Weeping & Gnashing of Teeth
That’s the sounds emanating from DNC chairman Howard Dean’s office and from the nutters at DailyKos and Democratic Underground after hearing that Karl Rove won’t be indicted in the Plame investigation. In the meantime, RNC chairman Ken Mehlman is demanding an apology from Dean and others for their “rush to judgement” about Rove. Fat chance that’ll happen.
“We believe that the special counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct,” Rove attorney Robert Luskin said in a statement. “In deference to the pending case, we will not make any further public statements about the subject matter of the investigation.” Fitzgerald’s decision ends speculation into the investigation that started in 2004 that Bush could lose his longtime political aide if criminal charges came down against him.
You’d think that it would but Mrs. Wilson’s attorney is already hinting about a civil suit. Talk about a politically-motivated vendetta. I can’t say that it’s surprising, though, considering how vindictive Mr. Wilson is. When dealing with people who willingly accuse the President of wrongdoing when they know the facts aren’t on their side, it’s hard to expect them to do the right thing.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats were quick to call for an investigation into the CIA leak and the connection to Rove, arguing that the controversy was just another reason for the president to clean house. “Good news for the White House, not so good news for America,” Howard Dean, the Democratic Party chairman, said Tuesday in a cable television interview.
It’s time for these whiners to sit down and shut up. This is proof that they don’t believe in letting the facts speak for themselves, which isn’t suprising considering how willing John Murtha is in ignoring the Constitution’s guarantees of a fair trial and due process. In their mind, if a Republican, or someone in the military, is implicated in allegations of wrongdoing, then it’s presumed that this person is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Shameful, huh?
“This is an enormous burden lifted off his shoulders. He always believed that he was totally innocent and that nothing would happen,” former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said of Rove. Gingrich added that Rove’s situation shows that something is wrong with the current legal system. “There’s something wrong when your entire life can be under this kind of threat for two full years, you spend lots and lots of money on lawyers, lots of time going to the grand jury and there’s nothing there,” Gingrich said.
There certainly is, Mr. Newt. There certainly is. And they’re known as Democrats. We can find a cure for all kinds of cancer but they haven’t found a cure for this specific type of cancer. We can all hope.
UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin: “Rove Derangement Syndrome Day”
HotAir: Let The Gloating Begin
HotAir: TruthOut Standing By Its Story
Technorati Tags: Karl Rove, PlameGate, Howard Dean, Patrick Fitzgerald
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
June 13th, 2006 at 8:32 am
Had a friend once who said there’s nobody innocent - it’s just they haven’t been caught or charged with whatever it is they’ve really done.
OK, so Rove didn’t do this, and the moonbats are going crazy. I suppose that makes up for the treason that Tubby, Dingy, Chucky et al haven’t been charged with…
June 13th, 2006 at 8:48 am
Rove Won’t Be Charged in CIA Leak Case
Top White House aide Karl Rove has been told by prosecutors he won’t be charged with any crimes in t
June 13th, 2006 at 9:54 am
No! Let Wilson file his civil suit. If he does, then he will finally be required to prove, in a court of law, what he CANNOT prove, i.e. that his wife was “covert” and her name was “leaked” by someone in the Administration. Even her alledged “covert” status some years before the “leak” has been challenged by others who know what “covert” means. Wilson will lose his case and be exposed as the liar he has always been.
June 13th, 2006 at 10:55 am
Cleared and No Charges for Karl Rove
Another bad day or should I say week for liberals, boo hoo!! (smiling) President Bush’s Adviser Karl Rove will not be indicted or charged in the “Valerie Plame Case.” Oh let us not forget the liberal media has to report it with their teeth grindi …..
June 13th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
I think the wording is interesting. They said they weren’t going to indict him, they didn’t actually come out and say the evidence proves him innocent which is what I would have expected them to do with such a high profile person. Call me jaded but after listening to enough politicians, my first thought isn’t “He’s innocent” but “A deal has been made”.
June 13th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
If they can’t even indict someone, then they aren’t guilty. PERIOD. Parse it any way you like but it still comes up the same way: Karl Rove IS INNOCENT!!! Get over it!!!
June 13th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Gary, you who are so legally minded should know that just because you can’t or don’t indict someone it doesn’t mean that they aren’t guilty. Unless further details are forthcoming, it could mean that they felt they didn’t have enough evidence for a solid conviction. That said, he may in fact be innnocent. I was just saying I thought it odd that no more details were given that would help clear the air. Try being a little less combative, it might help your blood pressure problem.
June 13th, 2006 at 2:54 pm
Let’s examine this logically. The burden on a prosecutor for an indictment is much less than the burden for a conviction. If you can’t even get an indictment, you definitely can’t get a conviction. That’s the definition of innocent.
June 13th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Actually, in court people (I think) are usually found “guilty” or “not guilty”, and “not guilty” is quite different from “innocent”.
Jesus was innocent. My personal opinion was that Simpson was “guilty”, but he was found “not guilty” by a jury of his (supposed) peers, yet found liable in civil court for damages for the deaths of his wife and her friend. His “not guilty” hardly made him “innocent”.
All that being said, I really have doubts Rove was guilty as charged in the media, and would find it extremely hard to believe Fitzgerald would come out and say that point-blank. Fitzgerald would lose whatever credibility he still has (if any) if he said as much.