Karl Rove Slams Head of Gulf Coast Reconstruction

September 20, 2005 Washington -- SBNewswire --

In calls to select members of the White House press corp, deputy chief of staff in charge of policy, Karl Rove, questioned the qualification of...Karl Rove.

Reporters who were called and given the information on "deep, deep background" and only after agreeing to conditions of anonymity, were told that perhaps Karl Rove should NOT be in charge of the reconstruction. The idea floated by Rove suggested that another person be placed in charge of the project who didn't have such close connections to the President.

Reporters who were called spoke to SBNewswire on condition of anonymity. One said he was stunned by Rove "Swift Boating" himself.

"At first I couldn't figure out why he was questioning his own qualifications for the job, and was suggesting others for the massive reconstruction program. Then I figured it out. Rove knows that this will be a huge albatross around the President's neck if it doesn't go well and will hurt the Republicans in the '06 elections. The SOP for the GOP is finding someone to blame. Karl didn't want to be the one blamed."

It was also suggested by others (including one anonymous White House reporter who is in jail) that Rove only knows how to protect the president by tearing down the reputations of others and it would put him in an awkward position during the next election if he had to give the president advice to tear down the reputation of the head of the reconstruction project.

Finally, these calls also indicate that Rove might be in a more tenuous position regarding a possible indictment in the Valeria Plame controversy than currently believed by White House insiders.

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