Friday, July 22, 2005
It's important to remember why this ongoing D.C. scandal is such a big deal.
Yes, it may well point at Karl Rove. But Karl Rove is George W. Bush is Karl Rove is George W. Bush, etc., etc.
The two are intrinsically, utterly aligned. They are intertwined to the point of being emmeshed.
This is why the step Bush has taken to fully back Rove with every photo op of every day is so foolhardy. This way, yes, he won't have said something stupid which would get him in hot water with the investigation. And will still have gotten his message across.
But he is also lashing himself and his presidency to the most ruthlessly vicious political operative in, perhaps, the country's entire history. And as with most other "ruthlessly vicious political operatives," Rove has made many enemies and is apt to trip over his overwhelming hubris and end up in flames.
So all that is left to the president is prayer. Pray that Rove isn't indicted and possibly/probably convicted of any of an array of possible crimes. Because the math is so simple:
If Rove goes down, Bush goes down.
Period.
Especially if Bush were to be stupid enough to pardon a thoroughly disgraced villian like Rove. Americans would storm the White House with torches.
For now, their hands are tied. So, all they can do is lash out.
McClellan 'Thanks' Roving Reporters for Conducting Plame Probe 'From This Room'
While Scotty McClellan is doing the "No comment" meltdown during press briefings, someone as savvy as ol' Karl usually is should tell the president that Karl Rove is going down.
And that he is taking the national GOP down with him.
But mostly, that he's taking the president of the United States down with him.
Even if there is no specific proof of any wrongdoing on Rove's part as of this date, the American people are following this story in shockingly high numbers. And with every day, middle-of-the-road GOPers are turning on the president. In increasing numbers.
Ironically, because of his decades-long friendship with Rove, the president will find that his best friend and political guru is the very man responsible for destroying Bush's otherwise fully incompetent-but-powerful administration.
Henceforth, we will see RoveBush. Or BushRove.
One person: each part who cannot, and does not, function or exist without the other part.
One name. One presidency. One ideology. One career left in tatters.
One world left in flames.
One nation left in tears.
RoveBush.
posted by Gotham 2:15 AM
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