Comments on: Rove Indictment Rumor of the Day http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » The Weekend Bookend http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-24240 Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » The Weekend Bookend Mon, 15 May 2006 05:11:20 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/#comment-24240 [...] I started the weekend with the Jason Leopold ‘Karl Rove is definitely going to be indicted’ story - and I’ll end it that way, too. From Byron York at National Review Online: Jason Leopold, who has written a memoir, entitled News Junkie, in which, according to the book’s promotional material, he portrays himself as a writer “whose addictive tendencies led him from a life of drug abuse and petty crime to become an award-winning investigative journalist,” has written wildly unreliable reports about the CIA leak affair before. But still, reporters of every stripe felt they had to check this one out. [...] [...] I started the weekend with the Jason Leopold ‘Karl Rove is definitely going to be indicted’ story – and I’ll end it that way, too. From Byron York at National Review Online: Jason Leopold, who has written a memoir, entitled News Junkie, in which, according to the book’s promotional material, he portrays himself as a writer “whose addictive tendencies led him from a life of drug abuse and petty crime to become an award-winning investigative journalist,” has written wildly unreliable reports about the CIA leak affair before. But still, reporters of every stripe felt they had to check this one out. [...]

]]> By: Dennis http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-24151 Dennis Sun, 14 May 2006 00:44:22 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/#comment-24151 Mark, your final point is one I've been harping on for some time. From a political perspective, a Rove indictment may give some satisfaction to those who think Rove is the alpha and the omega of all their troubles. But it seems to me that 1) Bush isn't running again anyway, and 2) this way overstates Rove's powers, which, as the current polls indicate, are not quite magical. To paraphrase the old saying, the political graveyards are filled with indispensible men... The only thing that would frustrate me about a Rove indictment is it would be further evidence of the ridiculousness of special prosecutors who can't find any evidence of the crime they were charged with investigating, so they file charges regarding the investigation itself. This was the same stuff that had Democrats fuming, quite rightly, when Ken Starr was tailing President Clinton. Mark, your final point is one I’ve been harping on for some time. From a political perspective, a Rove indictment may give some satisfaction to those who think Rove is the alpha and the omega of all their troubles. But it seems to me that 1) Bush isn’t running again anyway, and 2) this way overstates Rove’s powers, which, as the current polls indicate, are not quite magical.

To paraphrase the old saying, the political graveyards are filled with indispensible men…

The only thing that would frustrate me about a Rove indictment is it would be further evidence of the ridiculousness of special prosecutors who can’t find any evidence of the crime they were charged with investigating, so they file charges regarding the investigation itself. This was the same stuff that had Democrats fuming, quite rightly, when Ken Starr was tailing President Clinton.

]]> By: Muffin the Cat http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-24126 Muffin the Cat Sat, 13 May 2006 15:00:35 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/#comment-24126 This is an extremely far left site. This is an extremely far left site.

]]> By: Rick Moran http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-24112 Rick Moran Sat, 13 May 2006 09:44:52 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/12/rove-indictment-rumor-of-the-day/#comment-24112 I have been advised by some people who know this guy Leopold that he is a serial liar. He's a proven plagiarist and once fabricated an email while working at Slate (or maybe in was Salon; I get those two mixed up). Grain of salt, indeed. I have been advised by some people who know this guy Leopold that he is a serial liar. He’s a proven plagiarist and once fabricated an email while working at Slate (or maybe in was Salon; I get those two mixed up).

Grain of salt, indeed.

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