Monday, August 13, 2007

KKKarl Rover is resigning!!!!!!!!!!!!

NAH NAH NAH NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH, HEY HEY HEY GOOOOOOODFUCKINGBYYYYYYYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leaving to "spend more time with the family" huh?! Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.
That's CODE for either one of two things:
1) OH SHIT, HERE COMES THE INDICTMENTS!
or
2) OH SHIT, I'M DYING OF SOMETHING!

Atrois put it better than I can:

Rover
I'll let others speculate on the "real" reasons for his leaving, but I agree with Will that it's infuriating that the Democrats often fall for his games even after he announces them long in advance.

As did DailyKos:

Karl Rove To Resign
by georgia10
Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 05:05:24 AM PDT
According to an interview in the Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove will resign at the end of August.
Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political adviser, is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff effective Aug. 31, and returning to Texas, likely marking a turning point for the Bush presidency.
Mr. Rove's departure removes one of the White House's most polarizing figures, and perhaps signals the effective end of the lame duck administration's role in shaping major domestic policy decisions. Mr. Rove revealed his plans in an interview with Paul Gigot, editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page.
And, of course, Karl Rove couldn't help being, well, Karl Rove until the very end:
He said he decided to leave after White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten told senior aides that if they stayed past Labor Day they would be obliged to remain through the end of the president's term in January 2009.
"I just think it's time," Mr. Rove said in the interview. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family." Mr. Rove and his wife have a home in Ingram, Texas, and a son who attends college in nearby San Antonio.
In the interview, Mr. Rove said he expects Democrats to give the 2008 presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom he described as "a tough, tenacious, fatally flawed candidate." He also said Republicans have "a very good chance" to hold onto the White House in next year's elections.
Mr. Rove also said he expects the president's approval rating to rise again, and that conditions in Iraq will improve as the U.S. military surge continues. He said he expects Democrats to be divided this fall in the battle over warrantless wiretapping, while the budget battle -- and a series of presidential vetoes -- should help Republicans gain an edge on spending restraint and taxes.
From the Washington Post:
Citing executive privilege, he defied a subpoena and refused to show up for a congressional hearing just two weeks ago on the allegedly improper use by White House aides of Republican National Committee email accounts. Fellow Bush advisers have said they believe the congressional probes have been aimed in part at driving Rove out.
The White House said his departure was unrelated to the investigations.
Uh-huh. Totally unrelated.
Also, check out ab initio's diary here.

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