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In reply to the discussion: Krugman: The Great Degrader [View all]Cliff Arnebeck
(305 posts)It was Rove's casting of G.W. Bush as a victim--in real life--that was, and still is, absurd. And, don't forget the victimization of the Congress as well. Robert Byrd's voice of reason was a voice in the wilderness at that time.
Your view of G.W. Bush is clearly the view of a majority of grassroots Democrats, as well as two of our foremost intellectual leaders Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd for whom I have the utmost respect. However, please consider my point of view.
Rove is not just an evil genius acting alone. He aligned himself with Tom Donohue, Bill Canary, and Dick Addington in 1994, as well as with Boyden Gray, whose primary family loyalty was to the tobacco industry. In early 2000, out of desperation, Rove aligned himself with Donohue in his new capacity as head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and gave him a blank check drawn against the treasury of the United States Government. Rove sold us--Democrats, Republicans and Independents--down the river to gain control of the Presidency and our government for himself. See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022628229 on the theft of the 2000 election, http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022560634 on the theft of the 2004 election and http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022675796 on the theft of the 2010 elections.