8.22.2007
Two Events, Unrelated?
© 2007 Stan Spire
Karl Rove, longtime political advisor to the president, is leaving the White House to spend more time with his family. And the president’s daughter, Jenna, is getting married.
Karl Rove. How can I sum up such a great humanitarian in a few words? Let’s see, there’s push polling. South Carolina, 2000. George Bush and John McCain are out to win the favor of voters, each trying to be the Republican Party’s presidential candidate.
Someone masquerading as a pollster calls a voter, asking if his opinion of McCain would change if they knew he had fathered an illegitimate daughter with a black prostitute?
Of course, the “pollster” didn’t claim that McCain had committed a two shocking transgressions against Deep South conservative Christian racists. The caller just posed a question to gauge a reaction. There’s nothing against the law against bringing up a “what if” situation.
And how can a “pollster” be responsible for any confusion that might arise from the fact that John McCain and his wife had an adopted daughter from Bangladesh? After all, Rovian politics helps to keep voters on their toes, motivating them to check out the facts. Most voters use their minds, not their hearts, when choosing the right candidates.
And with Rovian discourse, anyone can become involved in the great cause, even someone’s innocent daughter.
So would your opinion of Karl Rove change if you learned he had impregnated Jenna Bush, forcing her to get married to someone her age to cover up the scandal?
# posted by Stan Spire @ 3:22 AM 
