Campaign Dishonors War Heroes

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Campaign dishonors war heroes
Sunday, May 02, 2004

By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Prominent among the political axioms apparent since the presidential campaign of 2000 is that no one plays the smear game as brilliantly and effectively as Karl Rove, aka Bush's brain, aka the White House's chief political adviser, aka The Man Behind the Curtain.

More pointedly, no one knows the exact limits of what you can get away with in modern politics, or precisely where the demarcation point of public outrage lies better than Karl Rove. The outrage boundary, if crossed, would figure to trigger a blowback that would be poisonous to George Bush's political future.

"I don't plan to lose my job," Bush told America in his news conference a few weeks back.

No one who employs Karl Rove ever does.

But when you look at the attacks on John Kerry's war record, you have to wonder if Rove's instincts have suddenly abandoned him. Even the mighty Yankees are evidently prone to a month in which they hit .220, but can Karl Rove actually think there is no risk of political blowback in questioning the military accomplishments and post-war positioning of a validated American hero?

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I like the mention of Al Franken's suggestion for a poll. Gene Collier is right on (as usual) in this assessment.

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Rove is just another political hack in a long line of
political hacks.