Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Rove Kill

The whole Rove thing? I suppose I could care less. Every candidate who hopes to get within pissing distance of the White House these days has to have a political voodoo doctor, it seems. Their contemptible careers — men despised but feared — seem like something from Machiavelli for Dummies.

And they always come to a bad end. It’s as predictable as a Sunday School tract, and the only vaguely interesting plot element is how much partisan gore is spilled in the fall. Really, Rasputin set the standard. Everyone after him is just a piker.

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