Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

Karl Rove to resign


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Karl Rove to resign Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 2:38:18 AM   
cyberdude611


Posts: 2596
Joined: 5/7/2006
Status: offline 		WASHINGTON (AFP) - Top White House political adviser Karl Rove, who masterminded President George W. Bush's political campaigns in 2000 and 2004, said in an interview published Monday that he will resign at the end of this month.

"I just think it's time," Rove told The Wall Street Journal. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family."

The paper said Rove's resignation as White House Deputy Chief of Staff would become effective on August 31.

Rove has been under fire since 2003, when retired US diplomat Joseph Wilson claimed he had illegally leaked to the media the identity of Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, a covert CIA employee.

Wilson asserted the leak had been orchestrated in retaliation for his New York Times article, in which he refuted the Bush administration's claim that the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein had explored ways of purchasing uranium ore from Niger.

The claim, made by Bush in his 2003 State of the Union address, was widely used to justify the subsequent invasion of Iraq.

An investigation into the Plame leak led to perjury and obstruction of justice charges, and subsequent conviction of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former chief of staff for Vice President Richard Cheney.

But prosecutors determined last year there was no reason to charge Rove with any wrongdoing.

Asked in the interview if he felt he had committed any mistakes during his White House tenure, Rove said, "I'll put my feet up in September and think about that."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsrove
Profile   Post #: 1
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 2:42:56 AM   
SusanofO


Posts: 5672
Joined: 12/19/2005
Status: offline 		Good riddance. I think he was a darn hard worker (I read once he almost always worked 12-16 hour days). Unfortunatley, I think as time went on, I grew in my impression that his pro-Bush image and stategy campaigns were knee-deep in sleazy tactics. I think this move might just turn out to be good for Bush (not that anything can actually save his image at this point, but still).

- Susan

_____________________________

"Hope is the thing with feathers,
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all". - Emily Dickinson

(in reply to cyberdude611)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 3:36:03 AM   
SugarMyChurro


Posts: 1912
Joined: 4/26/2007
Status: offline 		The conman folds up his table.

One by one they now slink off into the sunset. The more they stay in the public's eye the more the public will scrutinize their wealth stealing dealings. So having fleeced the taxpayers it is now time to depart.

(in reply to SusanofO)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 5:31:23 AM   
InnocentYoungSub


Posts: 210
Joined: 8/7/2007
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: SugarMyChurro

The conman folds up his table.

One by one they now slink off into the sunset.


That about sums it up.  Every one of these slimey S.O.B.'s apart from Scooter Libby is gonna get off scott free.

(in reply to SugarMyChurro)
Profile   Post #: 4
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 5:33:34 AM   
Solaise


Posts: 64
Joined: 11/29/2004
Status: offline 		....And my guess is that he isn't going to 'slink' very far. Just far enough to get out from under the public eye. He still has his fingers in the pot.

(in reply to InnocentYoungSub)
Profile   Post #: 5
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 7:54:39 AM   
farglebargle


Posts: 10715
Joined: 6/15/2005
From: Albany, NY
Status: offline 		He *could* be the "Fall Guy". Pin it all on him, and have him do a fade-out like Ken Lay, stick a dead bum in the coffin, and "Steve Wellington" takes a no-show consulting gig with some lobbying firm.



_____________________________

It's not every generation that gets to watch a civilization fall. Looks like we're in for a hell of a show.

ברוך אתה, אדוני אלוקינו, ריבון העולמים, מי יוצר צמחים ריחניים

(in reply to Solaise)
Profile   Post #: 6
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 9:09:00 AM   
Owner59


Posts: 17033
Joined: 3/14/2006
From: Dirty Jersey
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: InnocentYoungSub

quote:

ORIGINAL: SugarMyChurro

The conman folds up his table.

One by one they now slink off into the sunset.


That about sums it up.  Every one of these slimey S.O.B.'s apart from Scooter Libby is gonna get off scott free.



Not to worry,like Ollie North and G.Gordon Liddy,"Scooter will probably get a show on Fox News.

Rove will still be advising bush,but symbolically(anyway),this is good news.


_____________________________

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals"

President Obama

(in reply to InnocentYoungSub)
Profile   Post #: 7
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 10:08:44 AM   
DomKen


Posts: 19457
Joined: 7/4/2004
From: Chicago, IL
Status: offline 		Wonder which GOP candidate he is going to start working for? Romney seems the obvious choice.

(in reply to Owner59)
Profile   Post #: 8
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 12:32:39 PM   
LotusSong


Posts: 6334
Joined: 7/2/2006
From: Domme Emeritus
Status: offline 		All the resignations to "spend more time with the family" makes me wonder.. what (else) do they know that they aren't telling us?

_____________________________

Life Lesson #1

I'm not your type.
I'm not inflatable.


(in reply to cyberdude611)
Profile   Post #: 9
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 12:42:08 PM   
littlesarbonn


Posts: 1710
Joined: 12/3/2005
From: Stockton, California
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: DomKen

Wonder which GOP candidate he is going to start working for? Romney seems the obvious choice.


That's most definitely what's happening. He's a kingmaker, and he's probably now focusing on the next "king" he's going to put into power. There's not much politically he can do for Bush, so it's a pretty obvious choice of what he needed to do. His leaving actually serves as a benefit to Bush (so neocons can say that "liberals" are now focusing on a guy that's no longer around).


_____________________________

<---- FYI, this picture looks JUST like me


http://www.littlesarbonn.com/Stickman/Stickman.htm
The Adventures of Stickman and the Unemployed Lego Spaceman

(in reply to DomKen)
Profile   Post #: 10
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 5:22:47 PM   
Nosathro


Posts: 3319
Joined: 9/25/2005
From: Orange County, California
Status: offline 		I read the article my understanding is that once he leaves the White House he will work for Bush still in trying to spin history to make Bush look good.

_____________________________

"The love of a slave girl is the deepest and most profound love that any woman can give a man. Love makes a woman a man's slave, and the wholeness of that love requires that she be, in truth, his slave." Magicians of Gor, page 31

(in reply to littlesarbonn)
Profile   Post #: 11
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 5:52:18 PM   
ELUSIVE1


Posts: 536
Joined: 9/11/2005
Status: offline 		some of you may appreciate the humor in this...I left for work at 6 this morning--working with a new account, new people..so my daughter hears PART of the news report and texts me "Bush is resigning, will be out by Sept 1"...well I was ecstatic...asked the new employees (only half joking) if they would rather cut out today celebrate with drinks at the local pool hall....yeah, they all think the blonde mgr is totally insane..I will check accuracy of text messages from now on...

_____________________________

"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality"

*Poe
http://alt.com/blog/ELUSIVE1NC
http://users.adultspace.com/ELUSIVE1NC/


(in reply to Nosathro)
Profile   Post #: 12
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 5:59:16 PM   
Alumbrado


Posts: 5560
Status: offline 		Interesting to contemplate in light of history, whether this moment will be seen as the beginning of the end for a gang of corrupt politicians, or just another spin of the wheel.

(in reply to ELUSIVE1)
Profile   Post #: 13
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 6:04:12 PM   
ELUSIVE1


Posts: 536
Joined: 9/11/2005
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Alumbrado

Interesting to contemplate in light of history, whether this moment will be seen as the beginning of the end for a gang of corrupt politicians, or just another spin of the wheel.
one could only hope that it is the beginning of the end, and that text was actually a Freudian slip...

_____________________________

"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality"

*Poe
http://alt.com/blog/ELUSIVE1NC
http://users.adultspace.com/ELUSIVE1NC/


(in reply to Alumbrado)
Profile   Post #: 14
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 7:55:20 PM   
Owner59


Posts: 17033
Joined: 3/14/2006
From: Dirty Jersey
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: DomKen

Wonder which GOP candidate he is going to start working for? Romney seems the obvious choice.


You know,.... you guys are sooo jaded and cynical.

The man said he wanted to spend time w/ his family!

Can`t we just take his word for it?   Jeeeshhhh!


_____________________________

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals"

President Obama

(in reply to DomKen)
Profile   Post #: 15
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 7:57:45 PM   
Zensee


Posts: 1564
Joined: 9/4/2004
Status: offline 		Well there goes Bush's "brain". Now what?



Z.


_____________________________

"Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water." (proverb)

(in reply to Owner59)
Profile   Post #: 16
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 11:45:29 PM   
Sinergy


Posts: 9383
Joined: 4/26/2004
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Owner59

Can`t we just take his word for it?   Jeeeshhhh!



The problem with being proven to be a liar, Owner59, is that nobody believes a word that comes out of your mouth after being found it.

When I see proof that he is not a deceitful, machiavellian scumbag, I might grant a bit of credence to the noise emanating from his pie hole.

As it is, I know when his lips are moving he is lying.

Sinergy

edited because i before e except after c...

< Message edited by Sinergy -- 8/13/2007 11:46:50 PM >

_____________________________

"There is a fine line between clever and stupid"
David St. Hubbins "This Is Spinal Tap"

"Every so often you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You cant do that, it is gone, gone forever." J. Danforth Quayle


(in reply to Owner59)
Profile   Post #: 17
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 11:56:57 PM   
Owner59


Posts: 17033
Joined: 3/14/2006
From: Dirty Jersey
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Zensee

Well there goes Bush's "brain". Now what?



Z.



1. He`ll be working for the next GOP presidential candidate.
2. He`ll write a book, cash out on his treachery.
3. He`ll open a consulting firm,with someone else`s`s name on the shingle.
4. He`ll spend more time w/ his family.
5. He`ll advise, via telecommuting w/ bush from Texas.


_____________________________

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals"

President Obama

(in reply to Zensee)
Profile   Post #: 18
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/13/2007 11:59:45 PM   
Owner59


Posts: 17033
Joined: 3/14/2006
From: Dirty Jersey
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Sinergy

quote:

ORIGINAL: Owner59

Can`t we just take his word for it?   Jeeeshhhh!




The problem with being proven to be a liar, Owner59, is that nobody believes a word that comes out of your mouth after being found it.

When I see proof that he is not a deceitful, machiavellian scumbag, I might grant a bit of credence to the noise emanating from his pie hole.

As it is, I know when his lips are moving he is lying.

Sinergy

edited because i before e except after c...


It was a tongue in check comment.


< Message edited by Owner59 -- 8/14/2007 12:00:19 AM >

_____________________________

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals"

President Obama

(in reply to Sinergy)
Profile   Post #: 19
RE: Karl Rove to resign - 8/14/2007 8:22:51 AM   
Zensee


Posts: 1564
Joined: 9/4/2004
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Owner59

quote:

ORIGINAL: Zensee

Well there goes Bush's "brain". Now what?



Z.



1. He`ll be working for the next GOP presidential candidate.
2. He`ll write a book, cash out on his treachery.
3. He`ll open a consulting firm,with someone else`s`s name on the shingle.
4. He`ll spend more time w/ his family.
5. He`ll advise, via telecommuting w/ bush from Texas.



Good guesses but I was wandering "now what" for freedom, democracy and the crusade against terists (I hope that's not 'tourists', they pay the bills in this town).

Z.


_____________________________

"Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water." (proverb)

(in reply to Owner59)
Profile   Post #: 20
Page:   [1] 2   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Karl Rove to resign Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.156