Partisan politics and the Rove controversy

Re President Bush’s statement (July 19) that he would fire anyone working in the White House who was convicted of leaking national security information -- such a person would be jailed and could not work at the White House while incarcerated. The president’s statement is disingenuous, obvious and makes a wrong impression that Bush is a moral leader.

Eugene R. Fingerhut

Pasadena

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In response to Ronald Brownstein’s July 18 column, “Rove’s Troubles Expose Strategic Drawbacks of a United Front,” I would like to make a few observations. Just who is smearing whom? From all I have seen and read, it is the Democrats who have been prejudging and calling for Karl Rove’s dismissal. Also, I seem to remember that during President Clinton’s investigation, there was an enormous amount of support for him, including then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. So to say that only Republicans stand up for their own in time of stress is poppycock! To try to make us believe that Americans are being manipulated by Republicans in some kind of cover-up is shameless journalism and shows Brownstein’s lack of credibility!

Eugene Leo

Laguna Niguel