Karl Rove steered the nation into troubled waters, now he is jumping ship.
(SALEM, Ore.) - The real "Decider" will exit the building as of August 31st, leaving the United States in the hands of a national leader with a measured I.Q. of 91. Karl Rove announced his departure from a presidential administration entering its darkest hours.
A report issued by the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania has been in the news again this week, it details its findings about the President's I.Q. which bears out of a four-month study of the intelligence quotient of George W. Bush. It brings to light the need for Bush to have a "switch hitter" in terms of intelligence.
They report that President Bill Clinton's I.Q. is 182, literally twice that of the standing President. The California Penal Code Section 26 states that an "idiot" is one of six types of people who are not capable of committing crimes.
Well, we know Bush isn't an idiot. He would have to be a full 11 points lower on the I.Q. scale, an 80 by common definition, to meet the criteria for that.
Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry who countless Americans believe actually won the 2004 Presidential election, ceded the race to Bush in a Supreme Court decision. Regarding the two-legged Bush think-tank's departure, Senator Kerry predicted how he would be remembered, "Unanswered questions and political division are Rove's legacy."
Perhaps the biggest indicator of Rove's truly illicit nature came to pass when he sold out American CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in a scandal directly linked to the Iraq war, but his actions for all intents and purposes didn't earn him the slap of a hand.
Then came the outwardly dastardly firing of nine U.S. attorneys. Prominent Democrats link the firings to attempts to influence probes of Democratic or Republican lawmakers and election fraud investigations. Bush has said they were justified but mishandled.
In the end, presidential brain Karl Rove steered this country into one of the darkest periods in American history. He urged the attack of Iraq and on that level alone has brought about the deaths of well over 3,300 American lives.
And the "Forgotten War" in Afghanistan may have now passed a point of effectiveness because scarcely 20% of the resources have been allocated for the fight there.
Rove's departure marks this presidential staff's latest departure, it may be one of the biggest and it may be one of the best.
But who will tell the president what he should be thinking?
Op-Ed: Bush's Brain is Leaving the BuildingSalem-News.com