that Karl Rove's activities in the White House are not covered under the Hatch Act.
In my three years reading this fine website I seen some amazing sleuth skills put to work. I had some times between meetings that were caught some Air America Radio and one of the commentators or callers had said that the White House talking point, "the RNC accounts were necessary in order to comply with the Hatch Act", was total bull crap.
The Karl Rove and a team of political monkeys that he manages are not covered under the Hatch act, or their activities would not be covered under the Hatch act. Sadly I am not a lawyer, and the host failed to elaborate in a way that was research will.
The real reason for the RNC e-mail accounts was to circumvent the Presidential Records Act and nothing more. Right now right wingers all over the TV and blogosphere are attempting to spin this as nothing more than the Bush administration's attempt to maintain the rule of law, when in fact it was to circumvent it.
So I seek information on the statement of fact, that, "Karl Rove's activities in the White House are not subject to the Hatch act" and the real reason for the parallel e-mail system was to obfuscate Congress.