Rove Not Adjusting Well to Public Humiliation
10 April 2009 11:31 am by Taylor Marsh
Mr. Rove is having trouble post Bush. Looking at the Republicans, he has to be depressed. After eight years of Bush-Cheney the Republican party has collapsed, with a smaller portion of the electorate than can result in winning anything. But considering the incoming Bush and Cheney are also taking, including Cheney’s troubles if he decides to travel, with their policies also totally repudiated, the current unwinding of “Bush’s brain,” whose mission was anything but accomplished, is extraordinary by anyone’s standard.
Roves current name calling spree against Vice President Biden is one for the books. Of course, it happened on the Fox News channel:
“I hate to say this, but he’s a serial exaggerator,” Rove told FOX News. “If I was being unkind I would say liar. But it is a habit he ought to drop.”
It’s all about something Biden said about George W. Bush:
“I remember President Bush saying to me one time in the Oval Office,” Biden began, “‘Well, Joe,’ he said, ‘I’m a leader.’ And I said: ‘Mr. President, turn and around look behind you. No one is following.’”
Obviously, for Rove, who is now calling Biden a “blowhard” and a “liar,” it really can’t be just about what Biden says happened. Whether it did or not, well, I could care less, but it sure sounds like classic Biden. It also could happen in a flash.
As for Rove calling anyone a “liar,” well, that really takes some nerve, especially since Mr. Rove worked for Team Liars for all those years, including an episode that had President Bush and Mr. Cheney lying to the entire country about the case for WMDs, but also all matter of national security interests. I won’t even get into the Valerie Plame imbroglio, but if you want to turn to the U.S. attorney scandal, I’d say Mr. Rove would do well to refrain from calling anyone else a “liar.”
It’s that old consider the source issue.
I’d also say that the continual drama around Rove since leaving office is evidence that he’s having a very hard time adjusting to humiliation post Bush-Cheney. This exchange tells a fuller tale of Rove’s frustration, which is now spilling over into the public. Not good. But delicious for those who believe Mr. Rove has earned a little public discomfort.
graphic via Progressive Worldview
