James C. Moore: Don’t Expect The Truth From Karl Rove

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/39/

James C. Moore co-wrote “Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential” with Wayne Slater.

Don’t Expect The Truth From Karl Rove
by James C. Moore

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Rove’s famous memory, which recalls precinct results from 100-year-old presidential elections, often seems trained only to serve his political ends. In an interview with me after the 2000 presidential election, Rove said he did not remember meeting with Rampton at all. But in fact, Rove had met with Rampton — and he even disclosed it on a questionnaire after George H.W. Bush nominated him to the Board for International Broadcasting. In sworn documents, Rove stated that he met with Rampton in 1990 during the investigation of Hightower — an encounter that surely fits the definition of “know.”

Rove’s memory also made some creative leaps during a pretrial hearing in 1993. Travis County Dist. Atty. Ronnie Earle was preparing to prosecute Rove client Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was the Texas state treasurer. A grand jury had indicted her for allegedly using government phones and computers to raise campaign money. When law enforcement officers raided the treasurer’s building to confiscate evidence, reporters documented the whole thing.

Hutchison’s attorneys filed for a change of venue because of a perceived political and media imbalance, which they insisted made a fair trial impossible in Austin. Rove, called to the stand to offer evidence of bias against Republicans, told the court that two reporters had informed him that they were tipped off to the raid by D.A. investigators.

Under oath, Rove named David Elliot of the Austin American-Statesman and Wayne Slater from the Dallas Morning News as the reporters. Both men later told me they hadn’t spoken with Rove, nor had they told anyone they had received a tip from the D.A.’s office. They had gotten a call from staffers at the treasurer’s office, which is precisely how all of the other journalists, including myself, learned about the raid.

If Rove winds up under oath before Congress, members will get a command performance by a man with masterful communications skills. They can expect to hear artful impressions, bits of information and a few stipulated facts.

But they should not expect the truth.

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1. That is why Rove must be put under oath and if he is caught lying

...he'll be open to perjury charges and his ass can be kicked right into federal prison.

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2. Exactly. Rove is a practiced pathological liar.............

whether he is or is not under oath.

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3. We Should Not Only Insist On The Oath But On Rove

being hooked to a lie detector.

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4. Under oath or not

Rove will still lie.
He was under oath with Libby grand jury and Fitz still had to bring him back three or four times.