President W-imbecile issued a rather soft non-supportive statement of support for his chief political adviser today. Right in front of him. Beginning to sound like he's distancing himself, preparing for ...
From AP reports:
President Bush said Wednesday that he will withhold judgment about top aide Karl Rove's involvement in leaking the identity of a CIA agent until a federal criminal investigation into the matter is complete.
"This is a serious investigation," Bush said at the end of a meeting with his Cabinet, with Rove sitting just behind him. "I will be more than happy to comment on this matter once this investigation is complete.
Not exactly a vote of confidence. In fact, it's a pretty generic statement considering other Republicals are attempting to rally behind Rove and - given the lack of actual defensible facts - attempting to discredit the media for reporting the facts. Some are now even going as far as to try and discredit outed CIA operative Valerie Plame, saying she was just a desk jockey who wasn't put in jeopardy by any alleged outing which may or may not have occurred.
Smells of desperation.
Rove's Lawyer is even going as far as to say that, well, he didn't use Plame's name while outing her so whatever he did/may have/could have said wasn't actually treasonous.
Again from the AP:
Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, said Rove did not disclose Valerie Plame's name, a point that Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., called a distinction without a difference.
"The fact that he didn't give her name, but identified the ambassador's wife ... doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who that is," Biden said on CNN's "Inside Politics." "If that occurred, at a minimum, that was incredibly bad judgment, warranting him being asked to leave."
Don't know about anyone else, but to me it kinda makes a hum job in the Oval Office pale by comparision....
And so it goes.
2 comments:
Isn't his name spelled "Karl"? Just sayin'.
Yeah, that would be true. I will make the corrections. Thanks for pointing it out.
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