Griper Blade: The Best Thing Karl Rove Ever Did for the Nation -- He Screwed Up Big Time

I'm asking the question righties must also be asking today -- "Where the hell was Karl Rove?" His October Surprise was a no show. His dirty tricks campaigns weren't enough. And his confidence the math was misplaced. Our first glimpse of the post-election Turd Blossom isn't all that telling:

Associated Press:

After voting in Crawford, Texas, the president returned to Washington Tuesday afternoon.

He was joined for a dinner of corn bisque and beef loin by political strategist Karl Rove, GOP chairman Ken Mehlman, White House chief of staff Josh Bolten, counselor to the president Dan Bartlett, former Commerce Secretary Don Evans and Brad Freeman, a California venture capitalist and top Bush fundraiser.

They watched the returns in the study of the residence.

Was that hurled corn bisque and beef loin projectiles? Given Bush's rep for having a bad temper in private, I'd imagine that the words, "What the hell am I paying you people for?" were shouted more than once. In Rove's case, it might be a damned good question...

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