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Karl Rove RESIGNS!!!

cnn.com — Karl Rove, deputy chief of staff to the Bush administration, announces his resignation, says he will be out by the end of the month.

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  • Maldoror93, on 10/10/2007, -53/+64Ruh-roh Dubya.
    • Dregga, on 10/10/2007, -30/+97SUCK MY BALLS ROVE!
      • trevbork, on 10/10/2007, -16/+9I second that.
        • mdhauke, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2You have served with honor and dignity Karl Rove. Godspeed to you.
          • bigturns, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Something is amiss here on Digg - entire sub-threads are disappearing??? A thread of comments, 15 posts long, just vanished???
          • xister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Things really get ***** up on super long threads with a lot of people commenting. I've had weird things happen too. If I refresh the page, comments will disappear and then when I come back hours later, they're back.
      • diggdallas, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8You'd let Rove suck your balls? I'm a little more picky with where I put my family jewels.
      • fnaqzna, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Ya know... it doesn't matter whether you're pitching or catching. It's still baseball.
    • Anthracene, on 10/10/2007, -12/+27Bush is definitely in trouble now with the brain drain...
    • felman87, on 10/10/2007, -10/+99Is it just me, or does the world seem just a tad bit brighter
      • InetRoadkill, on 10/10/2007, -7/+37Maybe. But Rove didn't do this so suddenly unless he was pushed out by a brewing scandal or unless he has gotten a better offer, perhaps from one of the GOP front-runners.

        I'm hoping that the congressional hearings have finally struck a nerve and that he's afraid he's going to get nailed.
        • williamdyer, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4Or he can't handle the bad karma of our coming new new Pearl Harbor.
        • obliviousfool, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11My guess is that he's gone off to help steal the 2008 election for some evil bastard like Giuliani or Hillary.
        • Mardala, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6my thoughts as well. I think he is far too smart to just feel like "quitting". Its a political strategy. Thats all these people live and breathe. I am guessing it will ease some of the tensions amongst the Republican party and they can distance themselves safely from the Bush regime, but also as InetRoadkill mentions, I am guessing he will be on a GOP ticket, if not this time around, in another 4 years. "Time off for a book" == "Planning his next move"

          I think the guy in VP or Pres seat would make this administration not seem so bad. He was already the driver, now imagine him creating his own gov. branch? I mean Hitler was pretty well liked before he became a dictator. Call me whatever you want, but Rove is not someone we want in office ever again.

          Which also brings a very good point --- not in office means he can't be impeached. Someone who is impeached cannot run for office. He now saved himself from being impeached.
      • citizenerased42, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Okay, I get it… Bush sucks, Cheney sucks, anyone tied to the current administration sucks…. For the most part, I agree… I think that this administration has misled us into some very shady business (namely the Iraq war)… But is anyone else here tired of the never ending witch hunt that we all seem to be on? I mean, this foray of endless finger pointing is kinda getting old… Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Im not saying Rove doesn’t “deserve” XYZ punishments for sed ABC crimes, I personally don’t know enough on the situation to have an opinion on him. But does everyone here who’s whining everyday on dig know exactly what Rove did that was illegal?
    • p51d007, on 10/10/2007, -101/+13Boy, kind of makes you wonder what the tin-foil hat anti anything Bush is going to do now that Mr. Rove is leaving.
      Gee, your #1 boogie-man won't be there.
      Oh I know...you conspiracy types will claim that Mr. Rove is still running things from his home, not the White House.
      How silly of me to forget that.
      • wholly2b, on 10/10/2007, -8/+51Cheney and Bush have been creepy and evil enough on their own lately that we'll be fine with out him. Thanks for your concern though.
      • bigturns, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Mind your manners p51d007. It's rude to speak with a mouth full of sand.
        • kamikazecow, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6I love how in all the political stories, there is always that one person that is like "OMG GUYS! YOUR ALL CRAZY!!!! IM RIGHT AND YOUR WRONG, ALL 3,000 OF YOU ARE CRAZY" and then pulls out some really lame evidence that gets shot down immediately.
      • OralCavity, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5you are an idiot
      • edzillion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2actually I suspect he will. he will still have the president's ear at least
      • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2go to hell.
    • miketrin, on 10/10/2007, -10/+52don't worry p51, it's people like you that don't care what bush and his losers are doing to the country. It's people like you that think it's okay to give up some freedoms for safety, it's people like you that think it's patriotic to support your commander in chief, even when he is wrong, even when it's a bill called the patriot act, without reading the bill, just blind support for blind leaders. We wont be happy until people like you get a ***** clue and either leave the USA or realize you are being duped. If I were you I'd head over to the LGF website you'll be welcome there with open arms. Digg shouldn't be your home.
      • noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -37/+8It's people like you that bitch on both sides of the coin. When you aren't safe you bitch about how the government doesn't care, when the government makes moves to make you safe you bitch about new world order.
        • wholly2b, on 10/10/2007, -6/+32When has the government moved to make us safe? Is THAT why we're in Iraq?
          • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2Iraq was a horrible decision and I wish we would have never gone there. However, I don't feel like I have lost any freedoms and the fact we haven't been attacked again on our own soil shows that we probably are safer at home and are more aware of any suspicious activity. I'll probably get dugg down by all the 14 year olds that think it's cool to hate the government no matter what. But you guys act like adding some cameras to major intersections in major cities is an invasion of privacy. Like government officials are going to masturbate to video of you. It doesn't affect our daily lives at all and will help in crime prevention whether it be a terrorist or local criminals.
          • Somnabot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1 thatsmyaibo:
            Consider yourself dugg down by a 14 year old. Have a nice day.
          • rarson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2@thatsmyaibo:

            You "don't feel like" you've lost any freedoms because it hasn't affected you yet personally so you can't be bothered to get off your ***** couch and pay attention to what is actually going on in the world around you. You don't see why things are an invasion of privacy because it's easier for you to just not think. It's easier for people like you to be apathetic and not worry about what is going on.
        • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20That's like saying, "You'd bitch in sub-zero temperature that you were cold. Then if I threw you in a pot of boiling water, you'd be too hot."
        • CharliesRevenge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."

          -Mark Twain
      • brstilson, on 10/10/2007, -27/+7Straw man argument. Cite where and when someone has complained that the government "doesn't care" about our safety.
        • noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -6/+40Katrina. Thanks for playing.
          • Lagstorm, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Dugg for ownage! Its amazing how quickly memory fades for some people huh?
          • Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Memory is like money.

            Some people have it, some people don't. And then some have a credit card.(not sure how that fits in, but we'll work it out together)
          • ubuwalker31, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Memory is like money.
            Some people have it, some don't, and others have to rely on their wives and secretaries to remember everything for them.
            Which is why you end up giving them your credit card.
          • ubuwalker31, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2why hasn't this double post, digg comment sucky system stuff been fixed yet?
          • swanny89, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I don't know why people keep blasting the Federal Government over Katrina. Honestly, its none of the national government's business to "take charge" manage an emergency. It should have been state and local governments' jurisdiction to ensure that their citizens were taken care of. Never mind that the New Orleans' mayor totally dropped the ball, its all Bush's fault!
        • filefly, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5George Bush also doesn't care about black people.
          • Vermifax, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Except Condi. No wait...
          • Somnabot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not true, while governor of Texas, he cared about one or two of them before they were executed.
        • GeneralFault, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Unsolved Anthrax attacks?
          Where is Osama?
          Relaxed environmental standards.
          Threatening every country they can think of to start another war.

          The government does not care right now about your safety. Clear as day
      • p51d007, on 10/10/2007, -36/+3Geez! smoke some more crack or whatever you do to calm you down. Anything the current administration has done, is nothing compared to what Mr. Clinton didn't do. He had the chance to take down the #1 boogieman Bin Lauden.........and didn't because it was a "police matter". Chicken ***** BS.
        At least Bush has the balls to blow up some of these islamofascist. People like you still don't get it.
        As for giving up "freedoms".....go back and look at history. In times of crisis, some freedoms have been taken away, then restored. Lincoln did it,
        Roosevelt did it....it isn't the first time, but for a spineless liberal like you, who would rather just bend over and let these islamic nut cases run the
        world, I'm glad someone has the balls to let them meet the 72 virgins (I still believe it is Virginians) on OUR terms, not theirs.
        • gingerbreadcat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26After all the crimes and unethical things this administration is responsible for, your best defense is the "But but but... Clinton!" line. Cute!
        • shorn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Bin Laden is still alive. How long has your commander-in-your-ass been in charge? Too busy converting the best nation on earth in to the worst taking up too much of his time to deal with him? What?

          Oh, and we were at war when those other presidents did those things.
          • boobees, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8islamo fascists? try "evangelical" fascists. bush co has more blood on their hands than anyone since hitler.

            STOP DEFENDING WAR CRIMINALS... it makes us look bad, really bad
        • bigturns, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Yo, p51, come on dude - Clinton, really? You're going to pull Clinton out of your ball cap now? The man get's a BJ, in private, from a consenting, female, adult and then lies about it to a bunch of pious and over zealous do-gooders and you would compare his troubles with that of W and his legion of doom? Clinton?
          • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -11/+1Are you so young that you forgot Clinton was in a similar situation than Bush? He sent troops to fight a war too. Kosovo ring a bell?

            And instead of posting again, Shorn, I seriously believe Bin Laden is dead. He was gravely ill 5 years ago and has done nothing to prove that he is even alive except have videos released from years ago. And I don;t have a problem with Clinton. In fact I liked him. But if you are going to bring that up, Clinton was the one that had Bin Laden in his scope but decided not to pull the trigger. So stop with the one sided BS please.

            I expect to be dugg down by those that don't peek their heads up from the other side of the fence to see what the rest of the world is like. Stop acting like clones.
          • bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Thatmyaibo, you know those stories about Clinton cancelling raids on OBL are just that, stories, correct? You did see where every military commander involved in that, came out and said, this is a BS lie, Clinton did NOT stop plans to kill OBL.
          • bigturns, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You've made our point for us thatsmyaibo. The atrocities of genocide, by then Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, were crimes greater in magnitude (numbers were reported, by NATO, to be greater than 500,000 Kosovars missing or dead) than those allegedly perpetrated by the once arms trader buddy of the Reagan/Bush Sr. administration George Bush Sr (Saddam Hussein).

            Given this, you would think President Clinton would have committed US troops during the NATO lead ground invasion (which he did not).

            As far as Bin Laden's health is concerned: no data exists, to date, which would suggest, either way, his fate. Further the myth about Clinton's administration having Bin Laden in their sights was popularized by the Fox/Hollywood version of events provided by the ABC docudrama, "The Path to 9/11".

            The original docudrama contained a false, dramatic scene where former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger refuses to give the order to the CIA to take out bin Laden. According to the bipartisan 9/11 Commission report, this scene never occurred, and several members of the 9/11 Commission criticized the scene. The conservative writer of the film was forced to acknowledge that the scene was "improvised."

            In response to the reasons why you will be dugg down I would guess it may have something to do with grossly misrepresenting the truth?
          • Somnabot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2thatsmyaibo:
            All I read is "You stupid !@#$'s are gonna digg me down because I'm smarter than you. So there."
        • rabidbob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11p51d007, it's you who's spineless. You'd give up what makes the USA great because you are afraid of zomgtehterr0rstz!!one! The brave stand up and know that if they let our freedom be taken from us then those who are attacking us have won; thus Mr Jefferson's comment that those who'd sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.

          As far as Clinton's choice regarding bin laden goes, well, it's amusing that fascists like you vilify him for not assassinating someone.

          We didn't kill him randomly without a trial - that's what makes us better than them. Well, it used to be what made us better than them. Now days there's not really a lot of difference.
        • bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Hmm, W has been "after" bin laden directly for how long now? Get a clue.
      • shanevendrell, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Its people like you that use condescending language such as "people like you" which automatically makes one hate the person saying it and not one to listen. Lnaguage like THAT prevents any progress getting done and goes directly against your cause.
        • bigturns, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5??? Did you mean to recursively berate yourself? I'm confused...
        • StarlessKnight, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2@bigturns: That may have been the point.
    • Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11"My Job is complete here. Time to retire to one of those countries whose population I helped deplete."
    • Elranzer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3One down...
  • aslave2thegrind, on 10/10/2007, -29/+205And the turd blossom has finally wilted...
    • EBFoxbat, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12He should learn from this guy: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/13/china.toymaker.ap/index.html?eref=diggas!
    • The_Wallbanger, on 10/10/2007, -5/+51I doubt he's wilted. As much as I hate to admit it, chances are good that he's going to work on another GOP campaign for 2008.
      • Dweller99, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Sadly that is all this is about. The next election is starting to heat up and he is needed elsewhere.
      • bigturns, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Agreed. It's a 'win some lose some' kind of deal. My guess is Rove will pop up on the Huckabee campaign. Whose name, incidentally, has been popping up more and more as of late.
      • obliviousfool, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Agreed. Wherever he shows up, let's just all agree now to not even consider voting for that person.
        • turpenine, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8or just not vote republican.
          seems like the safest route to me.
          • MacMan88, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1go third party. both dems & reps are so corrupted by lobbyists that we need to make a statement to them -- "if you don't work for us, we'll find someone else who will"
    • Prefection, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Don't go getting all hopeful. The White House has already proved that it is willing to delete email that it doesn't want others to see, even if the email is ordered to be surrendered by a judge. So, given that insight, what form of communication do you believe Mr. Rove might use to stay in touch with/advise W? Hmmm......
    • gthrank, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11The part I never understood about his nickname "turd blossom" is the "blossom".
      • BrapAllgood, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8It's cuz he kept growing and spreading in his turd-like evil-ution.

        A 'turd blossom' secretes it's own fertilizer....
    • bigturns, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Does this mean the end of MC ROVE? Stay tuned!
    • freedomwv, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1He finally had enough.
  • theironwok, on 10/10/2007, -37/+437About. *****. Time.
    • fractalman, on 10/10/2007, -7/+11You got that right!!!!
    • yunus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26I would bet money this is a move to allow him to choose his next candidate and mold them to win the nomination. Ever see the West Wing (TV show), Karl Rove is the Republican version of Josh. Only much more evil.
      • randf, on 10/10/2007, -19/+5yep, life is just like TV. keep on sucking the boob tube for insight on the real world
        • GeneralFault, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Or you could use T.V. as a tool to provide helpful allegories that one can use to transmit thoughts through shared experiences.
    • rationalthinker, on 10/10/2007, -40/+3Rove is the MAN! The digg wasteland can't admit they've been outsmarted by a brilliant mind... especially since most diggers think they're more brilliant. ***** Leahy and the "mob"... Rove is good to the last quote... "But I'm not going to stay or leave based on whether it pleases the mob."
      • wholly2b, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22Considering the majority of the American people disapproves of the job the Bush administration is doing, it's nice to know that Rove considers the American people "the mob". Made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
        • rationalthinker, on 10/10/2007, -15/+3hey *****... last time I checked, the democrats in congress, have a lower approval rating than Bush... take that warm and fuzzy feeling and shove it up your ass.
          • shorn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Yeah - because they keep avoiding taking out Bush. Try to pull that warm and fuzzy out of your ass.
          • ed3839, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3No, you are incorrect. It is the entire congress that has the low approval rating. The polls don't differentiate between the parties in congress. Also keep in mind that the democrats have only been in control for a very short time, Bush is vetoing everything they try to do, and the republicans have been filibustering everything else.
          • boobees, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3do you even know who karl rove is? do you truly admire the job he's done? I wonder how it feels to slaughter thousands of innocent people. rational thinker, go to iraq and start defending your views. we would all appreciate it
        • Pablo4200, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2And you should see what they think about the Dem Congress.
          • GeneralFault, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What... that they should have impeached this whole crew months ago? Yeah, I agree.
        • wholly2b, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I didn't say anything about the Dems, amigos: they make me sick too. I'm sorry that someone criticizing both parties doesn't fit into your limited, strange worldview.
      • Corrosionx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3He's a brilliant mind and it's frustrating to see him always succeeding in manipulating the idiot American public. He's a master of spinning the debate to make anyone who oppose him look bad.

        I hope he will be remembered as a master of propaganda.
        • donabalona, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Kinda like Goebbels, you mean? How history repeats itself...

          "Many persuasive techniques used by today’s media were pioneered by Josef Goebbels. Goebbels clearly recognized the relationship between mass entertainment and political propaganda....Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda created the Führer myth, organized mass spectacles, and established a film studio to produce entertainment that furthered the Nazi cause. "
    • Swoyer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20Now Karl has more time to do some of his favorite pastimes, such as killing doves
      • MonsterChaOS, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2and eating dead babies!
      • Gaki, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Do you think he cooks them first before he eats them?
        • Swoyer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2if he is anything like Cheney, i am sure he likes to eat them while they are still alive
    • JDRay, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2I guess it's time to update my epiphany... http://somethingstirring.blogspot.com/2006/11/epiphany.html
    • gwhardyiv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Too. *****. Late.
    • TheLastFreeMan, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1You stole that comment from me. Boo.

      http://digg.com/politics/BREAKING_Rove_Subpoenaed?t=8095293#c8095293
      • Miche1987, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Geez, people complain about stealing stories, and now we have people complaining about "stolen" COMMENTS?

        You are pathetic.
      • Somnabot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Attention whore.
    • pixelbasic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Four. More. Years!
  • BelXul, on 10/10/2007, -19/+382Why now? Oh, that's right. Congress is on vacation, and there's the very real prospect that upon their return he'll have to face a panel of irate Representatives. He was subpoenaed already, and they just might make him answer their questions. Scary.
    • 0zzy, on 10/10/2007, -13/+84I LOVE how he is resigning so he can "spend time with the family." I'm sure that's why he is stepping down... :-|
      • bitcloud, on 10/10/2007, -7/+43you're just not understanding who he's talking about when he talks about "the family" capiche!
      • chillmandan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Don't you know, thats why everyone in Washington resigns, to be with their faimily.
        • Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12Yep, look at Newt Gingrich.

          Oh I'm sorry I thought we were talking about the "delivered divorce papers to his wife the day after her cancer operation" type of people.
        • MonsterChaOS, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Lets not forget the (3x divorced Guiliani) move your mistress in and kick your wife out while you're still married type. Family Values party my ass....
      • bitcloud, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Yeap.. thats why he's resigning alright....
        http://www.richgentlemenhide.com/comic/another-one-bites-the-dust/
      • NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17I always thought it would be funny for someone to say their real reason "Cause im in deep ***** *****"
        • Username222, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1While it would be funny. Something tells me someone would have a lot of power if they were just going to say that, so I am hesitant on hearing someone say that to the public.
      • shinynew, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1if by "spend time with the family." he means "eat small puppies" then yes i completely believe him.
    • cyberdork, on 10/10/2007, -24/+4Why now? It's vacation time and he basically realized that there is not much he, Cheney and Bush can do for the rest of his term. So why not 'retire' now and cash in all those millions from his buddies in the oil and defense industry. I would do the same.
      • bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Maybe he's running b4 the paper trail leads to him?
    • skealoha86, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4amen!!
    • SavageBlackCat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29If the Congress was so irate they would have done something, anything, by now.
    • NCSUspoon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10If he were subpeonaed again, could he claim executive privilage still?
      • DooM, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Yes. See Harriet Meiers who resigned and is still covered under executive privilege.
    • iSmart, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5That sounds like the rooster claiming to have called up the sun.
      • gwhardyiv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I'm sure that's profound in some other context.
    • supaklaw, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5He is like the shadows... he cannot be captured... he is like very bald chubby redneck ninja... muahahahaha
  • differentangel, on 10/10/2007, -44/+21This is prove that god, God, Shiva, Buddha, or Miracles exist... We can only hope he would go to jail for his crimes... But if, Power Connections, and Money means no jail time. "Just ask O. J."
    • kenvsryu, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2i like that you used "rove".
    • DavidtheDuke, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9There's no reason Rove can't continue his job unofficially.
    • yodaj007, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Your comment reminds me of the Miracle Man from Princess Bride...

      Miracle Max: You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.
  • Unsomnambulist, on 10/10/2007, -12/+310Unfortunately, this may be less about damage control than freeing Rove to get behind another Republican candidate's run for office.
    • Herkimer56, on 10/10/2007, -11/+17Precisely. He'll turn up in a few months running someone's campaign and that means Hillary gets her ass kicked.
      • greenback1, on 10/10/2007, -13/+9are you serious? if anything he's probably running her campaign. do some research, herk, all top tier candidates, whether republican or democrat, are the same CFR internationalist pieces of anti-American *****.
      • Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6He wont surface again until 2012, in the Jeb Bush campaign. And even then he'll maintain a low profile.
        • Lagstorm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Jeb is seriously retarded. He was eating at a Smokey Bones in Florida one day and he was just a damn mess. I wanted to walk over and give him 15 napkins and then slap him across is face.
          • 8086ed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"Jeb is seriously retarded."

            It hasn't stopped Dubbya from being the most powerful leader in the world...
        • Herkimer56, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I don't believe that Jeb will ever run. Just my opinion.
    • greenback1, on 10/10/2007, -7/+36not likely. any candidate who publicly admits that Rove is managing his/her campaign is done. he simply will direct from behind the scenes. his resignation is to prevent an active white house chief adviser from sitting in front of senate hearing committee; it sort keeps a clean face for the white house
      • flossdaily, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I think Rove could easily become an UNOFFICIAL adviser and do some real damage.
    • Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Or, he's just resigning the official post, but remaining the evil puppetmaster of GWB.
      • Jaybee755, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Not likely b/c if he has no official position in the Executive branch he (and the president) would not be able to invoke executive privilege to cover what they do. Unless everything they talk about is over the phone and no log or transcript is kept for the calls.
    • SpaceCity, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Bingo! Now it's time for to to start grooming Rick Perry to be the next tool of the GOP.
    • jinxcy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Rove & Romney anyone?
  • avasol, on 10/10/2007, -42/+10Do not collect $400 dollars. Do not pass go. Go directly to prison. Please leave, or your staying permission will be revoked.

    How many rednecks screwing their mother does it take to produce Rove?
  • ZaZen, on 10/10/2007, -15/+77As happy as I am that he's resigning I know there is no way he will face anything for all the crap he's done and if he does nothing will come of it. Having said that I can pray that the bastard gets his due.
    • Stain777, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4While he will never serve a day as he will be pardoned, I don't know why you guys don't think that Congress can do anything once he's left office. He will certainly still be subpoena'd, and will have to show up to answer questions. I don't think this "Executive Privilege", which they've abused as much as everything else, will hold much longer. The courts are beginning to force them to knuckle under and Rove will certainly have to face the music.

      Yes, too little too late, but I can hope that somehow justice will be served. Though I'm not optimistic.
  • plbland, on 10/10/2007, -40/+341***** You, Karl Rove
    • moin1097, on 10/10/2007, -29/+5Says the ant from the bottom of his ant hill.
      • yutt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14What?
      • liberalmoderate, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16and in democracy, that ant matters!

        amen, go ***** yourself karl rove ( a dick taught that phrase to me)
        • moin1097, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1We live in a republic. A democracy is mob rule.
          But that doesn't matter since , to him and me, you are all ants.
          Live with it.
    • Stewmoney, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Does anyone else think that there may be more behind this then people are letting on? I'm thinking Congress worked out a deal with Gonzalez and crew in return for Rove's resignation and some other incentives. You guys really think he is just going to cede power for no reason?
      • Jaybee755, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Stew,
        I agree. Rove does nothing that does not further his political "strategery". There's definitely more to this than meets the eye, and your theory (trading Rove for Gonzales) is a good one.
    • TruthforAll, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8"Rove said the first thing he plans to do after leaving the White House is "go dove hunting in West Texas with family and friends,"

      Hunting dove's.. the symbol of peace. How appropriate.
    • Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0Yep, no bias on Digg. +222 Diggs and counting on a 2nd grader comment. The intellectual capacity has already been reached, a quarter of the page down. Pathetic.
      • fahrenheitlf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If my son was in 2nd grade and made this comment, I'd ground him! While suppressing the urge to give him a high-five.
      • MaximumPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2nyahh nyahh
      • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1there is no fox news "balance" on karl rove. well, on the one hand, he demonized good americans, but on the other, he shoots doves.
  • LilRabbitFooFoo, on 08/11/2008, -25/+221One scumbag down...
    Too many more to go...
    • skanlessflipboy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25Next up, Gonzo!
    • alpinweiss88, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15NO! The point isn't to get him out of office, it is to hold him (and others) accountable. If he steps down and disappears, that does no good whatsoever.
  • nonymous666, on 10/10/2007, -17/+135Too little, too late.
    • ronaldinho, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Good riddance. He did enough damage already, but I agree it's too late. Have to say, he IS the smart man in that administration. Now that he's quitting and getting himself out of this mess, he will be forgotten and all the glares will now be focused on Bush even more
    • boobees, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3better late than never
  • junkalam, on 10/10/2007, -18/+13
    http://conservatard.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/rats_leaving_ship1.jpg
    • linuxcdrs, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1That is exactly what I was thinking. Get out while you can!
      • Lagstorm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The difference between this administration and the Titanic was that the Titanic had a band.
        • MaximumPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4it was also quite a bit classier than the bush administration, didn't run on oil, and went down without bringing the rest of the country along with it
  • rhabd0mancer, on 10/10/2007, -25/+20"I've got to do this for the sake of my family."

    His family would be better off if he kept his fat, disgusting ass in Washington.
    • DangerCollie, on 10/10/2007, -8/+24If he really wanted to do something for his family he'd choke on his lunch.
    • kiyyik, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yeah. "for the sake of his family." Heeehee. Bit surprised he went with that old line.

      I always reckened he'd make like a loyal party memeber and do the "sudden illness" bit. Oh, well.
  • miyamotofreak, on 10/10/2007, -10/+48He's still a phone call away. In fact now with less of a spotlight on him he's more dangerous than ever.
    • BrapAllgood, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Does this mean HIS phone calls will now be monitored, too? I'm not even gonna speculate about his email....
      • moin1097, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That shouldn't matter you. Your phone isn't being monitored.
        You are not nearly as important as you think you are.
    • Leadhyena, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he no longer existed?
      (My thoughts exactly miyamotofreak)
  • cyberdork, on 10/10/2007, -9/+65It's way to late into the second Bush term to get enthusiatic about his resignation. He did his deeds over the past 7 years and now will go into the private sector and earn hundreds of millions of dollars. So don't think this is a big blow to him.
    • tglover1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Exactly. Sometimes I'm amazed at the simple mindedness that passes for typing in this comment section.
  • snoobs, on 10/10/2007, -20/+29Rove will still be running things. . .don't be fooled. Like him being taken off the payroll means anything. Now he can get a job at the Carlyle group, Halliburton, or Blackwater security. He made those dudes billions.

    On another note, Bush can't think alone. . . Bush is *****.
    • cyberdork, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11Bush only has to survive another year. Don't expect ANYTHING to change over the next year, except for some economic hiccups. Much more interesting to see will be the effects of the cleanup by the next president.
      • seraph582, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0good luck supporting that hypothesis
    • p51d007, on 10/10/2007, -11/+8I wondered how long it would take some tin-foil hat conspiracy nut to say that Rove is still running things from his home.
      And to bring Halliburton into the mix.......nice touch LOL.
      Man, what are you nut cases going to do in Jan 09 if a democrat becomes president? Oh I know, you are secretly
      hoping that a Republican becomes president, so you can keep up your hatred.
      • LordSlashstab55, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3it isn't about party lines, Democrats are equally corrupt. You hear me Hillary!
      • reed311, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I guess you don't know the meaning of the word "patriot". Very mature calling people "nut cases", you must be a Conservative. BTW, I am far from a Democrat and I dislike Bush.
        • Memitim, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I wonder if there have always been people who think that sucking from the teat of government is considered patriotism or if it's just an artifact of the country being so secure for so long. I'm guessing most of these dumbasses have never bothered to crack a basic history text to find out that governments nearly always turn on their people at some point. For a country founded on revolution, we sure do have a lot of citizens who have a taste for government dick.
  • fancypantscz, on 10/10/2007, -22/+207Rove did huge damage to our federal government by making key policy decisions based wholly on political considerations. His win at all costs political strategies gave his party more control than was healthy for the nation and the precedence he set for utterly deprave, vicious, and damaging campaign practices make the future of American democracy look bleak indeed. The massive failures of the Bush presidency (many of which we are only beginning to understand) are a direct result of power hungry men winning office and placing the interests of their party before the good of the nation at every opportunity.

    The primary purpose of any administration should be the exercise of good governance and stewardship of the democracy that we the people built. The Bush administration under the direction of Rove was primarily concerned with entrenching his party in positions of power much to the detriment of our highest held democratic principals.

    Rove deserves to live the rest of his life suffering the most severe forms pubic shame for the potentially irreparable damage he has done to our nation.
    • skealoha86, on 10/10/2007, -14/+3i agree, but it was the american people that voted GW into office. twice. even if they were both fixed, the spread was 50% both times.
      • felman87, on 10/10/2007, -5/+27Wrong, we voted for Gore in 2000.
        • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2We have used the electoral system to vote for president . The supreme court found for Bush---end of story.
          • noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -13/+2Digg users aren't interested in the way government works. They think if they keep digging down enough they will get a good outcome.
          • LordSlashstab55, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3this is a place for commerce you imbecile
      • fancypantscz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7I'm not sure about Gore but don't think Kerry would have been any better for our nation than Bush. Kerry is just another career politician that would have done nothing to remove the talons of the Military Industrial Complex from the gut of our congress which is the root cause of our failed foreign policies. I don't think our situation in Iraq would be any different with Kerry's in office. Americans would still be dieing there with no good options on the table.

        The only way to beat Rove at winning over an ignorant electorate is to lie cheat and steel better than Rove himself and that would have been even worse for our democracy. We the people of the US are definitely the ones to blame but it has nothing to do with what party you vote for and much more to do with your understanding of civic duty and your responsibility to find common ground with those in your community and then take action in the best interests of the nation.

        Forget about our political parties! They have taken advantaged of the average citizens television based misunderstanding of the world to entrench themselves in power provide tax money and legislation friendly to private interests groups. It is not 50% of the population's fault for the travesties of the Bush administration. We all bear responsibility for the political atmosphere that allowed someone like Rove to manipulate his way into power.
    • tranzphat, on 10/10/2007, -5/+15Saying the American People voted for GW is an inaccurate statement. The majority of American People voted for Gore but due to the faulty voting system that lets candidates win regardless of majority vote GW won by electorol votes. Come correct with your statements please.
      • noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -10/+4This is the 'faulty' system we have used since 1964. You bitch now because it didn't give the results you wanted. Bush won the majority of electoral votes so he won the election. Gore won the majority of states but he won states with few electoral votes. The american people voted for GW.
        • Pablo4200, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Actually, this is the electoral system we've had since the Constitution was written. It's the same idea that gives each state 2 senators regardless of size/population.
        • daggah, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0That just goes to show you how dumb the American population really is.
        • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i don't remember the supreme court stopping the vote count in favor of their appointed party ever before george bush's first selection, and i never noticed how they make sure democrats don't have enough voting machines before 2004.
    • Fabc001, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Diebold alone gave Bush the presidency. If you want democracy then you can only have paper ballots that can be verified!
    • TygerTyger, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Well said Fancypants. This is the most clear-eyed comment I've read on digg in quite some time.
    • mrch0mp3rs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8"Rove did huge damage to our federal government by making key policy decisions based wholly on political considerations."

      Sorry to amend this, but WE did the damage. When the election results (debatable as they may be) allow this administration to wield the power, we did it to ourselves. Did I vote Bush and his cronies in? No. But I didn't do a good enough job convincing my peers and neighbors and campaigning for Gore in 2000 or Kerry in 2004.

      When we as a nation just let Bush come to power, we did it all to ourselves by being lazy and ignorant. I'm glad Rove is out, but it always has and always will be up to us to clean the mess up.
      • napalm9295, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Are you kidding me? That is an absurd notion to blame the American people. Bush completely rigged the first election, for starters, and used fear to sway the American vote. The war on terror is a fraudulent war sold to the American people. Fear is the the best means of control (go ask the religious community) In which case everyone has no choice but to say "save us our president". They got more power as a result of 9/11 than they dreamed of, and there's little the American people to oppose. Didn't you hear it'll illegal to protest the war now and undermine their intentions? Yea, more power they have due to terrorism. 9/11 was their blessing. These men need criminal charges posed upon them. They are war criminals, and terrorists.
      • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i agree that democrats are the only ones who care about fixing the damage, but i don't think we should blame ourselves for our dumb relations voting dubya. that's on their head, and it seems like they're finally learning from their mistakes.
    • JBourne55, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Rove didn't do anything different than Clinton did. I love how principled liberals are now that Bush is in office. Remember the debate on the "rule of law"? I thought character didn't matter. I guess it does when it has to do Republicans.
      • Jaybee755, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What?! Are you on the same planet as the rest of us? "Rove didn't do anything different than Clinton..."?
        Are you saying Clinton targeted opposition candidates and slandered them with some of the most evil lies ever concocted in politics? Remember Max Cleland, the triple amputee Vietnam war veteran who was deliberately compared to Osama Bin Laden by Rove & co.? How about the Swift Boat Veterans Against Truth? (We KNOW Rove had something to do with that.) What did Clinton do that was like that? How about the Republican operatives in Maine (or New Hampshire) who were indicted for federal crimes when they interfered with Democratic party efforts to get voters out in the 2004 election by tampering with the Demos phones? The list of Rove's "accomplishments" goes on and on.
        I'm no fan of Clinton but I am sick and tired of ignorant right-wingers scapegoating Clinton when most of his alleged offenses are the half-baked creations of the leading wonks of the neo-conservative (fascist) right wing. Open your eyes and stop blindly following the people who are really trying to destroy our country. Stop swallowing hook-line-and-sinker the right-wing propaganda that says liberals are the enemy. They aren't. Rove and his ilk are. Don't take my word for it, either. The proof is out there.
      • Mardala, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow ... I like how when it's brought up this administration is taking the country down a blind path to hell, the reply is always to blame Clinton. Well ... Clinton retired from office years ago. Lets move on. mmmkay? or better yet, lets dig Reagans ghosts from his closet past and start throwing those into the mix. Or maybe Bush Sr.? They surely did some horrible, un-American things.

        Clinton is not president! sheesh. and if you want to A/B Clinton, lets start digging out all the facts and do a nice excel spreadsheet comparing these two people. Clinton will never look as bad as Bush, nor did he ever display such disregard for Americans in favor of corporatism, so much that thousands lost their lives.
    • JBourne55, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0Is there such a creature as a law and order liberal?
      • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you mean a martial law liberal? or a wiretap liberal? no. there shouldn't be, and there isn't.
      • Mardala, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Is there such a thing as a patriotic American Neo-Con?

        and what exactly is a law and order liberal? Is that the new series of Law & Order I missed the pilot of? *dung dung*
    • nathron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Rove deserves to live the rest of his life suffering the most severe forms pubic shame..."

      sounds.... sexy.
      • Mardala, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm sure Cheney will be more than willing to help him suffer. He does like Torture you know.
  • aliveonarival, on 10/10/2007, -14/+5Doesnt this mean that he can avoid impeachment charges just like nixon did when they found out about watergate??
    • wholly2b, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6He can't avoid criminal charges, if the Democrats had evidence and a spine (I wish they had either)
      • muymalgal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2and, thankfully, he can't hide from karma
    • marillion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Nixon and Company avoided charges because Ford pardoned the whole lot of them.
    • spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i dont think you can impeach a presidents advisor
  • eatsushi, on 10/10/2007, -21/+21***** Rove
  • Jmuduke, on 10/10/2007, -21/+42This isn't enough, he should be criminally charged for treason against the United States.
    • Pablo4200, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4Because I don't like him! Ah, why even bother with the trial? It's not like you've got anjything to convict him with.

      Go right to the lynch mob, and you'll feel much better.
      • BrapAllgood, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Don't you mean 'Go right to the pardon'?

        Your sand is cooling again...better hide that head again quick.
      • Gaki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Well, Pablo, that seems to be the administration's MO. Pick you up at the airport, jam you into an unlisted CIA flight and presto, chango, you end up in some prison in the former Soviet bloc getting "interrogated" by folks with even fewer scruples than the assholes who put you on the plane in the first place. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. I, for one, would openly volunteer to make Rove "disappear" into some 3rd world hell hole for a few years so he could get a taste of his own medicine. Heck, I'd do the same for virtually everyone in Bush's inner cabal. For Cheney, I wouldn't just do it for free ... *****, I'd PAY someone for the priviledge.
      • JBourne55, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0Gaki - Why do you have so much sympathy for terrorists? They are never going to like us.
        • Corrosionx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4You know how you turn a normal person into a terrorist?
          You blow their family and friends in pieces.
          Allah is only justification for a very real feeling of revenge.

          Those that already hate you won't love you, but stop making new enemies it might help.
        • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1rove made you say things like that to your fellow americans, you know. poor idiot.
  • frankidadio, on 10/10/2007, -5/+41OK .... to work on who's campaign....?
    • AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -6/+14In all likelyhood? Rudy "I'm a ***** psychopath Gulliani"'s.
    • nimski, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Heh, those were my first thoughts also. Actually mine were more along the lines of... "It's a trap!"
      • Obscenewords, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Or Fred Thomson
      • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1You are seriously paranoid.
        • LordSlashstab55, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2just because your paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you(or after the hearts and minds of everyone)
          • BrapAllgood, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The difference betwwen paranoia and healthy caution is opinion.
    • hotfarts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0whose?
  • pandemonium, on 10/10/2007, -6/+11Article says he wanted to leave a year ago. He had to wait until they weren't smack in the middle of a scandal to leave, or his ties to the scandal would (probably rightly) be questioned. It was a long wait.
    • felman87, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3So he left now amid plenty of scandals?
    • Fabc001, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2The attempted Iraq colonization is the biggest scandal in this nations history!

      Everyone in the world knows it!
    • edzillion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Did you happen to see the reviews of Alastair Campbells diaries that were recently released? Apparently Alastair claims that Blair was going to resign because he:
      "...wanted to be free to act without worrying what the Labour party or public thought of him for the remainder of his second term."
      So much for that.
      You can take this assertion that he wanted to leave a year ago with the same pinch of salt. Just more political obfustication.
  • Yond, on 10/10/2007, -11/+13Unfortunately until he goes to jail as long as he is free, he is dangerous. He's a slippery snake that is still doing his stuff no matter where he is. I hope he gets exposed and goes to jail one day.
    • unsurebtwilling, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1using the term "snake" gives snakes a bad name must like "blue dog democrats" I perfer blue slime democrats I like dogs slime I can do without
  • gl77, on 03/31/2008, -9/+33The inside scoop on why he's resigning is so he can give his full attention to his alter ego "Rappin' Rove".
    PROFIT!
    • ElRayQuieres, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1I hope there was an inside joke that I just missed there (aside from the dumb 'profit' thing), and that your comment wasn't as retarded as it seems.
      • theboredom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Nope, at the White House Press Corps Dinner the "entertainer" was doing some "rap" about the head honchos of the administration and he passed the mic to ol' Karl who said something to the effect of "I'm MC Rove!". It was really bizarre.
  • Orderless, on 10/10/2007, -8/+21Was I the only one who thought this would be an Onion article at first? It seemed too good to be true.
  • ubuntuedgy, on 10/10/2007, -9/+26Too little, too late. The damage is done.
    • gernblansted, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I'd like to believe that. Most likely, though, the damage has only begun. Think about it. These guys aren't just going to walk away and get prosecuted. If you committed as many crimes as these guys have, and you had in your hands as much power as they do (especially given the bend-over-and-start-f**king-my-ass-PLEASE Democrats in congress), would you just walk away and let the "chips fall where they may"? I think not. Don't expect these guys to roll over. They won't.
  • OmarOmar, on 10/10/2007, -10/+43Lol, QUICK LOOK OVER THERE!

    This isn't a distraction...
  • snotrokit, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12now he can dissappear faster when he gets subpoenaed

  • ReturnToFreedom, on 10/10/2007, -15/+102Fools. You are all fools for celebrating. He is only doing this because they want to minimize the chance that he'll have to testify before Congress. They know that if this happens they are all *****. They are afraid that a lot of secrets will be leaked in the future and they will have broken the law if they testify and lie. It's my opinion that this is why Bush is keeping people from testifying.
    • chiggah, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16Well, when your government can't do ***** about a criminal like this, seeing him get drive out is the best thing common people can hope for. Yeah, it's that sad.
    • felman87, on 10/10/2007, -1/+40You can subpoena people whether they're inside the white house or not. Just look at Harriet Myers (she left at the beginning of 07)
      • Jaheab, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4bush's and his boys have showed just how much they respect congressional subpoenas
        • chiggah, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1LOL @ suggesting subpoena.

          I can only picture Bush laughs harder when he gets yet another one.
      • karel747, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6We've already subpoenaed Rove, but it hasn't amounted to anything - executive privilege - that crock of *****. This administration is responsible for the biggest political crimes in the last 10 years, and yet most people will never know/understand what has happened, what is happening, and why these things are happening. It's very infuriating; if only there were some way to buy a 30-minute slot on prime-time TV to really expose these bags of ***** for what they are.

        *sigh* The US is so ***** up right now.
    • postalblowfish7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2even if he testified before congress no one would be *****. he'd just 'not recall' himself into a ***** coma.
    • otakushark, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Well, fool, in case you haven't been paying attention, being compelled to testify before Congress doesn't amount to much when the answer to every other question is "I don't recall."
  • ffaillace, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3why does drudge have this and huffington or crooks & liars not? thank goodness for raw story or we wouldnt have the news... get on it HP if you wanna be a source...24/7... i don't wanna go to drudge!!!
    • 3tcp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Is it really that important to you to read a couple paragraphs telling you what your opinion should be before you click the link for the AP article on a different website?
    • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1There's nothing wrong with Drudge's web site.

      His radio program is a different story....
  • DocDEB, on 10/10/2007, -9/+11Perino said Rove "wouldn't be going if he wasn't sure this is the right time to be giving more time to his family." Translated => Get the hell out of Dodge.
  • bluehexagonsun, on 10/10/2007, -9/+21Cue the "I'm stepping away to spend much needed time with my beloved and beleaguered family" refrain.

    Colorful aside: gROVEbbels, the self-anointed "bush-brain" attempted to earn a mere BA degree at four different universities, failing each time. (Cheney too is a dropout). Moral: there is always hope for flaccid, underachieving and criminally unscrupulous turds in the depleted gene-pool of American politics.
    • dalexandruz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5cheney got a ba and ma in political science from the university of wyoming. rove dropped out. but who cares they are both evil.
      • bluehexagonsun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3right. after he first flunked out of yale.
        • KyleGoetz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1DId you even get into Yale? No? Well, then the fact that Cheney flunked out of Yale is irrelevant. However, Cheney is a douchebag.
        • Gaki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1@ Kylegoetz

          Do you think he got into Yale because of his MARKS? LOL. Yeah, and Bush got into his Ivy League schools because of his, too ... right. That solid C- average he had in prep school was good enough, I guess.
        • bluehexagonsun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Spare me the nonsense about the nonpareil academic standards of yale or most ivy league schools for that matter, as they are littered, by and large, with mediocre intellects and nebbishy, "career" academics who tend to earn their "privileged" academic station more by virtue of the vagaries of a favorable socio-economic standing than by dint of any genuine intellectual competence. The fact that Bush, a mildly autistic, dyslexic, post-alcoholic-cerebral-atrophic cretin of a man had his wits about him to satisfy the "rigorous" academic requirements of an institution like yale speaks for itself.

          Jacob Plotkin was Cheney's Yale roommate:
          "It's hard to flunk out of Yale. It's something that one really has to put effort into. Yale at that time tried to make sure everybody who entered graduated.
          Where others might spend some time on the weekend studying, Dick was either talking, drinking or playing cards with his football buddies."
        • bluehexagonsun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Spare me the nonsense about the nonpareil academic standards of yale or most ivy league schools for that matter, as they are littered, by and large, with mediocre intellects and nebbishy, "career" academics who tend to earn their "privileged" academic station more by virtue of the vagaries of a favorable socio-economic standing than by dint of any genuine intellectual competence. The fact that Bush, a mildly autistic, dyslexic, post-alcoholic-cerebral-atrophic cretin of a man had his wits about him to satisfy the "rigorous" academic requirements of an institution like yale speaks for itself.

          Jacob Plotkin was Cheney's Yale roommate:
          "It's hard to flunk out of Yale. It's something that one really has to put effort into. Yale at that time tried to make sure everybody who entered graduated.
          Where others might spend some time on the weekend studying, Dick was either talking, drinking or playing cards with his football buddies."
  • unsurebtwilling, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2this guy ( I use that term loosely) has a family hearing that I think of "It's Alive" part V my god a punch a litttle roves running around bet they look like the evil gremblins.
    Who in their right mind would marry this guy ( must not be in her right mind)
  • Schroderr, on 10/10/2007, -9/+7Doesn't matter. The damage is done.
  • davecor, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10Yet another masterful move to keep the spotlight off the current crop of Republican candidates. Here in Iowa the story is that "Don't know" actually beat Mitt Romney in the straw poll this weekend. I haven't seen much about that in the mainstream media. "Don't know" isn't much of a mandate.... and I think the White House threw some bait to get the media to look the other way.

    It works every time.... Whenever they do ANYTHING with the right hand, ask yourself what the left hand is doing.

    Too bad the media takes the bait every time. Source for "Don't know" http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=727
    • Pablo4200, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You realize that that's about a U of Iowa poll, and that the article was posted on Thursday, 2 days before the Iowa Straw Poll, don't you?

      No, apparently, you "don't know".
    • 2reflective, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Indeed. It's so refreshing to see more people are getting wise to how the public is played constantly.
  • greenback1, on 10/10/2007, -8/+34We're not done with you yet Karl!
    • zenlunatic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Run to the hills! run for your lives!
      Run to the hills! run for your lives!
  • hittnrun, on 10/10/2007, -16/+2I can't wait for the hyenas to wake up. I am sure their posts will be very intelligent and enlightening. LOL

    Hey diggbots, he's probably changing teams to help the next Republican President get elected. His work was done here. hee!
  • Aokubidaikon, on 10/10/2007, -8/+26Really. I consider myself a right winger but I do hope you Americans will vote for a democrat at the next elections.
    There's nothing worse and humiliating than being lied to and being cheated by your own government.
    • ryptide, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I agree, to a point. The Democrats haven't shown they truly have any inclination to stop that tradition.

      Before you digg me down... I'm a registered Democrat.
    • handy7390, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4I am going independent. Democrats are just as bad.
      • gingerbreadcat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Always vote your conscience, but the Democrats are clearly NOT just as bad.
        • Fabc001, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0Not as bad? Off the table Pelosi means she is in bed with them! Same Neo Con *****. The Neo Cons have infiltrated both parties, live with it and deal with it!
        • gwhardyiv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4The Democrats are just a different flavor of Bad.
      • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2funny, i don't remember bill clinton bogging us down in a disastrous and expensive quagmire in the middle east, cutting rich people's taxes, and letting poor people literally drown in a major american city. maybe i'm just forgetful, but i always thought democrats were a hell of a lot smarter and kinder than republicans.
    • EvilMoose, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4There's a difference between views of fiscal or social conservativism as opposed to labeling yourself and doing something otherwise.
    • UnstableMind, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Right or Left doesn't matter, they all work for the same corporate masters.
  • JasonCox, on 10/10/2007, -7/+23*crosses fingers*
    Come-on Cheney! Step right up and be the next to resign!
    • felman87, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Gonzo first. We don't need a partisan justice system
    • littlebylittle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Cheney will stay so he can invade Iran from the air and sea. I wouldn't be surprised if he did it before Congress comes back. Then he can say (just like with Iraq) "Well, it's already done. Now you need to 'support our troops' or you're a traitor!"
  • aaaargh, on 10/10/2007, -12/+19Rove is a public servant and true American hero. He improved the lives of all Americans through the program of tax cuts he architected, and protected our homeland from further attacks in the volatile post-9/11 terrorist guerrilla war. Awww hell no, I just thought it would be funny to say something nice about him after reading 50 comments of unremitting hatred. Good riddance, fart blossom!!
    • heystoopid, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Pure and utter crap
      • gwhardyiv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Come on...you have to read the entire comment before responding. It's a rule.
    • mauso, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The only thing stupider than the original post was aaaarhg's reply.

      Remarkable.
  • greenback1, on 10/10/2007, -11/+24Great news. Now we want Cheney's head on a stick.
  • AlexaMartina, on 10/10/2007, -15/+1WHERE THERE ARE CHEESE THERE ARE RATS!
    • seraph582, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17BUT THERE ARE NO SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
    • Arcesius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Does Karl Rove have anything to do with lolcats, or am I missing something?
  • Frozo, on 10/10/2007, -6/+6Who cares? Someone equally disturbing will replace him. In fact we're worse off now because it will take years before he is exposed in the public mainstream. There isn't just one sheep suit out there–there are plenty of wolves in hiding.
  • chiggah, on 10/10/2007, -9/+10Resign = won't be held accountable for any ***** he done.

    At least there won't be any more of his "East Texas specials" I hope he get hits by a car on his way out.
  • coolkatz321, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5I guess even Karl Rove himself got fed up with the Bush Administration... that he created. Oh well, ironic, isn't it?
  • polencia, on 10/10/2007, -7/+5At least we won't be dealing with "MC-Rove" anymore.
  • flyingv603, on 10/10/2007, -7/+6Now we'll see Bush's real brain
    • bringmewater, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6we've already seen it and it's pathetic
  • greenback1, on 10/10/2007, -13/+49Great news. For the next act we want Cheney dragged out of the White House in handcuffs.
    • bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Or a burlap sack, with lots of weight tied too it.
  • moxley, on 10/10/2007, -14/+29Just another political move by a political master of dirty trickery. He can still do everything he did for Der Bushler, only now he can say "I'm not longer part of the administration."

    Here's hoping that all these ***** end up like Mussolini.
    • krnldmp, on 10/10/2007, -5/+8Who's the retard that dug that down?
    • Somnabot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So what you are saying is that Rove can now spend all his time in Cheney's fourth branch?
  • DrunkPrimate, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4The fattest rat of them all finally has realized there is no saving this ship.
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