A gathering storm

Karl Rove, President Bush's political adviser has resigned. The puppet master in the back room won't be pulling the strings anymore. We may never know exactly why Karl Rove chose to resign. The only thing we know is that he said he wanted to spend more time with his family and to write a book. That's insulting to our intelligence. One thing is for sure, Rove didn't put any truth serum in his coffee the morning he made the announcement. All we know is that he is gone and now President Bush will have to dance alone.
There are several reasons for his departure and none of them are related to the reasons he gave. Let's not forget his campaign to discredit Ambassador Wilson for revealing that the Bush administration had manipulated and misused intelligence in order to make a case for attacking Iraq in 2003. And what about the Libby scandal! Libby took the rap for exposing Ambassador Wilson's wife as a CIA agent. Libby got a three and a half year sentence for that but never served a day in prison because President Bush pardoned him in a deal that would protect Rove who was the source for discrediting the Wilsons. Rove is currently the subject of a subpoena re guarding his role in the dismissal of US attorneys so President Bush and the Republican Party could illegally advance their political interest at the behest of the court system.
Karl Rove is one of the best manipulators of the political process the world has ever seen but he acted as if he was above the law. That is wrong. His dream of a huge conservative majority that would continue forever is in tatters. His strategies as the Architect of Division has left the country more divided, the special interest more powerful and the American people shut out from their government.
There is a giant cloud over the White House and the storm is gathering. Rove's resignation will not diminish the storm's strength but if the clouds could talk they would say "Goodbye and good riddance".