Comments on: Rove: Obama Will Make Political Veep Pick

Suggests Choice Of Virginian Tim Kaine Would Be An "Intensely Political Choice" That Ignores Responsibilities Of Presidency

[mblee1]

I agree with other comments. This is insulting that Mr. Shieffer would actually have a criminal on his show and expect that the American public would value anything he has to say! THi sis an insult and I am outraged. I too don''t plan to have Face the Nation on my list of must see in the future!

[tx2democrats]

Good Bye Mr. Schiffer.

CBS''s support for Criminal Rove is the reason we are leaving your show off our list on Sunday mornings. You can thank them for your lower rating, we will be informing everyone we know about this.

[tx2democrats]

I tivo''d Face the Nation 8/10. I didn''t realize Rove was on it. I will quickly delete this show from line up and will remove my tivo settings to not record Face the Nation any longer.

To read that Bob did not question Rove on his Contempt to Congress charge is the most dissapointing news I''ve had today. Bad enough to learn that Edwards and his lies had something to do with Hillary not getting the nomination then to read that Rove was on FTN and Bob asked no questions about the real issues with Rove, is just totally unacceptable to us.

Bob, your obviously being held back by CBS, this is not the Bob we came to know and love. I guess we''ll move on to Stephanopolous.

[blkpresident]

Obama-Patrick 2008(Duval Patrick(D), Governor of Massachusetts

or

Obama-Wilder 2008(L. Douglas Wilder(D), former Virginia Governor and present Mayor of Richmond, Virginia.

[vinhouston]

Dear Mr. Scheiffer,

I was watching Face the Nation with my 16 year old son when Rove was introduced. My son asked a very valid question. Why is Rove speaking on TV - Isn''t he a criminal? I couldn''t answer him. Perhaps you can tell me, how can CBS news give voice to Rove? What constitutes a valid reason to shun someone from society these days? By giving Rove voice, CBS news effectively validated his actions as being within the norm of acceptable in our society. It is not. He is a pariah, and should be treated as such. Did he not "out" a CIA agent, lie to investigators, misuse government resources for political aims, snub Congress? May I remind you that Rove is in CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS.

CBS may want to use the hackneyed argument that they weighed the cons against that fact that Rove is a political mastermind, and so his opinion matters. To that I would like to assert that a mastermind is someone that can work within a system of rules and laws and nonethless accomplish his/her political objectives. Rove''s actions are more reminiscent of a megalomaniacal sociopath. When someone will say or do anything, it is not the mind that stands out, it is the audacity!

[kate1149]

So we are listening to the Karl Rove who is in contempt of Congress, ran the dirties most underhanded, devisive campaign in history, and advised a Bush White House that has been incompetant, inefectual, and corrupt? Why do we continue to care what anyone in the Bush Administration has to say - they have created a huge mess and now the rest of us are left to clean it up. Bush and Rove should both be in jail - they have broken the law in hiring and firing practices and are guilty of treason for leaking the name of a CIA agent to the press. Since when do we ask felons for political advice? Karl Rove should shut up about the election and talk to congress about his crimes.

[ez2rock2]

Mr. Shieffer: All of these comments are true. Maybe, as a"white hair dude" you should retire, since your journalistic instincts are SO WORN OUT. When my car gets old I replace it.
In seven minutes you never brought up Rove''s contempt of congress or his resisting arrest and a WHOLE LOT MORE. Here, you "white hair dude" failed all of us. You are so dissappointing. Like McCain...you truly are washed up. We don''t need our great granddaddy''s running our industries. We don''t need the advice of runaway criminals. We need answers to crimes. Thanks Mr. Shieffer. You failed. Perhaps due to age.
I am an old dude too. A republican,old dude, I am so dissappointed in all of the major medias. You''re broken. Somebody bought you. You did sell out. I don''t need McCain to push Russia...he''ll probably bust his hip.

[ellisonhorne]

Shame on CBS! Shame, shame, shame! The segment with Karl Rove should have been taped from jail, with Rove behind bars. How dare CBS do such a thing!

What are our children to think of CBS giving Rove so much credibility when they should be asking him about why he is dodging the Congressional committee, and the law.

So many in our nation, and the world, are in pain and suffering because of the Neo-Con-men like Rove and the other White House officials. They fooled us into a needless war, and now CBS has failed America by giving one of the key figures of this monstrous misadventure a platform to speak, as though nothing happened.

There are many who weep at the mere sight of the empty chair at the dinner table, knowing their loved on will never return to break bread in the sacred fellowship of family.

Karl Rove is a monster and should be put in jail, along with George w. Bush and *** Cheney, among others.

Shame, shame, shame on CBS!

[davewrite1]

The world once knew America as a beacon of hope, freedom, and democracy. Thanks to the likes of Bush, Rove, and Cheney, America has revealed its darkest and most sinister side to the world. Increasingly, we stand for war, cruelty, self-interest, and hegemony. It now seems almost pollyanish to hope for leaders who once again will bring out America''''s more positive character, winning us a little of the esteem we once took for granted.

Stupidity and arrogance -- especially the fundamentalist notion that one has a lock on truth -- go together. The Hitlers and Stalins of the world cared nothing for the tears amd opinions of humankind. Neither do our current leaders.

[davewrite1]

The world once knew America as a beacon of hope, freedom, and democracy. Thanks to the likes of Bush, Rove, and Cheney, America has revealed its darkest and most sinister side to the world. Increasingly, we stand for war, cruelty, self-interest, and hegemony. It now almost seems pollyanish to hope for leaders who once again bring out America''s more positive character, winning us a little of the esteem we once do.

Stupidity and arrogance -- especially the fundamentalist notion that one has a lock on truth -- go together. The Hitlers and Stalins of the world cared nothing for the tears amd opinions of humankind. Neither do our current leaders.