Beyond Rove: He offered the president advice, not magic.
By: Pam On: Aug/15/07 - 6 Comments
KARL ROVE IS the first to admit it: he’s become a myth, a man from whom political magic is expected. Last fall, for instance, Republicans around the country and even in the White House waited for Rove to devise a campaign strategy that would keep Republicans from losing the House and Senate and George Bush from becoming a lame duck president. But instead of a Rove miracle, Republicans and Bush suffered a terrible defeat.
Rove is the greatest political mind of his generation and probably of any generation. He not only is a breathtakingly smart strategist but also a clever tactician. He knows history, understands the moods of the public, and is a visionary on matters of public policy. But he is not a magician.
August 15, 2007 - 09:00 AM on August 15th, 2007
Rove is Satan.
August 15, 2007 - 01:07 PM on August 15th, 2007
Rove is old news.
August 15, 2007 - 01:16 PM on August 15th, 2007
SFL, if it is so old, why do you need to comment? Is the boot marks on your bottom still painful?
August 15, 2007 - 05:57 PM on August 15th, 2007
Why comment? because the topic is “Beyond Rove”.
When he stops being the presidents primary advisor, he’ll be just a foot-note in history.
He’ll be “old news”. Nothing more to offer.
Mr. Rove, goodbye and good riddance.
August 16, 2007 - 06:00 AM on August 16th, 2007
4, SFL, maybe we ought to say the same for you.
August 17, 2007 - 03:40 AM on August 17th, 2007
“He knows history, understands the moods of the public, and is a visionary on matters of public policy. But he is not a magician.”
I disagree. If any of the above was true, he wouldn’t have kept Bush on the wrong side of the illegal immigration issue, doggedly lining up with those who want to destroy America as we know it.
If Rove advised Bush anything other than “That’s a huge loser”, then Rove is no genius.