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The fact that Karl Rove had to give up one of his jobs (”to focus on the midterm elections” rather than “to spend more time with his family”) should not obscure the fact that Karl Rove should never have had any policy role to begin with.
For future reference, when a anonymous “senior administraton official” tells you something that’s “easily proven false by the public record”:http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_09_04.php#006415 — like, for example, “the Governor of Louisiana did not declare a State of Emergency, so we couldn’t help him,” maybe it’s worth double-checking. So far two major news organizations (at least) have reported this completely fabricated [...]
I’ve heard a number of liberals insist that the Valerie Plame issue is not particularly important and we should be focusing on the “real issues.” I resent this for a number of reasons, chief among them being that I have a number of friends with security clearances who would have faced significant jail time for [...]
The blogosphere is aflame today with news that Karl Rove was responsible for the Plame leak. This is where I am: Stranglethorn Vale. Most of you are going “huh?” But “Jess”:http://wiw.org/~jess/ knows what I’m talking about. World of Warcraft. Yeah.
Seriously, after nearly five years of Bush freakout, you’ld probably think I was glued to CNN, watching [...]
Once during the debate the President of the United States started to answer a question, then stood _open mouthed_ for several seconds, impersonating a codfish. At the time I took it as the mother of all brain-farts. Heaven knows Bush isn’t quick on his feet.
“But was he listening to someone?”:http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_10/004835.php
And, of course, there was the “let me [...]