"He could put fecal matter on his lapel and call it a boutonniere" (Garrison Keillor On Turdblossom)

[kpete]

Getting out of Dodge
The Head Counselor finally takes a hike. Good riddance

Garrison Keillor
August 15, 2007


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At this point, the current administration is like a very, very bad canoe trip with a week left to go, and Karl Rove is the Head Counselor who has found a path to the highway.

He left the White House with a wave and a grin and not in handcuffs as some had hoped, followed by the usual backwash of commentary on how important he was, or how not important in comparison to how important some people thought he was, and what I find eerie about the man is his inexhaustible self-confidence and optimism. He was the Master Woodsman. According to some accounts, his positive outlook was responsible for the Current Occupant's sunny disposition in the face of bad news. No wonder Rove's nickname was "Turd Blossom." He could put fecal matter on his lapel and call it a boutonniere.

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Mr. Rove believed in himself 150 percent and believed he could make history and create the permanent Republican majority to run the country, but when people look at what he actually brought to pass -- this wretched war that costs us $10 billion a month or more, a mortgaged economy, the corruption of the Department of Justice -- somehow the permanent majority seems less and less interesting.

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Rove spoke with great confidence about beans and tomatoes and showed slides and got standing ovations in many places, but he didn't get the crops in. Goodbye and good riddance.

more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0815keilloraug15,0,7232297.column

[wicket]

1. Classic Keillor

He cracks me up :rofl:

[nancyr]

2. Truly a national treasure!

[wicket]

9. He certainly is!

:D

[applegrove]

3. Well said.

[Longhorn]

4. Oh, THAT'S why Stephen Colbert called him "Feces Geranium" last night!

I didn't know that "Turd Blossom" was Rove's nickname. Who coined that? :)

[lpbk2713]

5. His mentally deficient friend and boss.

The same idiot who thinks it is funny to break wind in mixed company. His brain stopped developing at around the third grade.

[Longhorn]

6. Well, isn't that special?

Thanks! That one has gone completely over my head all these years!

Actually, I wouldn't diss third graders like that. :spank: :D

[Quantess]

8. Was it Molly Ivins?

[wicket]

10. George W. Bush did

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=turd+blossom

[marions ghost]

7. ha ha ho ho

worth reading the whole thing....The Master Woodsman :rofl:

Garrison ended with "Goodbye and good riddance"--guess a reference to John Edwards?

Thanks for posting--