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When Karl Rove characterized Obama as "the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by," two things occurred to me. First, I was not sure that Obama had ever in his life been a member of a country club. Second, it sounded more like he was describing George W Bush or maybe even himself. He may have also been describing a good portion of the establishment beltway media. That could be one reason they so eagerly gobble it up.
As part of the GOP slime machine they like to take their failings and try to project them on their oponents. Thanks to such a compliant corportate media the attempt is too often successful.
Note: I love the “country club reference”. It was not too long ago that Obama could not even hope to join a country club where Karl Rove and his ilk were members. It actually may still be true today.
