Is Rove losing his mind??

[dirtyduck]

Dan Froomkin, of the Washington Post White House Briefing column, has been tracking the practical jokes and odd happenings of Karl Rove lately. Everytime I read them, I can't help but truly wondering if he is losing his cookies. If you think about it, everyone said "how could Rove have been helping Bush at the debates (through the bulge) considering how badly he performed?" Maybe this is why. Maybe he is losing it. Even Bush was disagreeing with him through the feed.

Here are some examples:

-Rove layed on the ground under the wheels of Air Force One in what most said was a private joke between he and the president.

-From the pool report by Tammy Lytle of the Orlando Sentinel, on the plane from Ohio to Pennsylvania. "Karl Rove came bounding back to the press section looking like a kid who found the hidden stash of Halloween candy, and banging red and blue rally balloon souvenirs together. 'I only had to go to a hundred rallies to get my own thunder sticks.' "

-James Gordon Meek of the New York Daily News was the print pooler and had this to report. "Halloween came early for your pool shortly after the 12:17 p.m. departure from the odorous Lancaster field."'Doctor Rove' pranced to the back of the cabin with a cloth surgical mask over his face and digits aimed upward as if ready for meatball surgery. "'Dr. Rove is here!' he proclaimed giddily, while refusing to be baited about flu vaccine. "Hijinx ensued. Rove proceeded to massage the scalp of a correspondent with, alas, fewer strands of hair than his 'surgeon,' who promised -- oddly -- to 'make the circumcision,' and then added that he had 'replaced the defective mental unit.' After pronouncing the operation successful, said physician of spin explained that his missing sterile gloves necessitated that he'd had to 'go commando' for the procedure."

-From the pool report by Bob Hillman of the Dallas Morning News, filing from president's photo op at the Sylvan-T dairy farm in Wisconsin: Bush returned to his bus. "Senior adviser Karl Rove lingered, though, looking to make mischief with a grocery sack of ice balls picked up earlier at the hockey rink in Onalaska. "An ice ball fight of sorts ensued, and your pooler was iced on the head. "Your pooler blamed Rove. He denied it. So, frivolous or not, it's up the lawyers now."

-For Halloween, pool reports say Rove threw some boxes of M&Ms at reporters. Earlier in the day, between Orlando to Miami, Rove popped into the press cabin of Air Force One to shout "Cuba Libre!"

What the fuck is up?

[eataTREE]

1. Woah. I think Rove is getting a little chemical assistance. (n/t)

[wicket]

2. We'll have to rename him Karl "Kookoo" Rove

:evilgrin:

[rjbny62]

3. he has to have fun while he still can

[Spinzonner]

4. Stress Relief ?

This has had to be hell for him trying to push Shrub as a competent candidate whatever his reputation.

[Clinton Crusader]

5. Sounds like the Rove we all know to me

[Clinton Crusader]

6. dupe

[Ms.Victory]

7. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

A NutJob.

[Dr Fate]

8. Sounds like Hunter S. Thompson took over Rove's body...

...if you catch my drift.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. "Harris... From The Post"

n/t

[txindy]

10. Sounds like KKKarl has been medicated a little early

Trying to prevent that post-election depression, KKKarl? Good luck with that! ;)

[catmandu57]

11. Setting up an insanity defense

For his treason trial?

[RummyTheDummy]

12. Even more proof Kerry will win. Actually, a sure fire sign he will

Rove hasn't suddenly gone mad and he hasn't suddenly become human either. What he's doing: Trying to convey an image of calm and condidence to the press because their internal poll numbers are telling them they are going to lose.

If they were ahead, rest assured he wouldn't be in front of the cameras, and if he were it would be to gloat.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

13. WTF???

Ok the first couple of examples (though I enjoyed the wheels of Air Force One story a bit too much) I was thinking "well damn he's goofy as hell, like me! That's scary!"

But then as I read further, especially to the last one, and taken altogether I'd have to say he's experiencing better living through chemistry and/or experiencing a few wires coming loose.

Wow. Cuba Libre?????

[mark11727]

14. That was the sound of a paradigm shifting without a clutch...

[grace0418]

15. Tomorrow night the bus is leaving town

with Karl Rove on it. Next stop CRAZY TOWN!