Rove: ‘I Fully Expect To Be Indicted By The End Of The Year’

[kpete]

Rove: ‘I Fully Expect To Be Indicted By The End Of The Year’

Karl Rove, former senior aide to President Bush, spoke to a hostile crowd at the University of Iowa yesterday evening. Students and local citizens protested his appearance at the university and “staged a mock trial” for Rove inside the student union before the speech.

During the lecture, Rove lashed out at hostile questioners, telling one man his comment showed “a simple, stupid mind” and chastised what he said were “stupid statements” from the audience. Rove also said that former Amb. Joseph Wilson “lied” about his 2002 trip to Niger and accused an audience member of “perpetuating libel” on the U.S. military for asking about the real number of deaths in the Iraq war:


After Rove said most Western intelligence agencies agreed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction prior to the war, Durham said, “When I had dinner with Joe Wilson, that’s not what he said.”

“With all do respect, Joe Wilson lied about his trip to Africa,” Rove responded, drawing more boos.

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Responding to a question about CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson’s outing, Rove, seemingly joking, added:

I haven’t been indicted yet, but I fully expect to be by the end of the year.

more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/10/rove-iowa/

[acmavm]

1. Indicted, tried, given a last cig and a blindfold hopefully.

[aquart]

2. Don't stop there.

[bryant69]

15. Don't stop with execution? What is there after Execution?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[aquart]

18. A blindfold is NOT an execution.

It is mere preparation.

[acmavm]

20. Well, I just figured that you could fill in the blanks. Silly me.

[bryant69]

21. Do you find it disgusting when Ann Coulter and the like fantasize about executing Democrats? n/t

[Counciltucky]

32. Yes, because they don't deserve it.

Can't say the same about the likes of Rove and his ilk.

Man I wish I'd have been at this Rove event. I graduated from Iowa last year. Times like these make me miss UI even more...

[bryant69]

39. Well I guess I'm just uncertain about executing our political enemies. Seems a slippery slope. n/t

[Counciltucky]

43. Very true...

It's just one of those things where it would be fun were there no repercussions.

[Wizard777]

46. Impaling his body upon a stake and placing it outside of CIA headquarters to serve as reminder

to future administration. :shrug:

[jazzjunkysue]

47. Come on. Tell us how you really feel.

:rofl:

[left is right]

51. buryin him in an unmarked rave in unhallowed round

and salting the earth to prevent anything from growing over it? Can you imagine the poisonous tree that would sprout from his remains?

[Seabiscuit]

55. Can't someone at least cut out that bastard's tongue until then?

[spanone]

3. now, c'mon congresscritters don't disappoint mr rove

[jpak]

4. Further proof that crime DOES pay in Bushamerika

$40K - not bad for a lying criminal sack-o-shit...

[babylonsister]

5. Defensive much, KKKKarl? That would have been

a fun event to witness. Seems like the masses are turning.

[Jim__]

6. He said it jokingly, and why not.

He is protected by the bush "Justice" department.

[tridim]

23. For about 9 more months at least. nt

[progressoid]

28. Yep, he knows he's going to get away with it.

[JackBeck]

7. The audacity of hope. n/t

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. One would hope that this sort of thing...

Becomes a popular fad that dwarfs Beany Babies and Pet Rocks combined.

He certainly is an arrogant jerkoff, ain't he?

[lonestarnot]

9. Bloody Red Rover, this time I hope the fuck you are right!

[orleans]

10. and how much did the university of iowa PAY him for his appearance?

if only we would stop enabling these motherfuckers...by financing them and giving them a platform in which to spew their bullshit...

[LibDemAlways]

13. $40K. How's that for an obscenity?

[orleans]

42. that's a slap in the face to every student who didn't get more

assistance in their tuition

[Echo In Light]

57. Yep

At least students there are vocal/active. Ia City is very liberal! Good rockin' town too... :hippie:

[barbtries]

35. $40,000

or, more than i earned in all of 2007.

[cascadiance]

38. I'm damn proud of my fellow Iowa grads that mobilized to make him FEEL the pain to get that 40k!

Damn proud to say I went to school there with that turnout! I'm hoping I helped spur it earlier on!

This lecture was originally supposed to happen in February, but got postponed due to the weather. I wonder if the Rove gang had hoped they could sneak in unnoticed then and get their 40k quickly without any protestors when it was originally "quickly" announced then. Perhaps there is a God who is working in "mysterious" ways to help Rove get a better prepared reception a month later when he gave Iowa City a blizzard then!

http://iowaunderground.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7860

[bleever]

49. iowaunderground.com?

That's awesome!

:thumbsup: for the folks who run that site!

[graywarrior]

11. Braggadocio fuck.

He thinks it's an honor.

[LibDemAlways]

12. Doesn't the University of Iowa have better things to

spend money on than huge speaking fees for criminals? If I was an alumni and received a letter asking for a donation, my response probably wouldn't be printable in the campus newspaper.

[Buns_of_Fire]

53. Actually, mine WOULD be printable, to wit:

"Since the University of Iowa obviously has enough discretionary income to pay $40,000 for the likes of a Karl Rove to speak, I must assume they have no need of my piddling contribution. So fuck off."

Okay, maybe they'd exise that last sentence.

Kudos to the students and townspeople who held his fat feet to the fire, though. :thumbsup: With any luck, it'll be the beginning of a trend.

[democrank]

14. What an arrogant POS.

He SHOULD be indicted.

[leveymg]

16. I've heard that, as well, that Judges on the DC Court of Appeals are preparing for trials.

His and several others at the core of the CIA outing, the Iraq WMD deception, and related espionage crimes run out of the White House and OVP since 2001. Then, there's all those Obstruction of Justice cases stemming from the US Attorneys firings and e-mail destruction.

[L. Coyote]

25. When this dam breaks ...... how many will they need to indict?

[barbtries]

50. oh... a lot

should be good for the economy. lots of jobs to go around.

[Ganja Ninja]

17. For once I hope he's right. n/t

[Marr]

19. I really think a person would have to be a sociopath to do what he's done.

He's demonstrated absolutely no regard for right and wrong. He doesn't even seem to be mildly interested in facts, decency, or even the basic welfare of his own country. All he sees is his team, and literally nothing else matters. He's truly one of the best examples I've ever seen of humanity's disgusting side.

[tridim]

22. My guess is that Rove will commit suicide before that happens

Sorry if that prediction is insensitive, but I really can't see Rove defending BushCo and himself in court with the real possibility of incarceration looming. The guy only knows how to operate when he's completely above the law, he has never known otherwise.

[femmedem]

24. Lashed out at hostile questioners?

Accused someone of having a stupid, simple mind? Said the statements of people who disagreed with him were stupid? Accused a DU hero of being a liar and perpetuating libel?

Rove's been spending waaaay too much time in GDP.

[Sanity Claws]

26. If he's indicted by the end of the year,

Bush will pardon him before he leaves office.
I'd prefer for the indictment to occur January 20, 2009.

[Missy Vixen]

27. I hope that Joe Wilson sues him for slander

In some ways, it's the best thing that could happen, because the Wilsons would clean him out financially.

Julie

[robertpaulsen]

29. I hope not. I hope he is indicted 1/21/09.

Private citizen George W. Bush can't pardon SHIT!

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

30. From your mouth to God's Ears

[pacalo]

31. Turdblossom's not having an easy time on the lecture circuit, heh.

[Raejeanowl]

33. Arrogant Little Prick, Isn't He? n/t

[barbtries]

34. from a link found in the comments at thinkprogress:

"About a dozen of us rolled up to 126, unfurled some banners, and began speaking through a bullhorn.

"Karl Rove, we know you're in there," I said through the bullhorn. "We have the place surrounded. Come out with your hands up."

Students began pouring out of their apartments, many joined our picketline, we received alot of support, and two guys even brought us hot coffee. When Rove tried to sneak out the back door, we ran around to Dubuque Street and blocked his escape route out of the alley. Rove ran back inside and eventually walked out the front door and drove off.

Iowa City police were stationed in a squad car outside of 126 part of the time, but they never asked us to leave or to turn off the amplified noise."

link: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=c93e5f51e57d4a1696a5e44246b6eb53&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3ac93e5f51e57d4a1696a5e44246b6eb53Post%3abd8fae27-92e3-426b-a23c-d5df55e2f80a&sid=sitelife.desmoinesregister.com

hehe

[bdamomma]

36. he is so arrogant, let's indict him.

[Goblinmonger]

37. Is that a business year?

:hide:

[SidDithers]

40. See, Jason Leopold was right!..

:evilgrin:

Sid

[Contrary1]

41. He'll never be indicted.

He has way too many "insiders" for that to ever happen. I had hoped he would be indicted when Pelosi took over. Didn't happen. Then, I thought, they were waiting for Bush to leave office so that he had no chance of a pardoning him. Even if they eventually try to do that, Rove will be a no show.

I figure Karl and Co. will be heading out of the country for good around election time. He'll be sipping margaritas down in Paraguay from the front porch of his mansion, waiting for the rest of them to arrive in January...and laughing his wealthy ass off at us.

[Rex]

44. Traitors get booed out of public places and institutions of higher learning.

No one likes a rat fink traitor Karl, did it make you cry when they asked you those very mean questions? It is okay, just wait in a few more months you will be up on charges! Yay!

Keep smiling, Turdblossom.

[Stinky The Clown]

45. What a disgusting, arrogant motherfucker.

No penalty is too harsh for this man.

[Dukkha]

48. someone should have asked "How's that permanent Republican majority working out?"

was it the 1,000 year reich you dreamed of?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

52. Well jeepers KKKarl, by all means

Go up to the Hill and testify to that Under Oath.

I see. You now live on a Cricket Reserve.

Way to go Iowa U!!! :yourock:

[Hubert Flottz]

54. I hope the new democratic prezz sends Karl to Iraq as a grunt!

To mop up for EXXON.

[robcon]

56. Is that a "business year" or a regular year.

n/t

[youthere]

58. From his lips to God's ears.