Rove Derangement Syndrome
Karl Rove's resignation is prompting the sort of mindless news coverage one would have expected. The New York Times doesn't want to let him go. Its editorial is titled Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town. The Times seems to think he's escaping, one step ahead of the Sheriff:
Karl Rove, the architect of so much that has gone so wrong with the Bush administration, announced yesterday that he is leaving the White House to spend more time with his family. What he didn’t say is that by getting out of town he is also hoping to avoid spending any time at all with Congressional investigators.Congress should not oblige.
The Washinton Post was wistful: "Rove: Departure Unrelated to Investigations." The Post keeps hoping those investigations will turn out to be good for something.
Most bizarre, though, was CBS's Bill Plante, whose conduct was almost unbelievable, even for a reporter:
As Karl Rove embraced President Bush today following an emotional farewell announcement on the South Lawn, the solemnity of the moment was shattered by Bill Plante of CBS, who bellowed to Bush: "If he's so smart, how come you lost Congress?"
I couldn't find a video of Plante's meltdown, but I did run across this one:
One wonders at what point journalists will start to notice that they are making fools of themselves.
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