Citrate1007: We all know he's guilty as fark regarding almost every election and campaign finance law.

KR's too smart to be personally criminally responsible for anything. Most of his perfidy is quite legal although he has frequently been the strategic advisor for races where defamatory rumours became a key part of the campaign. What Rove is mainly "guilty" of is highly competent shamelessness, particularly in lowering the level of political discourse, frequent dishonesty, and successfully appealing to the absolute worst elements of human nature.

♪♫ All the Federales say
They could have caught him any day
He only got away
Out of kindness, I suppose..♫♪

bobbette: Citrate1007: We all know he's guilty as fark regarding almost every election and campaign finance law.

KR's too smart to be personally criminally responsible for anything. Most of his perfidy is quite legal although he has frequently been the strategic advisor for races where defamatory rumours became a key part of the campaign. What Rove is mainly "guilty" of is highly competent shamelessness, particularly in lowering the level of political discourse, frequent dishonesty, and successfully appealing to the absolute worst elements of human nature.

Advising = conspiracy to commit. Much harder to prove though.

flixter: Nancy, congress couldnt get Roger "Roid Rage" Clemens convicted for lying to Congress. What hope would you have against Karl Rove?

If the DOJ were a sports team they wouldn't be having a winning season.

When speaking of Karl Rove it's always instructive to remember that his mentor Lee Atwater, after being stricken with brain-cancer, renounced all of his evil doings and expressed sincere regret for all of the harm he caused your country.

Karl stepped right up, picked up the baton and ran as fast as his corpulent little legs would carry him.

He's a special kind of evil. Morally insane get close.

John the Magnificent: When speaking of Karl Rove it's always instructive to remember that his mentor Lee Atwater, after being stricken with brain-cancer, renounced all of his evil doings and expressed sincere regret for all of the harm he caused your country.

Karl stepped right up, picked up the baton and ran as fast as his corpulent little legs would carry him.

He's a special kind of evil. Morally insane get close.

I'm sure Atwater is looking up at him with pride and joy.

John the Magnificent: expressed sincere regret for all of the harm he caused your country.

Sure... he expressed it.

I think that was just an attempt at reputation management.

bobbette: KR's too smart to be personally criminally responsible for anything. Most of his perfidy is quite legal although he has frequently been the strategic advisor for races where defamatory rumours became a key part of the campaign. What Rove is mainly "guilty" of is highly competent shamelessness, particularly in lowering the level of political discourse, frequent dishonesty, and successfully appealing to the absolute worst elements of human nature.

Agreed. It's pretty hard to pin the blame on a strategic advisor anyway. He can frame all of his advice as "suggestions". It's hard to commit a crime by suggesting that someone else do something dirty, especially when there's no clear coercive power there. It's even harder if you frame the advice appropriately: "You might consider, assuming you find a legal way to do this... "

The Plame situation might be the exception. If he was allowed (had the clearance, need to know, etc.) to know that information, and told someone else who wasn't allowed, that's a serious crime regardless of motivation.

Coulda shoulda woulda!

Wook: Somacandra: FTFA: "Oh, any number" of charges could have been brought against Rove, Pelosi said. "But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress."

Good for leaving that part out Submitter.

It's unclear if Pelosi is aware Rove did not serve in a Bush administration position that's identical to Holder's in the Obama administration. Rove was a senior policy adviser - a position that's more similar to Valerie Jarrett's or David Axelrod's on President Barack Obama's team. Holder is the attorney general, the top law enforcement official in the United States. Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami wouldn't answer when The Daily Caller asked if Pelosi was aware of the distinction.


Good for leaving that part out, Commenter.

It's unclear if Pelosi is aware Rove did not serve in a Bush administration position that's identical to Holder's in the Obama administration.

It's unclear if Pelosi is aware Rove did not serve in a Bush administration position that's identical to Holder's in the Obama administration.

Are you farking with me, author? Yeah. Pelosi doesn't know who Karl farking Rove is. Or something. Farking dick... cheese... burger... or whatever. Keep your smarminess to your book club.

Ha,
Republicans can't even be consistent on this issue from one minute to the next. At what point they just have to say "Oh fine, it's ok when we do, but only us."

Anyone else see the irony that the modern Republican party is becoming more and more like the Communist Russia that they spent so much time vilifying? I've seen this with teenage girls who were so much alike they hated each other.

Hypnozombie

You know who else arrested everyone who disagreed with him politically?

That's right, Sheriff Joe.

and hey, we all know Mitt Romney wouldn't abuse executive privilege.

Issa is on a partisan witch hunt. This all has nothing to do with Holder or Obama. They have given over 99.5% of all the documents related to this.

Did Obama plan this? NO.
Did Holder plan this? NO.
Did either Obama or Holder execute the plan? NO.

But hey, GOP, KFTC.

Remember the last time a Republican used executive privilege it was to cover-up treason of outing a CIA agent.

From the same author:
"Karl Rove, the former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, said Thursday that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sounded "like a mad Red Queen" when she claimed she could have "arrested" him "on any given day" when she was the House speaker."

It is unclear if Rove is aware that Pelosi is not actually a Queen, or that she is not a character in a Lewis Carol story.

/ok ok... I may have added that last part.
//But seriously, what an obnoxious thing to say.
///What an obnoxious "story" to even COVER

I have to admit, seeing "I could have had Karl Rove arrested but I didn't" being spun as a positive is not something I thought I'd see when I woke up this morning.

What's next? "We could have voted against military action in Iraq but we didn't!"

But she didn't. She just let him do whatever he wanted.

But keep electing Democrats or else Republicans will do whatever they want.

Being a fat, loathsome, repugnant, disgusting piece of vile human filth is not illegal, ma'am. We can't lock him up, we can only wish for an errant pile of space debris to have a particularly lucky day.

pacified: and hey, we all know Mitt Romney wouldn't abuse executive privilege.


Wow. Conceding the election already and getting a jump on the "President Romney is a crook" talking point.

Impressive.

Lando Lincoln: TIKIMAN87: People who vote for this woman are f*cked in the head.

Because you don't like her?

The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

Pelosi truely is our National Douche Bag.

TIKIMAN87: The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

And brains. Don't forget about all the brains that fell out of your ears along with the blood. Lots and lots and lots of brain matter. Gone forever. So sad. You could have been somebody.

TIKIMAN87: Lando Lincoln: TIKIMAN87: People who vote for this woman are f*cked in the head.

Because you don't like her?

The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

And from your vagina.

TIKIMAN87: Lando Lincoln: TIKIMAN87: People who vote for this woman are f*cked in the head.

Because you don't like her?

The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

Were they things that she said, or things that you read that she said? There seems to be a big difference these days what with that liberal media and all.

why does the GOP hate strong women?

BillCo: I think the botox has gone to her brain.

That assumes it was able to find it.

I love Pelosi. She ties them up in knots.

Hetfield: TIKIMAN87: Lando Lincoln: TIKIMAN87: People who vote for this woman are f*cked in the head.

Because you don't like her?

The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

And from your vagina.

It does explain a lot. Lack of blood flow to the brain is the single biggest contributing factor to membership in the GOP.

Why would she even bother to say this? Why am I supposed to be happy that Pelosi chose to pass on arresting Karl Rove?

Somacandra: FTFA: "Oh, any number" of charges could have been brought against Rove, Pelosi said. "But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress."

Good for leaving that part out Submitter.

Other than the fact that Rove was never found in contempt of Congress, Nancy has a perfectly valid point. That and the fact that she has no power of arrest over a contempt citation, which needs the Justice Department to prosecute.

Pelosi is the Joe Biden of the House.

I've decided that in all future Daily Caller threads, I'm going to post this video of Tucker Carlson pissing his pants.

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: TIKIMAN87: The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

And brains. Don't forget about all the brains that fell out of your ears along with the blood. Lots and lots and lots of brain matter. Gone forever. So sad. You could have been somebody.

lol looks like your trying out your new trolling motor!

Hows it work?

Hetfield: TIKIMAN87: Lando Lincoln: TIKIMAN87: People who vote for this woman are f*cked in the head.

Because you don't like her?

The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

And from your vagina.

Heyyy come on maannn! That hurts my feelings!

Soup4Bonnie: I love Pelosi. She ties them up in knots.

I love how whenever somebody on the Democrat side makes a boneheaded statement that there's always someone who'll pipe in with, "Good job trolling the Republicans".

It appears that looking like you left your brain in your other pants is somehow supposed to be good political strategy.

2 grams: Pelosi truely is our National Douche Bag.

Sen. Coburn would tell you she's a kindly grandmother.

The Name: I've decided that in all future Daily Caller threads, I'm going to post this video of Tucker Carlson pissing his pants.

The best part of that clip is how he starts off with "can I just say something very quickly?".... and it ends up being a 15-min criticism that ultimately results in the show getting canned... heh

Cletus C.: pacified: and hey, we all know Mitt Romney wouldn't abuse executive privilege.


Wow. Conceding the election already and getting a jump on the "President Romney is a crook" talking point.

Impressive.

You managed to string together a whole English sentence, apparently without being familiar with the future conditional tense. Bravo.

TIKIMAN87: People who vote for this woman are f*cked in the head.

The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

Oh? Specifically, what things?

You should stick with your "haha Pelosi doesn't have a brain" schtick, jj. That was gold.



Kisses!

Running a political campaign based on blatant lies should be illegal. Unfortunately for our country, it's not.

jjorsett: Soup4Bonnie: I love Pelosi. She ties them up in knots.

I love how whenever somebody on the Democrat side makes a boneheaded statement that there's always someone who'll pipe in with, "Good job trolling the Republicans".

It appears that looking like you left your brain in your other pants is somehow supposed to be good political strategy.

Well, it's been a winning strategery for the Republicans for years.

Maybe for kicking off an illegal oil war based on a complete lie?

WHY DIDN'T YOU

TIKIMAN87: Lando Lincoln: TIKIMAN87: People who vote for this woman are f*cked in the head.

Because you don't like her?

The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

"America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people." - Nancy Pelosi

That's downright unAmerican. Patriots have no need for civil liberties.

snowshovel: Oh wait, the" liberal" media called out for specifics after someone makes a general statement? Where are these guys when someone mentions "Obama's regulations" that are strangling job creation?
And yes, I would also love to see a detailed specific list of things that could get Rove arrested in relation to contempt of court.

This. I saw a clip on Maddow last night with a bunch of Alaskans whagarrbbl-ing about Eric Holder and how much they don't like him because he is anti-gun. When pressed for specifics,one guy mentioned his "voting record". Problem is, Holder never held an office where he could vote on gun bills. When told this, the man mentioned that, while he couldn't provide one single example, he just knew tat Holder and Obama and Co. were coming after his guns.

Sunlight. The WhagarrbllEraser!

Apparently the rich feel that workers already have enough public holidays and reasons to celebrate.

So, let's try to sum up and paraphrase.
:

Republicans: We're going to find Eric Holder in contempt of Congress!

Pelosi: We Democrats could have found Karl Rove in contempt of Congress, and even had him arrested. But we didn't, because that's juvenile and unproductive.

Republicans: OMG Nancy Pelosi wants to arrest Karl Rove!



Am I wrong?

TIKIMAN87: Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: TIKIMAN87: The things this woman has said makes blood shoot from my ears.

And brains. Don't forget about all the brains that fell out of your ears along with the blood. Lots and lots and lots of brain matter. Gone forever. So sad. You could have been somebody.

lol looks like your trying out your new trolling motor!

Hows it work?

Smooth like peanut butter.