Karl Rove: A genius, in the sense that Wile E. Coyote is a genius

[Richardo]

(I'm a guest contributor on a RW blog. This is an article I posted yesterday.)



They brought it upon themselves, you know.

The greatest danger to any political party in place for too long is an inevitable sense of invincibility and entitlement; and consequently the tendency, nay the compulsion, to over-reach.

Whether the Democrats win OR lose on November 7, the fact that this election is even in doubt is a testament to the short-sighted, make no apologies, take no prisoners, scorched earth policy of today's Gingrich/Rovian GOP.

The cynical view: If the GOP had made at least a showing of including Democrats in the decision-making process, they would have been able to share the responsibility of failure. As it is, they ran the show themselves and must bear the blame themselves. Much the same as the bite in the butt they got in the Jack Abramoff affair:When lobbyists are constrained to dealing only with Republicans, only Republicans will be caught up in the scandals.

The naive, yet idealistic view: If the GOP and our President had taken a truly collaborative posture with the Democrats after 9-11, how much better off would the country be? We'd have some consensus on the direction to take and the stategy to employ to eradicate terrorists. We'd still have the whole-hearted (and necessary) support of our allies. The various 'tools' that the President insists are required to keep us safe could have been debated and perhaps even accommodated through legislation instead of being rejected by the Supreme Court.

How much better off would the GOP itself be had they used a collaborative approach? They could have taken the credit for leading the military and security initiatives, and co-opted any Democratic argument that they had no input. A grateful country would have been happy to vote for them for many election cycles.

The GOP made their bed. Did the Dems learn anything from their years of passive observation from the back benches?

In the face of all prior experience, I'm hopeful.

[emanymton]

1. Right Arm!

Agree with your points and like your ability to articulate them.

"... the short-sighted, make no apologies, take no prisoners, scorched earth policy of today's Gingrich/Rovian GOP. ..."

Now is the time for leadership. It will not be an easy task to get USA back on the correct road. The GOP hate, slander and lie machine may have taken a hit, but it ain't out of order. The attacks will make it very difficult to move the country back to the light of freedom and justice for all.

[mtnsnake]

2. Very good!

[rpannier]

3. Wile E. Coyote

Sooooper Genius.

My favorite Wile E Coyote statement.

[Kolesar]

4. He lit the fuse on the "Iraq War rocket"

and it spun around and blew his ass off. However, in the interim we got raped by politicizing the War on Terror. The 2004 election and Roberts and Alito are Rove's legacy.

[truthisfreedom]

5. Acme Rocket Roller-Skates

just blasted Rove right off his friggin' feet.

[Bunny]

6. Love your style, Richardo!

:thumbsup:

K&R, baby!

[Richardo]

7. Gawrsh, Bunny

:blush:

:yourock: :pals: :loveya:

[zann725]

8. And the Wizard's curtain is finally pulled back. No Wizard there.

Reality at last!

[CoffeeCat]

9. I can't wait until Karl goes careening off a cliff...

...and walks away with his mid-section scrunched like an accordion!