I won't pretend to know why he's doing it. But it's becoming difficult to believe that Karl Rove isn't deliberately undermining the McCain campaign.
In an interview Wednesday with the AP, message-guru Rove drops this on McCain:
"He was a little bit of a hothead in 2000. He held a grudge and I think the passage of time has caused him to sort of say, 'You know what? Life is short and I'm going to be focused on doing what I think is right and not hold grudges or be angry about things,'" Rove said. "He was angry after the 2000 election."
"Hot head" "Grudges" "Angry" ??? Those are words that an adviser to a presidential campaign uses to describe his candidate? And there's more...
Rove also explained that Palin was a "political pick". Nice.
Anything else that might impugn the reputation of the Republican Party nominee, Mr. Rove?
Rove also reiterated earlier criticism of television ads by both campaigns that he said crossed the line.
Maybe McCain should have thought twice before jumping in bed with the guy he was so angry at back in 2000. Rove is going to ratfuck him again...this time maybe just for fun.