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New York Democrat Louise Slaughter tells readers of Daily Kos, The Huffington Post and MyDD that "the strength of the president's word is being tested" as President Bush ponders what to do about White House adviser Karl Rove.

"If Mr. Bush attempts to cover up what is a gross abuse of power and a vicious, destructive and near-sighted act of political vengeance," she wrote, "then he will have failed to live up to the promises he has made."

Slaughter is quickly becoming one of the harshest critics of both Bush and Rove over Rove's role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Yesterday she started a petition to Bush demanding Rove's firing. Now she is using ads in the blogosphere to direct people to that petition, and the Web address Rovespinkslip.com redirects people to the petition, too.

"Send a personalized pink slip to Karl Rove at the White House because Bush refuses to do it himself," says the ad, which is running at Daily Kos, Dem Bloggers, MyDD and other sites. "If they end up knee deep in pink paper, perhaps the president will finally fire Mr. Rove, giving him the real pink slip he so greatly deserves."

The ultimate goal: 100,000 personalized pink slips within a few days.

Bluegrass Report, Eschaton, ReidBlog and other blogs, meanwhile, took note of the suggestion from Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., that certain members of the mainstream media "be shot" for giving "a free ride" to Joe Wilson, Plame's husband. "Joe Wilson was a shameless self-promoter," King said on MSNBC's "Scarborough Country," which is hosted by former Rep. Joe Scarborough, R-Fla. "Everything about his story was either a lie or a hoax, or he was incompetent."

Finally, Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo ridiculed the trio of GOP lawmakers who he said the Republican National Committee picked to defend Rove: King and Sens. Norm Coleman of Minnesota and John Cornyn of Texas. "For all his occasional zaniness and bad positions on various issues, I've got a certain respect for King," Marshall wrote. "But these three are the water-carriers? This is the best they can do?"

Posted by dglover at July 13, 2005 10:06 PM

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