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It was hard to keep from laughing this morning when a placard with Karl Rove's name sat in front of an empty chair where the former Presidential aide was supposed to testify. Democrats have tried unsuccessfully to tie Karl Rove to some kind of scandal for the last seven years.

They tried to blame him for the Valerie Plame leak case, the attorney firings, and most recently the Don Siegelman case. For Democrats to suggest that Karl Rove engineered Siegelman's bribery charge and subsequent conviction just to get him out of the way politically is absurd in the extreme.

It really speaks to the irrational paranoia that exists in the Democratic party. It's not possible that Alabama just had a corrupt Governor, it had to be part of the legendary "vast right-wing conspiracy."

So there's a certain amount of perverse pleasure in watching Rove give Congress the middle digit instead of participating in an election year dog and pony show.

Red faced Democrats stomped their feet and threatened to have Rove arrested if he did not appear, but still his chair remained empty.

The only testimony Democrats received today from Karl Rove was in the form of a letter from his attorney. The letter reminded the Judiciary committee that threatening Mr. Rove won't clear up the situation any faster. The letter also noted that Rove has a letter from the Justice Department declaring him "constitutionally immune from compelled congressional testimony." Which roughly translated means the only thing Rove is compelled to give Congress is the middle digit.

The Democrats haven't said how they plan to get around that little inconvenient fact, which makes all their threats and chest thumping ring all the more hollow.

The President decided long ago that Rove didn't have to testify, citing executive privilege. The Justice Department agreed, which is how Rove got that letter.

You'd think by now the Democrats would've learned that once "The Decider" decides something, it's decided. Seeing Karl Rove taken away in leg irons is the ultimate fantasy for Democrats, but unfortunately for them it's going to have to remain just that---a fantasy.