Rove is the Key: More Bush Administration Wrongdoing

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I believe the key to all of the scandals swirling around the George W. Bush Administration is ultimately Karl Rove. And I think everybody who pays attention to politics knows this. Our friends, the Freepers, call him "Rove, you magnificent bastard!" and actually seem to think it's cool to bend, twist and break the law. Turn every governmental entity (even the Peace Corps) into an arm of the Republican Party machine--hey, it's OK if you're a Republican. Hatch Act? What's that?

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Diplomats Received Political Briefings

White House aides have conducted at least half a dozen political briefings for the Bush administration's top diplomats, including a PowerPoint presentation for ambassadors with senior adviser Karl Rove that named Democratic incumbents targeted for defeat in 2008 and a "general political briefing" at the Peace Corps headquarters after the 2002 midterm elections.

The briefings, mostly run by Rove's deputies at the White House political affairs office, began in early 2001 and included detailed analyses for senior officials of the political landscape surrounding critical congressional and gubernatorial races, according to documents obtained by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The political briefings with diplomats were conducted mostly by deputies to Karl Rove, President Bush's top adviser. At least half a dozen have been held.

The documents show for the first time how the White House sought to ensure that even its appointees involved in foreign policy were kept attuned to the administration's election goals. Such briefings occurred semi-regularly over the past six years for staffers dealing with domestic policy, White House officials have previously acknowledged.

In one instance, State Department aides attended a White House meeting at which political officials examined the 55 most critical House races for 2002 and the media markets most critical to battleground states for President Bush's reelection fight in 2004, according to documents the department provided to the Senate committee.

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