Posted on 07/15/2008 7:36:42 AM PDT by dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former White House aide Karl Rove denied on Monday that his close ties with Republican politics and John McCain's presidential campaign undermine his credibility as an election analyst for the Fox News Channel.
Appearing at a gathering of television critics in Beverly Hills, Rove and network executive John Moody brushed aside suggestions that Rove's continued involvement in the presidential race, informal or not, might pose a conflict in his capacity as a Fox News contributor.
Rove, the chief strategist for U.S. President George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 election victories and former deputy chief of staff in his administration, left the White House last August and joined the Fox News team in February 2008.
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Rove also dismissed the notion that his refusal to answer congressional subpoenas to testify in a probe of the Bush administration's firing of federal prosecutors amounted to too much political baggage for a network news analyst to carry.
"It is not between me and Congress," he said. "This is between the White House and Congress. This is long-standing battle over the principle of executive privilege and the ability of the president to receive advice from senior advisors and for senior advisors not to be at the beck and call of Congress to testify."
He also said that like fellow Fox News analyst Howard Wolfson, a former top strategist and communications director for Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, his job was to help viewers "better understand" the political process based on his experience.
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I wonder if they asked Stephanopolis the same thing?
The dying liberal socialist MSM just cannot take it...but they can sure dish it out. Bunch of liberal fairies.
stfu
The best commentators are people who have been “in the game”.
Look at the sports broadcast industry, some of the best have been former players - it’s a natural.
I’d rather liten to Rove than Dan Rather, or Andrea Mitchell, or some of the others without a clue but only an agenda.
But they are not the sinister minister boogie men that KKKarl Rove is. It's laughable the fear he inspires.
Leftists really fear that he'll do some mystical juju through the television screen and infect the mind of vulnerable viewers who are not as mentally prepared as they are for the assault.
Is the news market that slow today? Seriously...how about Carville? Begala?
Or Carville or the “FOREHEAD”....
clinton argued the EXACT same point and got full support from the media at the time.
Exactly......Democrats can step back and forth from their political jobs to the media and it’s not a problem.
Just more of the double standard.
How about that bowser, Susan Estrich.?
How about that bowser, Susan Estrich.?
First thing that came to mind. Nope. Hair flip boy got nice bank loans and all kinds of perks including an ABC “news” career merely by walking out of the Clinton Administration to the ABC studio.
Email that graphic to Rooters. LoL!
It was a major contention of the Clinton Administration when they didn't want to reveal the players on Hillary's healthcare panel.
The reason they were reluctant was the dearth of doctors on the panel, and the preponderance of lawyers and health care company shills.
As I recall, Stephie is providing suggestions and advice to the DNC in an unofficial capacity. So no, they won’t draw any parallels.
...or Moyers.
perfect!
I really enjoy Rove’s analysis. It’s no secret who he is, for crying out loud. We viewers can handle it. I think he’s getting more and more air time because he’s doing well and people like what he has to offer. He’s a whole lot better than Dick Morris, who is pure tabloid trash, and nothing more. Rove gives quality analysis in a fair and frank way.
Is that Ernie Borgnine?
That’s Susan Estrich’s body, with her face altered slightly to turn it into the face of Ernest Borgnine.
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