Karl Rove Gets No Apology From Me (Barf Alert)

Billpress.com ^ | September 14, 2006 | Bill Press

[Belasarius]

So where’s my apology to Karl Rove?

That’s what many readers want to know: Having accused Karl Rove of leading a conspiracy within the Bush White House to reveal the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame, don’t I owe Rove an apology now that former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has admitted that he, not Rove, was Novak’s primary source?

Well, here’s my answer: Hell, no! Armitage’s involvement doesn’t disprove the Rove conspiracy. It only proves it was a lot wider than we originally thought.

We remember the facts of the case. Plame’s identity was first blown in a column by Bob Novak on July 14, 2003 — eight days after her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, had posted an op-ed piece in the New York Times challenging President Bush’s State of the Union assertion that Saddam Hussein had been shopping for yellowcake uranium in Niger. He’d been sent to Niger by the CIA to investigate those claims, wrote Wilson, and came back and told the White House the story was phony. In other words, Bush was lying. In response, Novak implied — citing two administration sources — that an out-of-work Wilson had been sent to Africa only because his wife worked at the CIA, and was therefore not to be believed.

Concerned that the secret identity of one of its officers had been compromised, putting lives at risk, the CIA asked the Justice Department to investigate. Acknowledging his own conflict of interest, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft named Patrick Fitzgerald as independent counsel to find out who leaked Plame’s identity — not only to Novak, but to reporters Judy Miller, Bob Woodward, and Matt Cooper.

Enter Karl Rove.

The rest here:

http://www.billpress.com/columns/091406.html

[Belasarius]

This guy is really reaching. I can only imagine how much alcohol it took to tie all of this together.....

[Felis_irritable]

jackass alert...

[stubernx98]

Bill Press is automatic trash material. He has been brain dead for so long, I wonder why no one has pulled the plug.

[Names Ash Housewares]

[sig226]

He's unbelievable. He should do a news show with Dan Rather. The New York Times and Reuter's could invest in it.

[WideGlide]

BRAVO SIERRA Mr. Press. What an a$$bag!

[upchuck]

Give it up Bill. It was a nonstarter back then. It's a nonstarter now.

Moron!

[msnimje]

Bill Press got no brains from God.

[Racer1]

Liars seldom apologize for anything.

[badpacifist]

http://frogstar.soylentgeek.com/wav/this_s~1.wav

[Texas_shutterbug]

geesh

Reminds me of six degrees removed from Kevin Bacon or something.

This guy is out in left field. WAAAAAAAY out there.

[socialismisinsidious]

Typical of liberals....emote, don't think. When confronted with facts deny, whine and keep stating your case over and over again. In their world if you say something long enough then it will become true and the ends always justify the means. Not even gonna mention the whole morals are relative/situational ethics crap.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

He’d been sent to Niger by the CIA to investigate those claims, wrote Wilson, and came back and told the White House the story was phony. In other words, Bush was lying.

Ummm, no! Joe Wilson was lying. That has been corroborated by numerous sources. Repeating a false accusation doesn't make it true, Bill.

[Thebaddog]

Is he the guy who had a hooker to the house and paid her with a personal check?

[Petronski]

This from the mental giant who fell for the "presidential IQ" urban legend about two years after it had been forgotten by everyone else.

What a tool.

[AHerald]

Bill Press: "Proof that I was wrong is proof that I was right."

[savedbygrace]

You're thinking of Bob Beckel.

[mystery-ak]

[Rockitz]

I remember when Bruce Herschenson (former US Senate candidate) used to flog this guy senseless on the local news channel here in LA.

[kromike]

Given his rant, am I supposed to accept that Bill Press is a person of some actual significance?

Hey Bill, Karl Rove serves our Country as advisor to the twice-elected President of the United States. What, if anything, do YOU actually contribute to our Society???