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August 13, 2007
Door, Ass, Bang
From the Atlantic Monthly's rather prescient article on Karl Rove (subscription required):
Rove has always cast himself not merely as a campaign manager but as someone with a mind for policy and for history’s deeper currents—as someone, in other words, with the wherewithal not just to exploit the political landscape but to reshape it. At the Christian Science Monitor lunch, he appeared poised to do just that. It was already clear that Social Security privatization, a longtime Rove enthusiasm, was the first thing Bush would pursue in his second term. When things are going well for Rove, he adopts a towel-snapping jocularity. He looked supremely sure of his prospects for success.
But within a year the administration was crumbling. Social Security had gone nowhere. Hurricane Katrina, the worsening war in Iraq, and the disastrous nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court shattered the illusion of stern competence that had helped reelect Bush. What surprised everybody was how suddenly it happened; for a while, many devotees of the Cult of Rove seemed not to accept that it had. As recently as last fall, serious journalists were churning out soaring encomiums to Rove and his methods with titles like One Party Country and The Way to Win. In retrospect, everyone should have been focusing less on how those methods were used to win elections and more on why they couldn’t deliver once the elections were over....
Rove and Bush cared about winning, but not about governing, and we're all paying the price for it.
Right back at ya, baby. Personally, I'm still hoping you get nailed for those Hatch Act violations.
UPDATE: Digby has more on the Hatch Act violations and the potential for consequences.
Posted by jnfr at August 13, 2007 08:49 AM
Comments
amen, jnfr!
Posted by: Gail at August 13, 2007 07:23 PM