The McClellan Diversion: Karl Rove Quietly Gets Fired

Scott McClellan announced today he is resigning as Press Secretary. Big whoop. It caused quite a stir. But McClellan was just a voice of the administration, not a key player. The real news was Karl Rove losing his policy advisor position. Sure, Karl is still sticking around the White House to do some midterm election skullduggery, but his time as Bush's Brain has come to an end. Last year, I met Rove at the Whole Foods in Tenleytown. Yes, Rove shops at the same place where liberal DC vegans buy their tofu (Whole Foods is a Texas-based company, and the CEO is no liberal, although he is a vegan). Anyways, Rove and I had a nice little chat. He eventually asked for the URL of my blog, which I wrote down for him, and then I immediately went home and wrote about how terrible he is for this country. A few days later, my blog mysteriously disappeared like a prisoner in the War on Terror. That is the "Mark of Rove". Whatever he touches, he destroys. Which is why it makes sense for Rove to focus on the midterm elections. Then he can continue planting fake documents and destroying careers like he did Dan Rather's. But Rove will no longer tell Bush what to think. That will be up entirely to Cheney now. It wasn't the explosive ending to Rove I had hoped for, but its quite momentous. Of course Rove wouldn't let the Press make a big deal of it. He knew McClellan's resignation would give him some cover. He is always thinking. That's why I love Karl Rove.