Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Rove: Playground Bully & Traitor FEATURED ARTICLES - Bush's Culture of Unaccountability, BuzzFlash Interview with Joseph Wilson - Pickles, pieholes, and Karl Rove, by Tai Moses, Alternet THE QUOTE: "Even though I'm a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors." - - George H. W. Bush, 1999 THE HISTORY: July 12 1969 -- Half of the Top 40 AM radio stations in the USA ban the Beatles' "The Ballad of John & Yoko" because of the lyrics, "Christ, you know it ain't easy. You know how hard it can be. The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me." RHINO HERE: The 1982 "Intelligence Identities Protection Act" makes it a felony to reveal the fact that someone is a covert government operative.  As has been reported here on Rhino's Blog many times over the past few years, Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was outed as a CIA agent in an article by Robert Novak who supposedly received the tip from a top shrub gang official. The Rhino has said over & over that it was Karl Rove behind the unsubtle attempt to trash the lives af Mr Wilson & Ms. Plame and to strike fear into any other would be whistle blowers inside the beltway who might dare to speak the truth.   So now comes the documented proof in the notes of Time reporter Matt Cooper but will Rove face a firing squad for treason, or will he even be fired?  Wilson you'll remember was the one sent by the gang to investigate the Niger yellowcake story & reported it was a forgery. Then when shrub used the story in his state of the coup speech, Wilson came out to say no way! What follows are a few links to articles on the story and the Rove connection, some new, and a few articles giving the background on the infamous dirty trickster of the shrub gang.  Rhino wants to see Rove do the perp walk right out of the gates of La Casa Blanca. And he wants to know, "What about Novak? Why isn't Bob going to Jail with the war mongering NY Times BushCo PR agent Judith Miller?" Don't miss the recent Buzzflash interview with Jo Wilson about the goings on entitled, "Bush's Culture of Unaccountability"  and then Rhino's Bottom Line, a report on Rove's latest playground bully dirty trick, an attack on MoveOn.org Bush Administration Is Focus of Inquiry CIA Agent's Identity Was Leaked to Media Washington Post, 9/27/03 ...Wilson, while refusing to confirm his wife's occupation, has suggested publicly that he believes Bush's senior adviser, Karl C. Rove, broke her cover. Wilson said Aug. 21 at a public forum in suburban Seattle that it is of keen interest to him "to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs."... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11208-2003Sep27.html Bush Vows Action if Aides Had Role in Leak By Mike Allen, Washington Post, 9/29/03 President Bush's chief spokesman said yesterday that the allegation that administration officials leaked the name of a CIA operative is "a very serious matter" and vowed that Bush would fire anybody responsible for such actions... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17129-2003Sep29.html Why Are These Men Laughing? by Ron Suskind, Esquire, January 2003 ...Sources close to [George Bush Sr.] say Karl Rove was fired from the 1992 Bush presidential campaign after he planted a negative story with columnist Robert Novak about dissatisfaction with campaign fundraising chief and Bush loyalist Robert Mosbacher Jr. It was smoked out, and he was summarily ousted.... MORE AT: http://www.ronsuskind.com/newsite/articles/archives/000032.html Bush's Culture of Unaccountability A BuzzFlash Interview, 7/11/05 Ambassador Joseph Wilson discusses Judith Miller, the 'outing' of his wife as a CIA operative, and his opinion that the Bush Administration committed treason. READ IT ALL AT BUZZFLASH:  http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23450 (o/)(o/)(o/) 7:44:54 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - Pickles, pieholes, and Karl Rove Pickles, pieholes, and Karl Rove by Tai Moses, Alternet, 7/11/2005 You just gotta love Karl Rove. The man is truly an evil genius. If only we had someone like him on our side! What makes Rove so diabolically successful is that the playbook where he gets all his dirty tricks is basically the same one we all used when we were kids trying to survive on the playground -- only he brings to bear all the money and power of the Republican Party. Hence, even as the mierda from l'affair d'Plame makes sucking sounds on the soles of his tasseled loafers, Rove has launched a counterattack -- on MoveOn.org! Doug Ireland reports in his blog Direland, that Monday's issue of the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call has an article about the GOP's new Rove-inspired smear campaign, which attempts to label MoveOn "soft on terror." According to Roll Call, "These attacks appear to have two purposes: One is to put the group and its Democratic allies on the defensive over support for the war on terror. And the second is to drive a wedge between Democratic candidates and the millions of dollars that MoveOn's supporters have pumped into their campaigns. With MoveOn fast becoming one of the Democratic Party's most important fundraising sources, the second goal may end up being the more important one." Writes Ireland, Karl Rove is "hoping to hang the successful e-fundraising operation around the necks of Democratic candidates all across the country like a terror-tinged albatross." This is Rove's way of saying, Hey, I may be a sleazy, treasonous goon, but so what: MoveOn is worse. MoveOn is unpatriotic! (Playground Retort #27: "I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I?") MORE AT: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/#23479 (o/)(o/)(o/) Rhino's Blog is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. Feedback & requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. (rhino@kifaru.com) See The Latest Greatest Political Cartoons While You Read Rhino's Blog AT : http://www.rhinosblog.info Rhino's Other Web Sites: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (Indigenous Assistance & Intercultural Dialog) http://www.kifaru.com (Native American Relations Video Documentaries) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 7:11:52 AM    comment

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