Is Rove the Next to Go? [VIDEO]

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 12:23 PM on November 17, 2006.

What's Jack Abramoff got to do with it?

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ThinkProgress is reporting that:

[O]ne top West Wing advisor said that the unexpected ouster of Rove aide Susan Ralston over ethics questions was orchestrated by Miers as a signal to Rove to leave. The advisor said that Rove is aware of the situation and that a departure might come in "weeks, not months."

The co-author of the Rove tome, Bush's Brain, connects some of the dots between Susan Ralston, Jack Abramoff and a possible reason for a precipitous Rove departure...

Tagged as: olbermann, rove, abramoff

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.

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No interest in Rove's departure? [Report this comment] Posted by: Doubtom on Nov 18, 2006 7:11 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] What?? Our very own twenty-first century Machiavelli is apt to depart shortly and no one is commenting? I would expect that at the very least there would shouts of joy at getting rid of this un-elected professional trouble maker. Why is it that so many clever people are so devoid of principle? And where do professional trouble makers go when they get fired? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Where do they go? Posted by: rinthy » RE: Where do they go? Posted by: willymack Long overdue! [Report this comment] Posted by: left-leaning-libertarian on Nov 18, 2006 11:08 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I will be quite happy to see that slimey little bastard leave. . .never should've been there in the first place, but, of course, he IS Bush's brain (and Chenney is the real president anyway). I can't feel much elation or relief at Rove's departure simply because it's too late to undo all the damage he's done. Piggies like Rove always land on their feet; he will either go on to work on campaigns for other GOP candidates (Greedy Oligarachic Perverts!) or find some cushy niche in the corporate world. . .maybe even start his own consulting firm and charge an arm and a leg for his brand of "advice." At any rate, he will almost certainly escape the justice he so richly deserves in this life. Too bad there's no such thing as Hell. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Bush sees Vietnam as sign of "hope" for Iraq [Report this comment] Posted by: SteveB on Nov 18, 2006 12:32 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] A story in today’s New York Times, "Bush Praises Vietnam’s Rise", reports that President Bush, while visiting Vietnam, said that “Vietnam’s transition to a modern, growing economy gave him hope about what could be rebuilt from the ruins of Iraq.” So, after years of American carpet-bombing and war, resulting in the deaths of more than two million Vietnamese, the Vietnamese people finally succeed in forcing us out of their country, which they patiently rebuild, with no help from us, and, in fact, under years of punishing economic sanctions imposed by us, and our President sees all this as a sign of “hope” for the country we are currently in the process of destroying? Don't worry Iraqis: there's life after the Americans, and maybe we'll even let you make cheap running shoes for us. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Bush sees Vietnam Posted by: zipper696 Gay Purge? [Report this comment] Posted by: albrechtkrausse on Nov 19, 2006 9:18 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I don't know anything about Rove but I've heard rumours about some of the other guys who've been purged. Is this a part of the "Gay Purge" that people have been speculating about? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Gay Purge? Posted by: zipper696 Didn't the sacrifice of The Donald do it ? [Report this comment] Posted by: zipper696 on Nov 20, 2006 4:56 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I'll believe this when it happens. Rove has always ensured that he was in the background, he wasn't "The Decider" he didn't make speeches to be picked apart by the Dems. He announced no policy intiatives, he indulged in no shuttle diplomacy. In politics this gives him "clean hands" so he will walk away and into a plush consulting job with The Carlyle Group or one of Daddy Bush's other interests... [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Not leaving..moving [Report this comment] Posted by: Rabblerouser on Nov 20, 2006 9:12 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Rove and his ilk are the undead. They don't leave, they move around. It's like a drop of grease on wax paper..it moves, but never goes away. Rove will end up in the private sector IF this is true and you will just hear less of him. He'll still be the war mongering, splitsville fan with death in his heart, we just won't know much about what he does. Sad but true. Wish he were a real vampire...we'd know how to deal with that. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Following in the footsteps............ Posted by: rotorooter

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