ViceZilla’s Views

The day has come for Rove to make good on his threat to testify about what he knows about the Don Siegelman case, as well as his roll in the firing of U.S. attorneys last year.

We’ve all had a turn at watching the turd-blossom do his dancing about the subject. First he will, then he won’t, then he will, but only in writing, not to mention listening to him on cable news shows claim he would be willing to tell what he knows about the case if only he were asked. Well, the time has come for him to step up to the plate, and face the pitcher.

So the wheels of justice have been put in motion, but will the AG step on the gas pedal and stand by the subpoena, or let Rove snub his nose at the House Judiciary Committee? We have heard the routine all too often coming from Bush’s cronies about testifying under oath, so why should this instance be any different?

Rove will either claim ‘executive privilege‘ and refuse to speak, or he will likely not even bother to show up for the hearing. One or the other can surely be expected from the Rove camp. What would be a total shocker, would be if he did indeed show up, and co-operated with the committee. But that would be a stretch.

We will only have to wait and see what happens next. Will the subpoena be vigorously enforced, or will it just end up being another political posturing that will go nowhere?

Tags: Political Rhetoric //