Rachel Maddow Fights "Bush Legacy Project"

One of the many and varied missions of this blog is to attempt to shine a light of truth on the falsehoods and spin present in everyday "conventional wisdom." And one of the newest assaults on our present, past and future is the "Bush Legacy Project." It's an attempt by Karl Rove, Karen Hughes (and the usual cast of characters) to polish the turds that have dropped out of the Bush Administration.

They say that history is written by the victors. But in this case, history is written by the attentive. If we're not paying attention, they're going to change it. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is doing her part to make sure that history remains history, and not some alternate Rovian reality. And I'll do all I can to help in the effort.

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Karl Rove Working on "Bush Legacy Project"

Photo from lowculture.com

For a long while there, we liberals stared in wide-eyed amazement--and horror--at what Karl Rove was able to accomplish. He twisted reality, and created an alternate one. One that the media, and a huge chunk of the public seemed to be believing. Don't believe your lying eyes, Rove seemed to say, here's what really happened.

Many of us turned to blogging our frustrations, pointing out the very plain reality that wasn't getting through. I was admittedly late to the game, starting this blog after Rove's powers had already started to wane. He failed rather spectacularly in 2006, when his dream of a "permanent Republican majority" started to die. But his alternate reality still held some sway.

Now that Barack Obama has been elected, Rove's super-villain status is on par with one of the 60s Batman series' rogues gallery. Kinda like The Penguin without the umbrellas. Nonetheless, Rove is gathering henchmen like Karen Hughes, for one last stab at reality distortion. Let's not let him get away with it.

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Stephen Hayes: Bush Administration Working on a Legacy Project

"Yeah it's pretty, it's pretty amazing stuff. I mean, I think that in his discussion about immigration and regretting the tone of the debate, I mean clearly I think that was a criticism of his own party. We're going to be seeing a lot more of this and there's an ongoing Bush legacy project that's been meeting in the White House, really, with senior advisers, Karl Rove, Karen Hughes has been involved, current senior Bush administration advisers and they are looking at how to sort of roll out the President's legacy. . ."

Read more (with video) at: Video Cafe

Daily Show: Jon Stewart on Karen Hughes

This clip (at least the clips with Condi) were a big hit in my household, so I thought I'd share them with you. Adios, Karen Hughes, I'm sure they'll find someone to fill that very big hole. . .

Karen Hughes Leaving Administration -- Again

Photo from source, BBC

One more Halloween Horror! I even did a search to find the news story with the scariest picture. AmericaBlog had an even scarier one, but I couldn't find it. Anyway, let's hope she's happy in her new gig, stalking the Himalayas. . .

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Key Bush image adviser to leave

Karen Hughes, a long-time adviser to US President George W Bush and the state department's public diplomacy chief, has said she will step down this year.

Her departure follows that of close Bush aides Karl Rove and Dan Bartlett. The trio from Texas are widely credited with Mr Bush's rise to the White House. . .

Read the rest at: BBC

State Department Now Blogging at "DipNote"

Photo of Karen Hughes from source, WashingtonPost.com

Not much to say about this story (though it is snarky and worth a read), but I haven't put a picture of Karen Hughes on the blog before, and I wanted to hear the Other Half shriek when he saw it. . .

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From the State Department, All the News for Inquiring Minds

Fox News, launched with such high hopes 11 years ago as the "fair and balanced" network, apparently hasn't lived up to its billing. CNN never had a chance. The other networks? Please. No citizen could dare trust the agenda-driven print media -- The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times -- to figure out, let alone accurately tell, the "real" story.

But now the State Department is in the blogosphere, and says it "offers the public an alternative source to mainstream media for U.S. foreign policy information." The blog, launched last week and called "Dipnote," is "taking you behind the scenes."

Read the story at: WashingtonPost.com