Karl Rove Advises Obama On DOJ Politicization

Today's Wall Street Journal features an op-ed from former White House Adviser Karl Rove that's filled with cautions and advice and ruminations on the obvious offered up to Barack Obama because Rove just wants to go on helping out as the president's brain and stuff. Anyway, aside from having the most strangely misleading deck copy in the world (it reads "There may be more difficulties than he realizes in closing Gitmo" when in fact the only mention of Gitmo comes in the eleventh paragraph of this sixteen paragraph editorial), the piece is noteworthy for this paragraph, stuck in at the end, where Rove tries to work in one last "suspicious associations" charge on Obama, for auld lang syne:

There is also a thorny local controversy. Should the new president replace U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who prosecuted Mr. Obama's fund-raising patron, Tony Rezko, and is investigating high-profile Democrats?

HAHA YES, Karl! Would you be referring to the same U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who - uhm...investigated you and other high-profile members of the Bush White House in the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal? And, wouldn't you know, Karl, from personal experience, Karl, whether it's wise or not to remove a bunch of U.S. Attorneys for political reasons?

Comments

[ZellaBee]

12:16 AM on 12/03/2008

Go home rover.

[jonnai]

10:35 PM on 11/30/2008

Karl Rove needs to shut his mouth up. Here's a man who have been dodging his supena order because he is a member of the bush administra­tion and. Now he want's to call truth. Give me a break . I will make sure I record this idiots inditement­.

[darker]

06:11 PM on 11/22/2008

ROVE = CORRUPTION­, SMEARING, DESTRUCTIO­N, HYPOCRISY, LIES, and the list goes on...

ROVE SOLD America FAKE COWBOY BUSH--twic­e!-- the WORSE president in US history.
Rove is A CHARLATAN and A CROOK.

The FAIRNESS DOCTRINE must be restored for the FCC, where media is HELD RESPONSIBL­E for fair reporting of issues.

[hollace]

03:50 PM on 11/21/2008

Why do all these wierdos look alike?
It may be off topic but I have an unpleasant visceral reaction to pictures of Rove and Cheney,
Joe the plumber and pinky face Chamblis etc.
WHAT is wrong with their faces? Just a Canadian Question.

[Helzapoppin]

08:37 AM on 11/21/2008

Rove is just trying to stay out of prison.

Don't worry, Karl. Obama has already started with the entirely predictabl­e and corrupt mantra of "we want to look forward, not back" in avoiding any prosecutio­ns of Bush White House officials. Torture anyone lately? Don't sweat it, you're off the hook. War crimes? Illegal spying? Don't worry your pretty little head about it, it's all being swept under the rug now. Go enjoy the lecture circuit.

[likeicare]

06:48 AM on 11/21/2008

Rove's always reminded me of the pedophiles they show on the nightly local news, being busted.

Coincidenc­e?

[banjokev]

02:44 AM on 11/21/2008

Go back into your cave Karl. No one wants your mundane advice. You're ideas only jibe with people who want to rule the world, not make it a better place for all.

We'll come get you when your cell is ready.

[toypiano]

02:38 AM on 11/21/2008

Oh. Oh. That is rich.

Tell it to the judge, Rove.
Now begone, before someone drops a house on you, too!

[billw8017]

02:06 AM on 11/21/2008

US Attorneys are a patronage plum, and every President rewards his own party. The Bush controvers­y was that the Bush White House wanted their attorneys to prosecute vote frauds (aside from their own) and fired their own people when they weren't political enough.

[iswideopen]

01:33 AM on 11/21/2008

Memo To Karl Rove:
Never forget the fate of Lee Attwater. You are just like he was.

[trish74]

01:18 AM on 11/21/2008

Karl we'll see to that as soon as you confess to all your crimes.

[guntotinganglion]

01:11 AM on 11/21/2008

Rove should be tapped for the role of Hannibal Lecter in the next movie. He'd be playing to type.

That's what this man needs, a hockey mask, a straight-j­acket and some fava beans with a fine chianti. Sorry, no liver tonight Karl.

[teepeeyoyo]

12:29 AM on 11/21/2008

All the Rovester really needs is an orange jumpsuit with a big hole in the seat....lo­l.

[lazercat2008]

12:22 AM on 11/21/2008

My advice to President Elect Obama. Leave Gitmo open and shove every last Bushie in there.

[shirleyfeeney]

01:51 AM on 11/21/2008

well now...ther­e's an idea ;)

[LightningJoe]

11:55 PM on 11/20/2008

As George Peppard would say, "I love it, when a plan comes together."

The "plan" in this case being the inexorable march of karma, that is leading Mr. Rove back to his spiritual roots, as a nutritious mudworm. He still ingests qrap and spews out shlt, but the rest of us are finally out of the reach of his venom.

I say keep him around, but print his missives in a more appropriat­e format. They should be scrawled in a crabbed hand, in doubled-up lines that fill all the margins, in green ink, on yellow lined pads. This way everyone will know the mental tenor of the writer (or maybe we can get the originals!­).