Karl Rove: How dare Obama exert his power....

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Thursday April 02, 2009 · 6:09 AM PDT

2009/04/02 · 06:09

The guru of the Mayberry Machiavellis, Karl Rove, is shocked...shocked that a president or his majority party would be brazen enough to vaunt their power.

From online.wsj.com

The President Is 'Keeping Score'

By KARL ROVE

"Don't think we're not keeping score, brother." That's what President Barack Obama said to Rep. Peter DeFazio in a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus last week, according to the Associated Press."

"After all, Alinsky's first rule of "power tactics" is "power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have." Team Obama wants to remind its adversaries it has plenty of power, and it does. The question is whether the White House will wield it responsibly. The jury is still out, but certain clues are beginning to emerge. "Don't think we're not keeping score, brother," even if said with a wink and a smile, isn't quite the "new politics" we were told to expect."

I know, I know. It's just another example of this bombastic blowhard tossing verbal rat turds at any and all things Democratic. But just like the little weasel he help get elected governor of Texas and then president of the United States, the very sight or sound of Rove sparks some visceral repulsion somewhere deep within the reptilian part of my brain. Maybe he reminds me of the schoolyard bully who had the ability to charm and disarm his teachers while at the same time terrorize and abuse his classmates. If pressed to define him in one word, I would have to say "duplicitous".

There does not seem to be a single honest bone in his body. His inability to speak the truth is pathological. During the Second World War, a group of psychologists and psychiatrists were assembled to create a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler. The thinking being that if they could figure out what made him tick, they could be better prepared to anticipate his actions and intentions. I think were such an analysis done on Rove, it would be twice as long and probably less revealing. Over the many years that he has been plying his "craft", Rove has never allowed one moment of regret nor acceptance of responsibility for his lies and deceptions. And the reason is probably because he truly deeply believes that he has done nothing wrong...ever. In his world, the truth is what he says it is.

The old terms for someone like Rove used to be "psychopath" or "sociopath". The more accepted term is "Antisocial Personality Disorder". And what are some of the signs and symptoms of this disease?

Someone with APD is basically someone with no care for human life. Symptoms include :
Lack of concern regarding society’s rules and expectations.
Repeated violations of the rights of others.
Unlawful behavior.
Lack of regard for the truth
In parents, neglect or abuse of children.
Lack of a steady job. Frequent job changes through quitting and/or being fired
Tendencies toward physical aggression and extreme irritability.
Cruelty to animals
Bedwetting.

We can only hope that he's got that last one under control.

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