Doesn't it just figure

[Mythsaje]

White House expresses confidence in top Bush aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House broke its silence and said on Tuesday that President Bush continued to have confidence in his top political adviser, Karl Rove, despite his involvement in a scandal over the leak of the identity of a CIA agent.

But Bush and White House spokesman Scott McClellan balked at answering key questions about the case, as some Democrats stepped up calls for Rove to be fired.

McClellan said the White House was asked to remain silent by prosecutors investigating who leaked the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, an act Plame's husband said was meant to discredit him for criticizing Bush's Iraq policy in 2003.

"Any individual who works here at the White House has the president's confidence. They wouldn't be working here if they didn't have the president's confidence," McClellan told reporters in answer to a question.

McClellan had previously refused to say whether Bush still had confidence in Rove.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=1&u=/nm/20050712/pl_nm/bush_leak_dc

[napi21]

1. What else would you expect him to say?

I remember this same stuff in the pre-Watergate scandal. All the loyalists said there's no problems, everyone is wonderful, and there's been nothing done wrong by anybody!

[Mythsaje]

2. Circling the wagons

is a REAL bad idea when you have a horde of pissed off Indians riding around with fire arrows at the ready.

:evilgrin:

This is going to be amazingly difficult for them to dodge this time.