Hey folks,
I came in this morning and starting to write the Article of the day, when this just came across as Breaking News. AFP-Karl Rove to resign at end of month Top White House political adviser Karl Rove, who masterminded President George W. Bush's political campaigns in 2000 and 2004, said in an interview published Monday that he will resign at the end of this month.
"I just think it's time," Rove told The Wall Street Journal. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family."
The paper said Rove's resignation as White House Deputy Chief of Staff would become effective on August 31.
Rove has been under fire since 2003, when retired US diplomat Joseph Wilson claimed he had illegally leaked to the media the identity of Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, a covert CIA employee.
Wilson asserted the leak had been orchestrated in retaliation for his New York Times article, in which he refuted the Bush administration's claim that the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein had explored ways of purchasing uranium ore from Niger.
The claim, made by Bush in his 2003 State of the Union address, was widely used to justify the subsequent invasion of Iraq.
An investigation into the Plame leak led to perjury and obstruction of justice charges, and subsequent conviction of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former chief of staff for Vice President Richard Cheney.
But prosecutors determined last year there was no reason to charge Rove with any wrongdoing.
Asked in the interview if he felt he had committed any mistakes during his White House tenure, Rove said, "I'll put my feet up in September and think about that."
Don’t think too hard. When you retire, you are suppose to leave the job behind. Wishing Karl Rove nothing but the best in all things in the future. Should be fun to watch the spin on this one.
Peter
2 comments:
Karl Rove resigns, Donald Rumsfelt is gone, and does anyone think that the left will stop blaming them for what ever happens even after they are done.
Let us look at the facts, Rumsfelt quit after all the criticism about how bad his policies were and yet and I repeat yet after he was gone the same people who surrounded him said what he was doing was the right thing to do.
Of course we know that the hard core democrats and those LWL's would have still criticised Rumsfelt and Rove no matter what. Many of these jokers are so fixated on getting rid of Bush because the Republicans dared to go after their morally challenged President that it matters not that Bush's term is going to be over and a new President will be elected.
So who is going to be the next victim that these LWL's will go after?
Hey Sam,
They came right out and said yesterday, that they are still going to call him to testify. They still want to get him. They see him as a big target and a means to "Get Bush."
Next target? Well, really still a target that they have went silent on, but make no mistake, they are working on thier attack, is RUSH.
It seems that everytime they try to do something behind closed doors, they are found out. Then thanks to people like Rush, we find out about them. They do not like that.
Also a main concern for them right now it Romney. They are getting a little on edge. Iowa showed them he needs to be dealt with. In thier mind, he is now a threat to them. They will do ANYTHING to keep and gain more power.
Peter
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