Stop the Insanity!

In a joint press conference with India's Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh this morning, the first question out of the box was about...you guessed it--Karl Rove.

Q Mr. President, you said you don't want to talk about an ongoing investigation, so I'd like to ask you, regardless of whether a crime was committed, do you still intend to fire anyone found to be involved in the CIA leak case? And are you displeased that Karl Rove told a reporter that Ambassador Joe Wilson's wife worked for the Agency on WMD issues?

PRESIDENT BUSH: We have a serious ongoing investigation here. (Laughter.) And it's being played out in the press. And I think it's best that people wait until the investigation is complete before you jump to conclusions. And I will do so, as well. I don't know all the facts. I want to know all the facts. The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating it. I would like this to end as quickly as possible so we know the facts, and if someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration.

Right now, Scott McClellan's press briefing is underway.

All questions so far have been related to...you guessed it--Karl Rove.

Helen Thomas has completely lost it.

The WH press corps is picking apart the President's very straightforward statement. McClellan is being pounded with idiotic questions about how Bush defines "crime."

A reporter from India has broken the Rove streak and asked a question about Prime Minister Singh's visit.

Next question...you guessed it--Karl Rove.

And the next, and the next...

This is truly a disgrace.

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