Steve Kraske of the Kansas City Star reports this morning that Todd Graves was probably shown the door as Kansas City's US Attorney because he didn't play by Karl Rove's rules.
We know that eight ousted U.S. attorneys got the boot because they no longer were seen as supremely loyal to President Bush.It seems Graves was an Ashcroft man. He had few Gonzales (Rove) connections. Brad Schlozman is clearly a loyal Bushie (Rovian) operative. Blue Girl, give the story a look.
Now it appears that — to his credit — former U.S. attorney Todd Graves of the Western District of Missouri can be added to the group of eight.
The precise motivation for Graves’ departure in March 2006 may never be known. Based on his brief statement Friday, Graves may not know either.
But, like the others, Graves had not always gone along with the Karl Rove-written GOP playbook when it came to using the Justice Department to improve Republican odds at the polls.
Question, given Alberto's performance before the Senate Committee can we now cut the pretense and identify Karl Rove as the "real" Attorney General?
