The NY Daily News reports that BooTribbers are not the only ones with nibbled cuticles:
In the closing hours of the grand jury probe, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald paid a visit yesterday to Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin, prompting speculation that a plea bargain could be in the works for the deputy White House chief of staff.
It was the latest of several one-on-one meetings between Fitzgerald and Luskin, the Daily News has learned….
Two weeks ago, at a political event in Texas, Rove brushed aside concerns from anxious pals. “He said he was fine and he said it with gusto,” one of the well-wishers recalled.
A week later, however, Rove seemed down and distracted to some of his White House colleagues…
While White House staffers were tense, Fitzgerald’s team relaxed from their stoic, all-business demeanor. The cheery prosecutors shared an elevator ride with a News reporter and cracked up over a private joke.
Plead Rove. Plead.
Meanwhile: Supply your own best guess on what the joke was.
he asked his press spokesman a question all the guy would say for months was “no comment”. Fitz replied, “Really? I need to give him a raise.”
I love it, Tracy.
Someday, when all the books are written about this, I hope some authors get inside the Fitz team and find out how in the hell they did it …
they have to have a huge team!
there are secretaries and paralegals — there are copyroom people — there are transcribers — there are catering services — there are janitors — there are receptionists — and on and on
not ONE of them leaked? That must have just killed the National Enquirer.
I slept with the TV on last night and heard a reporter claim that he joked with Fitz and that was the joke. Don’t know if it was the same reporter though……just know it was said at some time.
“Hey deFrank… thanks so much for that “scoop” from the Bush team… perfect timing!”
granted, not so much a joke as something I would crack up over if I were in the elevator with them.
Perhaps they were laughing about the infinite photoshop possibilities now presented to our own Bood.
if the RNC sold soap-on-a-rope…
“Come on, you know we can’t discuss the case while one of those GOP operatives is on the elevator with us.” Fitz said as he rolled his eyes over towards the reporter to judge the reaction. But the reporter was too busy talking on their cellphone to someone named “Karl”, asking him about the latest talking points…
Maybe one of them was trying to give out some of the new Karl brand condoms. They’re tough to get rid of because nobody can trust them not to leak.
While Rove testified, three women dressed as condoms, and a fourth with a stocking over her head, distributed “Karl Rove Brand” prophylactics in front of the courthouse. The nine demonstrators, coordinated by the antiwar group Code Pink, chanted “Some things should never leak! Fire Karl Rove!”
The hot-pink condoms, with a smiling photo of Rove on the wrapper and the same “Some Things Should Never Leak” message, promised to be effective against pregnancy, AIDS and STDs.
“Some Things Should Never Leak”