Not that it was unexpected but Bad Boy/Evil Troll Karl Rove has just refused to honor a Congressional subpoena. Well, why shouldn't he? Dozens of other Bush minions have ignored their subpoenas and nothing ever happened to them. The Democrats did NOTHING and they'll do NOTHING again.
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.
Why TurdBlossom doesn't have to worry:
A decision on whether to pursue contempt charges now goes to the full Judiciary Committee and ultimately to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi is DLC and their strategy is to NEVER challenge Bush or the Republicans because that would make the Democrats look weak, a strategy Glenn Greenwald calls "Strength through bowing". Glenn notes the AP Headline "Senate bows to Bush" and notes:
Their rationale for doing that is that it prevents the Republicans from depicting them as "weak," because nothing exudes strength like bowing.
We have to arrest Rove for contempt or Congress, whose credibility is all but gone, will vanish like a night wind and everybody will ignore everything Congress wants from this point on. It has already gone waaaaay too far.
Arrest him. TODAY.
Arresting Rove would be rude. Jeez, Mick.
Posted by: eRobin | July 10, 2008 at 01:57 PM
Well, I'm a sort of rude and uncouth fellow as you know, and if Nancy can't stomach the thought of incommoding M Rove, it would be my pleasure to ride up to DC and do it for her.
Really. A pleasure.
Posted by: mick arran | July 10, 2008 at 05:31 PM