though he was reportedly fired from George H.W. Bush’s 1992 reelection campaign

Having a hard time nailing that Jello to the wall, eh?

It was a beautiful day. The coming week looks to be even better.

We know Rove is cooked. His lawyer recently entoned that Heir Karl didn’t “knowingly” exspose Plame covert identity. To me, that pretty much implicates him at a very serious level. “Knowingly” or not…it looks like Rove’s goose is cooked.

We know Rove has used Novak to smear people in past, in fact, “Karl Rove was fired from the 1992 re-election campaign of Bush Sr. for allegedly leaking a negative story about Bush loyalist/fundraiser Robert Mosbacher to Novak.” [Source]

Rove hinted in his interview with the grand jury, that 6-7 others were involved in the smear campaign against Wilson (via Plame). Given Rove didn’t have high enough clearance to know Plame’s status could be leveraged against the ambassador, someone else must have passed the info along to him.

So, given that it seems Rove is now “fair game” for the grand jury, I’d say the real question is, “Who *else* did it?” How high does this go? Bolton? Cheney? ……Bush?

I will be getting a much better sleep this week, methinks, unlike some of those in the capitol.

LOL. Yeah, and how was it that he betrayed his country?

“Not to mention of our moral overlords who order the death of folks without a
second thought” – Bizarro

Who said it?

The question to people with “a little more perspective” is not “Did Karl Rove do it?” or “Why did Karl Rove do it?”, the question is “Who did it?” Period.

Only in the minds of conservatives who give “lying about a blowjob” more import than outing an undercover agent working to protect our nation against the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. (Plame worked the WMD desk at the CIA)

The rest of us have a little more perspective.

I can’t believe, even of BUSHCO, that you could be so STUPID as to destroy an organization of this sophistication and penetration. Plame was just one wheel in a very large cog. And now that whole intelligence machine has vaporized!! Instantaneously.

And for what? This is what I don’t get. Petty revenge can’t be the reason. My respect for BUSHCO is as low as it gets. But revenge seems too simplistic even for them ( career insiders of this level should know better, ego then? I’m not buying it ) .

I have a feeling this is not about 1 undercover CIA operative.

Does anyone get the vibe that this is VERY, VERY BIG?

Lay off that Blue Mountain sherm for a minute and give us some Beltway Insider Buzz ( no pun intended ). This is being discussed with some intensity while your puffing away.

As I noted earlier, the Repugs have already begun to hop aboard the ‘Bill Clinton did it, too” excuse train. Frank is already in the Club Car drinking the koolaid. This is indicative of just how deep the GOP considers the mess they’re in.

Apparently, Frank believes the American public is going to equate lying about an affair with, say, lying about exposing an American undercover agent as an act of political revenge.

No, Frank, they’re not. Here’s why: Probably somewhere around half the nation (maybe more)–Dems and Repugs and whatevers–have committed infidelity. Or they know someone–a friend, relative, business associate, clergyman, etc–who has. They may or may not approve but the vast majority don’t consider it a crime or something worthy of a $100M investigation.

OTOH, exposing a covert CIA agent? When there’s a war on? No, Frank, I’m very, very confident the American public isn’t going to look favorably on that.

As for the worst case; you might be partly right. The GOP has an extensive record of hiring convicted felons.

“I don’t know if we’re going to find out the senior administration official. Now, this is a large administration, and there’s a lot of senior officials.”

For more of Bush’s lack of concern over the breaking scandal, see:

“A Nod and a Wink: Bush on the Plame Scandal”

One thing O’Donnell is “wrong” about: When he says, “If what I have reported is not true… Rove could prove that instantly…”, he is setting an obvious trap for Rove. Either open up yourself for a media ‘feeding frenzy’ or we can assume you are guilty. O’Donnell is a life – long Democrat who may hate Rove more than he hates Bush, and he really hates Bush.

I don’t see it. It’s new – from today.

Dave M: That link is in Oliver’s opening salvo