ROVE AND THE WORD "TREASON"

I don't expect much to come of it, but Karl Rove has definitely got his tit caught in a wringer. And I hope Bush is not far behind.

On February 10, 2004 Bush said "If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is ... If the person has violated the law, that person will be taken care of."

And true to his word, Bush is indeed taking care of Rove. Just today he came out in full support of his Deputy Chief of Staff with the White House saying that President Bush continues to have confidence in Karl Rove.I guess that means that he won't be fired like Bush said in June of 2004 when he answered "Yes" to a question asking him if he would fire anyone who had leaked the agent's name. Rove says that he didn't leak Valerie Plame's name, he refered to her as the wife of Joseph C. Wilson IV. (who knows how many people would fit that description?)

And while we are on the subject, what happened with Robert Novak? Judith Miller has been sent to jail, Matthew Cooper took the easy way out and once again Robert Novak is not mentioned.

In case you have had your head buried in the sand (which sometimes I think is the best way to get through the day) you will remember that Robert Novak was the one who outed Valerie Plame in his column. He outed her in print, yet no one is getting on his case. The proof that he did this is right there in his column. I think that's treason, but at the very least it has to be a felony.

Not only should both Rove and Novak be fired, but they should also be forceded to stand trial for the crime.


The California Curmudgeon