ROVE: “I’m really sad about Scooter,”

[kpete]

Karl Rove keeps a newspaper picture of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and his wife on the day Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case. Rove says he holds onto it to remember. “I’m really sad about Scooter,” he said. Although he does not say it, the picture may also be a reminder of what he avoided.

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Rove adamantly denies doing anything wrong, but the investigation, which hung over him for years before special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald decided against seeking an indictment, gave more grist to enemies who see a ruthless, Machiavellian player willing to destroy his critics. Rove sees it the other way around; he sees a hunt for a crime that did not exist.

The investigation, Rove said, was his lowest moment at Bush’s side. “It was really hard for me,” he said. “I’m not bitter about it. But I’ll tell you, my wife is bitter about all the people who carry those little badges that say, ‘Press.’ “

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/06/AR2007100601521.html?hpid=topnews

[yourout]

1. Rove to Cheney......"Better him than me"

[roguevalley]

18. his wife can shut the fuck up. he's got a chick on the side, lady. think

about that.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Ahh, I see that...

The press campaign to turn Rove into something resembling a human being continues apace.

Next up: Karl Rove gets his own talk show on TV,

[Canuckistanian]

3. Yeah, poor Scooter's wrist must be smarting

I'm just waiting for a real government to come into power to re-energize Fitz.

[zanne]

4. I'm so sorry he's sad about Scooter...

It sounds like his dog just died.

[Bitwit1234]

15. I am sorry the S.O.B is still a US citizen

there should be a special hell for the members of this administration.

[BridgeTheGap]

5. Sure, there's nothing wrong with outting a covert CIA agent

nothing at all.
Just another example of the law be damned for the sake of political revenge. Does Rove actually believe his own drivel?

[Catherine Vincent]

6. Best comment from the article:

gary9 wrote:
What a bunch of sanctimonious, self aggrandizing, self regarding, self pitying, self absorbed, self importent, clueless, messianic hypocrites
10/7/2007 12:02:42 AM

[grasswire]

13. have they disabled remarks for this story?

I don't see them.

[bluetrain]

7. Oh, right, like he has feelings. /eom

[rwork]

8. Karl speaking

in 2000 in South Carolina, yeah we will say McCain fathered an illigitimate black child.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

9. It's all very 'Mob crime family'

Rove feels for him, because Libby kept his mouth shut and took the rap for Rove and Cheney.

The investigation, Rove said, was his lowest moment at Bush’s side. “It was really hard for me,” he said. “I’m not bitter about it. But I’ll tell you, my wife is bitter about all the people who carry those little badges that say, ‘Press.’

Yes, the very press who they leaked Valerie Plame's identity to. The same press who looked away and didn't rock the boat in the run up to the Iraq War. Rove doesn't feel guilt and prefers to blame other people.

[Major Hogwash]

10. All of a sudden, Rove cares.

Yeah, right.
He probably sent Scooter a Gray Bar Hotel card that said, "See ya in 30 months, sucker."
Because, when you care to send the best to someone who is "going away for awhile", always send a Gray Bar Hotel card.

[grasswire]

11. this is maddening

It's all about them as victims. Victims of the press, victims of public opinion, victims of circumstances.

There's nothing about accountability. NOTHING.

They shrug off any negative thoughts. They have no fear of karma, or the law, or anything else. They need to heal, they say. They need to get over it, they say.

It's enough to make me think about tar, feathers, and a rail.

[Missy Vixen]

12. I have a photo especially for Karl

Karl, you may think you've managed to escape him. Perhaps he's only gathering additional evidence.

Meet your worst nightmare.


Fondly,
Julie

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. Well, Rove has one thing correct. He's not competent enough to understand

the crime he committed.

[OneBlueSky]

16. I'm really sad about Scooter, too . . .

Phil Rizutto was a great ballplayer and a great broadcaster . . . we all miss him . . .

[Ilsa]

17. Rove's pathetic wife should place her anger squarely

where it belongs instead of blaming the messengers. So she's pissed that friends got caught breaking the law. boo-fucking-hoo.

[bdamomma]

19. STFU Rove!! you arrogant POS,

[Vickers]

20. "Rove adamantly denies doing anything wrong"

:rofl:

Why the guilt then, fatneck?