Arianna: Karl Rove's Contempt for the Constitution and the Public's Right to Know

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Karl Rove's Contempt for the Constitution and the Public's Right to Know
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Posted July 9, 2008 | 08:29 PM (EST)


Karl Rove ain't coming. And he ain't talking. Except on Fox News.

Despite being subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee to testify on his role in politicizing the Justice Department -- and in using the Department to selectively prosecute Democratic officials -- the erstwhile Boy Genius has announced that he won't be showing up at tomorrow's scheduled hearing.

He claims that the president's assertion of executive privilege "obligates" him to disregard the Congressional order.

By doing so, Rove is thumbing his nose at Congress, legal precedent, the public's right to know the truth -- about, among other things, the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and the blackballing of Justice Department hires -- and the Constitution.

In 1776, Thomas Paine -- America's first blogger -- wrote in Common Sense: "in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other."

But throughout its seven-plus years, the Bush administration has demonstrated an unwavering belief that it is above the law and a deep-rooted disdain for checks and balances, and the Constitutional imperative of coequal branches of government.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/karl-roves-contempt-for-t_b_111789.html

[fasttense]

1. So do something about it Congress. n/t

[Botany]

2. Nancy Pelosi is gonna send Karl a letter

That should take of it. I mean after all what do Karl do outside of rig elections, put the Governor of
Alabama in jail, use the NSA to spy on political opponents, run a nice little multi-level scam between
Abramoff, Bob Ney, Susan Ralston, and Diebold, help lie us into a war, and manipulate the media on a
massive scale thanx to his friends @ Creative Response Concepts? Oh yea and he outed a C.I.A. agent
too.