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

[Americanium]

Rove is worried thin.... He will be someone's girlfriend soon.

[Hank10303]

I feel sorry for that inmate

[ronito6]

Classic Rove.

I accuse you of what I am actually guilty of.

[profounddogs]

Also sounds like a resounding Republican theme - think Newt Gingrich, Huckabee, Palin, McCain, well, you get the drift.

[sepiasiren]

Ronito I know--when did this "I know you are but what am I?" shadow game begin--Oh yeah...
with dumping the fairness doctrine and letting idiots like Limbaugh grab a microphone...

[Wolf Larsen]

Hey how's this for reforming DOJ.......put Karl and all the Bush criminals behind bars?

Sounds reasonable to me.....

[sepiasiren]

LOL

[NicasioKid]

Karl WHO?!

[anothervoice2]

"Murdoch's WSJ + Rove = Slime!"
Audience: Faux Noise viewers.

[mikie63]

Most normal intelligent people know what kind of guy Rove is; so I don't need to say what I think of him. I would be interested to know who is the best respected among all the absolute Bush/Cheney cronies in D.C. for the last eight years. Can anyone say something positive about Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Cheney, Rove, McCain. Do I need to go on? What will history say about Bush or any of these GOP, Conservative, Evangelical, corrupt, dishonest, money wishing bunch of A**holes???

[cactusgal]

Wonder why Bush called him "T U R D Blossom?" I see no evidence of a flower.

[arod72]

I can't think of another person who repulses me more than this "person".

[2008FedUP]

Karl Rovestone go back to Bedrock and play with Barney! Mr. Slate is lookin' for ya!

[DragonFly]

I'm just waiting for Mr. Potato Head to fry.

[NJmikeV]

Let's give Karl's comment all the consideration it's due.

[capndad]

I know -- Rove is practicing to be a standup comedian! There's no way he can seriously say this crap, or seriously expect it to be listened to.

[Kristen777]

Nobody cares anymore, what you think, Karl. Your day in the sunshine is gone. byyyyyeeee

[LeeCalif]

Uh, Karl, Obama hasn't offered you a position.

So SHUT THE F**K UP.

[realpolitic]

Rove would have been right at home in the Third Reich!