Scooter was just an apertif, it seems.
A House Judiciary subcommittee today authorized subpoenas for Karl Rove, President Bush’s political adviser, and other senior White House officials in the investigation into the firing of eight United States attorneys.
Eight is admittedly a lot, however, the president was well within his legal rights to fire them, and the White House emails and memoranda addressing the firings have turned up bupkiss in terms of King George-type ministrations. (The rumor is that Bush sacked the lawyers to stifle any criminal investigations into the administration. Forget "partisanship" for a minute: one of the most outraged pinstripes who received a pink slip is a staunch Republican.)
Here's my favorite bit from the Times:
Democrats promptly rejected the offer, which specified that the officials would not testify under oath, that there would be no transcript and that Congress would not subsequently subpoena them.
“We could meet at the local pub to that have that kind of gathering,” said Representative John Conyers of Michigan, chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
The nation grows ever closer to having that proverbial beer with the president — even if it's Karl and Harriet doing the drinking.
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