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September 16, 2005
Hints of the Rove Reconstruction to Come
There has been remarkably little attention paid thus far by the press to the White House's disclosure that political operative, policy novice and college drop-out Karl Rove will oversee the Hurricane Katrina reconstruction effort.
Given what needs to be done, this makes perfect sense of course, as long as we're talking about the right reconstruction project. Rebuilding what has fallen, housing the homeless, employing the jobless and caring for the sick may not be part of Mr. Rove's bailiwick, but that's hardly why he's there. Rebuilding his boss's decimated poll numbers and tarnished image (while likely tearing someone else's down) will be Karl Rove's Great Society.
After all, Mr. Rove is a man skilled at character assassination, whisper campaigns, and the doublecross. A modern political Sun Tsu in need of a personal trainer and a Kleenex. Mr. Rove is already hard at work at what's important, making George W. Bush look good and somebody else look bad.
Consider last night's latest extended photo-op in Jackson Square. No reporters allowed, no questions, no New Orleaneans in sight. Of course, those folks were likely basking in the short-lived return of electricity to the area. The lights stayed on in the French Quarter just long enough for some high-flying rhetoric from Bush 43, and then it was back to darkness. Now that's post-Katrina progress.
Or consider this little item that emerged today. Mr. Rove has wasted no time in putting those taxpayer-funded civil servants at the Department of Justice on the job trying to scapegoat environmental groups for the levee failures in New Orleans. It's good to know the White House is focused on what's important, instead of playing the "blame game".
The physical, emotional and spiritual rebirth of the central Gulf Coast may be a while getting going, but the president's rehab is well underway. And Karl Rove is just the man for the job.
Posted by houtopia at September 16, 2005 03:59 PM