Rove Once Again Proved His Ability to Obliterate History (S. Blumenthal)

[kpete]

A call to the faithful

Karl Rove has once again proved his ability to obliterate history in the cause of his president

Sidney Blumenthal
Thursday January 26, 2006
The Guardian


In a curious juxtaposition, some leading figures from the Bush administration have recently argued that the president is blind, while others, such as Karl Rove, maintain he is omniscient. Rove, Bush's political "architect" and deputy chief of staff, is an expert at arranging the smearing of the motives and patriotism of the president's critics. He remains under investigation for his role in the disclosure of the identity of a CIA operative in order to tarnish the reputation of her husband, the former ambassador Joseph Wilson - who had revealed that the rationale for the Iraq war was based on false evidence. Every day for the past two weeks, the White House press secretary Scott McClellan has stonewalled questions about Rove's and George Bush's connections to super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to fraud and bribery and is cooperating with prosecutors. McClellan refuses to name officials who attended "staff-level meetings" with Abramoff.

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Rove is again playing the patriot game to salvage Bush's political position. This time he is attempting to turn Bush's domestic spying into a false issue of whether Democrats support gathering intelligence on terrorists. The history of the Bush presidency underlines Rove's premise, but not as he wishes: we do need a commander in chief who understands the gravity of the moment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1694797,00.html

[rodeodance]

1. I do NOT think History will look kindly up Bush/Rove--paraphasing Kerry

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2. Yeah ... Rove did it all by himself.

Charles Krauthammer
George Will
Wlliam Safire
Jim Hoagland
Judy Miller
Robert Novak
Woodward
American Enterprise Prostitutes
Yada
Yada
Yada

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3. Case in point - way to go George Will

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012501780.html
Hammering Away
Tom DeLay Is Direct, Uncomplicated -- and Unrepentant

By George F. Will

Thursday, January 26, 2006; Page A25

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. Let's not forget

Chris "Tweety" Matthews
Wolf Blitzer
Kyra Philips
Darin Kagen
Joe Scraborough
Rush Limbaugh
Glenn Beck
Michael Savage
Cokie Roberts
Norah O'Donnel
Jeff Gannon
David Brooks
Bob Woodruff
Ollie North
yada
yada
yada

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6. My brain cain't handle it all I tellya - quite a load of bushshitters

isn't it?

[underpants]

5. Isn't Rove guaranteeing that they won't catch the terrorists?

Sorry for throwing this in here but it seems to me that by telling everyone how it is going to be a campaign issue they are basically saying that they are not going to catch anyone. They are clearly turning their efforts towards politicizing it rather than doing anything about it.