Karl Rove Flees Country

Post by **Steve** » 2008-07-12 12:58am

Glocksman wrote:
Steve wrote:Fools! Don't you realize that he's not just left the country, but left the planet?! Soon he'll be returning to give Congress their testimony.... alongside a phalanx of Imperial Stormtroopers as he reveals himself as Darth Rove and announces the annexation of Earth into the Galactic Empire!
Bullshit.
Palaptine and the other Sith are much more competent than Bush, Rove, and company.
You'd be lucky if the Emperor didn't dispatch Vader himself to redeem the insult.

I thought Rove was the Machiavellian master manipulator and Bush the idealist who messed everything up?

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-07-12 01:00am

He is, but in the words of the old bitch in They Live! 'I've got one that can see'.
Most of us now have dark glasses.

Post by **Steve** » 2008-07-12 02:05am

A part of me wonders how inaccurate it would be to compare Karl Rove to "Colonel" Edward House, Woodrow Wilson's confidante. Just that there's no Edith Galt analogue to destroy Bush's relationship with Rove as Edith Galt Wilson did to, well, pretty much most of her husband's entourage.

For those who think of stuff about Hillary usurping power as First Lady, she didn't hold a candle to Edith Galt, who actually did usurp the Presidency when she and Wilson's physician, a close friend that she even recommended to Wilson, covered up his stroke in 1919 and carried on business of state in his place without telling a soul about what happened to him.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2008-07-12 02:22am

Wow. I saw the thread title and even with my long involvement with and trust in SDN, I didn't believe it at first. Wow. Rove in a self-imposed exile; karma's finally paying up...

Pelranius · Post by **Pelranius** » 2008-07-12 07:31am

I remember a Tom Clancy were Jack Ryan gave a bunch of "future" fill in the blanks pardons for a covert agency he founded (Teeth of the Tiger, I think). Not that it could actually work, but Junior without his Brain would probably be stupid enough to take something that assine right out of a fifth rate technothriller

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2008-07-12 10:55am

Ender wrote:I can't find anything saying where he went, has anyone turned anything up?

He's in Sweden!

He was a few days ago, anyway. It was on the news. He was advising one of our right-wing parties or something (which would be commies by the American standard, just so you know), which I found pretty amusing at the time, but now, with this, it's just hilarious.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2008-07-12 03:47pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:
Patrick Degan wrote:Right. Time for the House Seargent-at-Arms to issue a fugitive warrant.
He's probably already in Paraguay or Argentina, so what's the damn point?

That's bullshit, we should just issue a good-sized bounty so that private entrepreneurs would have a market-driven incentive to apprehend such scofflaws in non-extradition countries.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-07-12 04:07pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:
Patrick Degan wrote:Right. Time for the House Seargent-at-Arms to issue a fugitive warrant.
He's probably already in Paraguay or Argentina, so what's the damn point?

Then We just ask Isreal to serve the warrent, ok maybe "Dog Chapman" he's kidnapped people before.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2008-07-12 08:45pm

Uraniun235 wrote:
The Duchess of Zeon wrote:
Patrick Degan wrote:Right. Time for the House Seargent-at-Arms to issue a fugitive warrant.
He's probably already in Paraguay or Argentina, so what's the damn point?
That's bullshit, we should just issue a good-sized bounty so that private entrepreneurs would have a market-driven incentive to apprehend such scofflaws in non-extradition countries.

Oh, the irony of that would be most delicious.

Aratech · Post by **Aratech** » 2008-07-13 09:35am

Patrick Degan wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:
The Duchess of Zeon wrote: He's probably already in Paraguay or Argentina, so what's the damn point?
That's bullshit, we should just issue a good-sized bounty so that private entrepreneurs would have a market-driven incentive to apprehend such scofflaws in non-extradition countries.
Oh, the irony of that would be most delicious.

Indeed it would be.

I haven't had access to a decent working television for the past couple of days, are any of the major news networks covering this?

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2008-07-14 11:52am

They found him

Funny how the Ukraine has no extradition treaty. I'm sure this is not related to contempt of congress, after all, when I think "fun filled family vacation" I think "eastern Europe", don't you?

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2008-07-14 12:20pm

Well, the beach he's supposed to be on IS a tourist attraction.

Crimea

A quick look at Wikipedia shows it would be a nice place to visit, and has some pretty nice historical locations.

At least he's TRYING to look like he's just on a vacation.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2008-07-14 12:37pm

I wonder how long until he starts providing advice for those Neo-Nazi parties that make up a sizeable part of the Ukrainian President's supporters. (Supporting the "Orange Revolution" was one of the more disgusting things the Bush administration did; obviously the party of people who claim that hundreds of thousands of Jews followed behind the Nazi invasion of the Ukraine to kill Ukrainian children and drink their blood, so that Jews and not Nazis were the real cause of Ukrainian suffering in WW2, are simply a bunch of stalwart strugglers for freedom and democracy!)

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2008-07-14 01:03pm

I'll be moving to Crimea in a week. If he's still there, I expect much fun reporting on the local TV stations

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-07-14 01:08pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I wonder how long until he starts providing advice for those Neo-Nazi parties that make up a sizeable part of the Ukrainian President's supporters. (Supporting the "Orange Revolution" was one of the more disgusting things the Bush administration did; obviously the party of people who claim that hundreds of thousands of Jews followed behind the Nazi invasion of the Ukraine to kill Ukrainian children and drink their blood, so that Jews and not Nazis were the real cause of Ukrainian suffering in WW2, are simply a bunch of stalwart strugglers for freedom and democracy!)

One of the darker secrets Western democracies have taken pains to forget, along with their closet Russophobia.

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2008-07-14 01:17pm

It's rather curious how I have yet to see any of the major news outlets reporting on Karl Rove fleeing the country. Ignoring the subpoena, yes, but fleeing the country, no.

M · Post by M » 2008-07-14 04:28pm

Mlenk wrote:It's rather curious how I have yet to see any of the major news outlets reporting on Karl Rove fleeing the country. Ignoring the subpoena, yes, but fleeing the country, no.

According to TV critic Alan Sepinwall, Rove is scheduled for a session on the FoxNews press tour today. If I were working for a major news outlet, I'd wait until after that to report him "fleeing" the country - it'd be pretty stupid to claim he's left the country for good if he actually turns up in California today.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2008-07-14 05:07pm

Mlenk wrote:It's rather curious how I have yet to see any of the major news outlets reporting on Karl Rove fleeing the country. Ignoring the subpoena, yes, but fleeing the country, no.

Nobody has bothered to report about Al-Queda attacking our embassy either, despite the fact it left people dead.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2008-07-14 05:40pm

M wrote:
Mlenk wrote:It's rather curious how I have yet to see any of the major news outlets reporting on Karl Rove fleeing the country. Ignoring the subpoena, yes, but fleeing the country, no.
According to TV critic Alan Sepinwall, Rove is scheduled for a session on the FoxNews press tour today. If I were working for a major news outlet, I'd wait until after that to report him "fleeing" the country - it'd be pretty stupid to claim he's left the country for good if he actually turns up in California today.

Rove could easily appear by remote. No need for him to risk interrrupting his "vacation" and risking immediate apprehenion by U.S. marshalls

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2008-07-14 11:37pm

Ender wrote:They found him

Funny how the Ukraine has no extradition treaty. I'm sure this is not related to contempt of congress, after all, when I think "fun filled family vacation" I think "eastern Europe", don't you?

Hmm....isn't the Ukraine well known for trafficking in underage girls for the sex trade? Convenient.

Pelranius · Post by **Pelranius** » 2008-07-15 12:16am

Ender wrote:
Mlenk wrote:It's rather curious how I have yet to see any of the major news outlets reporting on Karl Rove fleeing the country. Ignoring the subpoena, yes, but fleeing the country, no.
Nobody has bothered to report about Al-Queda attacking our embassy either, despite the fact it left people dead.

Probably because there were no American casualties (are you thinking of the Turkey attack). We Americans can be shamefully insular at times.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2008-07-15 12:20am

Pelranius wrote:
Ender wrote:
Mlenk wrote:It's rather curious how I have yet to see any of the major news outlets reporting on Karl Rove fleeing the country. Ignoring the subpoena, yes, but fleeing the country, no.
Nobody has bothered to report about Al-Queda attacking our embassy either, despite the fact it left people dead.
Probably because there were no American casualties (are you thinking of the Turkey attack). We Americans can be shamefully insular at times.

Doesn't change the fact there was a terrorist attack on an American target. Glad we gave up all those rights so the terrorists couldn't attack us anymore.

M · Post by M » 2008-07-15 03:52am

Patrick Degan wrote:
M wrote:According to TV critic Alan Sepinwall, Rove is scheduled for a session on the FoxNews press tour today. If I were working for a major news outlet, I'd wait until after that to report him "fleeing" the country - it'd be pretty stupid to claim he's left the country for good if he actually turns up in California today.
Rove could easily appear by remote. No need for him to risk interrrupting his "vacation" and risking immediate apprehenion by U.S. marshalls

He could have, but didn't. Considering that Congress hasn't even decided yet to actually pursue contempt charges, his "risk" was hypothetical at best.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2008-07-15 06:25am

Ender wrote:
Pelranius wrote:
Ender wrote:Nobody has bothered to report about Al-Queda attacking our embassy either, despite the fact it left people dead.
Probably because there were no American casualties (are you thinking of the Turkey attack). We Americans can be shamefully insular at times.
Doesn't change the fact there was a terrorist attack on an American target. Glad we gave up all those rights so the terrorists couldn't attack us anymore.

Ahhh, but they're not attacking us here...

Post by **Coyote** » 2008-07-15 09:40pm

Stas Bush wrote:I'll be moving to Crimea in a week. If he's still there, I expect much fun reporting on the local TV stations

When are you up for parole?