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Karl Rove to resign at the end of August
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
Karl Rove, President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of August, joining a lengthening line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 1/2 years of the administration.
A longtime member of Bush's inner circle, Rove was nicknamed "the architect" by the president for designing the strategy that twice won him the White House.
A criminal investigation put Rove under scrutiny for months during the investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name but he was never charged with any crime.
Bush was expected to make a statement Monday with Rove.
"Obviously it's a big loss to us," White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said. "He's a great colleague, a good friend, and a brilliant mind. He will be greatly missed, but we know he wouldn't be going if he wasn't sure this was the right time to be giving more to his family, his wife Darby and their son. He will continue to be one of the president's greatest friends."
Since Democrats won control of Congress in November, some top administration officials have announced their resignations. Among those who have left are White House counselor Dan Bartlett, budget director Rob Portman, chief White House attorney Harriet Miers, political director Sara Taylor, deputy national security adviser J.D. Crouch and Meghan O'Sullivan, another deputy national security adviser who worked on Iraq. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was forced out immediately after the election as the unpopular war in Iraq dragged on.
Rove is expected to write a book after he leaves. He disclosed his departure in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
"I just think it's time," Rove said in an interview at this home on Saturday. He first floated the idea of leaving to Bush a year ago, the newspaper said, and friends confirmed he'd been talking about it even earlier. However, he said he didn't want to depart right after the Democrats regained control of Congress and then got drawn into policy battles over the Iraq war and immigration.
"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," said Rove, who has been in the White House since Bush took office in 2001.
Rove's son attends college in San Antonio and he said he and his wife plan to spend much of their time at their nearby home in Ingram.
Rove, currently the deputy White House chief of staff, has been the president's political guru for years and worked with Bush since he first ran for governor of Texas in 1993.
In the interview, Rove predicted Bush will regain his popularity, which has sunk to record lows because of the war in Iraq.
Rove also predicted conditions in Iraq would improve and that the Democrats would nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, calling her "a tough, tenacious, fatally flawed candidate."
Rove testified before a federal grand jury in the investigation into the leak of the name of Valerie Plame, a CIA officer whose husband was a critic of the war in Iraq. That investigation led to the conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on charges of lying and obstructing justice. Plame contends the White House was trying to discredit her husband.
Attorneys for Libby told jurors at the onset of his trial that Libby was the victim of a conspiracy to protect Rove. Details of any save-Rove conspiracy were promised but never materialized.
The most explicit testimony on Rove came from columnist Robert Novak, who outed Plame in a July 2003 column. He testified that Rove, a frequent source, was one of two officials who told him about Plame. Libby, with whom he seldom spoke, was not a source.
Rove, though, was not indicted after testifying five times before the grand jury, occasionally correcting misstatements he made in his earlier testimony.
The jury in Libby's trial did not hear that testimony, nor did it hear that Rove is credited as an architect of Republican political victories and has been accused by opponents of playing dirty tricks.
All that jurors heard is that Rove leaked Plame's identity and, from the outset, got political cover from the White House. He was never charged with a crime.
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
Karl Rove, President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of August, joining a lengthening line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 1/2 years of the administration.
A longtime member of Bush's inner circle, Rove was nicknamed "the architect" by the president for designing the strategy that twice won him the White House.
A criminal investigation put Rove under scrutiny for months during the investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name but he was never charged with any crime.
Bush was expected to make a statement Monday with Rove.
"Obviously it's a big loss to us," White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said. "He's a great colleague, a good friend, and a brilliant mind. He will be greatly missed, but we know he wouldn't be going if he wasn't sure this was the right time to be giving more to his family, his wife Darby and their son. He will continue to be one of the president's greatest friends."
Since Democrats won control of Congress in November, some top administration officials have announced their resignations. Among those who have left are White House counselor Dan Bartlett, budget director Rob Portman, chief White House attorney Harriet Miers, political director Sara Taylor, deputy national security adviser J.D. Crouch and Meghan O'Sullivan, another deputy national security adviser who worked on Iraq. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was forced out immediately after the election as the unpopular war in Iraq dragged on.
Rove is expected to write a book after he leaves. He disclosed his departure in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
"I just think it's time," Rove said in an interview at this home on Saturday. He first floated the idea of leaving to Bush a year ago, the newspaper said, and friends confirmed he'd been talking about it even earlier. However, he said he didn't want to depart right after the Democrats regained control of Congress and then got drawn into policy battles over the Iraq war and immigration.
"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," said Rove, who has been in the White House since Bush took office in 2001.
Rove's son attends college in San Antonio and he said he and his wife plan to spend much of their time at their nearby home in Ingram.
Rove, currently the deputy White House chief of staff, has been the president's political guru for years and worked with Bush since he first ran for governor of Texas in 1993.
In the interview, Rove predicted Bush will regain his popularity, which has sunk to record lows because of the war in Iraq.
Rove also predicted conditions in Iraq would improve and that the Democrats would nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, calling her "a tough, tenacious, fatally flawed candidate."
Rove testified before a federal grand jury in the investigation into the leak of the name of Valerie Plame, a CIA officer whose husband was a critic of the war in Iraq. That investigation led to the conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on charges of lying and obstructing justice. Plame contends the White House was trying to discredit her husband.
Attorneys for Libby told jurors at the onset of his trial that Libby was the victim of a conspiracy to protect Rove. Details of any save-Rove conspiracy were promised but never materialized.
The most explicit testimony on Rove came from columnist Robert Novak, who outed Plame in a July 2003 column. He testified that Rove, a frequent source, was one of two officials who told him about Plame. Libby, with whom he seldom spoke, was not a source.
Rove, though, was not indicted after testifying five times before the grand jury, occasionally correcting misstatements he made in his earlier testimony.
The jury in Libby's trial did not hear that testimony, nor did it hear that Rove is credited as an architect of Republican political victories and has been accused by opponents of playing dirty tricks.
All that jurors heard is that Rove leaked Plame's identity and, from the outset, got political cover from the White House. He was never charged with a crime.
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So another crooked member of the Bush mafia resigns. Big deal.0
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oh no, what's bush gonna do without his brain?hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
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now he can resume his relationship with jeff gannon...0
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Like it really matters at this point. With a little over a year left in his presidency the damage has already been done."When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul0
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you sure do have a way with thread titles
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this is a very, very big deal.
Either there's been a power struggle and Cheney won,
there's a indictment coming down and Rove has been forced under the bus, or he's slipping into the shadows to try to rig the 2008 elections.
We'll see.
Either way I'd like to see the guy tried and imprisoned for his crimes against the nation. He's a traitor of the highest order.May 05, 1992 -November 26, 1993 -
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Mantra Slider wrote:Either way I'd like to see the guy tried and imprisoned for his crimes against the nation. He's a traitor of the highest order.
Welcome! I'm guessing your not a big Nugent fan?0 -
Mantra Slider wrote:he's slipping into the shadows to try to rig the 2008 elections.
story like thats got to be true0 -
Thank God. One of the architects of the 'War In Iraq' aka '2004 Presidential Election Campaign' is leaving. Nice use of the military Karl. Way to go. You kept the Iraq war going on much longer than the 'Mission Accomplished' fiasco and retained a 'Wartime President'. All to keep your way of life alive. An American way of life. For you, Cheney, Bush, and the rest of your Halliburton and Exxon/Mobil cronies. Was it worth it? Is your money that good? I can not wait to stand over your grave til I'm sure that you're dead.I love to turn you on0
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His head is abnormally large.
I will give him credit for getting Bush/Cheney re-elected. They were sitting ducks in '04.0 -
69charger wrote:Welcome! I'm guessing your not a big Nugent fan?
Oh Ted's a hoot in small doses. It's when he gets onstage and turns on that cranky old "Gonzo" act that things get a bit wonky. He's free to do his thing, and make a living at it, like we all are.
Rove's on a whole different level. Ted's not nasty, but Rove's is Grade A nastiness.
Ever seen "Time Bandits"? There's a scene at the end where the Supreme Being destroys Evil, and there is left behind a smoking mound of rubble which He identifies as "highly concentrated evil". The Supreme Being directs the chastened bandits to clean up the "mess" lest any of the Evil gets back out into the world.
Well, Karl Rove is one of those pieces of concentrated Evil.
As pure as it gets.May 05, 1992 -November 26, 1993 -
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Mantra Slider wrote:Oh Ted's a hoot in small doses. It's when he gets onstage and turns on that cranky old "Gonzo" act that things get a bit wonky. He's free to do his thing, and make a living at it, like we all are.
Rove's on a whole different level. Ted's not nasty, but Rove's is Grade A nastiness.
Just trying to gauge your level of "leftness". 0 -
69charger wrote:Just trying to gauge your level of "leftness".
Lol!
Why bother?
If you must know, I'm probably more conservative than you.
I'm certainly more conservative than Rove, but he's not a conservative anyway. He's opportunist, not an ideologue.
So where are you in Wisco?May 05, 1992 -November 26, 1993 -
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Mantra Slider wrote:If you must know, I'm probably more conservative than you.
That's cool. We'll see.I'm certainly more conservative than Rove, but he's not a conservative anyway. He's opportunist, not an ideologue.
Agreed.So where are you in Wisco?
South of LaCrosse.0 -
to little, waaaay to late.....0
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That petulant, diobolical fuck can go pound sand. Good riddance.0
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Rove is just a scab. But a start.War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength0
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