I'll confess my delight at the departure of Karl Rove from the Bush administration. He has appeared to be a genius of political strategy, a worthy adversary. Indeed, the bumbling Democrats weren't up to the challenge at any point. And when the American people fall right into his hands, how can you put all the blame on him?
But alas, truth ultimately doesn't care how clever you are, and no amount of spin can put the Humpty Dumpty that is the Iraq War back together again. "Blah, blah, blah" is the sound of the many words of those who think the truth can be changed by much talking.
The average intelligence of an American is, well, average.
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Rove's accomplishments are that he managed to get George W. Bush elected four times. Three of those elections (President in 2000 and 2004, governor in 1994) were enormously challenging, and Rove deserves much credit for delivering the results.
Rove's legacy is taking the solidarity and unity following 9/11 and using it to create an atmosphere of poisoned partisanship in pursuit of more GOP election victories. Ideally, getting elected should be a means to an end. For Rove, getting elected WAS the goal. Sacrificing truth, honesty, and the public interest for political gain is obscene. After the elections he failed in guiding the Bush administration towards any semblance of competent governance.
My guess is that Karl Rove will soon be a major figure in developing the Bush Library and the Bush Institute for Neoconservative Apologetics. As a United Methodist I am embarrassed with the prospect of the Institute being affiliated with SMU.
But first he has to write his book attempting to rescue the Bush administration's legacy in the history books. I predict the book fails to convince them.
I read somewhere that Rove's leaving signals the unofficial end of Bush's presidency.
Only 17 months until the glorious "official" end.
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