Rove Makes No Apologies--Neither Did Rasputin


Interesting story in the Aspen Daily News about the shadow behind the

throne, Karl Rove. He makes, as if he he is responsible for policy- actually
perhaps he is- no apologies for the Iraq debacle. Often citing statistics at
odds with others he claims to be in, it seems, a battle to save civilization,
of course as he defines it. Of particular amusement
is the comment made by his friend Charlie Grandy,
comparing Rove to Grigory Rasputin, an advisor to
the Imperial Court of Czar Nicholas (actually, Grandy is incorrect as Rasputin was more of an advisor to the Czarina Alexandra). Grandy might

want to be more circumspect in his analogies. After
all, it didn't turn out well for Rasputin and it certainly
didn't turn out well for the Romanov dynasty. As,
likely, it will for the Bush dynasty. After all, if they

get confused with history, I shudder to think of how
they deal with the present. Oh yeah. Nevermind.

Aspen Daily News Aspen, Colorado