Rove Resigning
An obligatory post on the hot topic of the day, Karl Rove, one of the favorite chew toys of the left, is resigning his position at the White House.
Mr. Rove, who has held a senior post in the White House since President Bush took office in January 2001, told Mr. Gigot he first floated the idea of leaving a year ago. But he delayed his departure as, first, Democrats took Congress, and then as the White House tackled debates on immigration and Iraq, he said. He said he decided to leave after White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten told senior aides that if they stayed past Labor Day they would be obliged to remain through the end of the president's term in January 2009.
"I just think it's time," Mr. Rove said in the interview. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family." Mr. Rove and his wife have a home in Ingram, Texas, and a son who attends college in nearby San Antonio.
In the interview, Mr. Rove said he expects Democrats to give the 2008 presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom he described as "a tough, tenacious, fatally flawed candidate." He also said Republicans have "a very good chance" to hold onto the White House in next year's elections.
There are a host of people commenting on this, obviously. See Memeorandum. The only thing I am going to add to all of that is this: who are the left going to blame now? They are really going to miss Rove, whether they realize it or not. He helped keep them focused, even if it was on conspiracy theories.
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bRight & Early » Rove Leaving The White House — August 13, 2007 @ 7:34 am
By TC@LeatherPenguin, August 13, 2007 @ 8:13 am
With Rove out of the picture, lefties like the miscreant KosKids are gonna go positively off the rails if everything, both foreign and domestic, is looking good a year from now. I’m talking “head asploding” nuts if they can’t point to “Bush’s Brain” and blame it all on Darth Rove’s mind control ray.
By feeblemind, August 13, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
I wonder if the lefties are playing the song, “Ding Dong the Witch is dead” today?
By Quilly Mammoth, August 13, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
How does this affect our checks from The Dark Lord?