Send Away the Clowns

A sad day has come to the Bush administration, Karl Rove is leaving. I think history will not look kindly on Karl. The win at all cost mentality will probably cost the Republican Party a generation of voters. If you run political campaigns like a shell game, you wind up making the electorate cynical and pretty hard to fool. That is the place the present Republican Party finds itself in, the idea well is dry. The party of good money managers and limited government, spawned the Department of Homeland Security, and the occupation of the country of Iraq. The idea of cutting taxes is sound policy, provided that you don’t increase government spending. They have in the short span of twelve years managed to put a birth tax of almost twenty thousand dollars on every child born in America for the foreseeable future.
The story coming to light in the press, regarding the report that Gen. David Petraeus was scheduled to deliver to congress in September, is troubling to say the least. While the Iraq War was not Karl Rove’s idea, he was the pitch man. The thought of King George the witless editing and delivering a report from a General in the field should be unacceptable. The leadership in the House, Senate as well as the American people must receive Gen. Petraeus's report under oath before the Senate Armed Services committee. The deceitful legacy of this administration,demands draconian oversight from the peoples representatives in Washington. The American people have grown tired of the endless spin. The sham press conferences crafted by the Rove machine, and delivered by Tony Snow. If the President is unwilling to bring forth a plan that pays for this mess, and outlines an exit strategy. Then Congress should refuse to bring anymore legislation forward, to continue the occupation of Iraq. The time for collegiality came and went long ago. President Bush and the minority leadership in Congress seem quite content to pave the path to the 08 elections with the bloody results of their mismanagement.