THE KARL ROVE CHANNEL

I think the Dems should launch a cable channel devoted to Karl Rove. They do seem to be hopelessly obsessed with him. For their mental health, I think the Dems need such an outlet to vent their feelings.

Cable tycoon and inventor Al Gore might agree to help them start it up.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than two dozen Democratic senators on Monday asked Congress to investigate the leak of a CIA officer's identity.

"Americans deserve a Congress that holds Washington accountable for the truth about our national security," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who authored the letter. "Can anyone argue with a straight face that Congress has time to look at steroid use in baseball but doesn't have the will to provide congressional oversight of the leak of a CIA agent's name?"

The letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said the disclosure of CIA officer Valerie Plame's name most likely compromised her safety.

Frist and Hastert should respond to the letter by providing the misguided, uninformed Dem senators with Andrew McCarthy's July 18 column, "Did the CIA 'Out' Valerie Plame?"

"The United States Congress has a constitutional responsibility to provide oversight of the executive branch, whether a law has been broken or not," the letter said. "It is time for Congress to fulfill that constitutional responsibility in this matter by initiating a thorough investigation."

The letter cited information reported in the press suggesting that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff — Lewis Libby — exposed Plame's identity.

The leaking of Plame's identity in 2003 followed public criticism leveled against the Bush White House by Plame's husband, former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson. He suggested the administration had manipulated intelligence to justify going to war in Iraq. A criminal investigation into the leaks is ongoing.

Wilson is a documented liar with a Paul Bunyan size axe to grind.

Among the senators who signed the bill were Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer of New York, Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein of California and Dick Durbin and Barack Obama of Illinois.

Careful Hillary, you're getting in bed with some real wingnuts. You need to watch your moderate back.

Lautenberg introduced a "Web Calendar" being used by Democrats to show the number of days that have passed "since the White House leaked the identity of a CIA agent," the senator said.

That "calendar" must be as empty as the Dems are empty-headed, in terms of coming up with a positive, concrete agenda for America.

"There is no oversight of the White House in this Congress," Lautenberg said. "None — it's a free pass. And that is dangerous for the country."

Lautenberg also spoke on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' statement Sunday that he notified White House chief of staff Andy Card after the Justice Department opened an investigation into who disclosed Plame's identity, but waited 12 hours to tell anyone else in the administration.

"Was there a 12-hour shredding party at the White House that night?" Lautenberg asked. "We don't know, but I hope that the prosecutor examines this troubling disclosure."

SHREDDING PARTY???

If there was such an event, I hope the White House reached across party lines to benefit from the expericence that the Dems have on staging successful shredding orgies.

At the very least, Sandy Berger could have demonstrated his scissor techniques in destroying copies of classified documents.

What a disgusting thing for Lautenberg to suggest! He's not fit to serve in the Senate. I wonder if he was one of the Dems that was campaigning last week for Gonzales to be the next Supreme Court justice, touting his credentials and integrity.

The Dems should keep their own Web Calendar, marking the number of days that have passed since the Democratic Party has been out of power, utterly impotent and devoid of positive ideas for the country.

Really. I think we are witnessing the last days of the Dems. Trying to regain power through smear tactics, rather than offering something of value to Americans, is pathetic, not to mention dirty.

These Dem senators look absolutely ridiculous. Rather than demanding a probe into a leak, they should probe for some policy substance within their own party.