The DavidCyrus Blog of Wisdom

A Very Special Episode of "Rove's Playhouse"
Someone's gonna get busted before this is over

Charge: Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove leaked the ID of former ambassador Joe Wilson's wife,Valerie Plame, an undercover CIA operative, to the press. His goal was to discredit Wilson's investigative trip to Niger and public denial of Bush's State of the Union claim that Iraq was buying "yellowcake" uranium in Africa. Apparently he thought outing Wilson's wife as the CIA operative directing her husband to travel to Niger would weaken Wilson's appearance of impartiality. This will most probably result in a grand jury indictment of Rove. In fact, with the number of denials of any knowledge in this matter, given earlier by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, contrasting Rove's obvious involvement, people are beginning to ask, "What did the President know, and when did he know it?"

Republican counterspin, part one: "The fact is Karl Rove did not leak classified information. He did not, according to what we learned this past weekend, reveal the name of anybody. He didn't even the know the name."

What utter nonsense! Obviously, Rove called her something like, "Wilson's wife" instead of her name. Several reporters and their subpoenaed notes prove this. He's also on the record for giving reporters the go-ahead on this info; that Ambassador Wilson's wife and her undercover status were "fair game."

Plenty of Rippup mouthpieces are attempting to find no legal crime in this matter. However, as Karl Wilson himself stated, "It should be clear that the CIA would not have referred the case to Justice, if it had not believed a crime was committed."

Republican counterspin, part two: "Wilson endorsed Kerry in October 2003"

This is straight from the Republican National Committee's talking points on the Rove issues! Their Deputy Chief of Staff, the brain behind two razor-thin national elections, is going to be indicted, and their strategy is to highlight their victim's Democratic voting record?

Well, that, and to have every member of the Administration, including Bush himself, dummy up on the issue for two solid days (and counting).

Have you noticed that Karl Rove looks like Rush Limbaugh's twin separated at birth?