Karl Rove emerged today from his malodorous lair, sharpened his teeth with a half-round metal file, and spoke before the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio.
http://www.ohiochamber.com/...
The speaking engagement-- billed as a debate between Rove and former Georgia Senator Max Cleland-- was a close knit affair, with attendance carefully restricted to Chamber members, state legislators (largly of the Republican stripe) and numerous Gucci-shod lobbyists.
Max gave as good as he got, as always. But the REAL news, as dutifully reported by an undercover Kossak operative, is that the Turdblossom actually rolled out the GOP's new 2008 campaign theme.
The Theme, as our spy recollected it (and this is not verbatim) was related as follows:
Who cares how we got in to Iraq...the point is, we're in there now...and if you think gas prices are high now, just think how high they'll go if we pull out and Iraq descends into chaos.... $4..$5..$6 per gallon...who knows? Only the US can stabilize Iraq and, by doing so, bring gas prices down. The Democrats' reckless plans to withdraw will result in skyrocketing gas prices which will hurt YOU--the American worker-- and only John McCain gets it...and has the courage to stick it out in Iraq. The rest of the world is watching and (I'm not making this up) they will lose all respect for the US if we pull out now.
So there you have it...those elitist Democrats don't give a tinker's damn about the American worker and the high price of gas. Only McCain gets it: the Iraq occupation will stabilize gas prices, restore America's standing in the world, and let puppies stay young forever.