Thank you for the link Bmueppls. I really do appreciate the chance to comment on the author of this particular opinion piece. It is so interesting that the same author is connected to the attacks on John McCain in 2000.

Of course he talks the talk--before every election--and he is the most powerful political consultant in American history.

Rove has been quoted as saying that politics is "a gigantic war". What he means is clear: War first against liberalism in all forms; and against all remnants of moderation and bipartisanship. Under his direction, the administration's highest purpose was not to serve the country but to achieve permanent Republican rule.

Although I can go on and on w...

Thank you for the link Bmueppls. I really do appreciate the chance to comment on the author of this particular opinion piece. It is so interesting that the same author is connected to the attacks on John McCain in 2000.

Of course he talks the talk--before every election--and he is the most powerful political consultant in American history.

Rove has been quoted as saying that politics is "a gigantic war". What he means is clear: War first against liberalism in all forms; and against all remnants of moderation and bipartisanship. Under his direction, the administration's highest purpose was not to serve the country but to achieve permanent Republican rule.

Although I can go on and on with Rove's "dirty tricks", lemme refer to the Bush crucial South Carolina primary campaign against John McCain for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination in which Rove was allegedly behind another push poll that asked potential voters "Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child? The Bush campaign also attacked McCain's military service and questioned his mental stability.

Now, is this the crackpot calling the kettle cracked or what?

In Mr. Rove's Own inspiring words we are to believe:

George W. Bush is:

one of the most intellectually gifted presidents we've had

When asked if he has any hobbies, Rove, demonstrating the motion with his hands, said he enjoys:

ripping the tops off of animals

Another reported hobby is hunting doves. Excuse me if I take with a grain of salt anything this "symbol of peace" puts before me with a "feel good" article about McCain. I think he knows where his bread is buttered right now.

As for "straight talker" McCain? I share Paul Krugman's opinion that McCain "appears to share the Bush's administration's habit of rewriting history to preserve an appearance of infallibiltiy."