ROVE OVERSTEPS-- BIG TIME-- AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE SHUNNING HIM

This Labor Day weekend scores of Republicans attempting to cling on to a shred of human decency are shunning Bush's evil Machiavellian chief political operative, Karl Rove. Rove has sent out the word that Republican congressional candidates should capitalize on 9/11 by holding fundraisers at the very hours when the tragedy occurred. Although we have reports that at least a few of the worst and most desperate of the Republican incumbents have sent out invitations, most Republicans seem to be telling Rove where he can shove his idea. And not just this idea.

According to a front page story in tomorrow's New York Times, more and more Republicans "are disregarding Mr. Rove's advice" and avoiding public events with Bush, Cheney and Rove, many even going so far as to base their campaigns on distancing themselves from the Bush Regime's hateful policies. Even a complete far right hack like the uber-reactionary Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, Dick DeVos, loudly struck out against Bush and his horrible policies this week. DeVos, who inherited billions from his family and has helped finance the Far Right's political agenda "startled national Republican Party leaders with a searing attack on the president for failing to meet with the leaders of the Big Three automakers. 'We're being ignored here in Michigan by the White House, and it has got to stop,' Mr. DeVos said."

Rove, who was on his way to Michigan for a fundraiser when DeVos blasted Bush, let it be known that there will be plenty of more ignoring of DeVos' race. Rove is working on trying to minimize expected GOP losses in Congress and says the governors are on their own.


But many congressional candidates don't want his help, at least not publicly. The suggestion to politicize 9/11 has met with cold shoulders by many and it is widely believed that any Republican congressman who takes Rove up on this suggestion will probably suffer for it among voters. Adam Nagourney and Jim Rutenberg report that "influential conservative commentators have openly broken with the White House, calling into question the continued enthusiasm of evangelicals, economic conservatives and other groups that Mr. Rove has counted on to win elections... Rove has warned associates that a Democratic takeover in Congress would mean an end to Mr. Bush's legislative hopes and invite two years of potentially crippling investigations into the administration."

As everyone has long suspected, The Times reveals Rove as Bush's puppetmaster. "Mr. Rove determines the bulk of the president's schedule and is a crucial figure in determining what Mr. Bush should say this fall." The 6 states where Rove has decided to take his last stand to try to hold onto congressional power are Connecticut, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. In several of these states, Bush's presence "could be problematic" (especially Connecticut and Pennsylvania where candidates have begged Bush to stay away) and Rove is looking to offer some "below-the-radar help." DWT has gotten word that at least one endangered Republican incumbent, already on the outs with voters after being exposed for an extramarital and violently abusive sex affair with a young woman, has announced he will be doing a 9/11 fund-raiser at the very hour a plane went down. Another Republican incumbent, speaking on condition of anonymity, says this could be the death-knellfor his colleague's ill-starred campaign. "It's wrong to politicize this national tragedy and he's making a terrible mistake. The poor guy just had major bypass surgery and I don't think he's thinking straight. This isn't the time to be letting Cheney tell you how to run your campaign"


SUNDAY UPDATE: YES, YES, DON SHERWOOD IS ONE OF THE REPUGS CAPITALIZING ON 9/11 FOR ROVE

I've been deluged with e-mails today-- I thought everyone went to a bar-b-que-- about which Republicans would dare hold a crass political fundraiser at the very moment normal Americans with a straight set of values are observing a moment of silence for the Americans who were murdered on 9/11. Like I said, most Republicans have told Rove to take his sick idea and shove it. A few haven't. Can I prove it? Sure; here's an invite a friend of mine in PA-10 got to Sherwood's Rovian fundraiser. Notice the time.



UPDATE: DON SHERWOOD-- DUMB AS A BOX OF ROCKS OR SHARP AS A LOAF OF BREAD? YOU DECIDE

The Patriot News covers politics in a lively column called "Pennsyltucky Politics" by Brett Lieberman. Today's column asks a perceptive question about Don Sherwood. Wonderers are wondering if the sleazy congressman is "dumb as (a) box of rocks or sharp as a loaf of bread? Sherwood, facing a tough challenge from Democrat Chris Carney, is scheduled to hold a fundraiser on Sept. 11th. Yes, when most politicians will be attending memorial ceremonies in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Sherwood will be raising money with dairy farmers in Towanda. Paging campaign manager Jerry Morgan, the magic's fading, baby."


UPDATE: 9/11 FUNDRAISER EVEN TOO EMBARRASSING FOR DON LOWLIFE SHERWOOD. HE CANCELS

Gort42 has the early information on Sherwood canceling his embarrassing 9/11 fundraiser. Of course, like all Republicans who get caught doing something wrong or illegal, he immediately blamed people around him. Click over and see how Gort has made this very... graphic-- and oh, so appropriate.