Posted on 08/02/2005 7:35:37 PM PDT by summer
Karl Rove
Under the harsh but savvy tutelage of Karl Rove, Republicans have repeatedly demonstrated their adherence to a venerable cliché: In politics, as in sports and warfare, the best defense is always a good offenseand the more offensive, the better. Its an effective strategy, as John Kerry and many other hapless victims have learned, and at this point also a highly predictable one.
Circled in a bristling perimeter around the White House, the friends and allies of Mr. Rove can soon be expected to fire their rhetorical mortars at Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor investigating the White House exposure of C.I.A. operative Valerie Wilson. Indeed, the preparations for that assault began months ago in the editorial columns of The Wall Street Journal, which has tarred Mr. Fitzgerald as a loose cannon and an unguided missile.
Evidently Senator Pat Roberts, the Kansas Republican who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, will lead the next foray against the special prosecutor. This week the Senators press office announced his plan to hold hearings on the Fitzgerald probe. That means interfering with an ongoing investigation, as the White House press secretary might say, but such considerations wont deter the highly partisan Kansan...
If only they were candid, the Rove Republicans would say that was then, this is nowand ethical consistency is strictly for losers.
(Excerpt) Read more at observer.com ...
It sounds like the Senate is exercising its Constitutional duty of oversight. Oversight that is badly needed, as IMHO Fitzgerald is on a fishing expedition to bring down Rove and as many others as he can.
I saw a blurb on another site that ABC has staked out the Grand Jury location and reported that two of Rove's staffers testified on Friday. If true, it seems clear to me that this guy is STILL going after Karl, and possibly others in the administration, and that the speculation that he's after the Wilsons and/or the CIA is wishful thinking. Fitzgerald is NOT a friend of the administration, and we had better be aware. This isn't over by a long shot.
According to liberals, the GOP slimes everybody. For example, if you point out how a Democratic candidate voted, you are "sliming" that candidate. Scandalous or libelous remarks made by Democrats about Republicans, however, are okay.
It's standard procedure.
With Ken Starr and Linda Tripp they even had to pretend they were Republicans.
Slime a Special Prosecutor? Joe Conason must think Bubba is still President...
You're probably right. People like Conason get their marching orders from their massas down at the DNC.
Well, it IS something that they are floating as some kind of "talking point" -- though, if not true, then, Dems just look like idiots. Again.
It's written by "Dead eyes" Joe Conason. His eyes have NO spark of life and hehas no spark of truth in him. he Republicans don't SLIME people....the Dems do!
Any article that starts out "Under the harsh but savvy tutelage of Karl Rove..." is false.
As I recall, Conason played a big part in sliming Ken Starr.
He and David Corn have an ongoing battle to be the most ferret-like commentator on TV. No matter who wins, we lose!
LOL..
BUMP
Democrats frequently accuse Republicans of the things that they (democrats) have done or are doing.
Kerry was hapless with out a side glance from Rove
Good Lord, summer!
This is a Joe Conason column! Your headline had me going there for a minute.
Joke's on me! (Conason - - HAR!!!)
Regards,
LH
Oh dear. The hapless victim, John Kerry, was smeared by the evil Karl Rove.
Hapless? Maybe. Victim? No.
How does one turn a moronic Presidential contender into a victim? By saying it?
Time for a new cauliflower in the cranium, Conason. The old one is liquefying and pouring out of your ears.
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