Karl Rove to quit at end of August

tbone · 08-13-2007, 09:47 AM

Wow, this kinda took me by surprise.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Karl Rove, President Bush's senior political adviser, will voluntarily step down from his White House post at the end of the month, senior administration officials said Monday.

Karl Rove to quit at end of August - CNN.com

The president and Rove are expected to speak before boarding Marine One at the White House at 11:35 a.m. ET. Bush will head to his Crawford, Texas, ranch where he will remain for the rest of the week.

Going to watch this!

Thorgrim · 08-13-2007, 11:26 AM

"family reasons" my ass, its because he's been under constant pressure to go the way of Scooter Libby and he was a complete failure as a help to the GOP in '06

JaJae · 08-13-2007, 12:19 PM

Good riddins.

DosEquis · 08-13-2007, 01:18 PM

Maybe with that time off he could find his millions of "missing" emails.

JaJae · 08-13-2007, 01:19 PM

The article says he wants to go dove hunting. He should bring Cheney along.

RMNIXON · 08-13-2007, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by JaJae

The article says he wants to go dove hunting. He should bring Cheney along.

I see the conspiracy crap has already begun. It is quite simple really. Bush is coming to the end of his second term. The next Republican President will not be part of the Bush Whitehouse team but a complete outsider. There will not be that much political business to do other than the backround support given to the Republican candidate. Lots of people will be leaving before 2008 is over and looking for good private sector positions or planning to retire.

But lets let the left have some fun:

ROVE for President 2008!

northhunter · 08-13-2007, 03:09 PM

He probably only stayed as long as he did to piss off all the people that demanded he leave!

ballz2wallz · 08-13-2007, 03:12 PM

The Dems favorite fall guy is leaving. What will they ever do!

Thorgrim · 08-13-2007, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

The Dems favorite fall guy is leaving. What will they ever do!

How is he a fall guy? It's Cheney and Bush who are responsible, always has been

He left the WH in disgrace not because of any criminal activity (which im 99% sure of) but because he became a failure...2006 was a disaster and every GOP candidate is trying to distance themselves from the man Karl Rove crafted for decades, he is utterly defeated

Donkey® · 08-13-2007, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

The Dems favorite fall guy is leaving. What will they ever do!

Being a fall guy mean he's an asshole who did many illegal things that he'll never be put in jail for? Ok.

6SpeedTA95 · 08-13-2007, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Thorgrim

"family reasons" my ass, its because he's been under constant pressure to go the way of Scooter Libby and he was a complete failure as a help to the GOP in '06

I actually agree with you

goldenponderbob · 08-13-2007, 06:06 PM

What about that Judiciary Committee Subpoena?

He's a major target of the "prosecutor firing" probe!

Can he take executive priviledge with him? There's a twist!

Tells the committee to "stick it"?

No longer on Bush's team therefore too uninteresting, invitation withdrawn?

Any reason to lie?

Maybe ask for immunity? Spill major beans?

And, therein, without doing anything else, hel takes some pressure off George, for awhile anyway. If he can stretch this out until fall that will help. It was exactly the same time of year twentythree years ago that the roof caved in on RMN. A different atmosphere in the fall seams to change the focus of what's hot. Right now, the hearings are hot, later in the year the Iraq prospectus will push this business to the back burner. Less headlines could equate to less effort to force compliance

Somewhere among the above lies the real reason for taking the powder.

In comedy and politics, timing is everything (I didn't invent that expression, and I don't reiterate it here for laughs; it just seem oddly appropriate).

Move over football and pennant chases, there could be a better game coming to town this fall.

goldenponderbob

ballz2wallz · 08-13-2007, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Thorgrim

How is he a fall guy? It's Cheney and Bush who are responsible, always has been

He left the WH in disgrace not because of any criminal activity (which im 99% sure of) but because he became a failure...2006 was a disaster and every GOP candidate is trying to distance themselves from the man Karl Rove crafted for decades, he is utterly defeated

Originally Posted by Donkey®

Being a fall guy mean he's an asshole who did many illegal things that he'll never be put in jail for? Ok.

Sorry, I should have said you're losing your favorite target:

TheHill.com - Roveâ€™s departure leaves Dems without favorite target

Rouger2 · 08-13-2007, 07:09 PM

The junk yard dog is gone what a shame. Him and his kind and there are more and more to come are a curse on this nation.

RMNIXON · 08-13-2007, 07:16 PM

This may actually be a very good sign that the Bush Whitehouse let him go now instead of waiting for the Fall Congressional break. Perhaps they have even more confidence in the September Iraq Report and how well it will go over in the Congress than we know?

goldenponderbob · 08-13-2007, 07:33 PM

For Patrick Lahey to insist that Rove is no longer protected by "executive priviledge when he leaves, and is therefore subject to the Judiciary Commitee's subpoena, he must first concede that Rove once had it.

Can't lose what you never had.

That concession would then protect the other subpoena recipients, which the committee wants as much or more than Rove, unless they lose their jobs.

Executive priviledge is a thing Lahey absolutely cannot admit exists.

Wow!

RMNIXON · 08-17-2007, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by W.J. Wilczek

Karl Rove is leaving the White House, and taking with him Donald Segretti’s well-worn bag of dirty tricks - not to mention a trunk-load of his own invention. For a bad actor, his is nevertheless a hard act to follow. Indeed, his tenure is a testament to the political damage one man well-placed can do. One can only speculate what President Bush can do without him. No doubt, he will have to rely heavily on Vice President Cheney for advice. The ship of state is sinking with a fool at the helm.

Are you seriously comparing Rove to Segretti's College Prank statis in CREEP?

RMNIXON · 08-18-2007, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by W.J. Wilczek

Donald Segretti was Karl Rove's mentor in 1972.

OK, you got me on that one. I had no idea.

If anything he helped Muskie not look like such a dweeb:

"Other dirty tricks in Florida included a naked girl running through Muskie's hotel claiming that she was in love with the Democratic contender. Segretti's agents, posing as Muskie supporters, telephoned voters in the middle of the night asking them to support their candidate."