"The Hill" outlines the issues that put Karl Rove on CREW's radar
In an article noting that Karl Rove has been "one of the favorite targets" of Democrats and bloggers, The Hill provides a synopsis of several of the issues that have made Mr. Rove of interest to CREW. Basically, they all relate to improper activity by one of the highest ranking officials in the Bush administration:
Prior to recess, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued a subpoena for Rove to force him to testify before the panel about his role in the firings of several U.S. attorneys. Bush claimed executive privilege to prevent Rove from appearing.
In addition, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is investigating whether administration officials are using federal resources for political purposes, a probe that also targets Rove.
As part of both investigations, Democrats are trying to determine whether top White House officials are using non-administration accounts, such as those they received from Bush’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee, to evade oversight.
Rove also played a prominent role in the Valerie Plame-CIA leak case and was asked to appear before a grand jury several times. This led Bush’s opponents to hope that Rove, who is one of the most polarizing figures in this administration, would be indicted.
They forgot Rove's links to Jack Abramoff!
The above comment excludes that Rove has been implicated in the Jack Abramoff probe, and it just isn't yet known to what extent Abramoff influenced Rove and Rove committed official acts in exchange for Abramoff or Abramoff-arranged gifts.
Abramoff gave $ 100 K to Bush's re-election campaign. As top political advisor Rove would want to be sure that the largest donors and if the donor were a lobbyist, the lobbyist's clients secured government contracts as a reward. Anyone who didn't contribute to re-election campaigns was denied contracts!
Rove has said he would have pushed-out corrupt Republican congressional officials sooner if he could go back in time. Heard a report that Rove goes back with Bush more than 30 years from when Bush was in TX. So is Tom DeLay from TX! Abramoff described his relationship with DeLay as like another brother. Have to wonder is DeLay's relationship with Abramoff is in some way taking down Karl Rove. Rove says he wants nothing to do with the 2008 presidential election. If he's to be indicted or is to take a plea deal in the Abramoff probe, then any candidate Rove got behind now, would later be shamed for their links to Rove.
Professor Rove
No stranger to corruption, that Karl Rove. As a confident of Bush in the Lone Star State, Rove would have seen plenty of that. If you are the Governor of Texas, you do not want any confidents who are squeamish about corruption- that would be like having a surgeon who faints at the sight of blood.
Karl Rove brought all the necessary skills and experience to his White House job. He now wants to teach. You might wonder who would take Karl Rove. The answer is Bushco, which owns a university called Texas A&M University. The deal is: keep the heat off gwb, sit tight, get your blanket pardon and teach at the Karl Rove School of Public Affairs at Texas A&M University until Jeb is ready for his turn.
Does this prospect offend you? Then perhaps you are ready for a radical restructuring of our present system of campaign finance
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Karl Rove........
The Jack Abramoff affair and countless election fraud should ring a bell to those keeping track....
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/14/ro-ro-rove-posted-81307/
He's on the hook in all three.