Yesterday giant douche Karl Rove announced that he would be leaving he white house on the 31st of August. The reason given was to spend more time with his family, which ALWAYS means there is something else going on. So what is the reason for him leaving? Possibly he's leaving a sinking ship, or he's leaving to help another republican campaign, or maybe his departure is a effort to keep him clear of the gonzales-related investigations. Time will hopefully tell why he chose this moment to resign, or if someone else chose this moment for him.
As happy as I would like to be about the news, is this really going to change anything? It's possible that this move is a reflection of increased pressure by democrats on the white house, but it certainly doesn't change Karl Rove's abilitly to advise the president. He was a political advisor to begin with, and didn't need to be in the white house to help Bush, he just needed a phone. Of course, this rights the obvious wrong of a solely political advisor being paid by taxpayers, but he isn't the first one to have been, nor will he be the last.
In the end, Karl Rove wasn't the guy who invaded Iraq, he wasn't the guy who ignored Katrina, he wasn't the guy who used 9/11 to erode our civil liberties, he wasn't the guy who threw people in Guantanamo and said "fuck you habeas corups". He was just the guy who enabled Bush and Cheney to do all of those things by convincing americans that gays getting married was what they should really be worrying about. There's no question that he is a contemptable human being, and that he's done this country about as much harm as any of the rest of the administration through his actions. But Bush doesn't need to be elected again, he's already got the idiot king. So this is incredibly unlikely to change one iota of the rest of the Bush presidency. It won't bring the troops home, it won't dissuade them from attacking Iran, and it won't convince the supreme court to allow "Bong hits for Jesus" banners. And it certainly won't help the economy or common sense, since Bush is once again pushing tax cuts for the rich. (Maybe that wasn't Karl Rove's idea after all?)
The one hope for this situation is that this is a reaction to threats of subpoena from democratic senate investigators. If the white house is scared, maybe the democrats really do have a chance of getting to the bottom of some of the bullshit these people have pulled and holding them acountable. Probably that's just hopeful dreaming. And there's always hope that this will end up being a sex scandal :)
So what do people think? Why is he leaving? More importantly does this even matter?
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