Karl’s Kountdown

The White House has said Karl Rove was not the leaker, and that if he was he would be fired. Now it’s proven that Rove was the person who leaked the identity of CIA agent Plame to the press, probably in an attempt to smear her husband Joe Wilson for pointing out that the President was wrong about WMD purchases by Saddam. Dubya is in deep doo-doo, folks. He’s gotta fire Rove to retain credibility. So the Kountdown begins…

The White House had reacted by ordering a Code Red Clam Up. Bush is saying nothing. Scott McClellan has no comment. Apparently they were waiting fore the GOP talking points on the scandal. When they had nothing on Rove but former Ambassador Joe Wilson’s word, McClellan had plenty to say. See these quotes via David Corn:

Plamegate, according to Scott McClellan:

That is not the way this White House operates. The president expects everyone in his administration to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. No would be authorized to do such a thing.

Well, I’ve made it very clear that it was a ridiculous suggestion....It is simply not true....And I have spoken with Karl Rove.

If anyone in this administration was involved in [the leak], they would no longer be in this administration.

Pop a cold one, Bluenecks. This is gonna get interesting. — Todd