“Do unto others so they can't do anything back”- The Rove model

Presidents never really leave office; all that really occurs is that their things are moved to a new, multi-million dollar mansion, but they can still talk about how good their policies were compared to those of the new president. Especially if that president is NOT of their same party, like Bush and Obama. Writing to the left wing, and the extreme left wing democrats has become much more easy seeing as there has been a change of power in our government, but the right wing is still making a comeback with their comments and actions towards this new regime. Although this new replacement of power has been anything but a smooth ride. Not only is Jeremy Scahill, the author of the article “Karl Rove Blasts Obama for “Outsourcing Afghanistan””, believes that the right has no room to talk, I do as well.
Both Bush and Obama have had their flaws in their administrations, the only difference between them is what they stand for and their stance on issues about our country. This “smack” talking by advisors in the Bush administration is anything but a good idea by the republican party. These comments affect everyone. Once said, at any point in time, it gives a bad name to the United States as a whole, plus it gives a bad name to the United States Citizens. These quotes make us look like a bunch of squabbling kids in high school. Not only are these supposed to be the leaders of our country, but they are supposed to represent us in the best light possible. They are supposed to represent our best interests and make the decision that the majority of our country wants, but how can they do that when all these politicians care about is making the most money, and trying to make the other side look back in order to gain more support for the stance of their party?
Not only is our sanity on the line, but also the fate of our country. If one person in one administration can not seem to hold their tongue about a situation they feel is being dealt with in a way not up to his or her standards, who knows what could happen. I understand that politics is this way. Citizens elect a representative closest to their views, and who they feel will represent those views and implement them into the way of the United States. Every now and then, politicians need to raise their voices in order to get the point across, but when the words turn into faulty accusations, or accusations that one should not say in order to not look like a hypocrite, we have a problem. Plenty of people have different views of the country and the direction we should be pointed in and there are plenty of people to choose from who could do the job just as well, if not better.
I do agree completely with the argument made in the article, there are many logical errors. For example, the author does use Ad Hominem quite a bit. He attacks Karl Rove by attacking the bush administration for their claims on the war on Afghanistan, when president Obama is making the same mistakes made by the the previous administration. Secondly, the author also attacks Karl Rove personally, which is a “blow below the belt”, like when he calls him “Rove blasting anyone for outsourcing anything is like David Vitter lecturing the losers exiting a strip club about the evils of prostitution”. Even though someone has to say it, it is still bad.
Other than some low blows on the authors part, everything said in this article needed to be said. Someone needs to put him in his place, and if it is not going to be someone in government then the American people, as a whole, should stand up for what is right. Those comments are most certainly not right in any way. All of the facts in this article are subjects that must, and should be covered with this subject of inappropriate comments and how politicians, especially right winged fanatics, are spewing out these days. Sore losers are not something our country needs right now.
For every point made in this article I would not make any other changes on the logical conclusions themselves. Yes, I do think they are “low blows” but they need to be said. Karl Rove has committed a terrible act when talking about another way to handle a situation that was already handled badly by his administration and himself. Someone needed to say something about his atrocious mis judgment and error he made in making his comments a poorly as he did. No matter how the author puts it, what he did was wrong and that is a known fact.
On a lesser note, I think this article takes much more preparation, than perfection or production. Production is just posting a few sentences on a page, and really not much perfection is needed, only because putting your words into the most blunt form possible get you point across much more easily to more people. The only reason preparation take all the time is because the author needs to be able to back up their argument and also make sure their argument is valid and true. Posting false information on the Internet, or in any publication, can get even the most experienced editorial writer into trouble.

The main argument of of the blogger is that Karl Rove should not have, in any way, been talking poorly about how the Obama administration is handling themselves in the war the Bush administration left them with. Using the "appeal to tradition", the author shows how the past eight years of the bush administration have been absolutely terrible with their "tradition" of policies. the author also uses "ad ignoratium" as a way to validate his claims. He says that just because Karl Rove was part of the Bush adminstration for some time, he has no right to speak badly about an administration that was left to clean up the mistakes of the previous administration. The author believes that Karl Rove should be barred from saying such things, as most people do, and believes that we have to power to stop him.

This article is something that everyone should keep in mind, the bush administration should not be commenting on anything the obama adminsitration has been doing or saying, espicially karl rove. For what went on in the bush administration, he has no room to talk.