Iowa Liberal

Andrew Sullivan on Rove, being as polite as is possible with the pigfucker:

The man’s legacy is a conservative movement largely discredited and disunited, a president with lower consistent approval ratings than any in modern history, a generational shift to the Democrats, a resurgent al Qaeda, an endless catastrophe in Iraq, a long hard struggle in Afghanistan, a fiscal legacy that means bankrupting America within a decade, and the poisoning of American religion with politics and vice-versa. For this, he got two terms of power – which the GOP used mainly to enrich themselves, their clients and to expand government’s reach and and drain on the productive sector. In the re-election, the president with a relatively strong economy, and a war in progress, managed to eke out 51 percent. Why? Because Rove preferred to divide the country and get his 51 percent, than unite it and get America’s 60. In a time of grave danger and war, Rove picked party over country. Such a choice was and remains despicable.

Rove is one of the worst political strategists in recent times. He took a chance to realign the country and to unite it in a war – and threw it away in a binge of hate-filled niche campaigning, polarization and short-term expediency. His divisive politics and elevation of corrupt mediocrities to every branch of government has turned an entire generation off the conservative label. And rightly so.

The only thing that weighs in Rove’s favor is that Bush’s team also included Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. Was Rove the sole architect, or did he merely execute the dreams of the PNAC cabal? It’s hard to believe the man had any real principle or belief whatsoever, except worship of power. If he was more than passingly acquainted with the Constitution and the grand vision of our Founding Fathers, it was in order to undermine it.

Karl Rove didn’t just try to gut the goose that laid the golden egg. He put it through a wood-chipper, beak first. His mindless and soulless desire for victory at all costs infused old allegories with new meaning. Every story of those who lost all that mattered in their quest for power possesses fresh ink. History has repeated itself again.

Will Karl Rove look back and lament his proclamations, as Machiavelli did? Further Republican defeats may do the trick, as this is the only language he speaks. There was no ethic, no morality, no honor, no humanity in this depraved fuck. Only a dream of a “permanent Republican majority,” most vivid in his mind as his eyes looked upon the ashes of 9/11.

While Rove leaves, his legacy endures. Most will see the damage, but to the GOP faithful, he taught them everything they know, including how to spin his departure. He’s gone because his presence hurts future election campaigns, but he will continue to live on in the heart of the GOP for at least a generation. After that? The heat dissipated, he’ll be resurrected as a hero.

Our country has seen few worse traitors.

-jb

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