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Turn Rove Over, He’s Done

Someone I know who has an unquestionably principled outlook on life and the world once told me the secret to winning any argument standing on purely moral ground. It goes like this. One big sin is infinitely more powerful than a litany of failures, no matter how true they all might be.

I only started to realize the hidden beauty of this truth after watching the recent affair starring Bush’s oversized brain, Karl Rove. Not only does the scandal in question pinpoint his contemptible behavior, with evidence that’s unassailable to the American people, it actually shines a peripheral spotlight on the laundry list of Administrative dirty deeds everyone knew but were too invested in otherwise to admit—all the while maintaining a singular clarity on one big sin. It’s tough to wiggle out of anything once you’ve been caught dead to rights.

It may be wishful thinking on my part, but I think the collective cognitive dissonance voters had with this administration may finally be wearing thin. That is, if the accusers continue to keep their focus.

Maybe I’m paranoid, but I don’t think anyone ever really says “perhaps I’ve said too much” without a wink and a nudge.

Translation: This thing has been engineered by Rove from the beginning and will eventually end in a way favorable for Rove and/or Bush.

I think the guy gets way too much credit for being a political mastermind. I also take the “perhaps I’ve said too much” line at face value and even a tacit admission to knowledge of his own misdeed.

So, I think maybe you are paranoid, but that’s not to say he won’t get away with it either (see: Bush’s backtracking on accountability). But in the end, and either way it goes, I think the whole thing exposes a lot more than they wanted.

Took ‘em long enough:
http://www.factcheck.org/article337m.html

Not any conclusions, but a useful timeline.