WTF? Rove "would go on upaid leave.." GW SAID HE'D FIRE PLAME OUTER!

[elehhhhna]

Didn't he?

Rove's Contingency Plan
The President's adviser may step aside if indicted in the Valerie Plame case
By VIVECA NOVAK AND MIKE ALLEN
SUBSCRIBE TO TIMEPRINTE-MAILMORE BY AUTHORTIME Archive: Jul. 25, 2005: Rove on the Spot

Posted Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005
Karl Rove has a plan, as always. Even before testifying last week for the fourth time before a grand jury probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity, Bush senior adviser Rove and others at the White House had concluded that if indicted he would immediately resign or possibly go on unpaid leave, several legal and Administration sources familiar with the thinking told TIME.

Resignation is the much more likely scenario, they say. The same would apply to I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the Vice President's chief of staff, who also faces a possible indictment. A former White House official says Rove's break with Bush would have to be clean—no "giving advice from the sidelines"—for the sake of the Administration.


http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1118313,00.html

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Ah, but our justice system is based on innocent until proven

guilty, dontchaknow. Bush keeps moving the goal posts.

[electropop]

13. And if proven guilty, he can just pardon him.

Getting rid of Rove would leave Bush a helpless vegetable.

[mike_c]

2. these bastards will just change his phone number...

...and take the name-plate off his office door. Presto! Rove is gone!

[emulatorloo]

4. Hey, Rove may be too busy piloting his own SwiftBoat to advise *

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1118313,00.html?promoid=rss_top

<snip>
Severing his ties would allow Rove—who as deputy chief of staff runs a vast swath of the West Wing—to fight aggressively "any bull___ charges," says a source close to Rove, like allegations that he was part of a broad conspiracy to discredit Plame's husband Joseph Wilson. Rove's defense: whatever he did fell far short of that.
<snip>

[emulatorloo]

3. Bush backtracked to would fire if convicted. . .that was a few months ago

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071800689.html

Bush Vows to Fire Anyone Convicted of Leak
By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 18, 2005; 1:39 PM

President Bush today appeared to raise the threshold for firing any White House official who leaked the identity of a covert CIA agent, saying he would dismiss anyone who "committed a crime" in the case.

[Tim4319]

5. Rove wouldn't get paid a dime,

just like Cheney isn't getting paid one red cent from Halliburton!

[cassiepriam]

6. tsk tsk and you believed him? Silly you.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

7. EXACTLY! nt

[KurtNYC]

11. I'm pretty sure * said something like "they won't be working here

any more" and in the world of word parsing that leaves quite a bit of wiggle room. They could work from home, they could work for the VP, they could get a golden parachute off to KBR, etc.

I remember this because I thought at the time he said it that he was picking his words carefully. It fit with other word parsing statements like these:

"there is no plan to invade Iraq on my desk"
"there was no silver bullet that could have prevented 9/11" *

PS: it would have taken at least 19 silver bullets (or any other type of bullets to stop 9/11)

[underpants]

8. Even in jail he would still be running the show

and they just might know someone who has some money they are willing to pay Rove with instead of his receiving WH pay.

[Salviati]

9. Actually, I think he said something like this:

"If a member of my administration is indited with the charge of leaking the name of an undercover CIA agent, is found guilty of treason against the United States of America, and is executed for their crime, then I will not allow them to telecommute from beyond the grave."

[elehhhhna]

10. DING DING You got it!

[spindrifter]

12. So he resigns and goes

on the payroll of a "think tank," one that just happens to have close ties to the neocons and the BFEE.

[elehhhhna]

14. That's nother good reason Treason is a capial offense.