OBAMA'S IG FIRINGS WERE WORSE THAN BUSH'S USAG FIRINGS, YET THE MSM REMAINS SILENT ON OBAMA'S ILLEGAL FIRINGS

THE MSM IS ALL ATWITTER OVER ROVE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE USAG FIRINGS:

Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:

Rove Had Heavier Hand in Prosecutor Firings Than Previously Known — Political adviser Karl Rove and other high-ranking figures in the Bush White House played a greater role than previously understood in the firing of federal prosecutors almost three years ago, according to e-mails obtained …

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Discussion: TPMMuckraker, The Confluence, Washington Monthly, AMERICAblog News, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Shakesville

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Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker: Emails Show Rove's Role In U.S. Attorney Firings

Dakinikat / The Confluence: Thursday Two-fers!!! — Here's some interesting tidbits for us …

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: ROVE'S ROLE IN U.S. ATTORNEY SCANDAL STILL PERCOLATING. …

Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News: Rove had an even bigger role in scandal over firings of US Attorneys

Zandar / Zandar Versus The Stupid: The Spooky Invisible Hand Of Karl Rove

Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Duh of the Day — Rove Had Heavier Hand in Prosecutor Firings Than Previously Known.

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David Johnston / New York Times:

Rove Says His Role in Prosecutor Firings Was Small — WASHINGTON — Karl Rove, addressing an issue stemming from his role as a top adviser to President George W. Bush, said in an interview that he played only a peripheral role in the dismissal of nine federal prosecutors in 2006 …

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Discussion: Politics Daily and Prometheus 6

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Ria Misra / Politics Daily: Washington Post: Karl Rove Mischaracterized His Role in Attorney Firings

Prometheus 6: Rove's role probably was small

Emptywheel:

WaPo: Rove Spins His Role in US Attorney Firings

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Discussion: The BRAD BLOG, Raw Story and MoJo Blog Posts

MEANWHILE, THERE'S RELATIVE SILENCE ON THE IG FIRINGS. A GOOGLE NEWSEARCH OF "OBAMA IG FIRINGS" GETS 38 RESULTS:

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Results 1 – 10 of about 38 for OBAMA IG FIRINGS

WELL, ER ... UM: BUSH'S USAG FIRINGS WERE LEGAL, AND OBAMA'S IG FIRINGS BROKE FEDERAL LAW - A LAW CONGRESS PASSED LAST YEAR - AND WHICH OBAMA CO-SPONSORED!

• WHAT BUSH DID WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY AND STATUTORILY ENTIRELY WITHIN HIS POWER AS POTUS.

• WHAT OBAMA DID WAS ILLEGAL AND EVEN PERHAPS IMPEACHABLE - IF HE DID IT TO COVER UP CRIMES OR TO ALLOW CRIMES TO CONTINUE.

THE DOUBLE STANDARD, THE HYPOCRISY AND THE IMMORALITY OF HOW THESE TWO EVENTS ARE BEING TREATED IS SICKENING.



THE MSM IS NO LONGER A WATCHDOG: IT'S A LAPDOG.