Some Insight

I'd never come across this piece about Rove before, but it is one of the most compelling accounts of the way this man and the White House works. It's a bit long, but it's truly frightening and well worth the read. Here's a snippet to get you going:

...Rove was talking to an aide about some political stratagem in some state that had gone awry and a political operative who had displeased him. I paid it no mind and reviewed a jotted list of questions I hoped to ask. But after a moment, it was like ignoring a tornado flinging parked cars. "We will fuck him. Do you hear me? We will fuck him. We will ruin him. Like no one has ever fucked him!" As a reporter, you get around-curse words, anger, passionate intensity are not notable events-but the ferocity, the bellicosity, the violent imputations were, well, shocking. This went on without a break for a minute or two.

This guy is so feared in Washington that few ever speak about him on the record. After reading this piece and seeing the current story developing I'm now convinced, this guy is mentally ill. God help us.