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Bush: Stop Flip-Flopping and Fire Karl Rove

Target: President George Bush
Sponsored by: Jeffrey Marks

Is this how Karl Rove feels about our national security? President Bush: Fire Karl Rove.
June 2004: When asked if he would fire anyone found responsible for leaking the name of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press, President Bush says "yes."

July 2005: Talk about flip-flops. Now that Bush's right-hand man Karl Rove has been fingered as the secret source, the Bush administration is stonewalling and refusing to answer questions about whether or not he will fire Rove if found to be guilty.

The evidence is mounting that White House advisor Rove may be the secret source who exposed the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame two years ago in a blatant act of political retaliation for her husband's editorial criticizing the administration's justifications for going to war in Iraq. Rove's own lawyer confirmed to Newsweek magazine that Rove was the secret source named in reporter Matthew Cooper's notes.

It's time to stop the lies and end the cover-up. President Bush, it's time to fire Karl Rove.
deadline: 7-12-2006
goal: 50,000
 

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Dear President Bush:

In June 2004, you promised to fire anyone found responsible for leaking the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press. Such a leak is a serious breach of national security and possibly a felony.

The evidence is mounting and the case is becoming increasingly clear: the person responsible for this outrageous leak is your own advisor, Karl Rove.

Mr. President, I urge you, in the name of national security, to keep your promise and fire Karl Rove.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
We signed the “Bush: Stop Flip-Flopping and Fire Karl Rove” petition!
# 200:
5:25 pm PDT, Jul 13, Kimberli Kittrell, California
# 199:
5:24 pm PDT, Jul 13, Andrea Caudle, Texas
# 198:
5:03 pm PDT, Jul 13, Andi Johnson, New Hampshire
# 197:
5:02 pm PDT, Jul 13, Veronica Young, New York
# 196:
5:02 pm PDT, Jul 13, Bill Law, Michigan
# 195:
4:29 pm PDT, Jul 13, Richard Linsenberg, Pennsylvania
# 194:
4:23 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, New York
Karl Rove committed an act of treason and put our nation's security in jeopardy. His actions must not go unpunished. WE THE PEOPLE will not allow this to stand. Mr Bush, be true to your word and FIRE Karl Rove. Anything less is just dirty politics and WILL reflect badly on you and your whole administration.
# 193:
4:18 pm PDT, Jul 13, Dorothy g.c. Quock, California
# 192:
4:18 pm PDT, Jul 13, Jennifer Zarro, Michigan
# 191:
4:17 pm PDT, Jul 13, Thomas Poeschel, California
# 190:
4:08 pm PDT, Jul 13, Linda Bescript, Arizona
There's something dubious and disturbing about this guy. Just because he's your "brains" doesn't make him above the law.
# 189:
4:07 pm PDT, Jul 13, Karin Pasnak, Canada
Rove needs to be fired, but I doubt very much he is the only bad apple there. Besides he deserves a lot more than just being fired, which is much too easy. He needs to be procecuted to the fullest extent. Expose all of them for what they are and that starts with Bush and Cheney. They are all crooks and it breaks my heart to know that so many people had to die for them and their lies.
# 188:
4:03 pm PDT, Jul 13, Oren Heart Powers, Michigan
# 187:
3:55 pm PDT, Jul 13, Marlys Bousseau, Nevada
# 186:
3:53 pm PDT, Jul 13, Wendy Hojohn, New York
# 185:
3:50 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Louisiana
# 184:
3:39 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Ohio
# 183:
3:33 pm PDT, Jul 13, Gaspare roberto Sciuto, Italy
# 182:
3:19 pm PDT, Jul 13, Maynard Robbins, California
Rove must go if your word is to be taken seriously.
# 181:
3:13 pm PDT, Jul 13, Linda Merrell, Colorado
# 180:
3:09 pm PDT, Jul 13, Theo Diehl, New Jersey
# 179:
3:06 pm PDT, Jul 13, Tambra Calhoun, Georgia
# 178:
2:54 pm PDT, Jul 13, Michael Ryan, California
# 177:
2:53 pm PDT, Jul 13, Hector Navarro, California
Mr. President. I trust your instincts, so if you think Karl Rove is the best person for the job it must be so. Of course I'm kidding.
# 176:
2:48 pm PDT, Jul 13, Diana Lewis, Ohio
# 175:
2:42 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Kentucky
# 174:
2:40 pm PDT, Jul 13, Marina Payne, Oregon
# 173:
2:35 pm PDT, Jul 13, Susan Murray, California
# 172:
2:21 pm PDT, Jul 13, Elizabeth Oehrn, Sweden
# 171:
2:20 pm PDT, Jul 13, Amie Allensworth, Texas
# 170:
2:14 pm PDT, Jul 13, Carolyn King, Washington
We'll soon find out if your loyalty is to your country or to your disgraced best buddy. Keep your promise and fire this person.
# 169:
2:11 pm PDT, Jul 13, Bethani Goste, Kansas
# 168:
2:10 pm PDT, Jul 13, TINA R JONES, California
# 167:
2:04 pm PDT, Jul 13, Linda Deslauriers, Colorado
You promised Mr Bush, you must now deliver. Rove has got to go
# 166:
1:57 pm PDT, Jul 13, Jesse Hall, Arizona
# 165:
1:55 pm PDT, Jul 13, Amy Moore, New Jersey
# 164:
1:49 pm PDT, Jul 13, Audrey Johnson, California
# 163:
1:30 pm PDT, Jul 13, Toni Harrison, New Jersey
Outing an undercover agent is a treasonous act. Mr. Rove is not above the law.
# 162:
1:29 pm PDT, Jul 13, Coleen Foote, Colorado
Common Sense is CLEARLY lacking. DO THE RIGHT THING.
# 161:
1:27 pm PDT, Jul 13, Alexandra Hancock, Florida
# 160:
1:26 pm PDT, Jul 13, Mark Hobratschk, Ukraine
Just another Bush McCarthyist.
# 159:
1:25 pm PDT, Jul 13, Jennifer Hochberg, Connecticut
It's simple: Rove put our national security in jeopardy by doing what he did! Such a dope!
# 158:
1:23 pm PDT, Jul 13, Darrell Kirby, Tennessee
He broke the law.
# 157:
1:21 pm PDT, Jul 13, Jeffrey Winkler, Illinois
# 156:
1:17 pm PDT, Jul 13, Bess Katerinsky, New York
# 155:
1:03 pm PDT, Jul 13, Debra Joseph, Maryland
# 154:
12:53 pm PDT, Jul 13, Chuck Miller, Oklahoma
# 153:
12:47 pm PDT, Jul 13, Bethany Altschwager, Connecticut
# 152:
12:45 pm PDT, Jul 13, Avis Jackson, Maryland
# 151:
12:43 pm PDT, Jul 13, Craig Gilbertson, Illinois
It is increasingly clear that Mr. Rove is the person who maliciously leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame as a way of retaliating for her husbands writings that were critical of the administrations justifications for going to war. This is intolerable and almost certainly criminal behavior on the part of Mr Rove. The President should honor his promises and fire Mr. Rove immediately.
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