Rove sweating bullets

...And that's not only because the man packs some heft. The President's top policy aide and personal confidant has already testified three times in the probe into whether an administration official deliberately leaked the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose husband is an administration critic. Rove has agreed to testify again, possibly this week, and prosecutors have told him they can no longer assure him he'll escape indictment.

While this is great news for Democrats who have demonized the man for his sleazy yet effective political "strategery," some are wondering how the President will survive without his main man, the peanut butter to his jelly, the Garfunkel to his Art, the cheese to his macaroni, the Robin to his Batman, and the syrup to his lil smokies. The AP stated that Karl Rove's fingerprints are all over everything at the White House, from politics to policy to the shape of
President Bush's entire career in government. Also, I may add that his fingerprint trail at the WH may also be a reflection of Rove's adoration for chili cheese fries (they're quite greasy).

Let's recap the White House treatment of the Rove scandal:

At first, the WH denied that Rove had been involved. Bush promised to fire anyone on his staff responsible for such a leak.

Later as the evidence against Rove began to accumulate, Bush reneged by saying that he would remove aides who committed "crimes" meaning that they would have to convict Rove before Bushie would remove him.

At a news conference last week, Bush declined to say whether he would remove an aide under indictment. On Tuesday, he told NBC's "Today" show: "I'm not going to talk about the case."

So, where does the WH stand on the whole debacle? Your guess is as good as mine. But without a doubt the loss of Bush's first mate to his Captain, the Sonny to his Cher, and the cream filling to his Oreo cookies would be a serious blow to an administration hurting at the polls and lacking any shred of dignity and credibility. I knew I should have voted for Kucinich in 2004.