Karl Rove Leaving White House
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove, President Bush’s senior political adviser, will voluntarily step down from his White House post at the end of the month, senior administration officials said Monday.
“Obviously its big loss to us, said Deputy White House press secretary Dana Perino. “He is a great colleague, good friend and a brilliant mind.”
Perino said Rove “wouldn’t be going if he wasn’t sure this is the right time to be giving more time to his family.”
Rove, who has held a top position in the White House since Bush took office in January 2001, is to stand down on August 31.
“Stand down”? What kind of editorializing is that???
“I just think it’s time,” Rove told the Wall Street Journal. “There’s always something that can keep you here, and as much as I’d like to be here, I’ve got to do this for the sake of my family.”
He told the newspaper that he would leave Washington to return to Texas and that he had first suggested the idea of leaving a year ago.
However a series of problems for the Bush administration, starting when the Democrats took control of Congress and then as immigration and the Iraq war topped the agenda, made the enormously powerful Rove stay on.
But one of Bush’s most trusted advisors claimed his hand was forced when White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten announced that any senior staff that were working past Labor Day (September 3) would be expected to stay on until the end of Bush’s term in January 2007. [sic]
This will be the big blogo-news of the day…. so have at it.
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
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Minor typo…I think you meant January, 2009.
Comment by benj — August 13, 2007 @ 7:03 am - August 13, 2007
Or a hopeful editorializing by the original article?
seriously. I wish him all the best, and think it will be the left’s worst nightmare for him to be off the radar again.
Comment by The Livewire — August 13, 2007 @ 7:42 am - August 13, 2007
I think perhaps Bush is just getting his ducks in a row before Petraeus’ report next month. From what we’ve seen, that report looks like it may be quite positive indeed. If that is the case, Democrats will be looking for anything to sully the report or change the subject in any way they can.
And since Rove is usually at the center of their “scandals” he may present a bigger potential distraction at this point than a benefit. (As Karen Hugehs showed us, he can keep right on advising the president if need be, from texas)
I thnk Bush may just be removing opportunities for Democrats to change the publics focus.
At least thats what I wrote over at my blog. Its brand spanking new, its my first…im a blog virgin, so if anyone wants to check it out and has advice (yes, its white on black, and I know thats a no-no)…Im sure its VERY amaturish, but if anyone felt so inclined, Id appreciate the feedback , and be gentle pleae
*Unless* its bad form of me to ask on someone elses blog… is it? if it is, forget I asked, and I apologize.
Comment by Will (American Elephant) — August 13, 2007 @ 8:48 am - August 13, 2007
[...] Original post by GayPatriot [...]
Pingback by Politics: 2008 HQ » Blog Archive » Karl Rove Leaving White House — August 13, 2007 @ 8:54 am - August 13, 2007
Goodbye Karl Rove…
The Presiden’t chief political adviser is resigning. Will AP now give us an update on the contents of Rove’s garage? Inquiring minds want to know. Jason Leopold will now have to find honest work, that’s for sure….
Trackback by The Florida Masochist — August 13, 2007 @ 9:31 am - August 13, 2007
benj – That date was in the original CNN story. Perhaps they hope they can re-live the 2006 electons?
Comment by Bruce (GayPatriot) — August 13, 2007 @ 10:41 am - August 13, 2007
Rove Resigns, DUMB* Freaks Go Nutzoid.
*Democratic Underground Message Board
Comment by V the K — August 13, 2007 @ 11:17 am - August 13, 2007
For the rational people: Is this a net gain or loss for the White House, and/or America?
On the one hand, Rove always seemed to tell it like it is, about Democrats and the GWOT. He’d say sharp, truthful things exposing the Democrats’ defeatism and fecklessness. Sometimes, that would result in the Democrats getting scared (though they wouldn’t admit it) and backing down from their latest insanity. He helped re-elect Bush in 2004, which means at least he helped prevent Kerry driving America off a cliff. Perhaps Rove had a role in saving the “surge” in the Congressional battles this summer? (though many prefer to credit the Repub Senate leader) Anyway, it’s been fun watching Rove make lefties’ heads explode.
On the other hand, Rove gave us so much that wasn’t good. I believe to this day that Bush had / has real enthusiasm for the FMA / MPA, which would mean he was largely going through motions that Rove calculated and told Bush to do. More concretely, Rove gave us the disastrous immigration “compromises”, Harriet Miers, Dubai Ports, and so many other political mis-steps. (Or at least, Rove didn’t stop them – when it was his job to.)
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 13, 2007 @ 12:28 pm - August 13, 2007
typo – that Bush has / had **NO** real enthusiasm for the FMA / MPA…
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 13, 2007 @ 12:29 pm - August 13, 2007
Rove is the ideal Washington manipulator. He seems completely machiavellian, willing to do whatever will secure power. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks, even to the point that he actually hates the base of the party he works for… though he nevertheless brings all he has to the front to win. I think he really deserves the Darth Rove title people give him. His failing, though, is that he is also connection outside Washington. Like most bureaucrat manipulators, he is aloof from the constituents, so while he can deftly and coldly manipulate Washington, he has no sense of the electorate.
Whether his resignation means anything for the White House is a mystery… I don’t think Bush needed any help from Rove to botch things up as badly as he has. Then again, for all we know Rove was the thing in the White House keeping Bush from doing something mind-bogglingly stupid.
Comment by DoDoGuRu — August 13, 2007 @ 12:52 pm - August 13, 2007
From Michelle Malkin:
OK… Rove was probably bad news, overall. Just not for the any of the absurd reasons (conspiracies) touted by our fevered lefties.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 13, 2007 @ 2:54 pm - August 13, 2007
#10
I dare you to make less sense.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 13, 2007 @ 5:10 pm - August 13, 2007
The Top Ten Reasons Karl Rove is leaving the White House…
10) Cheney won’t stop asking him to ‘go hunting’ with him
9) Now that Helen Thomas is retired, no hot babes to look at
Since Andy Card left, no one to eat lunch / play xbox with
7) Hired for the ‘Cindy Sheehan for Congress’ campaign – by Pelosi
6) Saw Bill Clinton in the White House basement – with Helen Thomas!
5) Ready to cash in all that Halliburton stock as soon as Cheney gives the word
4) White House cafeteria took ‘Cap’n Karl’s Chip Beef on Toast’ off the menu
3) Wants to play ‘Peter Parker’ in Spiderman 4
2) The First Lady caught him in the bathroom with the Lane Bryant catalogue
1) Starting a Web Log: ‘The Daily Karl’
Finally snagged Rosie’s spot on The View
Cheers!
Comment by Vera Charles — August 13, 2007 @ 5:14 pm - August 13, 2007
#13 – Vera, you are ALL THAT and MORE!! A toast to your wit…
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 13, 2007 @ 6:00 pm - August 13, 2007
LOLOLOL, The Daily Karl… I subscribe!
#10, thanks for beating me at not making much sense!
I don’t think he is done making liberal heads explode… I hope he joins the Republican nominee’s campaign! That would make a few heads pop.
Comment by Good vs. Evil — August 13, 2007 @ 8:09 pm - August 13, 2007
2: Off the radar? Oh lord no….leaving the white house won’t necessarily stop those nasty subpoenas. and quoting an article from the nasty Main Stream Media? tsk tsk tsk
Comment by Kevin — August 13, 2007 @ 8:45 pm - August 13, 2007
#12
Do not tempt me, sir.
My mindless rambling has only just begun!
Comment by DoDoGuRu — August 13, 2007 @ 9:24 pm - August 13, 2007
Of course, Kevin,and that is the idea.
Rove knows that you and your fellow Democrats won’t stop obsessing over him just because he’s left; he has humiliated you for years, and he knows that if there’s one thing the Democrat Party values, it’s revenge.
Now, though, rather than your having the excuse of “administration policies” as a tiny fig leaf for your activities, it will be exposed as the ugly, petty, personal vendetta it is.
What we want to see is you, Pelosi, Reid, Leahy, Feingold, and the rest of the shrieking horde going after Rove and trying to get his scalp — rather than doing the country’s business.
Because that is what there will be to point to in 2008.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — August 14, 2007 @ 12:18 am - August 14, 2007
and he knows that if there’s one thing the Democrat Party values, it’s revenge.
Well that and their lust for absolute, authoritarian power. That’s pretty much it. They sure as hell don’t value the kind (read: mindless) folks who vote for them no matter what. Elections are supposed to be a formality after all and, as we’ve seen in the recent past, they go apeshit when they’re denied their power.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 14, 2007 @ 12:36 am - August 14, 2007
My mindless rambling has only just begun!
“Would the fountain of your mind were clear again, that I might water an ass at it.”
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 14, 2007 @ 12:41 am - August 14, 2007
lol!
Comment by Will (American Elephant) — August 14, 2007 @ 2:58 am - August 14, 2007
O Lord, the liberals will hang upon him like a disease: he is sooner caught than the pestilence, and the taker runs presently mad. God help the noble Rove! If he have caught the liberals, it will cost him a thousand pounds ere a’ be cured.
If you can’t legislate, investigate and harass everyone. Not to mention using proven liars, like the Wilsons, as proof. Talk about lame ducks.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 14, 2007 @ 5:15 am - August 14, 2007
Since Democrats cannot get the legislation they want through Congress, it is more politcally advantageous to highlight the cock-ups of the Bush government and many Republicans. All the way up to election time its leaders should harass Republicans and keep hypocrisy, sex antics, scandal, corruption and the Bush government’s costly, pointless invasion of Iraq front and center in the minds of the American voter. The strategy may help Democrats secure more seats and take the Presidency as well. Republicans have had years of control in Congress and the Presidency and most Americans, whether you like to admit it or not, believe that America is in a messy state and that Republicans are to blame for it.
Comment by fnln — August 14, 2007 @ 5:49 am - August 14, 2007
Oh and how could I forget the Republican-led federal government’s complete and utter failure during a national disaster.
Comment by fnln — August 14, 2007 @ 5:53 am - August 14, 2007
Still obsessing over Katrina? Well, fortunately, not everybody is stuck on the imbecilic “Everything bad is Republicans fault” mindset of partisan hacks. Republican Bobby Jindal is favored to replace dingbat Democrat Governor Blanco in Louisiana… now that people are seeing how Democrat state leadership has botched and corrupted every aspect of that state’s recovery effort while Republican-run Mississippi seems to be doing quite well.
That said, Republicans do have some serious work to do if they hope to regain lost ground in 2008, and they will have to start by coming clean about past mistakes and kicking scumbags like Ted Stevens and Don Young to the curb.
Comment by V the K — August 14, 2007 @ 9:39 am - August 14, 2007
Nope, but facts are facts.
Comment by fnln — August 14, 2007 @ 12:30 pm - August 14, 2007
#23 – “Since Democrats cannot get the legislation they want through Congress…”
You mean like the way they blocked the GOP’s efforts when they were the minority party? Well, what goes around comes around, doofus.
Plus – I guess that you haven’t heard that the Dhimmicrat-controlled Congress just passed a law that entitles the federal government to intercept communications without FISA consequences.
The Doofuscrats didn’t stop to think that now that they have legalized these intercepts, it basically renders their previous arugments about “domestic spying” meaningless, since the law now allows warrantless wiretapping of suspected terrorists as passed by Congress.
In other words, BUSH WON.
Try again.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 14, 2007 @ 12:34 pm - August 14, 2007
#26 – “Nope, but facts are facts.”
Oh, please…name one Dhimmicrat who can actually tell the difference between fact and fiction. They still think that Bush blew up the levees in New Orleans, and that he caused (a) the miners to be trapped in Utah, (b) LAX to shut down, (c) the bridge in Minnesota to collapse and (d) climate change.
For someone the Libtard Left thinks is so stupid, he sure is adept at causing all these things and not getting caught.
Sigh…too easy…
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 14, 2007 @ 12:37 pm - August 14, 2007
#23
You’re absolutely right. We don’t need to have USAR there while the storm is still raging. We need to wait at least 3 weeks after for FEMA to do something just like the east coast did in 1999.
And who needs help when the liberals will be there to exploit the blacks and making sure that not calling them “refugees” is paramount. And of course what would any disaster be without the liberal media filming, spreading the lies of rape, murder and canabalism. And what more would any storm victim need other than Anderson Vanderbilt crying on cue?
Facts are facts.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 14, 2007 @ 1:07 pm - August 14, 2007
The fact is the first Coast Guard helicopters were on-site within two hours of the storm ending.
The fact is that the mobilization to assist New Orleans was the largest and fastest in the history of responding to a disaster of that scale.
The fact is that New Orleans flooded because for decades, local Democrat politicians had been diverting federal funds for levee maintenance into building things like walkways for riverboat casinos.
The fact is that Democrat Mayor Nagin left people in the city, and left schoolbuses to be flooded, because of his gross incompetence. While Democrat Governor Blanco dithered, fretted about what to wear, and went whining to every camera crew in sight instead of calling out the National Guard or coordinating an emergency plan.
The fact is, the gulf coast of Mississippi was hit much worse than New Orleans, but has made a much faster recovery.
The facts about the response to Hurricane Katrina are quite at odds with the myth. Not to say that there weren’t mistakes made, but the propaganda establishment of the mainstream media told an epic lie, and made it stick.
Comment by V the K — August 14, 2007 @ 1:40 pm - August 14, 2007
Anyway, getting back to Rove. He was one of the architects of the Bush Amnesty bill, the one certain people here told us we had to accept despite its flaws, because “It’s the best bill we can get” and “No way will congress ever pass an enforcement only” bill.
Then, after it failed, congress put $3 billion in “enforcement only” spending into the Homeland Security Budget.
And Lindsey Grahamnesty and John McCain quickly put their names on an “Enforcement Only” border security bill.
And now, even the Bush Administration is led kicking and screaming into enforcing immigration law.
So, all you neo-mods, how is it that that which could never happen… is happening?
Comment by V the K — August 14, 2007 @ 2:47 pm - August 14, 2007
Actually Peter, people like you say they say it, more than they actually say it. That aside, let’s wait for the next election and we’ll see how well Republicans do. Good luck to the Republican side, they’ll really need it.
Comment by fnln — August 15, 2007 @ 3:42 am - August 15, 2007
Good luck to the Republican side, they’ll really need it.
Let’s see…Obama inserted his foot into his mouth and then shot himself in said foot so he’s done. Nobody’s going to vote for a Socialist who proposed a reversal on authorizing the war so Hillary’s done. The rest don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell.
What else you got?
Frankly, I don’t see how the Republicans need luck against the McGovernites currently running.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 15, 2007 @ 6:10 am - August 15, 2007
Frankly, I don’t see how the Republicans need luck against the McGovernites currently running.
Only because the media establishment in this country is a straight up PR firm for the Democrats. The media will never expose the Democrats for the radical socialists that they are, and will never discuss the economic consequences of HillaryCare, or Hillary’s new socialized mortgage industry she is flacking. The media bury all Democrat scandals … such as John Murtha’s earmarks to nowhere and Harry GReid’s shady land deals. Or the fact that Hillary’s campaign cochair is an impeached felon and bribe-taker. They also bury the deranged hatred of the Nutroots left that owns the Democrat party.
If the media in this country were honest, we’d have much cleaner politics in this country.
Comment by V the K — August 15, 2007 @ 7:40 am - August 15, 2007
so true!
I’d just add that the fact is that Gov Blanco repeatedly refused the Bush administrations attempts to help, so much so that Bush finally had to get on the phone to her personally
and the fact is that Nagin IGNORED his own Disaster plans which called for mandatory evacuation, which also purposely did not use the Super Dome as an emergency shelter, but used better locations
and the fact is he also IGNORED the part of his own disaster plan that called for him to equip all emergency shelters with basic survival supplies, ie. Food, Clean Water, toilets…
the fact is that Blanco and Nagin are entirely to blame for the fiasco that happened in New Orleans and they should be down on their knees kissing president Bush’s feet for being too big a man to call them on it
Instead they, and the rest of the vile reprehensible scum that make up the Democrat party, stabbed him in the back and blamed him when his administration mounted the largest, fastest, most organized relief effort in world history.
here you go, put something in that head besides lies and propaganda http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/2315076.html
Comment by Will (American Elephant) — August 15, 2007 @ 9:41 am - August 15, 2007
#32 – “Actually Peter, people like you say they say it, more than they actually say it.”
In other words – “I can’t match your logic, so I’ll baffle you with bull$hit.”
Checkmate.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 15, 2007 @ 10:48 am - August 15, 2007
And let’s not forget how some of the MSM celebrated Rove’s resignation with cheers in the newsroom. (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin)
Bias? What MSM liberal bias?
(Shaking head)
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 15, 2007 @ 11:58 am - August 15, 2007
Aside from the obvious venom… How odd that they would think that Rove’s sauntering out on his own terms (after 6 years and many failed character-assassination attempts) is somehow their victory.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 15, 2007 @ 12:14 pm - August 15, 2007
No, Peter, you’re always using vitriolic and ridiculous terms to describe people and attributing to them that which they may or may not actually say or believe. Do doing so does not change the facts at hand. As much as you and your colleagues would like to blame everyone else and everything else..indeed anything else under the sun, a large majority of Americans believe that Republicans in general, and Bush in particular, are to blame for the state of the United States as it is, and is seen as, today.
It will be interesting to watch how far Republicans run from the Bush government when they run for election in 2008. That distance goal combined with a Republican party mired in scandal after scandal and in the gripping control of a dissatisfied religious right will make for some interesting political theatre in 2008. As so many of your colleagues stated repeatedly over the years, “Bush won, deal with it,” the belief that a mess is the fault of Republicans, deal with it.
Comment by fnln — August 15, 2007 @ 12:42 pm - August 15, 2007
“No, Peter, you’re always using vitriolic and ridiculous terms to describe people and attributing to them that which they may or may not actually say or believe.”
Actually, kiddo, I call ‘em like I see ‘em. Whether or not you consider it “vitriolic” or “ridiculous” is irrelevant to me. The only ones who bitch and moan about it are the ones who are perfectly described by them.
Try again.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 15, 2007 @ 1:04 pm - August 15, 2007
The funny thing is, fnln, we’re still trying to figure out what the “mess” is.
As pointed out above, two Democrats are primarily to blame for the abysmal response to Katrina.
The economy is better than it ever has been and the Federal government is collecting more tax revenue than it ever has in history.
We are actively shooting at and destroying al-Qaeda, instead of them crippling our destroyers and killing tens of soldiers with what amount to motorboats.
The only thing that we can figure out is that your defeatist, incompetent Democrat Party is not in power.
Which is why you and yours have to do everything in your power, aided by your compliant media servants, to convince Americans how awful things are.
Most Americans support Hillarycare and whatnot, given its promises of unlimited benefits and Democrat rhetoric about how “workers can’t afford health insurance” — until they find out, as they did in Wisconsin, that the $400/month healthcare premium for private insurance that they “can’t afford” will be replaced by a $500/month tax increase for each worker.
Furthermore, fnln, given that Democrat voters like yourself don’t care a bit about bribery, as we see with William Jefferson, corruption, as we see with Allan Mollohan, and campaign finance fraud, as we see with Nancy Pelosi, why is your victory strategy to bring them up? The only thing you are doing is opening yourself up to charges of hypocrisy for blatantly supporting that which you decry in others.
Furthermore, what will be interesting in 2008 is when it is finally revealed that the Democrat Party’s strategy on the number-one domestic issue to most Americans — illegal immigration — is to repeal all immigration laws and allow illegal immigrants to vote just in time for the November elections.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — August 15, 2007 @ 1:54 pm - August 15, 2007
It will be interesting to see Hillary and/or Obama defend their votes to extend amnesty to illegal alien felons and gang members. The media, of course, will NEVER bring this up. Hopefully, some Republican will make an attack ad out of it.
Comment by V the K — August 15, 2007 @ 4:47 pm - August 15, 2007
Okay, if all of you say so. Good luck.
Comment by fnln — August 15, 2007 @ 6:47 pm - August 15, 2007
as we all learned on 11/06, karl rove was not a genius; in fact, he was swarmy, over-confident, and a charlatan. known as ‘bush’s brain’ isn’t a compliment, naturally, when the brain is average at best and lacking in intellectual curiosity.
karl rove ran the gop into the ground by alienating independent voters thus making the gop the minority party. karl rove will go down with george w bush as the worst political disaster of all time in this country topping nixon, even.
let’s hope bush and other gop leaders continue to lean on rove…it’d create a certain, permanent democratic majority, a complete 180 from what he expected. once again, the gop suffered from delusions of grandeur and it hurt them dearly and will haunt them for a decade.
Comment by rightiswrong — August 15, 2007 @ 10:54 pm - August 15, 2007