October 5, 2006

Could Rove be ABC's Foley Informant?

No, not personally, but through one of his rovents.  Think about it before you dismiss the idea as crazy.  It's just twisted enough to appeal to Rove, especially since no one would ever imagine he was behind the timing of the Foley scandal (for which the right wing is already pointing the finger at democrats).

Predictably, the ensuing scandal has all bit eliminated discourse about the recent repeal of the constitution, Iraq's continuing descent into hell, or the revelations in Woodward's new book.  Coverage of the child king's incompetence and malfeasance has been replaced by sound bytes of Bush's righteous outrage at Foley.

But would Rove really risk so much potential collateral damage to Republicans in congress just to deflect attention from his liege?   Considering the skill with which the Republican machine has been able to suppress and alter the vote in recent elections it's conceivable that Rove simply isn't worried about too many Democrats winning - he knows the fix is in.

Another plus for Rove is that Foley is gay, so the Republican base can get itself worked up into a frothy gay liberal value bashing lather between now and November 7.  Fox and AP have already been caught labeling Foley as a democrat.  Even if Hastert succumbs to the scandal, and Boehner fails to recover from the whiplash of his changing stories, Roy Blunt is standing in line to service Rove's needs.

And if anyone questions the statistically impossible results that will soon spew from electronic voting machines, or wonders about widespread systematic suppression of primarily democratic voters, well they had better not appear to be hostile about it.

Stray Thoughts from Don Alejandro
who wonders if Hastert ever went out for ice cream with a congressman...