Karl Rove -- The King of the Georgarene Swine
First this fairly well-known story from the Bible, described very succinctly at this site...
The Gadarene Swine
In all exorcisms except one, Jesus simply expelled the demons. But at Gadara (or Gerasa or Gergesa), Jesus sent the demons into a herd of pigs. Matthew 8.30-32 (cf. Mark 5.11-13 and Luke 8.32-33) wrote:And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Jesus performed this miracle in pagan territory, the Decapolis.
Ah, but what happens when it is the demons that are trying to cast themselves in, and not the other way around?
This from the Tribune.
Book says Rove ordered office exorcism
Newsday
September 7, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove says he's not The Exorcist.
Rove, the Bush political shaman Democrats love to demonize, enlisted a trio of clergymen to exorcise Hillary Rodham Clinton's left-wing spirit when he moved into her West Wing office in 2001, according to an unflattering new biography.
"I talked to Karl; he said it's not true and, beyond that, he will have no comment," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
Clinton smiled and shook her head in disbelief Wednesday when asked about the tale, which appears in "The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power," by James Moore and Wayne Slater.
"I'm speechless," she finally said, heading toward a Senate elevator.
Later, Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines quipped, "If the story is true . . . they sure did exorcise any lingering competence right out of the building."
Deal Hudson, a former Fordham University professor Rove enlisted to woo Catholic voters, told Moore and Slater that he witnessed the exorcism, which he described as "an actual liturgical ceremony."
Hudson did not return a message seeking his comment.
And lo the spirit of democracy was cast away into the herd of Neocons.
And Rove said unto them, Go.
And behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into Iraq, dragging a whole nation behind them, and perished in the deserts.
5 comments:
I can see three possibilities here:
(1) The story of Rove having the exorcism done is only a rumor.
(2) It's real, but it's just his weird idea of a joke.
(3) It's real and Rove genuinely thought it was necessary. If it's this one, I will have to re-evaluate Rove. I had thought of him as simply a shrewd, amoral opportunist. This, however, would mean he's as crazy as the rest of the Bush gang.
What the hell. If every wingnut on the planet can say that the departing Clintonites stole all the W keys off the keyboards, then we moonbats can say that Rove had Hillary Clinton's office exorcised. Make the bastard deny it!
What the hell. If every wingnut on the planet can say that the departing Clintonites stole all the W keys off the keyboards, then we moonbats can say that Rove had Hillary Clinton's office exorcised. Make the bastard deny it!
sooooooo, when is a horse going to become a senator?
Sooooooo, when is a horse going to become a senator?
We already have a horse's ass in the Oval Office, don't we?
Kid Charlemagne, I believe Rove did actually schedule that exorcism, because he thought it would get him some easy points with the foaming lunatics on the farthest-right reaches of the Talibangelical wingnutosphere. Which means he's a blasphemer as well as a lying sack, but who's counting? -- Anne Laurie
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