Remembering Rove

Let's not forget the role that Karl Rove played in the evil doing of the Bush administration. The former political brain behind the rise of George Jr. from an underachieving scion to president of the United States just finished two days of testimony before Congress about his role in the firings of the US attorneys who were judged to be "disloyal" or just not controllable by the White House.

The headline in the Washington Post says that these latest emails "show larger White House role in prosecutor firings." These hearings were held behind closed doors before the House Judiciary Committee. What's clear is that Harriet Miers and Karl Rove were executing the firings, although it's unclear whether the president was directly involved.

According to the New York Times: Mr. Rove portrayed himself as having “a lot on my plate” at the White House and therefore too busy to play a significant role in the firings. Some of his e-mail, however, showed Mr. Rove’s keen interest in the selection of federal prosecutors, who are appointed by the president.

Although everything still remains confidential, there is a special prosecutor, Nora Dannehy, appointed in September 2008 by then Attorney General Michael Mukasey, looking into whether laws were broken when the White House turned the US attorneys, all nine of them, into political captives for not using voting laws to suppress Democratic votes. Read Talkingpointsmemo.com for more insight into this story that shouldn't go away.