Letters to NY Times re: Rove

[Inland]

A good summary of points.


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/opinion/l13rove.html

Why Is the White House Silent? (7 Letters)

Published: July 13, 2005
To the Editor:

"At White House, a Day of Silence on Role of Rove" (front page, July 12) reveals another example of the despicable conduct of high officials in the Bush White House.

First, they fixed the intelligence and facts to further their agenda for war. Then they punished patriotic public servants who disagreed with them, including Gen. Eric K. Shinseki; Paul H. O'Neill, the former Treasury secretary; and Richard A. Clarke, a former counterterrorism official.

Then they attacked Iraq without provocation, killing tens of thousands of people who did us no harm and posed us no danger.

Finally, in violation of signed treaties and contrary to long-held values, they besmirched the moral authority of our country by approving, justifying and carrying out torture.

Not since the days of Richard M. Nixon has the White House been in the hands of such dishonorable people.

Kenneth J. Kahn
Long Beach, N.Y., July 12, 2005

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To the Editor:

President Bush has said he wants to know if anyone in his administration leaked classified information in the Valerie Plame matter. Now he knows. Karl Rove apparently revealed potentially classified information to a reporter for Time. Will President Bush do the right thing and dismiss Mr. Rove?

Quite simply, Karl Rove cannot be trusted with classified information. It's time to see if President Bush meant what he said.

Mark Cashman
Yonkers, July 12, 2005

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To the Editor:

Citing the fact that a criminal investigation is under way, the White House considers it inappropriate to comment on new evidence that Karl Rove may have been involved in revealing the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as an undercover C.I.A. officer. This is probably as it should be.

But the administration had no trouble whatsoever commenting pointedly that Mr. Rove had nothing to do with this potential crime before the new evidence came to light - also while the criminal investigation was under way.

It is hard to avoid the conclusion that what the White House says or refuses to say has nothing to do with legal propriety. Instead, it seems to be a matter of self-serving protectionism or obstruction of truth - or both.

Susan Wunder
Bloomington, Ind., July 12, 2005

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To the Editor:

In sharp contrast to the Bush administration's efforts to keep valuable information about the workings of our government secret, we now learn that Karl Rove, a key presidential adviser, apparently shared potentially classified information about a C.I.A. operative with the press.

What motivates the administration to withhold some information it claims to be vital to national security yet to share other, seemingly dangerous, information with the press?

If the withholding of details of the vice president's task force on energy, the classification of underlying documents that shaped the 9/11 commission's report, and the endangering of a C.I.A. officer are not evidence enough of the administration's wholesale politicizing of valuable information, I don't know what is.

Louis Flores
Astoria, Queens, July 12, 2005

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To the Editor:

At last, reporters at a White House news briefing are demanding answers from the Bush administration. Several reporters are finally doing their jobs by not passively accepting the prevarications.

We need to know about Karl Rove's role in the leaking of the identity of the C.I.A. officer Valerie Plame. We need the press to be noisy and impolite about obtaining the truth.

Pamela Goldberg Kuby
Cincinnati, July 12, 2005

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To the Editor:

I am having Watergate déjà vu. I have just two questions:

What did the president know? When did he know it?

Richard Neil Snyder
Belvedere, Calif., July 12, 2005

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To the Editor:

Do I even live in the United States of America anymore? This sad chapter in our nation's history has gone from scary to surreal to sickening.

Brett Wilder
Brooklyn, July 12, 2005

[Guckert]

1. is Bush going to Shit can Karl or give him the medal of Freedom??

[Inland]

2. Our great and fearless leader is waiting to see if Rove is caught.

He's hoping Karl isn't indicted so's he can give him a medal. If he is, he's shit canned.

That's our Bush. It's all about getting away with it.

[Guckert]

3. Letter I sent to Sac Bee (200 word limit)

Now is the time for President Bush to make some easy decisions. Should he Fire Karl Rove for committing treason or should he be given the Medal of Freedom as other total screw-ups in his administration were given or maybe a promotion as the neocons who got us into Iraq received along with Condi Rice even after ignoring the August 6, 2001 PDB, then lying about it? I will wait to see if Bush has the stones to do what is right or do what he has always done. I do realize that Rove only said Wilson’s Wife, But just how many wives did he have? Even a Jr. High School reporter could easily find out his wife’s name via google. I guess the two years and the pressing incarceration of Cooper was enough for Rove to come out of the closet and reveal that he was the one who did nothing wrong in his mind. I have been adding since grade school, and this does not add up. He knew it was wrong and he knew what he was doing. Remember, Rove was fired by Bush Sr. for leaking info to Robert Novak about Robert Mosbacher in 1992.

[cyberpj]

4. Short yet concise and deadly. Good one. nt.

[Inland]

5. "How many wives did he have?" That's good!

[NightOwwl]

6. Good letter Guckert...

Whereabouts in Sacramento do you live? I'm in Folsom. :hi:

[Guckert]

7. Carmichael, right down the hill.

:hi: i hope you made it to the Anti Anuld rally. it was great.

und tings like dat.

I already got a reply from the Bee that it is in the Publishing computer but they hacked it up a bit. they took out 75 words.
here are my last two also:

June 11 2005,
Is the GOP trying to insult our intelligence? After weeks of
vilifying NEWSWEEK about a story they never said was factually
incorrect. It turns out a guard "unintentionally" urinated on a Koran and a prisoner?
Can someone please clarify an "unintentional" urination on anything that is not directly next to a toilet or on a Jeff Gannon web site? That is like saying " I unintentionally urinated on the cash register and greeter at Wal-Mart.”

Also, I find it hilarious that the Bush brown shirts are arguing that the unreleased photos of the Abu Ghraib victims are protected under the Geneva Convention. Ever since the Abu Ghraib torture disgrace was brought out from the sewers of Bush policy, the GOP and its paid shills have parroted in lockstep that they do not qualify for Geneva Convention protection.However, now that even more embarrassing pictures are about to be released,the prisoners are miraculously covered by the Geneva Convention. Remember, these prisoners have not even had a trial yet to determine if they are
enemies of the state.
On the other hand, Bush has consistently claimed that Saddam is covered by Geneva Convention rules and we saw him in his underwear.

This one was on May 3 2005

Arnold seems to forget that Unions are made up of the PEOPLE that voted for him. The GOP can’t stand the fact that Unions have given the workers across this country rights to a living wage, a 5 day work week, overtime pay, workplace safety regulations, age restrictions, and healthcare. Its time for Arnold to get a history lesson on why the unions were created in the first place. It seems Heir Arnold is envious of the Chinese sweatshops and the free labor his dad received from the Fuehrer, but we have evolved because of Unions. Our States financial problems start with California not being able to recoup the Federal money that is owed to us for homeland security along with, the Feds refusing to help pay for the illegal alien crisis that could be stemmed by closing to border. If Arnold wants to talk special interest groups, why doesn’t he start with the groups that have bought and paid for his backing? Massive agribusiness, real estate developers, Insurance groups, huge general contractors, and auto manufacturers are all major contributors to the man who claims to fight “special interest”, yet has collected the most “special interest” money in CA history.


Enjoy :party: :dem: :woohoo:

[NightOwwl]

8. Hello down there...

:hi: I used to live in Carmichael...in a little apartment that overlooked a 24-hour carwash. Boy did that place attract some strange characters after dark. Ahh...memories. :silly:

Didn't make it to the rally...but I listened to it on Air America. It sounded like a huge success!

You should join the DU Activist group. We just got our first "assignment," writing an LTTE focusing on Karl Rove. Since you are writing letters already, you might as well get "credit" for it. :7 Nothing is mandatory, just do whatever you can to help.

If you are interested, here is the link to sign up (scroll down to the end of the post for the sign-up link) and the first assigment:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x17687

[Guckert]

9. Hell Yes!!!