Karl Rove, fan of disclosure
December 16, 2008 12:40 pm ET by Jamison Foser
Newsweek & Fox contributor Karl Rove criticizes Barack Obama for being insufficiently forthcoming:
Karl Rove, who refused to answer questions for years on the outing of Valerie Plame as a CIA official, criticized Barack Obama on Monday for not being more forthcoming in the Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) scandal.
Rove, a former top White House adviser to President Bush, said on Fox News, "[Obama] should have, right from the beginning, been more forthcoming."
Raise your hand if you thought you'd ever see Karl Rove argue in favor of people being "forthcoming" about an investigation conducated by Patrick Fitzgerald. Anyone? Anyone at all?
(And keep in mind, there is no allegation of wrongdoing by Obama or his staff about which they need to be "forthcoming.")
Wow... I can't believe I'm seeing in my lifetime such a classic McCarthyite strategy. Obama says "I didn't do anything," and Rove and the press say, "Now now, just tell us what you did." Obama says "But I didn't do anything. I can't admit anything I didn't do." And Rove and company shake their heads in a dissappointed fashion and say "now now, Barack, you can't expect us to trust you unless you come clean about what you've done." My question is, how long can they keep this up until "Obama needs to come clean about all this" becomes "he's a liar and clearly he's done (this) and (that) and (etcetera.)"
Marvelous point about Mr. Rove, Mr. Foser. I hope MMFA hammers away at that (has Rove submitted to those supboenas yet?).