Bloggers worldwide are rejoicing with the latest news from the Oval office that Karl Rove’s resignation will be effective August 31, 2007. Rove is a political genius, but what makes him this revered and villified, is the notorious and underhanded way that he manipulates U.S. domestic politics. Nonetheless, the past few months Rove was defeated on two controversial and poignant policies; comprehensive immigration reform and the privatization of social security. Both were miserably defeated and hammered by opponents of the Bush administration for its neo-conservative position and overreaching principles. While the spirit of the law was laudable, Rove could not convine the small opposition Republican to come on board.
Rove masterminded America’s electoral process, evidence of which has befallen on the likes of Al Gore in 2000, and John Kerry in 2004, but whether you like or dislike the man, his intellectual manipulation behind the Bush administration has been revolutionary. He relentlessly tormented the left and, at every corner he prevailed. He massacred Al Gore’s reputation and any influence he may have had with the “information highway”, accused former President Bill Clinton of being a mass murder, and accused John Kerry of commiting war crimes in the Vietnam War and questioned the medals of honor that he received for saving his fellow soldiers. Despite reports from his fellow officers that Kerry was an honorable soldier that would risk his life to save others, Rove went as far as insinuating that Kerry was not a war hero but a murderer. The evilness does not end there. Read Al Franken’s book and those of many political experts, and you will find that few people will dispute Rove’s role in history. (Well, maybe FOX News and Michelle Malkin would disagree.) Do I need to mention Rove’s role in leaking the identiy of CIA agent Valerie Plame? Do I need to mention that sources revealed the leak was actually Rove? Do I need to mention that Bush used his presidential powers to reduced the sentence of the man convicted of the leak? Ahhhh.. nice to have friends in high places.
Rove has been friends with Bush for over three decades, from his two gubanatorial elections.
This is quite a clever move on Rove’s part. At a point where Bush’s approval rating is at all time low, Iraq is no longer a source of support, and Americans are sick and tired of hearing about terrorism imbedded in Iraq. Didn’t the latest report disprove that? At the low point in Bush’s career, it would seem that his dear old buddy is abandoning him, think Donal Rumsfield and Colon Powell. This, my friend, is not quite the same.
The political powerhouse has cleverly decided to reorganize his priorities for the upcoming presidential election. Obviously the Republicans will need to vamp up their smear campaign early to defeat the Democrats. So as we bid adieu to Karl Rove, his domestic polictics will continue to live on. You may not see Rove in the news in the next 18 months, but you will defitely feel the effect of his manipulation every time you turn on the television and some Democrat’s being villified. The hate wheel has only warmed up..