AMERICAblog: Bush AGAIN refuses to say he still has faith in Karl Rove

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Bush AGAIN refuses to say he still has faith in Karl Rove
by John in DC - 7/15/2005 04:30:00 PM

This is not the sign of a president standing by his man.

From the White House Pool Report (i.e., one reporter traveling with the president and reporting back to the others):

Pool Report #4, 7/15/05
NORTH CAROLINA TO ANDREWS

On the tarmac in North Carolina, your pool was able to walk briefly alongside the president and ask if he still had faith in Karl Rove. The question was met with a stare straight ahead, silence and a quick brush-off motion of Bush's left hand, as if the president were Swatting away an insect.

Karl himself was more jovial on the tarmac, where when surrounded by reporters he grinned and held up the president's suit jacket, as if to say that he was a coat-holder and nothing more. The president at this point was under the hot sun in shirt sleeves signing autographs for a crowd of onlookers.

Despite his antics, Karl answered no questions, and soon trundled quickly away from your pool toward the stairs of Air Force One.

Other than that, nothing of interest happened. The president signed autographs for nearly half an hour. Air Force One took off around 2:30 p.m., and we're now airborne.

Touchdown at 3:31 p.m.

Elisabeth Bumiller

NYT

("Signed autographs for nearly half an hour"?! What the fuck???)

[Canuckistanian]

1. He wasn't signing autographs

He was witnessing loyalty oaths.

[grytpype]

2. No, he was signing pardons.

"Lessee here, one for karl, one for ari, one for dick, one for me, one for scooter.... damn this sure is a lot of pardons to sign..."

[Canuckistanian]

3. LOL! His hand must be going numb

[DURHAM D]

4. "Trundled" ? to propel by causing to rotate: roll; to cause to spin:

revolve.

Elisabeth - you used to be one of his biggest fans. Get out of the way - rats leaving.

[Cha]

5. To me, this doesn't mean anything..

bush is an arrogant son-of-a-BITCH and if he doesn't feel like saying ANYTHING he won't.

I wonder if they told bush Exactly how treasonous rove was?