Action Alert: Who Supports Treason?

UPDATE FROM JOHN: Please do call your Senators and House members about Karl Rove. The only reason they're speaking up today is because the White House is begging them - Rove is in seriously trouble. We have seen time and again how extremist Republicans are able to steal the message and spin any crime their way. Don't let them. Call your Senators and House members and demand they speak publicly on where they stand - with the traitors or with the troops. Trust me, if enough members of Congress feel the heat, Rove will be toast.

Okay, now the gloves are coming off.

First the RNC posted an item saying their rank and file members are nonplussed about Karl Rove. Really? Why wouldn't Republicans be angry that Bush's right hand man leaked classified information to the press, violated national security and endangered the lives of a covert agent and the people around the world who worked with her to spread freedom and democracy? Don't they love their country?

Now the White House is twisting arms and getting Senators and Congressmen to speak up and say they "support" Karl Rove. Really? Why would you support a traitor? (Ann Coulter likes to throw that phrase around for anyone who disagrees with her. I save it for people who actually commit treason, such as leaking classified information during a time of war.) Why would anyone say, "Yes, I know Karl Rove leaked information and lied about being involved and it's triggered a very serious investigation and he might have broken the law and put our nation's safety at risk but I think that's just dandy"?

As the London bombings and 9-11 and the daily death tolls in Iraq remind us, this is about life and death. We are at war. How can anyone blithely support a government official who leaked classified info and then lied about it? At best, at BEST, a senator or congressman should say they want to wait until all the facts are in. At least, anyone with common sense should condemn anyone who leaks national secrets at a time of war and insist anyone doing so should be fired.

Where does your Representative or Senator stand on treason?

Phone and email your House members and Senators.

The time for fence-sitting is over apparently. According to the White House they don't want to talk about the investigation but they DO want to rally the troops and demand everyone show their love for Rove when he lied to the country and leaked classified info.

So do your elected officials support treason, do they support outing CIA agents during war time, or do they support our troops and our country?

Anyone from any party who leaks classified information and endangers national security should be condemned. How far adrift are George Bush and the Republicans that they don't understand this?

It's not about politics. It's about patriotism.