Today, conservatives across the country owe a debt of gratitude
to Karl Rove. Rove is either ridiculously clumsy in his
political maneuvering, or truly Machiavellian in his scheme to
see conservatives rise again. He either honestly intends to
deprive conservatives of the myriad of victories which can
only be achieved by returning to our principles and messaging
them effectively, or he hatched his little scheme
to invigorate conservatives by getting them to rally against
his ineptly named PAC, the Conservative Victory Project.
Rove has managed to pull off something that has eluded
conservatives ever since November. He has been able to unite a
diverse group of battered, bruised, depressed, and demoralized
conservative constituencies. They have galvanized into a
united fighting force ready to oppose the moderate madmen who for
so long have worked to undermine the principles that swept
Ronald Reagan into office in back-to-back landslides. Rove has
reinvigorated the conservative movement after a
difficult electoral cycle.
One can only surmise the intent of Rove. He’s a crafty
character, and he’s never been described as “stupid,” or
“bumbling.” Yet that’s how the announcement of his new PAC
appeared. And intentionally or not, it has indeed galvanized a
wide cadre of conservatives against Rove’s newly announced
effort to further soften the Republican party with squishy
centrists who are adept at nothing but growing fat on the
government teat. Is this all some terrible mistake? Or could it be
that Rove is actually as smart as he seems to think?
Sensing the desperation and depression of national
conservatives, perhaps he hatched this scheme with the intent
to motivate us. After a long career of deceit and deception
with the acquisition of power as his primary goal, maybe he
intended his new PAC to rouse slumbering conservatives to
action. Maybe Karl Rove has had a genuine ideological
conversion and realized that he had to sacrifice himself and
his own reputation in order to save the conservative
movement.
Is it possible that Karl Rove intended the formation and
announcement of the Conservative Victory Fund PAC to be the
wakeup call whereby the rest of us would rally together to
defeat the unprincipled moderates who have brought so
many electoral defeats to conservatives over the years?
Perhaps this is the culmination, and even the crescendo of a
long career of deceit and deception. Maybe Rove decided he was
willing to make the final sacrifice of his own reputation in order
to reunite the conservative wing of the party in opposition to
his evil plan.
Then again, maybe not.
Either way, the effect has been the same. Contrary to reports of
a war in the Republican party, the vast majority of
Republicans who have spoken publicly on the matter are now
completely united in their opposition to Karl Rove. They are
invigorated by the idea of a fight against the moderate machine
that Rove represents. This is a very good thing.
So whatever his intent, I say to Karl Rove, thank you. Thank you
very much.
