Sunday, January 22, 2006
Feel Safe Yet?
Dear Karl Rove,0 comments
I read your speech to the RNC the other day. Very snazzy.
I see you're planning to push your GOP war of terror as the foundation for Republican efforts in the 2006 mid-term elections. The ol' "Be afraid! Be afraid!" meme. And that the GOP—D'uh!—will be the ones to keep "you 'fraidy-cat'" Americans safe. Or words to that effect.
OK. We'll go with that for now.
We'll even discount the time your boss's numbers fell deeper than Dick Cheney's bunker as America noticed this past fall that your office couldn't protect them from that oversized cloudburst. But yeah, seeing average Americans drifting face-down along Bourbon St. did seem to make folks a tad queasy.
For now, we'll even overlook the power of your boss's Osama bin Laden, "Wanted: Dead or Alive or Conveniently Forgotten" edict.
But Karl, really, is this administration really the one to make people feel safe?
However, I do point you to today's NYT "Be afraid! Be afraid!" article:
All's Not Quiet on the Military Supply Front
I dunno, Karl, there's something fishy going on with the level of foresight and planning around the Rose Garden these days. For one, that Pentagon could sure use some of your vision. They need a bit of that "Swift Boaters 'O4" planning you're so adept at. The DoD could certainly use some of that get-ahead-of-the-wave approach in their war gaming that you've used so brilliantly to achieve One Party Rule in the U.S.
Hmmm...and yet...
Thinking of some other strategic hook for the election may not be entirely a bad idea, Karl, y'know what I mean?
Just trying to help.
Best always,
Gotham Notes
posted by Gotham 3:07 PM
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