There has been a lot of rejoicing over the surprise resignation of Karl Rove, and I get it, but we need a little perspective. This country is being gang-raped by the Bushites. Rove may have slinked away, panting and sweating, but the rest of the train is still there.
As you might have gleaned, I love a good analogy, if used properly. An analogy is useful to illustrate a point, but not to prove one. Don't you hate it when you're talking immigration reform with someone and they go, "Well, you wouldn't let a blind woodpecker shine your shoes with a wetnap, now wouldja?"
Followed by a triumphant gleam. Grrr! I do also love the word analog. I always picture a very organized, fastidious caveman.
So, the problem with my gang-rape analogy is that half of this country literally asked for it. By this I mean that in real life, nobody asks to be raped. That's why I say there is a problem with the analogy. OK, Ticketpunch?
On the subject of Rove the Genius, I would draw my comparison to Rip Sewell. Good old Rip was a junkball pitcher in the late '30s and through the '40s. He perfected a pitch called the Eeephus pitch, whereby he threw the ball with about a 30 foot arc, and it would come down right in the strike zone, completely unhittable. He was averaging 20 wins for 3 seasons there. Rip Sewell is a genius, no?
Nobody had ever thrown a pitch like that, because it seemed ridiculous. It was ridiculous. Rip probably got laughed at the first time he threw it. But the hitters looked even more ridiculous swinging at it.
Karl Rove throws ridiculous Eephus pitches, like "John Kerry is a coward" and "The Democrats don't support the troops." They float through the air, and the fans think, "A five-year old could knock that over the fence!"
But the Dems swing too early, or they take the pitch and get called out on strikes, or they hit a weak dribbler to 3rd Baseman Joe Lieberman, who gets the assist.
Well, WWII ended, and Ted Williams and company came back from the war. In the 1945 All-Star game, the Splendid Splinter hit an Eephus pitch so hard, Rip's whole family hurt. The spell was broken, and Rip's status as an ace was doomed, but his gimmick had a good long run. I believe Rove is the same. He's not a genius, he just does things that other people are too ashamed or dignified to do. The difference is, Rove is retiring at the top of his game. There's been no Teddy Ballgame to pull back the curtain.
They key question now is: Why did Rove suddenly wipe himself off and head for the showers? Maybe he hears the cops coming, or maybe he's spotted other prey, or maybe he simply tired himself out and expended all of his ordnance. The answer to that question will decide my true level of joy/relief at this. Right now, I'm just looking for a towel.
Once again, I am posting the Enough! videos. Check out Sunday's Diary for details on how this can help get rid of the rest of the gang.
We need these videos to get exposure, mad exposure. You can help in several ways, with varying degrees of difficulty.
#1. Watch the videos. We get credit for the hit. Enough (lol) hits, and we get on the Most Watched list, the gateway to viral video Nirvana.
#2. Rate the videos. Preferably with 5 stars. Comment it, too. (Top Rated List, Most Talked About List)
#3. Email the links to your buddies, just ask them to watch it.
#4. Post the links wherever you can, in whatever blogs you cheat on Kos with.
#5. If you have your own website, embed the videos there.
#6 Email the link to other blogs, like Liberal Oasis,Crooks & Liars, MoveOn, etc, and ask them to embed or link to it.
As I said yesterday, we really only need a few thousand people to make this a really big deal. Won't you help?
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