Slog - Comments on Rove's Delusions http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions Perhaps you heard this Rove interviewwith NPR's Robert Siegel right before the election: SIEGEL: We're in the home stretch, though, and many would consider you on the optimistic end of realism about - ROVE: Not that you would be exhibiting a bias ... SIEGEL: I'm looking at all the same polls that you're looking at every day. ROVE: No, you're not. No, you're not. SIEGEL: No, I'm not? ROVE: No, you're not. You're not. I'm looking at 68 polls a week. You may be looking at four or five public polls a week that talk about attitudes nationally but that... Copyright 2008 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:16:28 -0800 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:52:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Colin God I wish I could have seen Rove's face on election night... I can only imagine the look of absolute horror as he watched the power he so coveted pulled out from underneath him.


Then I'm sure he slinked back to hell to unwind.

]]> Colin http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489425 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:26:31 -0800 Comment by Matthew Did anybody see that movie "The Grifters," with Cusack and Bening? There's a character in there that Bening alludes to in flashbacks, a genius grifter played by J.T. Walsh. He takes huge risks and has huge successes, but he was fundamentally unstable. At one point, he snaps. In the scene, he's half-naked and screaming, seemingly in the midst of mad delusions, crushed with paranoia. His genius flirted with madness, as is often the case, and madness won out. I believe Rove has now passed that point as well, his genius for cynical manipulation succumbing to the madness of his own inhumanity.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489429 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:34:11 -0800 Comment by Prospero I hope this ends the perception that Rove is some invincible political genius and ends his career.

]]> Prospero http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489437 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:40:22 -0800 Comment by Sean Well, seriously folks, what else would you have expected Rove to have said?

What? You're surprised that a professional spinner/liar would spin and lie to NPR, or even to his own peeps?

It's his job to energize his voters - and to de-energize others' - with whatever it takes to make it happen.

It's NOT his job to provide honest analysis of polling data to anyone other than his own boss, and heck, maybe not even then.

He gets paid a lof of money for that kind of thing. Surely you already knew this?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489440 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:41:45 -0800 Comment by Art They got lucky with 9/11 happening on their watch. That is all. Rove is no genius and never was.

]]> Art http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489441 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:43:24 -0800 Comment by Gomez Well, I hadn't heard it, but that transcript was hilarious. And Rove reminds me of someone out of Dr. Strangelove.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489444 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489444 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:44:54 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit Sean,

The point of my post wasn't so much the Siegal intvw. as much as it was the real life snap shot that the friend of Rove's friend got. That snippet makes it clear that Rove had, indeed, spun himself and not just the public.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489446 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:46:19 -0800 Comment by pox Christians and Republicans choosing to believe comforting fantasies despite lacking or contrary evidence? Shocking!

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489462 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:02:44 -0800 Comment by golob I remember being chilled by that NPR interview. The transcript doesn't do it justice, failing to encompass the utter condescension and dismissive-ness of his voice.

It made me believe the fix was in. Hell, it might have been. With this big of a wave, even the Republican Electoral Death Star couldn't hold.

]]> golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489466 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:12:37 -0800 Comment by some deaths take forever Right about now Rove probably could use a long session with Mike Jones.

]]> some deaths take forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489488 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:27:05 -0800 Comment by isabelita Matthew, I've been calling this lot a bunch of grifters for quite some time.
Rove may have stumbled, but they, the Cheney/Bush crowd, will mostly be getting away with a hideously lucrative scam. Despite winning, the Dems are left with the mucking out of the stalls...for decades to come.

]]> isabelita http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489510 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:54:30 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Rove never was good at math, only at lying.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489520 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:16:44 -0800 Comment by Napoleon XIV Of course Rove was going to lie about the poll results?

What else was he going to do? Publicly redict absolute, total defeat, thus ensuring that Republican voters would stay home?

Better to lie through one's teeth and hope for a miracle.

]]> Napoleon XIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489523 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:17:28 -0800 Comment by monkey Rove is an asshat. The biggest asshat of all time.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489587 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:22:17 -0800 Comment by limpybool Gosh ... the Repugs got their signals mixed for once? Huh.

Someone who cares should send Karl a nice fruitcake baked in 2000.

]]> limpybool http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489622 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/roves_delusions#c489622 Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:52:49 -0800