"Are You Going To Fire Him?"

The title is the question asked of President Bush, according to  NYTimes reporter Richard Stevenson. Him, being Rove of course:

President Bush was asked today if he planned to fire Karl Rove, a senior aide at the center of an investigation over the unmasking of an undercover C.I.A. officer, and he offered only a stony silence in reply.

Bush is demonstrating he is not a man of his word:

Mr. McClellan and Mr. Bush have both made clear that leaking Ms. Plame's identity would be considered a firing offense by the White House. Mr. Bush was asked about that position most recently a little over a year ago, when he was asked whether he stood by his pledge to fire anyone found to have leaked the officer's name. "Yes," he replied, on June 10, 2004.

He also said he would get Osama, dead or alive. He lied about that too. Just ask Porter Goss.

Update [2005-7-12 14:48:45 by Armando]: Some are concerned that Fox's Carl Cameron said Bush never said he would fire the leaker. Two things. Fox lies. All the time. Period. And this is just one more:

Bush at a June 10, 2004, press conference after the G8 summit:

Q: Given recent developments in the CIA leak case, particularly Vice President [Dick] Cheney's discussions with the investigators, do you still stand by what you said several months ago, a suggestion that it might be difficult to identify anybody who leaked the agent's name?

BUSH: That's up to --

Q: And, and, do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have done so?

BUSH: Yes. And that's up to the U.S. attorney to find the facts.