Wanna start a recall movement in Kansas for Rove accomplice, Sen. Roberts?

[blm]

Now that it has been revealed that Roberts used his Senate Intel Committee to cover up for the White House and obviously planted antiWilson talking points for Rove into an addendum to the OFFICIAL report, it is high time that he be forced to resign or face a recall.

Surely Kansans don't want one of Rove's accomplices and co-conspirators representing them in the Senate.

Actually, a movement like this might finally bring about the closer scrutiny Roberts' suspicious actions need.

Senate Intelligence chairman quietly 'fixed' intelligence, and diverted blame from White House over Iraq

Larisa Alexandrovna

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush issued an order to the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the State Department, and his cabinet members that severely curtailed intelligence oversight by restricting classified information to just eight members of Congress.

?The only Members of Congress whom you or your expressly designated officers may brief regarding classified or sensitive law enforcement information,? he writes, ?are the Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders, and the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Intelligence Committees in the House and Senate.?

-snip-
But what was said to be an effort to protect the United States became a tool by which the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Pat Roberts (R-KS) ensured there was no serious investigation into how the administration fixed the intelligence that took the United States to war in Iraq or the fabricated documents used as evidence to do so.

Coupled with limited access to intelligence documents, RAW STORY has found that Roberts and a handful of other strategically-placed Washington players stymied all questions into pre-war intelligence on Iraq and post-invasion cover-ups, including the outing of a CIA covert agent, by using targeted leaks and artfully deflecting blame from the White House.

http://rawstory.com

[T Roosevelt]

1. I would love that

especially if I lived in Kansas (thankfully I don't, but then here I am in Florida...sheesh)

[Neecy]

2. actually....

I believe Roberts faces an election next year.

Unfortunately, the Kansas Democratic party has a pretty short bench, and I doubt they'll run anyone credible against him.

[blm]

4. Linking him to Rove NOW would be a great start. It's gonna be messy for

Rove real soon, and it couldn't hurt to attach Roberts to Rove NOW right before the report comes out.

[Neecy]

6. unfortunately, that would go right over the head of most Kansans

Even if we could get Roberts in our sights, who would we run against him? Brownback was up for reelection last year and after a bizarre primary we finally got a candidate who started very late and had almost no money.

The problems within the Kansas Democratic party are many and deep, particularly their ties to the DLC which they tout at every opportunity. Other than Dennis Moore, who won't run for the Senate (and who's little more than GOP-light) I don't see a viable candidate to take on Roberts. I wouldn't be surprised to see him run unopposed.

[blm]

9. We need ANY opponent to start throwing the charges at him. He has to be

at least wounded and exposed from this battle.

[mistertrickster]

3. Oh ho, never underestimate the ability of Kansans to stick by their

conservatives. I live here (Wichita). I've met any number of active conservatives who believe that everything that comes out of Bush's mouth is the gospel truth. When you argue with them, "there's no there there." They believe in Bush the way they believe that the Earth was created in seven days about 6,000 years ago.

Rational argument only works with people who are rational. These are people who take PRIDE in anti-rationalism and anti-intellectualism.

Unless Roberts gets a blow job in the Oval office and a relentless investigation brings it to light, he'll never be unseated. And I'm not sure that even a bj would do it, because of IOKIYAR.

I'm all for a recall and I would work toward it, but it's never gonna happen, unfortunately.

[rfranklin]

5. That would be a blow job from an underage...

male intern.

[kansasblue]

7. Let's make sure some one runs. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Can it work?

[blm]

12. It can hurt. Roberts is flying the elephant flag above Stars and Stripes.

He should be exposed.

[theboss]

10. Do we even have a candidate in Kansas?

Are there any Democrats in Kansas in the first place?

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. No.

Members of Congress are not subject to recall.

[blm]

13. Of course, but a movement to recall or resign could garner focus on

Roberts' actions....that is the goal.

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. The resignation would be a good idea

but pushing for a recall just makes the movement look like a bunch of rubes who are ignorant of the law.

[blm]

15. heh...REAL grassroot movements usually are populated by just earnest folks

.