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Ever the cipher, it is hard to fathom where Madame Camille is coming from with her often twisted, rarely eloquent blatherings. Although she is surprisingly clear on the war's diastrous consequences, she seems adrift on two points: Karl Rove's culpability in all the political entanglements that have plagued the Bushies and the comparison between the Repub and Dem debates. Ms. Paglia is missing how so many times whenever something tawdry happens in the scandale du jour involving the White House, Karl Rove is somehow involved. Cheney running the Presidency is, true, a major issue. But Karl Rove's doings warrant scrutiny too...ample scrutiny. Subpoena scrutiny. On the debates, it seems Ms. P. was watching some different programs than I was. The Republicans may have been convincing to her on security (and the 28% who still believe in Bush), but to most of us they just spouted fringe notions of safety that had no basis in reality. Especially laughable was how 3 candidates deny the theory of evolution, yet in the next breath discuss the issue of FOSSIL fuels (helloooo!) No, the Dems had their feet firmly planted on Earth in comparison to the kooky lunacy we saw with the Repubs.
