nb mx4: smells like a new shirt

from Salon

When Karl Rove was little known outside Texas political circles, he was fired from George H.W. Bush's 1992 reelection campaign for leaking information to syndicated columnist Robert Novak. According to newspaper reports at the time, Rove was terminated for passing information to Novak from a meeting of the president's chief advisors. Rove denied he was the leaker.

there are currently nearly 300 posts with "turd blossom" found on Technorati including the always-excellent Wonkette

She's also liveblogging about the Rehnquist announcement (sez Drudge).