Scandal gives Democrats a chance to investigate Rove (McClatchy)

[kpete]

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Scandal gives Democrats a chance to investigate Rove
By Margaret Talev and Greg Gordon
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Allegations that politics improperly influenced the Bush administration's decision to fire eight U.S. attorneys last year are providing the new Democratic majority in Congress with a long-sought opening to investigate the maneuverings of White House political strategist Karl Rove.


The testimony in the Senate this week by a former top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seemed only to heighten Democratic lawmakers' determination to force Rove to provide a sworn, public accounting of his role in the controversy. In that seven-hour testimony by Kyle Sampson, Rove's name came up some 70 times.


Democrats have long seen Rove - the guru of President Bush and Republican Party successes - as having too heavy a hand in the operations of federal agencies in ways that unduly injected politics into policy. But as the minority party for the last six years of the Bush presidency, the Democrats lacked the power to investigate him.


In recent weeks, House Democrats have been asking whether Rove, who's the president's deputy chief of staff, or his aides exerted improper political influence on the General Services Administration, after learning of a controversial presentation to 40 of the agency's political appointees.

more at:
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17003053.htm

[Junkdrawer]

1. And don't forget the GSA scandal and the Hatch Act....

..and Waxman still has questions regarding Plame....

Rove needs a diversion, soon...

[pat_k]

2. and expose their abuse of the Justice Dept to steal 2004 elections

Like impeachment, the stolen elections constitute a motherlode of outrage, energy, and action within the electorate. The Dems could release the floodgates if they just told the truth -- not just about the fascists' intent to steal 2008, but the regime's abusive use of the our judicial branch to steal the 2004 elections. For example, expose R. Alexander Acosta's Role (Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division June 2003 to June 2005). The damning timeline:

http://january6th.org/acosta.html

[Jim Warren]

3. Oh good

I've maintained all along KKKarl is the man behind the cutain, the enabler of demonics spawned by cheney and the twerp.

[EVDebs]

4. The CIA/GOP money connection does them all in

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12634250/

"It's all part of a growing ongoing investigation into corruption in defense and intelligence contracts, which already has sent former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham to prison and, legal sources say, may threaten others in Congress and the CIA. "

Exactly WHO are these unnamed "others" ? I think the Dems will find out...