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Grandiosity
Karl Rove is being a bit grandiose, don’t you think, comparing himself to both Moby Dick and Grendel?
Not just the great monster of the 19th Century U.S. but also the great ur-monster of all English-speaking culture.
(Though his comparing himself with a great white whale is perhaps unfortunately apt, considering the way his chin has been sagging.)
So does this leave Obama in the role of Gregory Peck, stamping around the deck of the Pequod on his fake pegleg?
Of course, it is arguable that Ahab was the real American monster and perhaps that’s Rove’s point.
In which case, I suppose we’ll have to have Hillary as Ahab.
Though I run the risk here of being just another bloviating blogger, I do think the country, indeed the world, would like to see somebody penalized, somebody at least express some contrition for the atrocities of the Bush years.
Unfortunately the monster seems to be hydra-headed and unapologetic.
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4 Comments
1. Rosalie replies at 20th August 2007, 3:51 pm :
In the first paragraph of the article, Rove said,
“Let’s face it, I mean, I’m a myth,” Mr. Rove told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” when asked about his critics. “You know, I’m Beowulf, you know, I’m Grendel. I don’t know who I am. But they’re after me.”
Perhaps the last 2 sentences are closer to the truth?
2. MW replies at 20th August 2007, 9:07 pm :
He is fully of himself, isn’t he? But he knows, as well as the rest of us, that the only monster that really fits him is the Blob. Fat jokes aside, I think that a formless splat of rapaciousness would fit him quite well, and he doesn’t deserve any higher standing than that. As far as I’m concerned, even Grendel had too much humanity to fit Karl Rove.
3. sherry replies at 21st August 2007, 5:39 am :
The Blob! MW, you’ve hit it on the nose. But oh! those apple cheeks!
4. sherry replies at 21st August 2007, 5:44 am :
I learned, post-Nixon, Rosalie, that those in high places are rewarded, not punished, for their crimes. Any punishment is, at best, a temporary setback. It was one of the great disillusionments of my life. They/we are after Karl Rove because he is a major criminal, if not a traitor, and I would have been very gratified to see him “frog-marched” out of the White House. That is never going to happen now and my best hope is that every one will just quit lionizing him and that he will fade into obscurity.
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