
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dumbya wouldn't realize his ass was on fire even if it was pointed out to him. rove's a dick, a failure as a human, and hopefully a convicted felon sometime soon.
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Sure he would, but it would take 7 minutes.
 
Rove maybe out,

But he has left his dark mark all over the republican party and pretty much this country's entire thinking on foreign policy...

Look at the comments Giuliani and Romney have made so far in all the debates... "Double Gitmo"... "Jack Bauer style diplomacy"...

Bad ideas are harder to get rid of than bad men

 
And everyone forgot to mention---it does seem there is first actual subpoena already issued for Rove by congress. And GWB may assert the power to tell Karl to ignore it, but that argument is extremely likely to get shot down in court. Meanwhile it still puts Karl in contempt. And congress actually does have the power to enforce it. But that has not been tested recently in court either. It just may be that Karl will get a ring side seat in jail while he waits for the courts to rule. And when he gets bored with the wait, he can watch the campaign of 08 play on around him. While he watches from jail.

But he does have the right to pull a Eugene Debbs---and run for President from inside a jail cell---hey, it finally worked for Hitler. So never say never.

But on that Presidential run---he may end up with more congressional subpoenas than actual votes. Lots of inquiring people in congress want to know---what kinds of illegal monkey business has ole Karl been up to---lots of rumor----and subpoenas are just the start of separating facts from rumors.----and maybe why its white house exits stage right and run with all his flite. And somewhat beats the rush in the felonies of GWB&co----its just a matter of separating the indicted from the unidicted. Them damn subpoenas may be a communicatable epidemic. They kept Scotter Fibby around too long and look where it got them. They had to fire him anyway when he got indicted. This beats the rush.
 
Originally posted by: Lemon law
And everyone forgot to mention---it does seem there is first actual subpoena already issued for Rove by congress. And GWB may assert the power to tell Karl to ignore it, but that argument is extremely likely to get shot down in court. -snip-
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I'll take that bet (I assume you're talking about the subpeona for the AG issue). I think it clear Rove has sufficient nexus to the Pres to successfully assert Exec Priv.

Fern
 
Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: Arkaign
Rove is done, nobody will hire him because of too much legal/negative baggage.
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He'd have no problem getting a well compensated gig in the right-wing family. Look at Scooter Libby, immediately was in a right-wing 'think tank'. There's plenty of $ for them.

I'm glad he's out of power.
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Very true, my definition of 'done' really has to do with him having too much baggage to be directly considered by anyone who wants votes. But yeah, he's probably off to a cushy high-6-figure job where he works 8 hours a week babbling the same crap he's been spewing for years. God bless America!
 
Originally posted by: Fern
Originally posted by: Lemon law
And everyone forgot to mention---it does seem there is first actual subpoena already issued for Rove by congress. And GWB may assert the power to tell Karl to ignore it, but that argument is extremely likely to get shot down in court. -snip-
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I'll take that bet (I assume you're talking about the subpeona for the AG issue). I think it clear Rove has sufficient nexus to the Pres to successfully assert Exec Priv.

Fern
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Yes exactly Fern. And because the subpoena has Karl Rove's name on it puts him in the same boat as Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers. And sometimes when two giants are fighting, the very tiny tidbits they are squabbling over gets stepped on in the process.

You may be right that executive privilege will totally protect Karl---but you may well be wrong also. Time and more importantly events are on the side of those who would love to see Karl stepped on like a bug. And it may be ironic that very Karl Rove Mr. step on them like a bug may end up being stepped on very hard.

In short, what comes around goes around.
 
Originally posted by: Arkaign
Rove is done, nobody will hire him because of too much legal/negative baggage.
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Believe me, he'll have more work than he can handle. Even if he isn't an official "political advisor," there are many politicians who will pay generously for his advice.
 
Originally posted by: iRONic
Rove said the first thing he plans to do after leaving the White House is "go dove hunting in West Texas with family and friends, then drive my wife and the dogs to the beach."

Take Cheney!
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:beer:
 
Aww, we won't miss him for long. He'll probably make an unscheduled appearance on a hidden camera show hosted by Chris Hanson.

"Our next 'guest' goes by the handle "MC Rove"..."
 
"Karl outside the White House is more dangerous to Democrats than Karl inside the White House," said Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, who was Al Gore's campaign manager. Her view: He'll have lots more free time now to dream up ways to boost President Bush's standing, "rebrand" the GOP and conquer the 2008 electoral map
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Originally posted by: Fern
I'll take that bet (I assume you're talking about the subpeona for the AG issue). I think it clear Rove has sufficient nexus to the Pres to successfully assert Exec Priv.
Fern
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Rove can assert executive privilege in declining to answer specific questions posed by Congressional committee; he cannot refuse to appear at all without risking citation for contempt of Congress.

Back OT: IMHO, Rove is just moving into the private sector while he still has some White House connections to cash in on.
 
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