Karl Rove Resigns

Written by: Sheri Divers on Aug 13, 2007 12:16 PM EDT

According to the Washington Post, Rove's going back to Texas:

Karl Rove, the architect of President Bush's two national campaigns and his most prominent adviser through 6-1/2 tumultuous years in the White House, will resign at month's end and leave politics, a White House spokeswoman said this morning.

Rove, 56, who escaped indictment in the CIA leak case, has been under scrutiny by the new Democratic Congress for his role in the firings of U.S. attorneys and in a series of political briefings provided to various agencies across government. Citing executive privilege, he defied a subpoena and refused to show up for a congressional hearing just two weeks ago on the allegedly improper use by White House aides of Republican National Committee email accounts. Fellow Bush advisers have said they believe the congressional probes have been aimed in part at driving Rove out.

But the truth is, nothing's really changed. All that the corrupt and incompetent Bush Administration has put this country through since January, 2001 continues to remain in place. It wasn't Karl Rove that led America to invade Iraq, it was George W. Bush. It wasn't Karl Rove that was responsible for the incompetent response to Katrina and the gutting of FEMA - it was George W. Bush.

When all is said and done, the buck stops with the President - George W. Bush.

So it is unwise to waste any energy celebrating just yet. Let's channel that powerful energy towards taking back our local and state government this year - and the White House in 2008.

-Sheri Divers

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