Misplaced Priorities? How does Rove going down in flames help us?

[ecstatic]

Don't get me wrong, traitors should be imprisoned (at least). I just don't think Rove is important enough for us to spend so much energy discussing him and his possible indictment.

Bush & Co. will get theirs for sure, as long as we keep our eyes on the ultimate prize: Gaining the White House in 2008. We don't have a clear frontrunner. Clinton has been piled on by the right and the left. People are mentioning Kerry but Kerry is not generally admired outside the cyber walls of DU. And Gore doesn't want to run, so why waste time trying to recruit him?

It's been a long, rough 6 years, but we must stay focused.

[saltpoint]

1. If Rove goes down it stands as a singular, high-profile example of

the failure and disgrace of underhanded and subversive powermongering enacted against democratically-elected public officials.

He's an asshole and if he goes down, that's good for everybody.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. How Can You Preach To Me About Keeping My Eye On The Prize When You Don't

even know what the prize is???

RIGHT NOW the prize is gaining Congress in 06, not the White House in 08. That comes next. But right now, keeping our eye on the prize first and foremost means taking back control of congress THIS YEAR, which I think is far more important than 08.

[ecstatic]

9. ok, true, but a Dem led Congress/Senate with Jeb Bush in office

is not something I look forward to.

[MissWaverly]

3. Rove is hurting America

Remember he said that Ohio was won by the largely invisible grass roots movement. I think
that he knows a great deal about that "largely invisible grass roots movement", esp. the
largely invisible part.

[xchrom]

4. uh -- the repukes lose a major major strategist.

[medeak]

5. he's a dangerous man

and having him out of commission is a plus.

[McCamy Taylor]

6. Rove is already so distracted that his work is crap. Anything that

shakes his confidece, causes him to make more mistakes for the GOP, like the Split the Base fiasco of Immigration and the way he fumbled Katrina (because he was shitting his pants wondering if he was gonna get indicted).

A weakened, worried Rove clinging to Bush who is clinging to Rove is the purrrrfect Rove.

[AnneD]

7. We want him going down in flames for the same reason...

you would want to capture the enemies war strategist (or maybe the code generator). Did you realize that we had cracked the Japanese codes in WWII and were able to stay several steps ahead of them. It's like getting the play book. Keeping him tied up handicaps the NeoCons.

[Jim Warren]

8. 'Cause he's the "Architect" and there ain't no downside nt

[JuniperLea]

10. Cut off the brain

and the body dies.

Sorry to be so graphic... but these mobsters bring out the worst in me.

[One_of_8]

11. Because he's an evil criminal and deserves

to go down in flames? Because it would feel soooo good to see him frog-marched off? Because we can focus on bringing the lawbreakers to justice AND on electing a progressive leader in 2008?

[MichiganVote]

12. How does it hurt?

[smomfr]

13. It would be.......

such a fantastic boost to the morale of every Democrat in the U.S. To see the smile wiped off that puke´s face would put an ear to ear grin on a lot of decent folk´s faces.