White House confirms Karl Rove to resign
File this one under News That Normally Breaks Friday Afternoon: Karl Rove is leaving the White House to, wait for it, what could it be, that's right, spend more time with his family.
The New York Times:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 — Karl Rove, the political adviser who masterminded President George W. Bush’s two winning presidential campaigns, is resigning, the White House confirmed today.
In an interview published this morning in The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Rove said, “I just think it’s time,†adding, “There’s always something that can keep you here, and as much as I’d like to be here, I’ve got to do this for the sake of my family.â€
Mr. Rove said he had first considered leaving a year ago but stayed after his party lost the crucial midterm elections last fall, putting Congress in Democratic hands, and Mr. Bush’s problems mounted in Iraq and in his pursuit of a new immigration policy.
He said his hand was forced when the White House chief of staff, Joshua B. Bolten, recently told senior aides that if they stayed past Labor Day they would be expected to stay through the rest of Mr. Bush’s term.
Nobody in the entire history of Washington has ever resigned to spend time with their family.
Rather, this resignation, coming a few days, literally, before the September deadline for evaluation of the Iraq surge, in the midst of the festering U.S. Attorney scandal, and in the wake of the denouement of the Libby scandal, Rove's ouster may have more to do with dropping some ballast from an already sinking White House. George Bush desperately needs to engineer a fresh start; what better way to do so than to sacrifice the man most closely associated with the political excesses of this administration?
Another small tidbit of maneuvering: the resignation was first announced in an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal, recently acquired by Rupert Murdoch. Even in leaving, Turdblossom continues to scratch the backs of his allies. This, together with the unheard-of announcement of the news on a Monday morning, at the start of a fresh weekly press cycle, indicates that there's more planning and message to this than some middle-aged hack wishing to spend some time with the wife and kids would require.
You have to wonder: will any of the Presidential campaigns snatch up the Boy Wonder? Stay tuned.
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Turdblossom
Turd Blossom has a wife, a family?
That's just...unfathomable. Who would let Turd put his little thing in her....ugh, I can't even say it. All I can say is it must have been Tequila Night.
Like you said, nobody actually leaves to be with one's family. And in this case, the family stayed back in Texas while he worked in Washington - for 6-1/2 years? Well, if they managed that long, maybe his wife doesn't want him around. Maybe she found somebody else to keep her satisfied. Someone who doesn't look like a baldheaded Froggy on Little Rascals and doesn't dance like a spastic sissy.
And where did he get the name "Turd Blossom?" I assume it's because he has really bad breath. I'm sure that's it. Every Republican I've ever worked for has had the same problem. No matter how much money they make, they can't afford mouthwash. (It also has to do with the fact that they are used to offending people, like it makes them feel more manly.) Sometimes I just want to tell them, "hey, you, when you go to the toilet, WASH your hands, don't LICK them clean.