Recently Karl Rove responded to comments from Scott McClellan’s book on the show Hannity and Colmes by saying, “…this doesn’t sound like Scott. It really doesn’t. Not the Scott McClellan I have known for a long time…sounds like somebody else, it sounds like a left-wing blogger.”
Okay, forget the controversy about a book that doesn’t spell out anything new. The only surprise is that it is written by someone in Bush’s camp. Instead, look at the word choice by Rove. In particular, the phrase “left-wing blogger” scares me. Understand that this is how the Internet is viewed by politicians on the left and right. This phrase is not only being used to discredit McClellan, but bloggers and the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »





