[Steve_Seattle]

"Rove judged the issue a political loser and thought it best forgotten—without understanding that such a fundamental matter could never be forgotten, as Shattan wrote."

How could it be a "political loser" to vindicate one of the claims that justified the war? This can ONLY mean that whatever the Bush admin said about WMD's would be viciously slapped down and denied by the media, and that (if this claim is true) Rove therefore recommended that the topic not be resurrected. There is no other explanation for this alleged recommendation than that the media would not accept the facts.

[Diogenesis]

Why is Rove twisted?
"In December 1969, the man Rove had known as his father left the family,
and divorced Rove's mother soon afterwards.[8][9] After his parents' divorce,
Rove learned from his aunt and uncle that the man who had raised him
was not his biological father .....
On September 11, 1981, Rove's mother committed suicide in Reno, Nevada
In the fall of 1970, Rove used a false identity to enter the campaign office
of Democrat Alan J. Dixon, who was running for Treasurer of Illinois."

So there it is: Rove is a Democrat and a liar.