You have nothing to fear from any comments from me about what you posted except this:

“I hesitate to put my thoughts about Rove down here, fearing the flaming pens of Mr. Cat, PB,”

I don’t appreciate remarks like that, Rick. You made a similar comment once before and I honestly challenged you on it and never heard from you again on the issue. Trust me, if you think I’m going to sit back and have to pull MSM tactics on me by slowly defining who I am by these cute qualifiers, you’re mistaken. I think to most people, openly debating you on one or two issues, especially when you struck first re the snarky remarks, doesn’t qualify as being a flaming pen. You may want to take a close look in the mirror on that one.

Next time keep the snide digs to yourself.

Apart from that I agree with you and Michelle, he’s been on the wrong side of one too many issues. It’s more than that in terms of letting him go, however: the right needs to learn how to play the media game. When you allow the left to define who and what someone in the right camp is (similar to my first point in this thread), then you need to be prepared to let them go when the damage becomes irreversible. That’s my main complaint about Rove regardless of issues; the Bush administration has been terrible at balancing how the left defines it and the people within it. It’s like chess, this media game, and occasionally you have to sacrifice a valued piece for the sake of winning the game. The problem is, though, that that usually happens when you’ve already screwed up big time, and that’s what’s happened here. The same with Newt Gringrich: he and the rest of the right did a terrible job in fighting back the MSM as they determined who he was in the eyes of the public, and as a consequence, we’ve lost, in my mind, the best possible Presidential candidate we could have had, because as a candidate he’s such damaged goods now that I personally don’t believe he can win against Hillary.

So with Rove it’s a one-two punch: wrong issues and wrong media perception. He should have been given a handshake and a gold watch ages ago.

Presidential adviser Karl Rove has announced his resignation after 6 1/2 years (The Hill). That’s one way to give us bloggers something to get worked up over, what with Congress in recess this month. Rove’s underlying reasons are unclear. It’s not l…

George and Karl are just like a football team … the coach and the quarterback …

get too much credit when they win …

get too much blame when they lose …

I think Rove did some good things and some not so good things … just like anyone else … but I think there were times when the Dems wanted Rove so badly over losing the elections in 2000 and 2004 that they tried to make him the scapegoat on everything … including things he had nothing to do with …

just a different viewpoint …

Very interesting.

As far as Rove goes, I am still too mad at Bush for things like Shamnesty and his appeasement of terrorist-supporting entities to feel any remorse.

I will be glad when we get a real conservative in office. If Rove has truly had anything to do with Bush’s attempts to destroy the GOP and sell this country out to the highest bidder, all I can say is good riddance.

For that alone we should be thankful.

On Hillary Rodham Clinton: “a tough, tenacious, fatally flawed candidate.” Nice parting shot.

Have a great life, Mr. Rove. I wish you well.