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House Democrats Subpoena Karl Rove

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Posted on Jan 26, 2009
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The Bush administration may have exited the proverbial building, but that isn’t stopping certain House Democrats, such as House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, from taking Bush sidekick Karl Rove to task for his potential role in the Justice Department’s pink-slipping of several U.S. attorneys in 2006.


The Wall Street Journal:

Michigan Rep. John Conyers, Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on Monday issued a subpoena to Mr. Rove, seeking his appearance at a deposition Feb. 2. Mr. Conyers wants the former aide to President George W. Bush to answer questions on the Justice Department’s firings of U.S. attorneys in 2006, among other matters.

For more than a year, the Bush administration blocked congressional demands for testimony from Mr. Rove and other Bush aides. The White House’s assertion of executive privilege prompted the aides to refuse even to show up for a hearing. A judge last year, in a limited ruling, said the privilege didn’t protect the aides from having to appear, even if they refused to answer questions.

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By tomack, January 28, 2009 at 8:23 am Link to this comment

I hate to resort to cheap and stereotypical imagaes, but just the idea of him walking down the aisle of Cell Block #5 his first day at “camp”, with the corresponding cat calls, jeers, and promises of late night funzies,  makes me feel all fuzzy inside. 

Here’s to keeping our fingers and toes crossed.

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By purplewolf, January 27, 2009 at 9:27 pm Link to this comment

On Countdown tonight, Rove has sent a request to Obama’s office. He wants Obama to see to it that he(Rove) should be allowed to use executive privilege to worm his way from the crimes he committed in his relationship with Bush. I say tough.

It is far past time for these professional criminals to pay the piper for the 8 year dance in the White House and the Texas Tango he danced with George all those other years before that. We don’t need to see his version of the Desperation Dance trying to yet get off with breaking more laws with no accountability. It is time to restore the rules of law, otherwise you have no law and chaos results. Don’t believe it, just look at the last 8 years of Republicans running things.

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By gravel kucinich paul nader, January 27, 2009 at 7:12 pm Link to this comment
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Every good boy deserves favor…

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By GB, January 27, 2009 at 4:30 pm Link to this comment
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I agree with zhong.

Pelosi needs to take obstruction of justice off the table and subpeona Cheney also.
Then he should be asked why his response to the missle approaching and hitting the Pentagon on 911 was to stand down.
This could begin a revelation into what has been going the past 8 years.

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By GW=MCHammered, January 27, 2009 at 2:28 pm Link to this comment
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There should be accountability and real human punishment for Rove’s ScuttleAmericaProject.

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By Bertil, January 27, 2009 at 11:56 am Link to this comment

Off the subject of this thread, someone ought to tell Ice-B that he won the election.  The Democrats don’t have to kiss the asses of the Republicans for now at least.
Hubert Humphrey had it right, reward your friends and punish your enemies.

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By Bertil, January 27, 2009 at 11:47 am Link to this comment

If Conyers behavior now is anything like the way he sloughed off his responsibilities during the last two years of the Bush administration, he’ll say something like, “Gee, I have to go into the office and get the paper out.  Load it into the printer.  Start up my computer or call in my secretary to write the letter myself or dictate it.  Then I have to get an envelope and a stamp.  All this takes time, dontcha know.  If he doesn’t respond, he’ll get an extra big harrumph.”
Like his defense for voting for the Bush Medicare pharmacy giveaway, “It was too big to read.”  I guess you can’t vote against a bill unless you’ve read it.

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By Leefeller, January 27, 2009 at 11:27 am Link to this comment

Accountability has never been a part of the Political circus, maybe it will start here?  I will not hold my breath, but it would be nice to see something like the French Revolution, maybe France can lend or rent us a few dozen guillotines.  A fitting way to put an end to the business as usual crowd.  A jury of peers would mean a jury of criminals, so a jury by the people would be in order.

If accountability is ever to become a reality, something more than a slap on the hand is necessary.  This nation has been way to soft on special interests crimes.  Again, I suggest we do not hold our collective breaths.

How about Karl Rove’s head on a stake in front of the Whitehouse, not that would be fitting the crime.

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By 1twenty1, January 27, 2009 at 9:36 am Link to this comment
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Wouldn’t it be great to turn the clock back about 800 years and use Inquisition measures on this walking p.o.s.?  We could even go mild on his ass and just use waterboarding since all his buddies say it’s not torture anyway.

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By purplewolf, January 27, 2009 at 8:48 am Link to this comment

At the end of the day Rove will refuse to cooperate, just as he has in the past. Since Rove, along with all of the Bush gang has aided in the creation of more terrorists and not less in this world by their illegal round-up and treatment of “suspected terrorists”, they need to be held accountable on these grounds. This group of war criminals needs to be rounded up and held accountable for all of their lies that had gotten America into this situation, torture, corrupt contracts, the illegal wars, the crimes committed by defying the Geneva Convention, just to start with. In fact, I know there are vacancies available for this rogue gang of “cowboys” say in GITMO.

As one of the Bush’s defenders of GITMO said, “It is very clean there”. Something we cannot say about Walter Reed Hospital for our wounded soldiers now can we?

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By hippy pam, January 27, 2009 at 6:59 am Link to this comment

But I won’t hold my breath about the outcome…..Rove is a SLIMEY CHARACTER and-even though “ole bullshit” isn’t there to protect him-ROVE KNOWS THE INS and OUTS of “the system”....WE….THE PEOPLE….Need to insist that JUSTICE BE SERVED…..

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By zhong, January 27, 2009 at 6:52 am Link to this comment
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What about subpoena Dick Chenny?

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By Shift, January 27, 2009 at 3:21 am Link to this comment

Conyers failed to attempt to impeach Bush and Cheney when it counted.  This effort is too little too late to rescue his reputation.  Conyers is just another self seeking Washington thug.

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By Russian Paul, January 27, 2009 at 12:49 am Link to this comment

This man has committed so many crimes it makes one’s head spin. I still don’t understand why he isn’t in prison for treason…Perhaps because he’s so good at “fixing problems”...like Mike Connell for instance.

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By Outraged, January 27, 2009 at 12:30 am Link to this comment

John Conyers is a good person, one of integrity.  He, among others… are proof people of his stature DO EXIST.  Thank you Rep. Conyers for every and ALL the attempts you have made to bring reasonableness and sanity to this out of control melange of criminality.

Many, many hopes and dreams insist that those who can….DO.

Thank you Rep. Conyers.

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