Rove Cancels Appearance at Fundraiser for Kilgore

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501286.html

Rove Cancels Appearance at Fundraiser for Kilgore
Many Shrug Off Last-Minute Switch as Fairfax Republicans Hear From National Chairman Instead


If those attending yesterday's annual Republican "Pep Rally Breakfast" in Fairfax County did not pay much mind to the scrum of protesters outside, all they had to do was take a seat and flip open the program to see what all the ruckus was about.

There it was, smack in the middle of the first page: The man scheduled to deliver the keynote address in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore would be Karl Rove, the White House senior adviser who is embroiled in the investigation of a leak that revealed the name of a CIA operative. Tickets were hot. The press was barred.

But soon after party activists sat down inside the ballroom of the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, it was announced that Rove had been scratched from the lineup. No detailed reason was given. The 300 breakfasters listened instead to Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee.

For the Republicans, the missed opportunity to see Rove -- one day after he appeared for the fourth time in front of a federal grand jury investigating the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name in 2003 -- triggered responses ranging from disappointment to indifference. Many of the local party loyalists shrugged off the last-minute switch, saying the investigation is meritless, or that Mehlman, who earned fame as Bush's campaign manager in 2004, was equally galvanizing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. We sure could have seen this coming.

If you were running for something, would you want a guy who's possibly about to be indicted at your fund-raiser? Betcha he was sort of, shall we say, disinvited.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. But they're REPUBLICANS! Republicans don't actually get indicted.

Indictments are for the peasants.

Rove probly just wasn't feeling well.

[jobycom]

8. He probably wasn't feeling well at all. nt.

[ShockediSay]

25. Rove's lawyers "no longer confident that he would not be indicted."

while Laura steps into a turd of her own.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/16/wlaura16.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/16/ixworld.html

[Orsino]

40. "...the First Lady's normally impeccable political instincts..."?

WTF? She has done little more than bake cookies and tell a few jokes.

C'mon, Telegraph. Deference to first ladies is fine and polite, but let's not invent a political career out of whole cloth.

[jobycom]

41. Her normal political instinct is to avoid politics altogether

So maybe that's what they mean? In a few months Rove may wish he had chosen her route.

As for inventing political careers out of whole cloth, that's what they did for Bush, too.

[speedoo]

34. "scheduling conflict".... uh huh.

That conflict would be that KKKarl needs to spend lots of time with his lawyers, trying to figure out how to fight indictments for perjury, obstruction of justice, etc. etc.

So the only question is, who made the call ... KKarl's people to cancel, or the local rethugs to disinvite.

KKKarl's gonna get what's coming to him now. And he won't be alone.

[sarcasmo]

2. Wonder what the 300 fools paid to attend that KKKarl "Pep Rally"

[JohnnyCougar]

3. I think this is evidence that Rove himself thinks he will be indicted.

He wouldn't pull himself if he thought he would get off scott free.

[Bumblebee]

15. They would have used the occasion to signal he was in the clear

so he probably is quite worried -- or knows -- that he is not. Great!

[Tight_rope]

5. YAHOOOOOOO....LMBAO

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
The Fat turd blossom is going into hiding now...I guess he wants to enjoy his last few days of freedom looking at the sun, instead of spitting out :puke: bullshit pep rally talk to the Bushco followers.

[aquart]

6. Those darned kidney stones.

[Rose Siding]

7. Oh, that is very cool- Novak bragged about this in his Sunday column

As though it would still happen...

Possible indictment in CIA leak case isn't keeping Rove from GOP fund-raising

While colleagues express concern that presidential adviser Karl Rove could be indicted in the CIA leak case, he continues to be scheduled for private fund-raisers by the Republican National Committee.

Rove was listed for such a money-raising reception Oct. 14 in New York City, the same day he was to testify for the fourth time to a federal grand jury. Rove is scheduled for a fund-raiser Monday in Greenwich, Conn. Earlier, he appeared at such events in Lexington, Ky., and Indianapolis on Sept. 26.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak16.html

Ha ha ha

[TacticalPeek]

11. Beautimous!

Bwaaahahahahaha!

:evilgrin:

[babylonsister]

13. Bwahwahwa! Wrong again, Novak!

Why don't you just pack it in, you has-been? This just might make him more of a laughingstock than he already is.

[ToolTex]

17. Idiot Novak didn't even know that the Aspens had turned in a group.

Has-been!

[existentialist]

26. And, God willing

It will make Novak more of a laughing stock too.


But he was technically correct. Rove was scheduled to speak.

[existentialist]

18. I recommended this one.

So, perhaps the reality that he really is in a world of shit is getting through to Rove and the other Republicans after all.

If Rove going home after his testimony rather than back to work was news, than this is surely news too.

[babylonsister]

9. Rove scratched; if that don't beat all! LOL!

[KarenS]

10. He just "needs to spend more time with his family" ~

before they send him to JAIL!!!!

[lovuian]

12. Do the Republicans want him around anymore!!! NOPE!!!

He is going to feel like the plague!!!

[NVMojo]

14. Rove scratched due to Repuke need to distance themselves ....

for his skankey ass!

[tom22]

16. One thing we can be sure of:

He didn't volunteer for military service in Iraq.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

19. When they start doing stuff like this...

They know that they are about to get their peepees whacked by The Hammer of God.

Whose turn is it to make popcorn? ;-)

[babylonsister]

20. T_S, holy mackeral! How ya doin'?

Did you get inundated with the floods?
BTW, popcorn's on me! :toast:

[Gregorian]

21. Deck chairs!

Like someone on another forum said-


Fitz don't fail me now!

[rainman99]

22. They should have had him turn over his passport.

He's probably flown to France by now.

[Tight_rope]

23. Not to worry...France will sure enuff depart the turd blossom!...n/t

[DearAbby]

24. Hot Damn!

:popcorn: Pass the soda, this is gonna get real good real fast!

[Jackpine Radical]

27. I guess we gotta hope he isn't gonna be charged with

any capital crimes. Otherwise it'll be hell getting him deported from the civilized world back to here.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. I'll take anyone's bet: Kilgore cancelled Rove, not vice versa

He's now as welcome as the strip of toilet paper that clings to your heel when you leave the rest room.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. No doubt about it.

"Uhh, Karl? Jerry Kilgore here. How ya doin'? Say, about that little fundraiser tonight? Well, ya know, it's just a small affair, and I know you've been kinda busy lately, so I got to thinking, well, it would be OK with me if you passed it up. I don't want you to have to go to any extra trouble here, so if you want to just spend some time with the wife, relax and take it easy? That'd be great, Karl.... You know how much we appreciate your help... Yeah, some other time.... You bet, Karl. Take it easy, now..."

[Carla in Ca]

30. Now, you just might have something there

Rumor has it that Arnold won't be available when * comes to CA.
(I'm staying indoors with an air purifier until he leaves)
I see a trend here...

[Historic NY]

31. Saving himself for the Karl Rove legal defense fund...........

no sense raising GOP money....he needs money himself for bail, lawyers and prison wardrobe.

[LiviaOlivia]

32. Rove Cancels Appearance at Fundraiser for Kilgore

Rove Cancels Appearance at Fundraiser for Kilgore
By Ian Shapira
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 16, 2005

Fairfax County, Virginia

If those attending yesterday's annual Republican "Pep Rally Breakfast" in Fairfax County did not pay much mind to the scrum of protesters outside, all they had to do was take a seat and flip open the program to see what all the ruckus was about. There it was, smack in the middle of the first page: The man scheduled to deliver the keynote address in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore would be Karl Rove, the White House senior adviser who is embroiled in the investigation of a leak that revealed the name of a CIA operative. Tickets were hot. The press was barred.

But soon after party activists sat down inside the ballroom of the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, it was announced that Rove had been scratched from the lineup. No detailed reason was given. The 300 breakfasters listened instead to Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee.

~snip~

Eric A. Lundberg, chairman of the Fairfax County Republican Committee, said Rove's office contacted him Friday to cancel because of a "scheduling conflict." Allen Abney, a White House spokesman, said that closing the fundraiser to the press was standard for many such events. "I wouldn't read too much into it," he said. Reporters were eventually admitted. Lundberg said he called law enforcement authorities to ensure that the protesters -- who were brandishing anti-Rove signs in front of a Cadillac and Hummer dealership near the hotel's entrance -- were not causing problems for the hotel or the event.

In his speech, Kilgore was feisty, defending his stand against spending public money to help illegal immigrants and touting his recent ads criticizing his Democratic opponent, Timothy M. Kaine, for his stand on the death penalty. He said the "liberal editorial boards" of newspapers are denouncing his advertisements because "the truth hurts."

~snip~

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501286_pf.html

[LiviaOlivia]

33. Rove Cancels Appearance at Fundraiser for Kilgore

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35. Why didn't Ken Lay take Karl's place as speaker?

[Vinca]

36. This, more than anything else I've read, makes me believe

KARL KNOWS HE'S GOING DOWN! When was the last time he missed an opportunity to raise money? Sure, it could be the locals asking him to stay away, but if that's the case they must feel pretty sure about the future. Buh-bye, Karl.

[Gin]

37. It's about time he feels the pain ....he has caused for others.

g

[mcg]

38. The scrum of party activists

"If those attending yesterday's annual Republican "Pep Rally Breakfast" in Fairfax County did not pay much mind to the scrum of protesters outside, all they had to do was take a seat and flip open the program to see what all the ruckus was about."

"Lundberg said he called law enforcement authorities to ensure that the protesters -- who were brandishing anti-Rove signs in front of a Cadillac and Hummer dealership near the hotel's entrance -- were not causing problems for the hotel or the event."

Shapira, the Washington Post staff writer, doesn't seem to understand, or care about, the difference between reporting the news and writing an editorial.

"scrum" "ruckus" "brandishing" ???

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=scrum
scrum
... A disordered or confused situation involving a number of people.

I'd say that the fools forking over their money to see KARL ROVE were the confused ones.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=brandish
brandish
1. To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly.
2. To display ostentatiously. See Synonyms at flourish.
n : the act of waving v 1: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" 2: exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword"

Oh yes, those protesters are really dangerous people. Better watch out, they might stab you with a sign.

This is not the first time Shapira infected his reporting with his own opinions.

http://rittenhouse.blogspot.com/2003/03/just-usual-old-geezer-peaceniks-post.html

[OKthatsIT]

39. Uh Ohhhh...Rove is freakin....he's in trouble!

Passing up a Govenors race in Virginia?