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Danny |
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Karl Rove is the Evil Genius who is running the United States. He was not elected- -Hey!!- -neither was Dubya, actually- -and he is running us straight into the war of choice that nobody chose. The symbiotic relationship between the president and his senior advisor makes it hard to distinguish one from the other, but basically it is this: Dubya is the front man who looks and acts charming on camera, and Rove is the “Svengali” figure pulling the strings off-stage. Rove is a an unattractive pudgy figure who could never get elected to anything, while Dubya is the oily slick smarmy front-man doing the lip-synching. And together they have waltzed us right into the worst international position this country has ever been in since the British burned Washington during the War of 1812. (Quick, Georgie!! What year did the War of 1812 take place?) That was the last time foreign troops got the best of us, at least for a while, on our own shores. How ironic that it is the British government which may come crashing down in flames as a result of this terrible mess the Bush-Baby-Boomers have gotten us into. Whether you agree with the president or despise him, whether you think the UN is a useless old sewing circle or the best hope to avoid conflicts around the globe- -no matter where you stand on these or any of the other ancillary issues, I think the one thing we can all agree upon is that this is one helluva freakin’ mess. Karl Rove started directing Republican “dirty tricks” back during the Nixon years, when he followed the lead of his mentor Donald Segretti. Remember Edmund Muskie breaking down in tears during the 1972 Democratic Primary in New Hampshire? It was over a false story planted by Segretti in a New Hampshire newspaper. During that time, Segretti also smeared George McGovern and his original running-mate Thomas Eagleton. The apprentice Rove learned his lessons well, for he did not end up like Segretti- -doing time in federal prison for election fraud. But he did come to the attention of the new chairman of the Republican party, George Herbert Walker Bush. During the past twenty-five years, Rove has been amassing his power from the various followers and devotees of the Bush dynasty, and by inheriting the territories once covered by those such as the late Lee Atwater, Bush 41’s boy genius political strategist. Although originally a campaign operative, over the years he has become the guiding personality behind George W, and now he has guided the US into such a corner, we may have to shoot each other to regain any semblance of dignity after the Iraqi debacle. Karl Rove knows how to win political campaigns, even if it involves totally trashing a national hero like John McCain, which he did in North Carolina in the 2000 Republican primary. This is like dealing with The Godfather. You can never win. It’s just business. But now we are involved in something that is not black and white, win or lose, like an election. There are many levels of diplomacy, many levels of military engagement, and the inevitable chore of piecing the world back together. This is beyond Karl Rove’s abilities. He is a slash and burn political hack. But he now controls the President of The United States to such a degree, and the actions and words of George W Bush, that he may be the one person to blame- -and in fact charge with high treason- -if the world as we know it disappears in a few weeks, provided anyone’s around to follow through. He may have escaped election fraud charges in the 70s when Segretti went down, but there’s no escaping his actions now. It is hard to believe how many people sit back and watch this happen and do nothing, especially Congressional Democrats and others with some political power and influence. Rove so well orchestrated the recent prime-time press conference, that Bush’s favorable poll numbers went back up over 60%, and most of those people watching in prime-time think Saddam may have flown one of the planes into the Trade Towers and parachuted at the last minute, escaping disguised as a New York City cab driver. We have been steered into an untenable position by the man who directs the president. We are up the proverbial creek without a paddle and with no one to Rove for shore. Alright- -I have to go pack for the trip to the Azores where I’m meeting with our other staunch ally- -the Bulgarians. |
