Newsnight CNN...Aaron Brown just had a report on the Karl Rove story

[tinfoilinfor2005]

O'Donnel on telling the facts.

[Mark Williams]

1. Video Soon

I will post the video of this over at DEMbloggers.com shortly.

[ellenfl]

2. basically, he said rove's gonna skate. even if

he gets fired, he will still be running the show . . . and probably not from behind bars according to o'donnell.

ellen fl

[berni_mccoy]

3. Did he give any reasons

why Rove would get away with it?

[newscott]

5. How can he not get away with it?

Think about it?

Even if he is brought up on charges, he'll get pardonned.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

6. Yup. O'Donnel sounded very brazen the last two days...

tonight he sounded like he was presenting the story in whipped cream surrounded by clouds, enveloped in miles and miles of fluffy petticoats. What gives? If he thinks that this thing is untouchable then he shouldn't tease us from the start.

[glarius]

4. From what I saw O'Donnell more or less let Rove off the hook with a

lot of gobbledy gook I didn't quite follow....He also said Bush probably didn't know whether Rove had leaked...He said Bush wouldn't want to know so wouldn't ask him....

[ElectroPrincess]

7. This is sick ... this is grossly corrupt. :( /eom

[snickersnee]

o'donnell's point, as i took it...

was that rove might not *technically* be guilty of the criminal offense, in that he might be "unqualified", ie. that he didn't have the requisite status in the first place to have the information he then disseminated (plame).

this doesn't mean he's not guilty of ANY offense, just the one in question. and it doesn't mean it wouldn't be catastrophic to the administration to have the story play out in front of a prosecutor.

0.02

[1932]

13. During war time you'd think Bush'd care whether he had a set of loose lips

in the WH. Wouldn't want the terrorists to sink any ships thanks to Tokyo Rove.

[ebayfool]

19. Tokyo Rove - perfect tag for him! LOL

I'm using it for the duration ... thank you in advance!

Bad thing is he'll undoubtedly do something else so nefarious you'll have to come up w/a new one soon.

[Gloria]

8. I'm getting ready to be disappointed....

I don't know if it's even worth watching these guys anymore....It's too stressful.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

9. Someone got to him? Big surprise.

[DeepModem Mom]

16. Sounds like someone did. He was on fire, wasn't he...

not only on TV, but in a written piece?

[alfredo]

10. BTW, Wed on Fresh Air will be the journalist that broke

the DSM story.

[RagAss]

11. Ah yes...

We remember the DSM story don't we folks? That was on the charts for about 15 minutes last week.

And the Rove/Plame story has just peaked....

[alfredo]

12. The DSM story did its part in informing the people of the depraved

nature of this administration.

The Plame case has a special prosecutor, it has potential.

Games aren't always won with home runs. Singles and doubles can rack up the score.

[RagAss]

14. Right now , I'll settle for a fielder's choice....n/m

[Chipper Chat]

18. Looks like a balk to me!

Hopefully with the bases loaded and Judith Miller is forced in to score from third. She tells all. (It was Novak's fault - he was catching and gave pitcher Rove the wrong sign.)

[brentspeak]

15. Well, maybe if people here hadn't broken out the champagne

when O'Donnell first opened his mouth about Rove, then they wouldn't be so disappointed.

When will people learn?

[alfredo]

17. Planting seeds of doubt is good. We need to keep chipping away

at the Junta. Bush is damaged goods, and it is because of some big failures, and the little things that may pop up for a few days then disappear. They may not take him down, but it will contribute to the eventual collapse of the Junta.

[GetTheRightVote]

20. If Karl Rove truly put Ms. Phame in harms way he must fry in court

and we must keep the story going until justice succeeds.

[Disturbed]

21. I was surprised.

He seemed to be subdued and saying there is nothing on Rove. Maybe his boss told him to back off because a call was made. I think that Cooper and Miller will be in jail for a few months. The GJ will indicte none and this story fades down the memory hole.

[bobbymo]

22. I think we've been sucker punched again!

I'm getting the deep down feeling we've been had again.

Novak is too smart of a guy to be standing on the sidelines while Cooper and Miller get grilled. What worries me is what if novak and Rove know that the outing of Plame was instigated by Cooper or Miller in an pre-election attempt to nail the shrub and his dog rover.

I just hope and pray this is not another Rathergate thing!