He almost handed them two presidential elections - Gore was a joke in 2000, the VP of the most corrupt and vile admin in history, the stains of Clinton spelled guaranteed defeat for any democrap who was close to Bubba and dared to run. Gore, the doofus VP nearly won. Rove wanted to play clean and not bash Gore with the Clinton scandals. Gore nearly stole an election he should have lost by over 10%...
In 2004 Rove had a sitting president who stood up to the terrorists after 9-11 and had a roaring economy. He nearly lost to a pathetic gigolo who had done nothing his entire life but live off the women he married and played the part of Ted Kennedy’s lap dog in the senate. A review of his 20 plus year in the senate indicated a very lackluster legislative agenda, no meaningful bills brought to the floor and a long trail of flip-flops on policy. If it wasn’t for the Swift Boat Vets proving he lied about his military record, his bogus medals,reminding the American people of his unsubstantiated attacks on Nam vets as war criminals, his trips to Paris to meet with the enemy, and his general self-serving behavior during Vietnam - that a-hole would be president.. Rove wanted to shy away from challenging Kerry’s Vietnam record...
Rove is easily the most overrated political strategist in the last 100 years... Good riddance jerk !!!!
Wonder how much Rove helped set the “new tone” that supressed the reports and prosecution of the vandalism at the White House when the Clinton/Gore team moved out.
Wonder how much of a hand he played in Bush being oh so civil with the Clintons despite their own subsequent interference with the Bush administration in a break with the traditions of past presidents.