Karl Rove is trippin': Obama Suppressed the Vote (video)

Must see: David Plouffe vs Karl Rove from ABC's "This Week"

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When it rains, it pours. Karl Rove. BUSTED. (Read the transcripts)

The man has LIED about practically everything and now life comes turning FULL CIRCLE on him. Emails and everything indicates that he was deeply involved in the firings of former U.S. Attorneys, especially former U.S. Attorney, David Igelsias, out of New Mexico. It is all here.

Former White House political adviser Karl Rove was deeply involved in the firing of a U.S. attorney in New Mexico, according to White House e-mails and transcripts of closed-door testimony released Tuesday.

The House Judiciary Committee released more than 5,400 pages of White House and Republican National Committee e-mails, along with transcripts of closed-door testimony by Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers.

The documents show that staffers in Rove's office were actively seeking to have U.S. Attorney David Iglesias removed. In one e-mail in 2005, Rove aide Scott Jennings sent an e-mail to another Rove aide, saying, "I would really like to move forward with getting rid of NM US ATTY."

No wonder the Republicans, especially the Bush White House desperately needed a Republican back in the White House. These emails are bomb shells.

The ensuing uproar led to a series of damaging revelations about the Bush administration's political meddling with the Justice Department and the eventual resignation of then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Iglesias said in an interview Tuesday he was nauseated by the whole affair.

"It's exactly what I feared. Over two years ago, I said that all roads lead to Rove," Iglesias said. "I've said consistently that he was highly involved, and now the evidence is there."

Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, did not immediately return a call for comment.

Miers was interviewed by House Judiciary Committee lawyers on June 15. Rove was interviewed July 7 and 30.

A jail cell is waiting for Mr. Rove.

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Karl Rove talking to prosecutors about those fired attorneys

When it rains, it pours and this is what is happening to former Bush officials.

Former top White House official Karl Rove will be interviewed Friday as part of an ongoing probe into the firing of U.S. attorneys during the Bush administration, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

Rove, who has continued to work as a political analyst since leaving the White House, will be questioned by Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy. Last year Dannehy began to examine whether any former senior Justice Department and White House officials lied or obstructed justice in connection with the dismissal of federal prosecutors in 2006, the Post reported.

An earlier Justice Department inquiry concluded that despite Bush administration denials, political considerations played a part in the firings of as many as four federal prosecutors. Nine U.S. attorneys in all were fired in 2006. read more here....

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David Shuster of MSNBC calls out Karl Rove on his HYPOCRISY (Video)

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David Shuster of MSNBC puts Karl Rove on BLAST (Video)

Shuster has been on a roll lately, calling the hypocrisy out, especially on the Republican side. Now here is Karl Rove criticizing President Obama of misleading people. He of ALL PEOPLE got a lot of nerve. That is all I can type, watch the video. Shuster puts Rove on serious blast.

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Rove to testify before Congress

He has no choice. His man is not in the White House any longer and Executive Privilege is OVER for him. Oh, Harriet Miers, too.

A deal has been reached whereby Karl Rove will finally testify, under oath, before the House Judiciary Committee, according to chairman John Conyers' office.

Rove has long avoided and ignored subpoenas in the past by claiming executive privilege -- his deference now comes as a big victory for many Bush administration critics.

Here is the press release:

In an agreement reached today between the former Bush Administration and Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in transcribed depositions under penalty of perjury. The Committee has also reserved the right to have public testimony from Rove and Miers. It was agreed that invocations of official privileges would be significantly limited.

In addition, if the Committee uncovers information necessitating his testimony, the Committee will also have the right to depose William Kelley, a former White House lawyer who played a role in the U.S. Attorney firings.

The Committee will also receive Bush White House documents relevant to this inquiry. Under the agreement, the landmark ruling by Judge John Bates rejecting key Bush White House claims of executive immunity and privilege will be preserved. If the agreement is breached, the Committee can resume the litigation.

Chairman Conyers issued the following statement:

"I have long said that I would see this matter through to the end and am encouraged that we have finally broken through the Bush Administration's claims of absolute immunity. This is a victory for the separation of powers and congressional oversight. It is also a vindication of the search for truth. I am determined to have it known whether U.S. Attorneys in the Department of Justice were fired for political reasons, and if so, by whom."

You better believe that all cable news channels will have their EYEZ on this one.

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Katrina vanden Heuvel gave Karl Rove a cup of STFU on ABCs This Week (Video)

Katrina vanden Heuvel works for The Nation

Karl Rove has no business trying to prop up the failed policies that FAILED under he and his boss' leadership. Rove trying to talk fiscal responsibility is laughable. Just as the Republican Leadership in Washington, D.C. trying to grapple and take the high road on fiscal responsibility is laughable. If the Republican Party was so much a party of Lincoln, Reagan then why was it so hard to reel in their own who spent money like a drunken sailor? Why is it that they had to wait until Bush LEFT office to speak up? That is their main issue. They sat there and allowed it to happen, knew it was wrong, but decided to reap the benefits and deal with it later. Well it is pay up time and their till is empty. The public don't believe anything the Republican Party stands for, except being obstructionists in helping this President who was left with a shit load of problems by the Bush Administration.

From This Week with George Stephanopolous on ABC.

VANDEN HEUEVEL: But, Mr. Rove –

ROVE: Call me Karl.

VANDEN HEUVEL: It’s laughable for you to talk about fiscal responsibility from someone who helped plunge this nation into trillion dollars of debt, through tax cuts for the very rich and a war we never should have fought. And also starving the beast. Starving government has been a Republican role in terms of government. And, therefore, when George asks why government hasn’t functioned, people have not seen the role of government improving the conditions of their lives for decades.

Cross-posted @ Daily Kos

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