What a f'n shame what these f'n freeks will pull to protect their own kind. If it was a democrat...hell hath no fury. What does this nut job have to hide by not testifying? And you people want another 4 years of this shit...go figure?  
Way to go...what does the Sean Hannity call this jerk...oh yeah "The Architect". 
Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify
Former White house chief of staff could face contempt charges as a result
The Associated Press
updated 12:32 p.m. ET, Thurs., July. 10, 2008
WASHINGTON - Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department, including whether he influenced the prosecution of a former Democratic governor of Alabama.
Rep. Linda Sanchez, chairman of a House subcommittee, ruled with backing from fellow Democrats on the panel that Rove was breaking the law by refusing to cooperate — perhaps the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress.
Lawmakers subpoenaed Rove in May in an effort to force him to talk about whether he played a role in prosecutors' decisions to pursue cases against Democrats, such as former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, or in firing federal prosecutors considered disloyal to the Bush administration.
Rove had been scheduled to appear at the House Judiciary subcommittee hearing Thursday morning. A placard with his name sat in front of an empty chair at the witness table, with a handful of protesters behind it calling for Rove to be arrested.
Possible contempt charge
A decision on whether to pursue contempt charges now goes to the full Judiciary Committee and ultimately to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
House Republicans called Thursday's proceedings a political stunt and said if Democrats truly wanted information they would take Rove up on an offer he made to discuss the matter informally.
The House already has voted to hold two of President Bush's confidants in contempt for failing to cooperate with its inquiry into whether the administration fired nine federal prosecutors in 2006 for political reasons.
The case, involving White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers, is in federal court and may not be resolved before Bush's term ends in January.
The White House has cited executive privilege, arguing that internal administration communications are confidential and that Congress cannot compel officials to testify.
Rove says he is bound to follow the White House's guidance, although he has offered to answer questions specifically on the Siegelman case — but only with no transcript taken and not under oath.
Democrats have rejected the offer because the testimony would not be sworn and, they say, could create a confusing record.
Rove has insisted publicly that he never tried to influence Justice Department decisions and was not even aware of the Siegelman prosecution until it landed in the news.
Siegelman — an unusually successful Democrat in a heavily Republican state — was charged with accepting and concealing a contribution to his campaign to start a state education lottery, in exchange for appointing a hospital executive to a regulatory board.
He was sentenced last year to more than seven years in prison but was released in March when a federal appeals court ruled Siegelman had raised "substantial questions of fact and law" in his appeal.
Siegelman and others have alleged the prosecution was pushed by GOP operatives — including Rove, a longtime Texas strategist who was heavily involved in Alabama politics before working at the White House. A former Republican campaign volunteer from Alabama told congressional attorneys last year that she overheard conversations suggesting that Rove pressed Justice officials in Washington to prosecute Siegelman.
The career prosecutors who handled Siegelman's case have insisted that Rove had nothing to do with it, emphasizing that the former governor was convicted by a jury.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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DeeLaMarie
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Jul 10 @ 3:39PM
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We citizens can vote, investigate, demonstrate & with all the knowledge that we can accumulate while still functioning as tax paying workers we will never ever truly know what goes on when the boys sit in the cherry wood paneled, over stuffed chaired lounges and play D.C. politics.
People do not get elected into the Senate, Congress, White House without knowing how to spin, pay back, back scratch and otherwise go around any and all laws that may hold them accountable. It does not matter which party they belong to.
As Will Rogers once said, "The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other."
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eastham
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Jul 10 @ 3:56PM
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Ah, but the people had no vote on Rove, no ability to say yea or nay this is a person we wish to have involved in the deepest circles of power.
And abuse that power he did. Several witnesses have testified that Rove was complicit in the prosecution (again and again) of Seligman. According to Scott McClellan, Rove was involved up to his eyelides in leaking the name of Valerie Plame to the press. He was also involved in violations of the Hatch Act, instructing political appointees at the Goverment Services Administration and other agencies to steer contracts to key Congressional districts in the 2006 election cycle.
This man belongs in jail, not raking in the big bucks as a political analyst on Fox.
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buatbu
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Jul 10 @ 4:10PM
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With all the problems in this nation The Democratic Congress is worried about Karl Rove and if Major League baseball players take steroids. No wonder the approval rating is in single digits. Give me a break.
Oh do you speak Spanish? You candidate for President says you should.
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vinnytmd
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Jul 10 @ 4:46PM
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Richard Armitage leaked Valerie Plame. He admits it as did Robert Novak. The investigation is another waste of time. Since the Democrats can't seem to accomplish anything other than to change the Congressional eateries menu to GOURMET FOOD I guess this sort of investigation keeps the kiddies busy.
Let us not BEGIN to discuss Sandy Berger.
More hypocritical grandstanding from the Democrats.
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Ginstl
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Jul 10 @ 5:18PM
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I don't take political sides but from my observation, it seems that Rove wasn't thinking in the long term. He didn't think about the fact that the senate and house could become democratic majorities. When it was a republican majority, this issue would have never come up in the first place.
He has been operating on that "above the law" paradigm of the Bush administration and is now being challenged on it.
Whoops! 
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alivenwell351
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Jul 10 @ 6:09PM
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Ummmmm....
Rove....2
Dems..0
and with a 2nd rate candidate to boot...
Says a lot about the dems!!!
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LongRanger278
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Jul 10 @ 6:30PM
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Richard Armitage leaked Valerie Plame
Correct and people seem to forget somethings. No crime was committed and her cover was actually blown some 7 years before Robert Novak ever wrote anything about her.
Just more liberal crap. Crap in crap out.
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legacy1
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Jul 10 @ 8:03PM
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Just more liberal crap. Crap in crap out.
Just the shit we left are trying to fix that you the right have created the past 8 years!
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legacy1
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Jul 10 @ 8:06PM
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Since the Democrats can't seem to accomplish anything other than to change the Congressional eateries menu to GOURMET FOOD
Shit, let's eat! 
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sparechange64
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Jul 10 @ 11:03PM
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my my ... it truly amazes me that people like you criticize something that your own party are guilty of ... including president clinton who never had to pay a fine for lying on the stand ... sounds like whining
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SallyF
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Jul 11 @ 1:04AM
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I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that says No one died when Clinton lied
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legacy1
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Jul 11 @ 11:21AM
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I guess impeaching the guy and making him discribe his sexual affairs and basically embarrassing the guy publicly wasn't enough for you then.
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