Good rebuttal article to the WSJ revisionist Rove piece (Warning: Horrible Karl Rove photo)

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The president’s made himself a re-election movie. It’s narrated by Tom Hanks and directed by Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim. It highlights Obama’s successes, like staving off another Great Depression, saving the American auto industry, ending the Iraq War as promised and killing Osama bin Laden. It’s over the top, sure, but it’s a partisan endeavor — what would you expect?

And even though Rove is no stranger to political propaganda (‘Mission Accomplished’ flight suit that made Bush’s package look huge, anyone?), he’s apoplectic about this last point in today’s screed:

As for the killing of Osama bin Laden, Mr. Obama did what virtually any commander in chief would have done in the same situation. Even President Bill Clinton says in the film “that’s the call I would have made.” For this to be portrayed as the epic achievement of the first term tells you how bare the White House cupboards are.