Reply #43: Great post! [View All]

[riderinthestorm]

But... :7

Rove's job up until now has been to get Bush into office and keep him there. His job also entails corralling the cats and keeping them in line (which he does with black ops intelligence) PLUS I believe he is also the propaganda director. I think he does other stuff too but these are the tasks we are reasonably certain of. That's a tough gig that he performs masterfully imho. Perhaps we can even say with hooverian genius.

As to Rove's failure to perpetuate a Rethug dynasty (by exploiting the 911 aura Bush gained for example), I believe he ran smack into the PNACers and their agendas (yes, plural since some of them are true imperialists and others are just greedy capitalists). I don't think his failure is due to his lack of intelligence but by his running smack into the brick wall of people more powerful than he. He has met his match and he is outmaneuvered by the GHWBush's and the Saudi ruling family and....

Furthermore, I believe Bush Jr. thinks Rove can help Jr. be a playa amongst the BIG PLAYERS which is why Bush Jr. is so loathe to give up Karl. Rove has successfully steered his ship so far, he needs his captain.

(theorizes a long-ago history major who obviously is realizing decades later that she is probably a wanna-be poli sci major - alas too late now.)