David Corn thinks of himself as a liberal thinker. This column disproves that theory. Here’s proof of that from his column:

Certainly, a White House aide who has engaged in the sort of political and policy chicanery that Rove has perpetuated ought to lose the right to collect a paycheck from U.S. taxpayers. Take your pick: the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. attorney scandal, the Valerie Plame leak, inaction on global warming, injecting politics into federal agencies to a new degree, suppressing government science, the stem cell veto, tax cuts for the wealthy, politicizing the war on terror …

But leaving is too good for Rove. He was Bush’s partner in the Iraq war, yet he (like other Bush aides, including, most recently, Dan Bartlett) are abandoning ship before the fight is done. Rove has argued that the Iraq war is essential for the survival of the United States (that is, for all of our families). So how can he walk away with the war not won?

I can’t deny that Corn spews mindless Democratic talking points effortlessly. That’s part of his problem. He doesn’t question anything that comes from the Democratic alphabet, whether it’s from the DNC, the DCCC or the DSCC. For instance, the firing of 8 US attorneys isn’t a scandal. On the intellectually honest scale, with 1 being intellectually dishonest and 50 being intellectually honest, Corn couldn’t reach double digits with that one. If he were intellectually honest, he’d be writing about the Clinton US attorney scandal. He hasn’t written a word about it. Don’t hold your breath waiting for that Clinton-US Attorney scandal article, either.

I’d further question his insinuation that Rove did something wrong with regards to the Wilsons. Just because he didn’t like the Bush administration pointing out the fact that Joe Wilson is a serial liar doesn’t mean that Karl Rove broke the law.

The conclusion I’m left with is that Mr. Corn has accepted the DNC’s talking points without questioning any of its contents. He obviously hasn’t questioned manmade global warming. He certainly thinks that Mr. Rove is evil for defending the President from a serial liar without ever questioning the Wilsons’ credibility. He obviously thinks that Bush’s veto of the stem cell legislation was Rove’s work too. I don’t think it’s a stretch to think that Mr. Corn is more than a little paranoid about all things Rove.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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   Pingback by Corn Cheapshots Rove at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source. — August 14, 2007 @ 7:06 pm

1. Screamers like Corn are in hog heaven now that Rove is going, but it would be out of character for then to be honest enough to show their glee.
   No, they’ll spit and whine and piss and moan some more because that’s all they know how to do.

   Comment by T. A. Gray — August 14, 2007 @ 9:56 pm

2. “David Corn thinks of himself as a liberal thinker.”

   Obviously, Gary, it’s your premise that’s wrong. You are insinuating this pile of garbage can think. But he is just as obviously exhibiting the “thought processes” of liberals; that is, he doesn’t have any thought processes. He just spews “the line.”

   Comment by Carlos — August 15, 2007 @ 11:09 am

3. Rove’s only crime was doing what his opposition wished they could have.

   He devised the strategies that congealed a unified base for Republican victories in 2000, ‘02 and ‘04. Republicans, as well as his boss, shot themselves in the foot when they began acting like Democrats and alienated their base. Now Democrats are alientating their base, by not acting like total loons.

   Comment by T. A. Gray — August 18, 2007 @ 9:22 am