Morning in Karl Rove's America

[BobcatJH]

We all found out Monday that walking national security threat Karl Rove slithered his way out of an indictment. While the CIA leak saga is far from over, this much is certain: With that news came a whole slew of unintended, though unsurprising, consequences.

Once America learned that Rove was in the clear, the news hit us like a collective moment of clarity. It was quite a feeling, really, much like the realizations that swept over the nation the morning after Tom DeLay announced he was leaving Congress and wouldn't be seeking re-election. A second Era of Good Feelings, if you will.

Then, as now, we awoke to discover that this whole thing, this entire two-term nightmare, had been just that. A bad dream. A figment of our imagination. A hallucination brought about by our insistence that things were far worse than they really, truly are. So wipe the sleep from your eyes and join me. It's morning in Karl Rove's America.

Sure, Rove's indictment-free, but did you know that, while we were worrying about Bush's Brain, we won the war in Iraq? Hell, when the president made a surprise visit there Monday, he did so to personally discover a massive cache of weapons of mass destruction. Once that was done and he walked through the streets in safety and without armed escort, Bush found himself being thanked by the Iraqi people for not treating them as poorly as Saddam Hussein had. After being greeted as a liberator, he ambled to one of our bases to thank the troops and take pride in the fact that every single American soldier had made it home safely. To think that we missed every moment of it worrying about Rove.

You know what else we missed while we were fretting about Rove? That the Atlantic hurricane season started this month. How could we forget how well the Bush administration performed last fall after hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit? How could we forget how admirably President Bush stayed ahead of the story and made sure that, if anything happened, the buck stopped with him? How could we forget how effortless the coordination was between government organizations? With a well-repaired New Orleans returning to normal this summer, the city's rise from disaster will serve as a reminder to everyone how well a federal emergency response can work. But, of course, we hate-filled lefties missed the feelgood story of the year thinking about Rove.

With Rove's apparent reversal of fortune, I had overlooked some curious changes on my blog. Apparently, every reference I had made to the Republican "culture of corruption" had morphed into citations of the Republican "culture of cooperation". I suddenly realized that DeLay was as clean as a whistle. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, too. As well as Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert. I also realized that the Republican Party had focused all of its energy behind the problems plaguing America, far from the gay marriage bans, flag burning legislation and xenophobic immigration reforms the Democrats were hoping to take up. Never had the bipartisanship been better. But we Democrats neglected the good news focusing on Rove.

Spending so much time with Rove on the brain, I completely overlooked the fact that my wallet felt much fatter. Looking, I realized that the $40 I had spent on a full tank of gas for my car Monday had, in fact, actually been half that. I then checked the roads and was happily amazed to discover a fleet of hybrids roaming the freeways. I guess America finally realized what one oil company CEO said so well, that we are all in this together. I guess the president did wave his magic wand and had taken ownership of our addiction to oil. A future built on sustainable energy already here, but we missed its arrival waiting for Rove's frog march out of the White House.

With Rove roaming the halls of the White House footloose and fancy free, it dawned on me that there is indeed nothing wrong with the administration's secretive war on terror. The president and his colleagues are doing everything within the law. The wiretapping and data mining, as carried out by the always benevolent government, is working wonders in keeping us safe. The president is taking it to our enemies, but is also doing so by playing by the book. And by being a naysayer and critiquing Bush's efforts to look out for our best interests, I'm actually emboldening our enemies. Who knew? I should have, but I suppose I was too mindful of Rove.

So you see, while we were all distracted dragging Rove's sterling image through the mud, we didn't take time to stop and smell the roses. To realize how well things were going. To recognize that the only thing holding America back was Democratic obstruction. This isn't the Reality-Based America, people. This is Karl Rove's America. Or is it?

[DainBramaged]

1. Grunt ah ah ah, grunt, whew, pulled another one outa my ass

A typical dodging the bullet day for Her Himmler.

[Writer]

2. I am going to chalk this one up to wicked good writing.

BRAVO!

[BobcatJH]

3. Thanks!

I appreciate it.