Remember the writer outside Rove's office as Rove shouted...

[MnFats]

..."We will F*** him! We will F*** him like he's never been F***ed before!"
I don't think the timing is right...that was well before this Wilson thing broke....But I wondered today if it was Wilson that got 'F***ed like he'd never been F***ed before!'
Typical Rove maneuver.

Did anyone ever discover who Rove was talking about in that piece?

Do you think Rove/Bush have any idead how destructive the result of naming a CIA agent could be? Perhaps they don't care. The CIA was not a cheerleader for the Iraq war, so Bush/Rove have decided to cut the agency out of the picture and rely only on their own operatives...who understand their version of politics.

I just wonder if they remember that CIA station chief who was tortured to death after he was kidnapped in Beruit.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I don't think

they care, to be brutally honest, I don't think they
realize that this quite possibly be the undoing of the
Presidency.

[grasswire]

2. I think...

....Rove was talking about DiIulio. That was the day that story was breaking.

[ShaneGR]

3. What writer said this, do you think we could get a link?

Just wondering.

[MnFats]

4. help me out guys....I don't have a link...

....it was widely reported...but the original..was it in the New Yorker? Salon? Jesus, I can't remember, but it's there somewhere.

[LittleApple81]

5. Googled

Cited in the Daily Rant:

http://www.jaycaruso.com/archives/002664.html

In the Esquire article, Ron Suslind describes the beginning of his interview with Rove:


Inside, Rove was talking to an aide about some political stratagem in some state that had gone awry and a political operative who had displeased him. I paid it no mind and reviewed a jotted list of questions I hoped to ask. But after a moment, it was like ignoring a tornado flinging parked cars. "We will fuck him. Do you hear me? We will fuck him. We will ruin him. Like no one has ever fucked him!" As a reporter, you get around—curse words, anger, passionate intensity are not notable events—but the ferocity, the bellicosity, the violent imputations were, well, shocking. This went on without a break for a minute or two. Then the aide slipped out looking a bit ashen, and Rove, his face ruddy from the exertions of the past few moments, looked at me and smiled a gentle, Clarence-the-Angel smile. "Come on in." And I did. And we had the most amiable chat for a half hour.

more...

[madfloridian]

6. Esquire, but here is the link to Suskind's article at his site.

http://www.ronsuskind.com/writing/esquire/esq_rove_0103.html

Great article!

SNIP..."Inside, Rove was talking to an aide about some political stratagem in some state that had gone awry and a political operative who had displeased him. I paid it no mind and reviewed a jotted list of questions I hoped to ask. But after a moment, it was like ignoring a tornado flinging parked cars. "We will fuck him. Do you hear me? We will fuck him. We will ruin him. Like no one has ever fucked him!" As a reporter, you get around—curse words, anger, passionate intensity are not notable events—but the ferocity, the bellicosity, the violent imputations were, well, shocking. This went on without a break for a minute or two. Then the aide slipped out looking a bit ashen, and Rove, his face ruddy from the exertions of the past few moments, looked at me and smiled a gentle, Clarence-the-Angel smile. "Come on in." And I did. And we had the most amiable chat for a half hour. I asked a variety of questions about his relationship with Karen Hughes. Were there ever tensions between him and Karen? Nope. "Oh, we’re both strong-willed people, but we work well together." I mentioned a few disputes others had told me of. He dismissed them all. Didn’t they sort of bury the hatchet after September 11? Nope—no hatchet to bury...."