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Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31
tetrahedrassface writes "According to CNN current Bush Administration political advisor Karl Rove will be resigning his post as senior political advisor at the end of August to spend more time with his family. Few if any prior senior political advisors to presidents have been the lightning rods for controversy that Mr. Rove has. Accused of running smear campaigns and celebrated for pioneering district level up campaigns that rely heavily on databases and fake grassroots origins, Mr Rove is one of the chief architects of the Republican Revolution."
Ever notice the smart rats jump first from the burning ship?
I just wanted to take a moment to thank the slashdot community, in advance, for what I am certain will be yet another discussion that will be the picture of decorum and civility. If there is anything I have learned about slashdot over the years, it is its ability to conduct a mature discussion about any topic, devoid of paranoia, rage, or ignorance.
In fact, I believe it would be fair to say that it was slashdot that single-handedly relegated the old connotation of "tinfoil hat" to the dustbin, leaving instead something that could only be termed fashionable, if unique, headwear in its wake. I know of no other web site that could have accomplished this return to such a balance and due consideration of all sides of an issue in its discourse.
Only on slashdot can such a discussion be guaranteed to be free of cynicism that dominates other venues of debate. Here, opposing viewpoints will be examined and considered, and not snuffed out. Nor will the community elevate viewpoints which only serve to reinforce their preconceived notions; indeed, slashdot, especially its comments, is the place to come for an evenly weighted consideration of any issue, especially issues of a political nature.
Neither will commenters fall to the common fallacy of "recentism", believing that a recent event must necessarily be the worst such case of an event in the history of mankind; instead recognizing that the internet can simply deluge us with an increasingly unprecedented level of information about any person or group which may pique our interest, allowing a wide range of ever more specific issues and minutia to be amplified to levels never witnessed in the past.
Moreover, I can tell by the (current) article title - "Politics: Carl Rove Resigning Aug 31" - that this discussion will have the highest regard for accuracy not only in content, but in spelling and grammar, as regular slashdot visitors will no doubt recognize to be the status quo. This level of accuracy can only be achieved by the tireless work of slashdot's editors, who carefully review each submission to the site.
So, bravo, slashdot - not only for what you have accomplished for political discussion in the past, but for the discussion you are about to have. It is exactly this kind of level-headed discussion that keeps people coming back for evenly balanced news and careful interpretation on nearly any topic.
Bravo, indeed!
According to CNN current Bush Administration political advisor Karl Rove will be resigning his post as senior political advisor at the end of August [CC] to spend more time with his family.
"When asked for comment Mr. Rove stated, 'I believe we will be settling down in this place called The Shire. I understand great opportunity exists there to squash more insurgency....'"
Naturally, you'd have to have read the actual LoTR to get that and not just seen the movies....
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
He's most definately a nerd. He's so much of a nerd, even the geeks beat up on him in high school.
Obviously he regards his lawyers as family.
That's not surprising at all.
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Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely.
But the pretty people LOOK so good on the TV.
Obviously you've never tasted dove. It's delicious, tastes almost like kitten.
Inference is best -- hobbits live in the Shire... it was enough for me to chuckle :)
The price is always right if someone else is paying.
Of course it's relevant to Slashdot — he uses an iPhone. Which just goes to show how great a product it is; I mean, who knew it could handle that level of fire and brimstone?
"I guess the moral of the story is, don't paint your airship with rocket fuel." -- Addison Bain
On a side note, I couldn't believe that the OP had to mention that you needed to have read the books to get the Scouring of the Shire refernce. I mean, this is /.! But of course someone came along and not only hadn't read the books, but then went on to argue with them... Which I guess means that this really is /.
And so you see, kids, that while pot will leave you delusional, mean-spirited and paranoid, it will at least leave your fantasy life intact.
A second, wait you! A good president of the US Yoda would make! No shit does Yoda take from any man! Size matters not! Osama bin-Laden's ass, he will kick!
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
I feel like death on a soda cracker.
he's a level 42 politician with a +3 against democrats
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Now that he's retiring maybe he can spend even more time on troll accounts on slashdot.