Some White House staffers said it's the uncertainty of Rove's status in the leak case that has made it difficult for the administration's domestic policy agenda and the announcement of an indictment and Rove's subsequent resignation, while serious, would allow the administration to move forward on a wide range of issues.
Okay, lets look at some of those domestic issues that the neocons are trying to move forward. A white house aide further notes:
"We need to start fresh and we can't do that with the uncertainty of Karl's case hanging over our heads," said one White House aide. "There's no doubt that it will be front page news if and when (an indictment) happens. But eventually it will become old news quickly."
So... lets see what became old news quickly... or what they are hoping will become old news quickly (feel free to add on the flip). "Old news" (according to the warped and twisted machinations of W, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Bush's brain):
Afghanistan. (Record opium crop this year, revived Taliban on the loose.) Bin Laden. (Osama bin Forgotten.) Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Downing Street memo. (NYTimes didn't seriously bother...except for Frank Rich.) NSA Wiretapping Phase I. (Now on to phase II, hell the Dems won't know what hit 'em.) Forcing ATT and Verizon to spy-- not like they put up much of a fight... (now on to mine the data at ChoicePoint, Inc.) Hookergate. (At least Mehlman isn't gay... wait, was he at those parties?) It's about the gay hookers, stupid...Rove. Plame. Cheney.Iraq. (Iraq? What's Iraq? We're on to Iran now.) Democratic opposition. (Diebolduberalles.) Impeachment. (Dems will never impeach. Too chicken. We have them on the run. Hell, Republicans will impeach-- censure, and it will help the GOP... Dems too scared to make up their minds. Besides, Jeb is gonna be the next prez-- he'll forgive all-- lesse, Blackwell's on board, so is GE and Halliburton and Fox, and Jeb owns Florida... no prob. Oh yeah, we're doing the counting.) Global warming. Nuclear proliferation. (What the hell is that? "History, we don't know. We'll all be dead.") Depleted uranium armaments. (Hell, we can just make killer robots.) Hurricane Katrina. (How's our stock at Halliburton-- all those reconstruction contracts?... Plenty more hurricanes on the way.) War profiteering. No-bid contracts. Military Industrial Complex. (Trickle down, trickle down... good for the 'conomy.) Radical religion, oil, borrowed money (American Theocracy). Peak oil. Resource wars.Backdoor draft. Selective Service notices arriving and a descent into hell. Helen Thomas. ("Shit! Will she just go away?")
White house staffer:
The key issue here is that the president or Mr. Bolten respond to the charges immediately,
(Chimpy: "Heckuva job Turd Blossom, I'll try to, uh... remember to pardon ya.")
...make a statement and then move on to other important policy issues and keep that as the main focus going forward."
(Chimpy and Cheney and Rummy:)
"Yes, policy issues like spying on Democrats, spying on Feingold, Boxer and Conyers, spying on Fitz, (damn... tough) spying on Greens, spying on Hagel, spying on Specter, spying on what Hillary was wearing yesterday, last week, last year spying on Howard Dean's conversations, spying Michael Moore's cell phone (and that "Sicko" film) spying on the Dixie Chicks, spying on Harry Belafonte spying on George Clooney, spying on everyone who posts at DailyKos or HuffPost-- all them liberal sites spying on traitor Pink who wrote that "Dear Mr. President" song spying on Pearl Jam spying on that traitor Canadian "Impeach the President" Neil Young spying on Garrison Keillor spying on Independents spying on Colbert spying on NSA whistleblower Russell Tice: "People... are going to be shocked... It's an angle that you haven't heard about yet." (Hell, don't worry about spying on Lieberman, he's one of us--so is Jane Harman, she's in our pocket...) and Murdoch is working on Hillary reeeal good (keep spying on her though). Spy, spy, spy, spy, spy...
Chimpy: "Bin Laden? Who? Everyone knows its Democrats that threaten the country. These are the policies that matter. I am the decider. NSA reports. I decide. I'm the deciderer. Sempre fi. Where's Rummy? I mean the rum and coke? I mean the coke?"
****** "Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life." --George W. Bush, Annandale, Va, Aug. 9, 2004