Karl Rove advising McCain campaign

from AlterNet's PEEK:



Karl Rove advising McCain campaign

Posted by Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report at 11:33 AM on June 16, 2008.

Bush's Brain transplanted to McSame.



For several weeks, a variety of political observers, most notably ThinkProgress’ Amanda Terkel and Matt Corley, have highlighted Karl Rove’s connections to John McCain’s campaign. And for several weeks, Bush’s former chief strategist — the man the president affectionately calls “Turd Blossom” — has been arguing that there really isn’t a relationship.

Just a couple of weeks ago, George Stephanopoulos identified Rove as an “informal adviser” to McCain before an ABC News interview. Rove denied it, and when Stephanopoulos suggested that Rove offers the McCain camp advice and information, Rove would only concede to “chit chat” with the Republican presidential campaign.

Not surprisingly, there appears to be a little more to the relationship. Peter Stone writes in National Journal:



This isn’t necessarily a surprise, but it’s interesting for a few reasons.

One, of course, is that McCain keeps trying to position himself as different from Still-President Bush, but that’s awfully difficult under the circumstances. Not only is McCain offering Bush’s foreign and domestic policies as his own, but he’s taking advice from the guy who shaped Bush’s campaigns.

Two, there is the small matter of journalistic ethics. For reasons that defy logic, Rove has been hired to play the role of professional “journalist” for a variety of outlets, including Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek. No one seriously expects credible, independent, bias-free reporting from Rove, but no serious news outlet should be comfortable paying someone to offer commentary and analysis on a presidential campaign while simultaneously advising one of the candidates in the presidential campaign.

And three, the National Journal article also noted that Rove, when he’s not pretending to be a journalist and/or advising the McCain campaign, is also consulting with far-right campaign outfits.



It’s noteworthy because National Journal also recently reported that Rove is “up to his eyeballs” in trying to “nurture new independent political groups” to help McCain and other Republicans on Election Day.

It’s illegal, of course, for independent groups to coordinate with campaigns. It’s interesting, then, that Freedom’s Watch and the McCain campaign just happen to be getting advice from the same person.


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/88244/

Watch for the dirty tricks.

:puke:

Was McCain's illegetimate child with an African American prostitute during the South Carolina primaries in 2000. I know that politics makes strange bed fellows, but you would think that McCain would have some integrity. Instead, he is willing to throw his own daughter under the bus. Classy.

I need slime gloves just typing his name.

Meanwhile, Rovy is not the only one. I keep posting this so perhaps SOMEONE in the MAINSTREAM MEDIA might actually report on this story since it affects so very many of us.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/foreclosure-phil.html

Don't think they won't try to steal it. Why should they give up power now? McCain would just become the dictator/fascist that knows how to complete sentences, that's the only real diff.!