Dear Friend,
How
many more times will Karl Rove make President Bush eat his words and
shred his credibility before Karl Rove does the honorable thing and
leaves the White House?
Yesterday
the President furiously backpedaled from his promise to fire anyone
involved in leaking the identity of a covert CIA agent to the press.
Now that it's known that Rove and Vice President Cheney's Chief of
Staff Lewis Libby were involved, the President has lowered the bar and
now says he'll only fire someone who is convicted of a crime.
President
Bush is setting a terrible standard of leadership in the White House by
protecting insubordinate aides who refused to come forward when the
President demanded to know who in his administration leaked Valerie
Plame's identity -- and he's sending a disturbing message about our
national security.
The
President should not wait to find out whether Rove is convicted in the
end for his leak. Either Rove lied to the President about this matter
of national security, which means he should be fired immediately, or
the President is not being straight with the American people about his
own involvement in this case.
With
all the dissembling coming out of the White House, it's clear that the
only way the American people can get to the bottom of this is through
full Congressional hearings. I will call for hearings this week -- and
you can strengthen this call by adding your name to our petition today:
http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove
With
both the House and Senate in Republican hands it will be difficult to
force Congressional hearings on the Bush White House. Having as many
statements as possible from people in every state will help my
colleagues and me show that this is what America wants. According to a
poll released yesterday by ABC News, 75% of Americans believe that Karl
Rove should be fired if he leaked classified information.
More
than 300,000 people have signed on so far -- help us double our numbers
by forwarding this email to your friends asking them to sign:
http://www.johnkerry.com/firerove
Thank you,
John Kerry
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