Note that I use the term "masters" advisedly. The term "bitches" or "whores" could be used to describe the people that Rove pimps.
I do not believe that Karl Rove is a genius, or even much smarter than the political operative.
Rather, his strength is that he is absolutely unbound by any sort of moral or ethical limits, and this makes him completely unpredictable and dangerous.
He is a sociopath, and honor and selflessness is NOT a characteristic of sociopaths, so I'm wondering, will he roll to protect his own sorry flabby ass?
Numerous reporters are now sayingthat Rove outed Valerie Plame's, which begs the question, "What happens next?"
With a normal administration, even one as corrupt as the Reagan's, he would be gone by the end of the week.
This administration does not have the level of probity of the Reagan administration (now THAT'S a scary thought), there may be weeks of the drip drip drip of scandal, assuming the press shows SOME life, before he gets forced out.
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If there is
ANYTHING that is certain about the Bush Crime Family, it is that they protect themselves, and their family to the exclusion of everyone, and everything else.
They are ingrates, and once they are done with someone, they are discarded with less ceremony than a used tampon.
So, when Karl Rove becomes inconvenient, he will be discarded.
Let's assume that the idea of going after Joe Wilson sprang full blown from Karl Rove's head, and that he decided to act without discussion with anyone at or above his level in the White House.
It's still entirely possible that in order to save his own sorry skin, he'll try to take down some of the Bush staff.
Informants in drug cases do this all the time. They rat out the innocent in order to get better terms.
