Christy Hardin Smith of FireDogLake is one of everyone's favorite bloggers. As a former WV prosecutor, she knows the law and she's smart as hell. But she's also incredible warm and generous.

Christy doesn't get angry. But she does get outraged. And when she's outraged, she doesn't let it go.

And unfortunately for Karl Rove, Christy is now outraged at him.

The Rule Of Karl Must End

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.  — Lord Acton

Is MZM the key to all of the Karl Rove scandals - the mysterious "Rosebud" in Citizen Kane?

Karl Rove is implicated in two of the hottest White House scandals - the outing of Valerie Plame and the firing of eight Attorneys General. And these two scandals may be intimately linked by a corrupt defense contractor named MZM.

At the moment, Rove's role appears secondary in both scandals. It was Scooter Libby, not Rove, who took the fall for the outing of Valerie Plame. But Dick Cheney (and Libby's lawyer) believe Rove was the prime culprit.

Likewise for the US Attorney scandal. Most fingers are pointing at Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers, but savvy Bushwatchers know both dimwits are mere tools of "The Architect." 

Why Cheney Lost It When Joe Wilson Spoke Out By Ray McGovern
Testimony at the Libby trial showed a vice president obsessed with retaliating against former ambassador Joseph Wilson for writing, in the New York Times op-ed section on July 6, 2003, that intelligence had been "twisted" to justify attacking Iraq. How to explain why the normally stoic, phlegmatic Cheney went off the deep end?... (more)

Juan Cole over at Informed Comment calls Libby's conviction the tip of the iceberg and calls for Cheney's impeachment while laying out a comprehensive time-line of the Affair de Plame. Add another bigtime blogger to the list of bloggers for impeachment...

Libby's Lies, Cheney's Lies
Irv Lewis Libby is a convicted liar and perjurer, guilty of obstruction of justice. Unfortunately, he was not convicted of revealing to the public the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a covert operative at the CIA, who was working against Iranian development of nuclear weapons.

It is time for the Democrats in Congress to step up and impeach Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney... (more)

(more Olbermann coverage of the Libby Verdict)

Libby Verdict Puts Focus on White House - WASHINGTON (AP) - Campaigning in 2000, George Bush promised he would swear on the Bible to restore honor and dignity to a sullied White House and give it "one heck of scrubbing." The conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby gave the White House a scrubbing - but not the one Bush had in mind. The case laid bare the inner workings of a presidency under siege and the secretive world of Vice President Dick Cheney. It showed the lengths to which Cheney went in early summer 1973 to discredit administration critic Joseph Wilson. The former ambassador's assertions had cast doubt on the administration's justification for having taken the country to war. And the Libby case showed the president assisting Cheney in the leaked attacks on Wilson.... (more)

So who's next? Or will the rest of the Bush Cabal criminals skate? As juror Denis Collins said "I will say there was a tremendous amount of sympathy for Mr. Libby on the jury. It was said a number of times, 'What are we doing with this guy here? Where's Rove? Where are these other guys?'" Collins said. "I'm not saying we didn't think Mr. Libby was guilty of the things we found him guilty of. It seemed like he was, as Mr. Wells put it, he was the fall guy." Yes indeed, what about Rove? and Cheney hisself?...

Libby Found Guilty in CIA Leak Trial - WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted Tuesday of lying and obstructing a leak investigation that reached into the highest levels of the Bush administration. Libby is the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of a felony since the Iran-Contra scandal of the mid-1980s. The case brought new attention to the Bush administration's much-criticized handling of weapons of mass destruction intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war.... (more)

With the exception of "decided without interference from Diebold or hanging chads", this Salon piece is right on detailing the GOP's criminal activity during Stolen Election 2006... h/t CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE NWO NEWS 

The GOP's dirty deeds of 2006 - Salon's guide to robo-calls, push polls, vigilantes and other murky dealings from this year's elections. Nov. 21, 2006 Before the 2006 midterm election, you couldn't escape the predictions of Election Day disaster: voting machine meltdowns, interminable lines, endless recounts. But the control of both houses of Congress was decided without interference from Diebold or hanging chads, so few (outside of Florida's 13th Congressional District) are suffering flashbacks of 2000 and 2004. But while this year might not have included any repeats of Palm Beach County or Ohio, that doesn't mean the midterm elections were squeaky clean. This November there were some old-school dirty tricks that had nothing to do with voting machines or secretaries of state. An unscientific sample seems to show that most were the product of a party that was desperate for something, anything, that would help it protect its doomed congressional majorities...

From the Huffington Post:

George Bush Should Fire Karl Rove, And Democrats Can Build A New Majority For A Generation

By Brent Budowsky

Prediction: Karl Rove will soon leave the White House.

Fact: the American people overwhelmingly rejected the core politics that Karl Rove sold to the Republican Party, which inevitably led to the disaster of Iraq and the corruption that has run rampant in one party Republican Washington.

A little noticed "incident" occurred this week which brings to mind the potential for the much anticipated October "November Surprise" by Karl Rove & Neo-Cons. The Israeli Air Force apparently did a "fly-by" of a German Navy vessel off the Coast of Lebanon, allegedly firing either shots or missiles. I remember thinking back when the Israeli assault on Lebanon began back in July that it represented "premature warjaculation", as far as influencing the upcoming Congressional elections. Everyone knows you don't role out a new product line before Labor Day... so is this incident the precursor for an upcoming "November Surprise"?

Israeli jets clash with German ship near Lebanon

(Reuters) - Two Israeli warplanes and a German navy vessel have clashed off the Lebanese coast, the Defence Ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday without giving further details. Germany daily Der Tagesspiegel earlier on Wednesday quoted a junior German defence minister as telling a parliamentary committee that two Israeli F-16 fighters flew low over the German ship and fired two shots....