The Turd Blossom Presidency

Over this past week we've started to see the results of the White House without Turd Blossom in control. Karl Rove may be the best pure political animal I have ever seen. He has no qualms about using rumor to slander anyone (do a google search for the terms John McCain wedlock for more on that little tidbit) and will do pretty much anything to get what he wants.

Unfortunately for him, he ran into Patrick Fitzgerald.

In practical terms, what Karl Rove did, conciously or not (see this) was out a CIA agent. If he did so stupidly, then he has problems under the espionage act. If he did so deliberately, then he has problems under a different statute. Either way, he's got problems, and he's likely managed to add a perjury or obstruction of justice to that as well. In any case, he's going to be much busier than normal (and keeping W from bashing his melon on the steps of Marine One because he's half in the bag is difficult already) and this past week at the White House showed it.

W conducted a conference call with a number of guys in Iraq, but there's a problem. The fact, that the whole thing was staged got out, and would have shown up regardless of Rove, but not for a long period of time. Instead, things are rapidly spinning out of control.

What happens next is going to be interesting.