Unbelievable!

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political guru, refused to obey an order to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/10/rove.subpoena/

Unbelievable! The Bush administration believes the United States is a monarchy. But, we aren't - no one person is above the law in the United States. That's what the Revolutionary War was about. You don't get special privileges for being in the government. You don't get to do whatever you want because the president likes you. That's all out the window in the Bush administration.

Rove's brazenness and complete disregard for the United States of America has shocked me and I'm confused. Why don't more people rise up against this? Why does the media act like it isn't real; like its just a game the people are playing?

Rove's side cites 'executive privilege'. A person in the White House can do illegal things just as easily as someone outside the White House - so why do they get a pass?

I'm not even commenting on the validity of the House Judiciary Committee's hearings, I'm just saying - if the Congress calls you to testify. You go. You don't get out of it for no good reason. Crazy.


Other points of interest in the CNN report:

Rove's lawyer asserted that Rove was "immune" from the subpoena the committee had issued, arguing that the committee could not compel him to testify due to "executive privilege."

The panel is investigating allegations that Rove and his White House allies dismissed U.S. attorneys and prosecuted officials who they saw as political opponents.

We are unaware of any proper legal basis for Mr. Rove's refusal to even appear today as required by the subpoena," Sanchez said Thursday morning when Rove failed to show up. "The courts have made clear that no one -- not even the president -- is immune from compulsory process. That is what the Supreme Court rules in U.S. v. Nixon and Clinton v. Jones.

In May, Conyers contrasted Rove's refusal to testify before Congress with his paid work as a commentator for the Fox News Channel and Newsweek magazine.
"Although he does not seem the least bit hesitant to discuss these very issues weekly on cable television and in the print news media, Mr. Rove and his attorney have apparently concluded that a public hearing room would not be appropriate. Unfortunately, I have no choice today but to compel his testimony on these very important matters."

Rove's lawyer cited a letter from the Justice Department saying Rove is "constitutionally immune from compelled congressional testimony." He said Rove is willing to submit to an "informal interview" or to answer written questions about the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, whose ouster Rove is accused of orchestrating.