Is Rove ready?

Karl Rove asks: Is Barack Obama is ready for Prime Time? (as though someone requested his opinion). Strangely, after Murdoch purged the WSJ of actual editors and writers, an infestation appears to have occurred. Yes, two days in a row, WSJ=propaganda.

Here is what Mr. Rove cobbles together in hopes of passing it off as something resembling an intelligent opinion:

With $42 million in the bank, money is the least of Sen. Obama's problems. He needs a credible message that convinces Democrats he should be president. In recent days, he's spent too much time proclaiming his inevitable nomination. But they already know he's won more states, votes and delegates.

Sorry? Who asked you for your opinion other than the propaganda machine that paid you to pen it?

I think the more important question is why won't mister Rove testify under oath about his involvement in the prosecutions of:

1. Former Alabama Democratic governor, Don Siegelman
2. Sitting Mississippi State Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Diaz Jr.,
3. Mississippi famed attorney and large fund-raiser for Democrats in the South, Paul Minor
4. Mississippi Judge, West Teel
5. Mississippi Judge, John Whitfield

Or perhaps instead of writing irrelevant opinion pieces by a soon to be irrelevant publication - not unlike its sister network outlet, Fox Noise - Mr. Rove might want to explain if he is ready to testify about:

1. His relationship to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff
2. His relationship to allegedly corrupt 11th Circuit judge, William Pryor
3. His relationship to allegedly corrupt Alabama judge, Mark Fuller
4. His relationship to Bill Canary, the husband of the allegedly corrupt AL USA Leura Canary
5. His relationship to absolutely corrupt AL USA- via his friendship Bill Canary - Alice Martin
6. His involvement with the huge influx of cash delivered to Mississippi Republicans during the 2000 campaign and later, through the US Chamber of Commerce
7. His relationship to the head of the Chamber, Tom Donohue
8. His relationship to the US Attorney scandal in general, and the cases in AL and MSi in particular

I could go on, but really, all I want to know is if Karl Rove is ready to testify under oath? Mr. Rove has consistently claimed innocence, without the balls to defend himself like any innocent person would do.

I would testify under oath if I were trying to clear my name. Would you not do everything in your power to clear your name? Then why won't Mr. Rove even show up to testify?

I know Mr. Rove must really think himself clever in his continued (and flaccid) strategy to keep the Democratic primaries "in-play." Surely Mr. Rove must realize - given the alleged size of his brain (apparently in compensation for less fortunate aspects of his physique) - that keeping the Democratic primaries going and going and going is not going to make the John McCain-Jack Abramoff scandal go away. It might be on the back-burner, but it is not going to go away.

No, the real question is and has been, are you Mr. Rove, ready for prime-time? The Obama question is not something anyone needs to hear from you, Mr. Rove - especially you, who put a not-remotely ready for prime-time, night-time, or any-time, man into the Oval Office under the spin of paid -off pundits.

A man who could argue in public about the readiness of George W. Bush for prime-time is a man whose opinion on anyone's readiness for anything should be entirely ignored.

No, the only person apparently not ready for prime-time is you, Mr. Rove. But that is hardly a surprise, now is it?

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Comments

[avraamjack]

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Attacking Mr. Rove's physical appearance diminishes your argument.
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[ellwort]

Don't think was "appearance" was what she meant.

[DLSteinhardt]

Once upon a time, there was a young Republican so sleazy, he got fired from Republican politics for his dirty tricks. His name was Karl Rove.

Then the head of the Republican National Committee, George H. W. Bush, intervened, and instead of firing him, he promoted him, working even dirtier tricks under Donald Segretti during a little scandal called Watergate.

Then he fell in love with Mr. Bush's son George W, and the rest is history.

Sometimes it seems like there's really only been one scandal these past 36 years, WaterIranC­ontraStole­n2000/2004­ElectionAt­torneygate (& feel free to add your own syllables to that), with Bushes' and Rove's fingerprints all over it.

[rickmv]

I guess the author is attempting to imply that Karl Rove is 1) not intelligent and 2) offering unsolicited opinions. Is this not reminiscent of BO's "bittergate" comments. The first fumbling response to losses or frustration by many on the left seems to be to call your opponent "stupid". Karl Rove got Bush elected TWICE. The man has an almost perfect record and despite what you might think he knows politics like nobody's business. If you listen to him on Fox you'll hear someone who is completely plugged in to every state, county, precint in this country as well as the rules and regs that govern elections in both parties. I'm no fan of his politics but to call him stupid reflects poorly on your ability to form a strong argument against him. On my second point I would simply say that the man was just profiled in GQ, hardly a conservative scion and has a future best seller coming out for which he was advanced millions so obviously many people do want to hear what he has to say. Lastly, he has never even been indicted for a crime of any kind. Does innocent until proven guilty only apply to people who are sympathetic to your political point of view? Do all of us on the moderate side a favor and come up with more than name calling and innuendo before posting. It would make us all look better.

[ScooterLiddy]

I saw no name calling in Larisa's fact-filled post. Rove is a serial liar and sociopath. Unfortunately that lethal combination in a human form is usually highly intelligent. That does not mean that a "moderate" would support such an evil personage. I am calling you out as a bushevic.

[jacobomorales]

Well said Lara! Turd-Blossom knows his future is rapidly comming to an end and needs to cash in before it dissapears.

Keep it up, we all know he has great difficulties and is very envious.

[dexxjones]

anybody else notice the item about rove sitting with mark penn at the press dinner? these people are so obvious now. thank God for the internet.

[fairwitness]

It demeans your apt insights when you use anatomical derision, even for such as Rove. No matter how true they may or may not be, his manhood or lack thereof is not the issue. That aspect of Mr. Rove is obvious and in no need of comment.

Our degraded media environment is ample and daily evidence of our cultural decline. Please don't contribute to it, but keep speaking the truth.

[hopeless277]

Karl Rove is laughing his ass off at the entire country. He knows that he has the entire election tied up in knots along with his partner Hillary Clinton. Together, they will attempt to delegitimize Obama's nomination and crash the entire general election. And congress will let them do it. Why? Because it is in our Corporate Masters best interests to keep the government impotent while they steal the population blind. McCain will win in November no matter what the voters want. The Supremes are all on board and have their orders. Sometimes I really marvel at the innocent stupidity of this country. Why can no one but me see that the entire Republican party is nothing more than a criminal enterprise bent on world conquest? When you look back in a few years from your jail cells you'll be astounded that you could not see it too.

[iburl]

Good points. If his opinion of presidential readiness is worthy of a nationally published article, why did he spend the last 10 years foisting a man on us who was the least ready, the least competent, and least popular president of all time?

[sugarmoes]

why? he was the perfect tool thru which to commit widespread crimes.