Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31 739
tetrahedrassface writes "According to CNN current Bush Administration political advisor Karl Rove will be resigning his post as senior political advisor at the end of August to spend more time with his family. Few if any prior senior political advisors to presidents have been the lightning rods for controversy that Mr. Rove has. Accused of running smear campaigns and celebrated for pioneering district level up campaigns that rely heavily on databases and fake grassroots origins, Mr Rove is one of the chief architects of the Republican Revolution."
Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
Kudos in advance (Score:5, Funny)
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Rove Responds (Score:5, Funny)
"When asked for comment Mr. Rove stated, 'I believe we will be settling down in this place called The Shire. I understand great opportunity exists there to squash more insurgency....'"
Naturally, you'd have to have read the actual LoTR to get that and not just seen the movies....
Re:Kudos in advance (Score:1, Funny)
I just wanted to take a moment to thank the slashdot community, in advance, for what I am certain will be yet another discussion that will be the picture of decorum and civility.
And I'd just like to take a moment to thank you, Dave Schroeder, for doing the same thing. Your objective and nuanced posts about Apple and pretty much everything are such a treat to read I just can't wait for another one.
Re:Kudos in advance (Score:2, Funny)
(this is nice: Neither will commenters fall to the common fallacy of "recentism", believing that a recent event must necessarily be the worst such case of an event in the history of mankind; instead recognizing that the internet can simply deluge us with an increasingly unprecedented level of information about any person or group which may pique our interest, allowing a wide range of ever more specific issues and minutia to be amplified to levels never witnessed in the past.)
my favorite sentence from TFA: "Rove said the first thing he plans to do after leaving the White House is "go dove hunting..."
Have you ever seen Karl Rove? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I am sure many others have noticed this... (Score:5, Funny)
That's not surprising at all.
Re:Absolute (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lets vote rationally. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Gunslinger Karl (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Actually... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:i don't get it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Actually... (Score:5, Funny)
On a side note, I couldn't believe that the OP had to mention that you needed to have read the books to get the Scouring of the Shire refernce. I mean, this is /.! But of course someone came along and not only hadn't read the books, but then went on to argue with them... Which I guess means that this really is /.
Re:Respectfully, I disagree. (Score:2, Funny)
And so you see, kids, that while pot will leave you delusional, mean-spirited and paranoid, it will at least leave your fantasy life intact.
Re:Ever notice? (Score:4, Funny)
inbeforethegrammarnazis
Re:Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
Ohhh. The official goals. I see, you didn't get the memo. Wait. Are you on the memo list anyhow? How did you get in here? Guys? Find that person's IP address and bring him to my office! He hacked me and gained confidential information!
Re:Ever notice? (Score:4, Funny)
Also, the best reason to wish the end of this Presidency is surely that people will stop complaining about him. It's definitely not that he's actually a bad President or that his administration is incompetent or anything. Have you ever thought of getting a job at CNN or maybe replacing Tim Russert on Meet the Press?
Re:Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
Ugly SOB who sounds like Fozzy Bear... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
He operates under beliefs, not by raising his finger in the air and seeing which way the wind is blowing
The direction of the wind at least has some basis in fact, in that it means doing what the populace wants them to do. Granted, most people couldn't find their way out of a paper sack with a map and a flashlight, but I'll take playing to the polls over playing god any day.
What's going to happen when we beat the terrorists in Iraq?
I dunno... We'll all have to duck the flying pigs? Bush can look forward to building snowmen in the afterlife? Goatse-man will experience the least pain of all of us when monkeys start flying out?
Or, if we actually can claim such a victory, we can polish the crater and use the newly-vitreous ex-middle-east as the largest objective lens on the planet for a new telescope? Hrmph, and to think some people have the audacity to claim Bush doesn't support science!
Re:Yeah, no one EVER complains about the President (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
You owe me a new monitor.
Re:Ever notice? (Score:5, Funny)
Written warning ? The fools ! They should had read it aloud !
Seriously speaking, maybe the intelligence organizations need to take heed of schoolteachers; the person the report is delivered to must submit in return, in a given timeframe, a summary of the reports contents (to prove he has read it) and a summary of actions he has taken concerning it, as well as the reasons he considers said actions adequate. Failure to do so satisfactorily will result in being placed in detention in a secret CIA torture facility.
Rep. dnd (Score:2, Funny)
he's a level 42 politician with a +3 against democrats
Re:Ever notice? (Score:1, Funny)
Ohhh. The official goals. I see, you didn't get the memo. Wait. Are you on the memo list anyhow? How did you get in here? Guys? Find that person's IP address and bring him to my office! He hacked me and gained confidential information!
Oh, and I forwarded those caging-list e-mails like you asked me, to georgewbush.org. Or was that
his life's work ahead of him... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ever notice? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Kudos in advance (Score:3, Funny)
People call the modern GOP fascist all the time, but it's rare to see one of you actually come out and claim proudly that yes, you are fascist and that you're proud of it.
Personally, I see no source of pride.