Impeach.

Indict.

Hi Jane!

Jane!

imbibe.

Time magazine isn’t exactly a paragon of liberal ideals so if they said that about Rove then the taint has stuck good.

Bustednuckles @ 6

Time magazine isn’t exactly a paragon of liberal ideals so if they said that about Rove then the taint has stuck good.

I mean really, rejected by TIME!!

Speaking of Rove… Here’s a clip of Abrams, Maddow and Buchanon on Rove’s advice to Repug candies…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSPI-KtLoc

Karl Rove is a very active and naughty little boy. Actually I am pleased with Newsweek’s decision. It keeps this dirty little fascist in the spotlight.

Rove is a crook, pure and simple. My estimation of Newsweek just went down (not that it was so high to begin with).

The idea of constant massages from Rove gives me the creeps big-time.

When you look at old footage of Rove from back in the Nixon days, etc., you can tell already he’s a fanatic. He’s had a lifelong goal that I believe arises out of an “ncredible” personality disorder.

A personal power trip.

Huckabee is actually sounding pretty good on the McClellan allegations.

He says W will “have” to respond to this. Heh.

Yesterday I slammed Chris Matthews for only playing the horserace. He’s still doing it, of course.

But I give him and Hardball and Schuster for being all over the McClellan story.

NBC is sure trouncing ABC in the news dept tonight.

Karl. Keep on shooting your cheeky mouth off. I like Republicans like you. And the more you mouth off about Clinton, the more appealing HRC becomes.

“Rove told Rush Limbaugh that ‘the people I see criticizing [Bush] are sort of elite effete snobs’.” Ironically, if you watch that Youtube I posted above, that would make him an elite effete snob… 8~)

CTuttle @ 8

Speaking of Rove… Here’s a clip of Abrams, Maddow and Buchanon on Rove’s advice to Repug candies…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSPI-KtLoc

Buchanan is shrill.

Maddow is hot.

Abrams is dumb.

Karl Rove is to journalists as Tim Russert is to journalists as Chris Matthews is to journalists as George Stephanopoulos is to journalists as Robert Novak is to journalists as Bill O’Reilly is to journalists as Rush Limbaugh is to journalists as William Safire is to journalists as (and on and on ad infinitum – you get the picture).

Rove’s father was also rejected by Drummer magazine.
So unfair.

smapdi @ 19

Rove’s father was also rejected Drummer by magazine.
So unfair.

I’m not clicking on that if it is what I think it is…it is, isn’t it??? I can’t do it again.

TeddySanFran @ 17

CTuttle @ 8

Speaking of Rove… Here’s a clip of Abrams, Maddow and Buchanon on Rove’s advice to Repug candies…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSPI-KtLoc

Buchanan is shrill.

Maddow is hot.

Abrams is dumb.

*swoon* Rachel…. *g*

For its part, Time magazine said nothing publicly about Rove’s arrival at Newsweek, but a well-placed source told me that Bob Barnett (every Washington literati’s favorite lawyer, including Bill Clinton) had traveled to the Time-Life building on Sixth Avenue to offer Rove’s services before Newsweek snared them.

Rove has a lawyer acting as an agent?

Thats covering your bases.

LS @ 13

Huckabee is actually sounding pretty good on the McClellan allegations.

He says W will “have” to respond to this. Heh.

As a politician Huckabee has earned my respect, but as a person who votes issues not so much.

I know Mr. Rove spent quite a number of years in college, without graduating. Did Karl ever get his GED?

Jane, in republican-land, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is about PR.

I doubt that any of them can even distinguish between journalism and public relations.

Anyway, Karl is an asshat, and shame on Newsweek for giving him a venue and the veneer of respectability to peddle his bile.

JPL @ 23

LS @ 13

Huckabee is actually sounding pretty good on the McClellan allegations.

He says W will “have” to respond to this. Heh.

As a politician Huckabee has earned my respect, but as a person who votes issues not so much.

Agree.

LS @ 20

smapdi @ 19

Rove’s father was also rejected by Drummer magazine.
So unfair.

I’m not clicking on that if it is what I think it is…it is, isn’t it??? I can’t do it again.

Yes it is. Don’t click. Blech.

dakine01 @ 18

Karl Rove is to journalists as Tim Russert is to journalists as Chris Matthews is to journalists as George Stephanopoulos is to journalists as Robert Novak is to journalists as Bill O’Reilly is to journalists as Rush Limbaugh is to journalists as William Safire is to journalists as (and on and on ad infinitum – you get the picture).

However, except for Limbaugh, those you name all have at least some claim to being journalists, even if not good journalists. Rove does not. He’s just found a new platform from which to spew Republican talking points.

Edit: oops, I did not mean to suggest that Bill O’Reilly is any kind of journalist. He belongs with Limbaugh and Rove.

karl: pudgy shmuck.

Prairie Sunshine @ 14

Yesterday I slammed Chris Matthews for only playing the horserace. He’s still doing it, of course.

But I give him and Hardball and Schuster for being all over the McClellan story.

NBC is sure trouncing ABC in the news dept tonight.

But … but … but .. Charlie Gibson got to sniff The Decider’s underwear today!!

fourlegsgood @ 25

Jane, in republican-land, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is about PR.

I doubt that any of them can even distinguish between journalism and public relations.

Anyway, Karl is an asshat, and shame on Newsweek for giving him a venue and the veneer of respectability to peddle his bile.

Does Newsweek and respectable even go in the same sentence?

Joe Klein’s conscience @ 31

fourlegsgood @ 25

Jane, in republican-land, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is about PR.

I doubt that any of them can even distinguish between journalism and public relations.

Anyway, Karl is an asshat, and shame on Newsweek for giving him a venue and the veneer of respectability to peddle his bile.

Does Newsweek and respectable even go in the same sentence?

30 or 40 years ago, maybe. Not now.

Joe Klein’s conscience @ 30

Prairie Sunshine @ 14

Yesterday I slammed Chris Matthews for only playing the horserace. He’s still doing it, of course.

But I give him and Hardball and Schuster for being all over the McClellan story.

NBC is sure trouncing ABC in the news dept tonight.

But … but … but .. Charlie Gibson got to sniff The Decider’s underwear today!!

Sniff? He’s wearing ‘em…!

I believe that Karl Rove is actually more dangerous than he ever was. This man’s body may have left the WH, but his brain is still very much there.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 34

I believe that Karl Rove is actually more dangerous than he ever was. This man’s body may have left the WH, but his brain is still very much there.

Dangerous like a bloated spider. Whack it with your shoe.

And Scott McClellan has written a fairy tale telling us he was duped.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 36

And Scott McClellan has written a fairy tale telling us he was duped.

This is his way of easing his conscience, while raking in cash. Sleep well, Scott, you slimeball.

Four minutes in…there we have baby nerdly Rove…that person in this video…is the idjit who everybody is always so up in arms about..go figure. Unbelievable. Check out the sideburns:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM0zJl9Bxk8

Rove got lots of credit for the rise of GW Bush from the gutter to the White House- so now he deserves to share the credit for Bush’s return to the gutter.

I’ll bet Bob Parry has some thoughts about Karl working for Newsweek.

Big news- we don’t need any embryos for stem cell research- we can grow em from adult foreskin- trouble is- it gives ya cancer- but the religious right is about ta have a permanent hard on.

Isn’t Newsweak still a property of the WaPo? The Washington Times just doesn’t rate, apparently. Or perhaps the Moonie paper thought him too radioactive, as well.

Time Scum of the Year – Karl Rove

This is a bit OT but his name came up. Has anyone seen the recent attempts to rehabilitate Joe McCarthy. Nixon is one thing, but McCarthy?

Why isn’t he in jail?

alank @ 42

Isn’t Newsweak still a property of the WaPo? The Washington Times just doesn’t rate, apparently. Or perhaps the Moonie paper thought him too radioactive, as well.

I’m surprised Murdoch didn’t snatch him up.

Or does Murdoch have his tentacles in Newsweak, too?

realworld @ 44

This is a bit OT but his name came up. Has anyone seen the recent attempts to rehabilitate Joe McCarthy. Nixon is one thing, but McCarthy?

Say what you will about McCarthy, at least he thought the Geneva Conventions were a good idea…which is more than you can say for his odious successors.

Burn your Newsweak subscriptions. Along with your NY Times too.

-GSD

Has Bush or the White House made any public statement about the McClellan allegations?

hey jane: just back from the wga solidarity rally. alicia keys kicked it off with two songs, then we marched down hollywood blvd. with a teamsters truck leading the way.

tons of unions represented – musicians, actors, service workers.

as one of the wga speakers said, THIS rally even Variety will have to cover. several helicopters took footage, so awaiting the evening news to see how much coverage they actually give…

punaise @ 43

Time Scum of the Year – Karl Rove

I nominate him for Pud of the Century.

-GSD

Inside politics: I was told at the YKos TIME party that Bill Kristol would be gone in January.

I could not second-source it, so I never published it in any sort of “I know” kind of way, but when I asked this question, after several cocktails had gone down among everyone, including my source, “Are you saying I’m not the only one who’s cancelled their TIME subscription (20 years, and this person knew it) because you hired Bill Kristol to contribute,?” she said:

“No.”

We shall see.

OT All together now. ” God bless America—-”

http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigat…..71660.html

neurophius @ 49

Has Bush or the White House made any public statement about the McClellan allegations?

“White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

neurophius @ 49

Has Bush or the White House made any public statement about the McClellan allegations?

Perino basically said Bush would never ask his spokesperson to make false statements…as she was making such a false statement.

Chris Matthews talkin’ with Doris Kearns Goodwin about the coverup:

I hope Fitzgerald’s watching because the fingernails are growing on this corpse.

If ABC and Newsweak want to stake their reputations on being schmoozy-cozy with BushCo, good luck to ‘em.

rosalind @ 50

hey jane: just back from the wga solidarity rally. alicia keys kicked it off with two songs, then we marched down hollywood blvd. with a teamsters truck leading the way.

tons of unions represented – musicians, actors, service workers.

as one of the wga speakers said, THIS rally even Variety will have to cover. several helicopters took footage, so awaiting the evening news to see how much coverage they actually give…

Very cool. Thanks for letting us know.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 36

And Scott McClellan has written a fairy tale telling us he was duped.

his day in court: I would like to see Scotty take a dip in the dupe-raw-cess pool

twolf1 @ 54

neurophius @ 49

Has Bush or the White House made any public statement about the McClellan allegations?

“White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

I guess that statement has about as much credibility as the lies told by McClellan when he was in her position…

John O @ 52

Inside politics: I was told at the YKos TIME party that Bill Kristol would be gone in January.

I could not second-source it, so I never published it in any sort of “I know” kind of way, but when I asked this question, after several cocktails had gone down among everyone, including my source, “Are you saying I’m not the only one who’s cancelled their TIME subscription (20 years, and this person knew it) because you hired Bill Kristol to contribute,?” she said:

“No.”

We shall see.

If at any time in the next 15 months or so anyone notices a sudden mass exodus of Wingers out of the country, or out of any particular US urban area, please please please post it somewhere.

“White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

That’s rich, coming from her.

How do you s’pose Matalin and Timmeh will finesse this coverup story on Sunday morning? Anyone truly going to believe she’s not up to her French manicures in this mess?

neurophius @ 59

twolf1 @ 54

“White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

I guess that statement has about as much credibility as the lies told by McClellan when he was in her position…

Yeah, that’s kind of off the irony meter.

Prairie Sunshine @ 62

How do you s’pose Matalin and Timmeh will finesse this coverup story on Sunday morning? Anyone truly going to believe she’s not up to her French manicures in this mess?

She’s been somewhat out of pocket lately…

I assume McClellan will go on a book tour. Let’s hope he gets some probing questions. I wonder whether he has the nerve to face Jon Stewart?

With whom would I like to have a beer — Kos or Rove?

Let’s assume both.

Kos is going to tell me what he thinks.

Rover is going to tell me what he thinks.

Slurp.

Which one tells me about reality?

I don’t think that Rove had to subdue journalists or turn them into stenographers. They sold themselves and their integrity willingly, even enthusiastically. From the White House point of view, the surprise was that it was so cheap and easy to do.

newtonusr @ 63

neurophius @ 59

I guess that statement has about as much credibility as the lies told by McClellan when he was in her position…

Yeah, that’s kind of off the irony meter.

Heh, 10 minutes until KO’s take… *g*

neurophius @ 65

I assume McClellan will go on a book tour. Let’s hope he gets some probing questions. I wonder whether he has the nerve to face Jon Stewart?

Been there, done that…
But now there’s a book to sell.

Matthews really on fire tonight. Talking to David Gregory now. Gregory desperately trying not to say, what did the president know and when did he know it….

But that’s exactly what he’s saying.

And he should be saying what did the veep know…and the rest of the minions? Including holier than thou Mr. Minister Andrew Card?

Hope McClellan’s got good security around him.

Jonathan @ 66

With whom would I like to have a beer — Kos or Rove?

Let’s assume both.

Kos is going to tell me what he thinks.

Rover is going to tell me what he thinks.

Slurp.

Which one tells me about reality?

Beer or no beer, I would not choose to be in Rove’s odious presence. I would rather let someone else read Newsweak and tell us what lies he is spewing.

I’d rather Scottie come clean about what he knows about Jeff Gannon. It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that he lied.

I’d like to see Turdblossom do a piece for Time magazine,
what its like to be doing time.

dakine01 @ 18

Karl Rove is to journalists as Tim Russert is to journalists as Chris Matthews is to journalists as George Stephanopoulos is to journalists as Robert Novak is to journalists as Bill O’Reilly is to journalists as Rush Limbaugh is to journalists as William Safire is to journalists as (and on and on ad infinitum – you get the picture).

Oh, do you mean to infer that they are urinalists, purveyors of trickle-down dribble?

;>)

twolf1 @ 54

neurophius @ 49

Has Bush or the White House made any public statement about the McClellan allegations?

“White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

707 !!

And she oughta know, right?

Oh, my sides are hurting….

Millineryman @ 72

I’d rather Scottie come clean about what he knows about Jeff Gannon. It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that he lied.

Oh right!

dakine01 @ 18

Karl Rove is to journalists as Tim Russert is to journalists as Chris Matthews is to journalists as George Stephanopoulos is to journalists as Robert Novak is to journalists as Bill O’Reilly is to journalists as Rush Limbaugh is to journalists as William Safire is to journalists as (and on and on ad infinitum – you get the picture).

dakine–
You said what I was thinking before I could finish thinking it! My first thought was”Russert wasn’t a journalist, either.” This is a trend that really needs to be nipped (a little late for the bud, but…)
If Russert is considered a well-respected journalist (don’t remembere who said that), I hate to think what the Beltway circle-jerkers will make of Rove the Newsweek columnist.

Millineryman @ 72

I’d rather Scottie come clean about what he knows about Jeff Gannon. It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that he lied.

I thought Gannon was under Ari’s tenure…

twolf1 @ 54

neurophius @ 49

Has Bush or the White House made any public statement about the McClellan allegations?

“White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

Junya doesn’t “ask”, Junya says “lie like a dog or ah’ll be sleepin’ wit fleas.”

neurophius @ 65

I assume McClellan will go on a book tour. Let’s hope he gets some probing questions. I wonder whether he has the nerve to face Jon Stewart?

Stewart is totally supporting the writers’ strike – and I read somewhere that he said he won’t be back until 2008, earliest…

I hope that was a misquote.

carolyn urban @ 61

“White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

That’s rich, coming from her.

She is “the tiny dancer of deception” ;-)

CTuttle @ 78

Millineryman @ 72

I’d rather Scottie come clean about what he knows about Jeff Gannon. It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that he lied.

I thought Gannon was under Ari’s tenure…

McClellan was a deputy press secretary prior to being appointed press secretary to replace Ari Fleisher. Perhaps he knew something.

Woohoo, KO comes out swinging…! 8-)

CTuttle @ 78

Millineryman @ 72

I’d rather Scottie come clean about what he knows about Jeff Gannon. It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that he lied.

I thought Gannon was under Ari’s tenure…

Nope

“Go ahead, Jeff”: Talon News
“reporter” Jeff Gannon is McClellan’s lifeline during briefings

Screw Karl Rove. I’ve got pies to bake.

Time rejected Rove as a columnist.

Radar reports that, prior to securing a spot as a Newsweek columnist, Karl Rove approached Time magazine for a job. Time, however, rejected Rove as “essentially like an unindicted coconspirator in a whole host of felonies”:

Time’s editors apparently felt the cost/benefit analysis wouldn’t be in their favor if they embraced the man who has done more than anyone to keep the spirit of Joe McCarthy alive and well in American politics. … “They think Karl is essentially like an unindicted coconspirator in a whole string of felonies.”

11-20-2007 4:22 pm | Comment (38)

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…../#comments

Knowingly outing a CIA operative during a time of war is treason, punishable by…. anyone?

exactly

neurophius @ 65

I assume McClellan will go on a book tour. Let’s hope he gets some probing questions.

He’s already looking forward to Gannon/Guckert’s softballs.

realworld @ 44

This is a bit OT but his name came up. Has anyone seen the recent attempts to rehabilitate Joe McCarthy. Nixon is one thing, but McCarthy?

Yes- I caught a glimpse of some group holding an “educational” event somewhere, in a restaurant, purporting to tell the “truth” about how McCarthy was “smeared.”
I clicked the remote right past it.
What really upset me was that it was on C-Span2.
And CSpan2’s Thanksgiving day gift? A “debate” on foreign policy with Karl Rove, some other wingnut(I forget who), Barry McCaffrey, and Max Cleland. That’s guaranteed to spoil one’s turkey dinner. What has happened to CSpan?

Guess the prez and Scottie won’t be sittin’ on a porch swing back in Texas any time soon after all…

Millineryman @ 84

CTuttle @ 78

I thought Gannon was under Ari’s tenure…

Nope

“Go ahead, Jeff”: Talon News
“reporter” Jeff Gannon is McClellan’s lifeline during briefings

Mahalo!

Looking at Olbermann now. Murtha is Back! Thank Gawd.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn’t clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt. “The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information,” she said.”

I believe Dana “Lying Sack of Cute” Perino is very likely making a completely true statement here. What is left unaddressed is what the President would likely do, which would be to direct or order his spokespeople to pass on false information — not ask. Wimps ask, don’t you know.

OT this via TPM

Just in time for the holidays, there’s a special place in Hell just waiting to be filled by some as-yet-unknown Pentagon bureaucrat. Apparently, thousands of wounded soldiers who served in Iraq are being asked to return part of their enlistment bonuses — because their injuries prevented them from completing their tours.

You can’t make this stuff up. Who says Bush and the Republicans don’t support the troops? They do, just not those malingers who try to get out of duty by getting shot to pieces.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004754.php

Mr. Bush is a very bad man. But we cannot impeach him?

Screw Karl Rove. I’ve got pies to bake.

Now that’s division of labor. Who’s assigned the job of screwing Karl?

A’57 @ 53

OT All together now. ” God bless America—-”

http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigat…..71660.html

I am supposed to belive that McClellan didn’t know he was being lied to by Bush? This strains credulity, perhaps.

WOW, MSNBC rips duhbya and dick,

IMPEACHMENT TIME!!!

Hmmm. @ 95

Screw Karl Rove. I’ve got pies to bake.

Now that’s division of labor. Who’s assigned the job of screwing Karl?

Eeewwww! Brain bleach, please!

PW’s new thread is up…

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..s/#respond

Olbermann! Mike Shuster! Yea!

What are they saying? Tha..tha…tha..that they all LIED?

Good God!

float like a blimp and sting like an air pump:

the pillsbury dough boy lands an uppercut and finishes with a flurry as the round ends. his soft doughy hands seem to land at will on his cotton-candy tough challenger.

his opponent in the brownshirt and brown trunks snarls and says ‘your wife sent you on that bakeoff junket.’

carolyn urban @ 101

Olbermann! Mike Shuster! Yea!

What are they saying? Tha..tha…tha..that they all LIED?

Good God!

Does anyone know how long it takes for KO’s clips to go up online?

The bush administration, end of an error.

Hmmm. @ 95

Screw Karl Rove. I’ve got pies to bake.

Now that’s division of labor. Who’s assigned the job of screwing Karl?

Karl screwed himself.

;>)

It would put Pelosi in a far stronger position to get ‘er done if it were to appear that a sustained majority outcry for impeachment simply forced her at long last to permit it to proceed.

carolyn urban @ 101

Olbermann! Mike Shuster! Yea!

What are they saying? Tha..tha…tha..that they all LIED?

Good God!

uh, that would be David Shuster.

uh, that would be David Shuster.

Of course. I used to know a Mike S.; hence my confusion.

The betrayal of Valerie Plame! Back in chimps face. Everyone here has got to be loving this.

Rove’s machinations nearly sent TIME’s Matt Cooper to jail.

Takes some serious chutzpah to apply for a job with TIME after that.

Hugh @ 67

I don’t think that Rove had to subdue journalists or turn them into stenographers. They sold themselves and their integrity willingly, even enthusiastically. From the White House point of view, the surprise was that it was so cheap and easy to do.

Ever since the Fairness Doctrine was scrubbed, TV executives have decided that to make more money, news had to have more entertainment value. Thus, news became infotainment, and journalists became infotainers. I can imagine in my mind’s eye a meeting in the conference room of every newspaper and TV station, the producer calling a meeting and shouting at his crew, “Alright, folks; you know what to do! Now get out there and titillate!

Bob in HI

Bush’s commutation of Scooter Libby now all makes sense, if he ended up behind bars, he might have squealed that bush and dick were ultimately behind the original plan to leak the covert identity of Valerie Plame.

That, my friends, is the textbook definition of treason.

Hmmm. @ 106

It would put Pelosi in a far stronger position to get ‘er done if it were to appear that a sustained majority outcry for impeachment simply forced her at long last to permit it to proceed.

That might be true, but she’s had a tin ear for at least six months, already. It seems like they’re waiting for a Saturday Night Massacre tsunami, and instead “all” they’re gettng is a tidal wave.

But as KO explained last night (on segment #5?), the Democratic leadership has decided that progressives don’t matter because “we don’t have anywhere to go.” Guess they haven’t heard about the concept of energizing your base. We could just sit on our hands, y’know.

Bob in HI

Time, Newsweak, what’s the difference? Read Time today for the first time in YEARS and it hasn’t improved. Newsweak continues to decline. Why bother with these status quo dinosaurs?

Time probably remembers what happened with they decided to put make Dubya “Person of the Year” and put him on the cover for all the world to see. I doubt that they wanted to experience the same drop in subscribers….Like me. I’m going to cancel my Newsweek now too, with a letter referring to Kreepy Karl’s start-up. Don’t want him anywhere near me in any form.