Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
Point taken (and pun intended), but my understanding is that being a mod in the Hardware/Software forum doesn't mean I can't post in the Backroom with my usual gusto. Beyond that, I'm bound by the same codes of honor and civility that all Orgahs are subject to.
I dont know where your a mod, but albeit for me to be easy, I'd rather be a pain in your ass now. We are all here for entertainment purposes anyway...

Um, "verdicts of popular culture" was your phrase, and it was the one I reacted to, however mistakenly. Care to clarify?
Sure.

Right now its easy to slam Bush and his admin and anyone associated with it. Its popular, and its part of our culture now to dismiss him, and it out of hand due to the iraq foolishness.

that however overlooks the political animal that is carl rove. This thread, up until this point has been rather simplistic in its tone (IMHO). You came back with a point, that he
The man squandered a unified post-9/11 United States for a 51% second-term victory
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This insinuates that Rove was the only factor in the squandering, the media, nor the opposition had any hand in it? Thier portrayl (rightfully so perhaps) in how things played out didnt factor in?

No cheney? No Bush? Rumsfeld?

You left out many factors in this one example, and as I read this objectively it reads to me as pandering to verdict of popular culture. It dosent matter who the soup of the day is (rice, rummy, patreas) we seem to leep on list at nauseum everything they did wrong and point the finger.

Meantime the world passes by, and not a solution is offerred. Again, anyone can point to the sky and proclaim its blue, but few can tell you why it actually is.