Letters to the Editor
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I disagree with your thesis and your grammar
Well, the first part goes without saying--Rove is an evil man and any Democrat should be disappointed that the man who uses wars and discrimination against gays as campaign ploys is not going to prison. As for the second part, I feel like an ass for saying this, but in the third paragraph, I feel the author made a fairly obvious grammatical blunder, at least to my ears. He writes:
"But beyond the partisan sound bites, there is a compelling argument that the nation -- and possibly even the Democrats -- is better off with Rove free to roam the West Wing plotting strategy for the 2006 Republican campaigns rather than hunkered down in his lawyer's office preparing for the trial of century."
Shouldn't that be: "...the nation--and possible even the Democrats--are better off with Rove..." True, he did put that little dash in there to indicate a parenthetical, but read out loud that just sounds wrong. I think in general that if you are conjoining two singular objects, then you have to conjugate the verb as plural. For example, 'The radiator and the apple pie __are__ two shining examples of American ingenuity.' Anyway, probably a stupid thing to write a letter about, but that's never stopped anyone else.
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Hoist in his own you-know-what...
"Shouldn't that be: '...the nation--and possible even the Democrats--are better off with Rove...'"
Shouldn't that be: "the nation and possiBLY even the Democrats..."?
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Are you truly suggesting...
... that pursuing the central question here ("Is one of America's most powerful men a criminal and possibly a conspirator in treason?") is less important to America than sidelining the issue of whether or not the Democrats have a whipping boy or a tar-baby?
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grammar nazis
I read this article debating with myself wether or not I should be SEEKING a positive from a newsitem, disgracing my former centrist-devil's-advocate-self. But I gotta agree with this article:
-Rove aint the leaky mastermind, Cheney is
-Revenge politics ain't gonna cut the mustard
-I love mustard (spicy, deli, yellow, bring em on)
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Politics and the law
Speculating about the political effect is fine and all.
But let's not forget that the law has its own need for enforcement, apart from the political impact.
It reminds me of Reid saying impeachment is not to be pursued because of the idea of Cheney as president.
That's terrible: the constitution doesn't say high crimes and misdemeanors, but a free pass if the politics are bad.
Discussions should keep that perspective of the law being the only determining factor on prosecutions, and the political effect, which may be huge, are simply a side issue.
The arguments given why this may be 'good for the nation' say too much about politics and too little about guilt.
Concerns about the perceptions of vengeful prosecution are weighted more than the actual facts.
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we're already in a banana republic
"A banana-republic quality clings to nations that fight out all their political differences in criminal courts."
When the courts, and the executive, and the legislative branches are all in [hapless] control by small men who are at the beck and call of big money, and numbers of illegal acts and violations of our Constitution are tolerated, or only grumbled about by a confused and spineless [opposition], what do you call that? For all intents and purposes, the Bush administration is just a few 'wrongly imprisoned Americans' short of a dictatorship.
So Dems may plan to base their '06 strategy on high gas prices, even while they know that higher gas prices might actually temper consumption, and a gas tax might actually spur even more conservation? When they do get around to taxing gas - which is inevitable - they'll have shot themselves in the foot [again].
We all know that this country will never ease up on consumption of any sort until the wells run dry. It will be interesting to see what kind of republic we have after that.
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You Betcha,Heck Of A Job Rovey
He deserves a promotion,are you kidding?Heck of a job Rovey!!!
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Rove might not know how to run a country,
but he has smeared his way to some kind of victory in an election or two. Having him on the loose rather decreases Dem chances of electoral victory...
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If nothing else . . .
If nothing else, Mr. Shapiro's calm, thoughtful analysis made me feel better.
I agree. The Democrats need to come up with a clear, inspiring message that connects with real voters (i.e. gas prices, wages, health insurance, college costs, privacy) rather than following the Clinton-bashing repubs. down the same path. Getting all caught up in Rove and what he did, what he said, when he said it, isn't going to sell to middle-America voters.
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Walter Shapiro is wrong
The guy has no respect for the law and the constitution. In all likelihood, he's also committed, say, a crime or two. I just do not get your twisted logic that not having him in prison is better for the Democrats. Is vengeance a factor here? I think so, but it is far from being the most important one. You remove criminals from society not only to punish them for their previous crimes, but also to prevent them from breaking the law again. See, sometimes things can be very, very simple. Loose, Rove and the Republican party will just keep doing what they do best -- disregarding the law and stealing elections.
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Typical
This is a good case of why Democrats are political road kill. Always bend over backwards to be kind and fair to the Republicans even while they are rigging elections and looting the treasury. "Good for the Nation". What will be good for the Nation is for "liberals" to grow a friggin' backbone. These shower of losers actually think they can glide to victory in November. Well between Diebold and vote suppression, swift boating, gay bashing, immigrant bashing and the next War thats not going to happen. But never mind Manjoo will assure us in the aftermath that everything was above board. It looks like Nader was right.
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How do you KNOW?
It's one thing to hold certain politic beliefs and desires; it's quite another to make broad statements about someone's motivations. I carry no water for Karl Rove or anyone else, but when some of you talk about him (or anyone for that matter) as a criminal and evil, how do you KNOW? I can deduce that you don't LIKE him or the Republican Party world view, but unless you've sat down and had a beer with someone, how can you divine intent? And if you can divine intent, bottle it. You'll make a fortune.
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