Posted by
Bert Chapman on Monday, August 13, 2007 7:19:28 PM
Karl Rove, the White House political advisor and strategist to President Bush, announced his resignation today. Although the political winds have been bleak for the President since the Nov. 2006 election, Rove can look back on a remarkable legacy. His political strategic skills helped lead Bush to two Texas gubernatorial victories and two presidential election triumphs. In 2002, Rove's skills helped the GOP regained control of the Senate when presidential parties do not, according to political orthodoxy, gain seats in the first off-year election of a presidency.
Rove made mistakes, like any other political strategist, but he enjoyed remarkable success, and did much to motivate conservatives to support the President and thwart the nefarious political designs of his opponents. Rove is likely to rank high in terms of historically significant political strategists. Although he does not have a college degree, Rove possesses a scholarly insight that I find appealing. He is an acute student of the currents of American political history. He admires President William McKinley and as a librarian specializing in governmental, historical, and political information resources, I eagerly await his projected book that will undoubtedly be a crucial documentary resource on the Bush 43 presidency. I also hope his book contains some good rhetorical groin kicks against the president's leftist critics.
One of the things I enjoyed the most about Rove was the way he drove the president's leftist critics into apoplectic rages. Listening to these deranged dimwits, you would think Karl Rove was responsible for every natural or man-made catastrophe since January 20, 2001. The current outcry of congressional dumbocrats demanding that he testify before them in the U.S. attorneys firing controversy, is particularly enjoyable considering their abject ignorance of how important the confidential advice aides give to Presidents during the policymaking process is to effectual policymaking. Does anybody want to predict if we will actually see Patrick Leahy and John Conyers froth at the mouth in their rage at Rove? Now there are a couple of YouTube moments for you.
Being a close aid to the President takes long hours and can impose a toll on one and their family. I hope Rove can enjoy some down time and look forward to hearing what he has to say in his book. Thank you for your terrific work and commitment to public service.