Despite the fact that many people have debunked Karl Rove's statements about the run-up to the war in Iraq, he continues to assert his falsehood. Even Ari Fleischer and Andrew Card took him to task this week about the matter. Today Rove appeared on his hometurf (a.k.a. Fox News) to debate his revisionist history with Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). It wasn't even close.
From The Huffington Post:
"Clearly things have not gone right in Iraq and you've tried to revise history," Van Hollen told Rove, demanding he "retract the outrageous statements you made."
Rove refused to back down, instead reading off a series of quotes by then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) that Rove claimed backed up his point. But as ThinkProgress documents, "None of the quotes that Rove used suggested Daschle was desperately trying to force a war authorization vote."
Van Hollen then laid down his trump card: a quote by former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer in today's Washington Post: "It was definitely the Bush administration that set it in motion and determined the timing, not the Congress. I think Karl in this instance just has his facts wrong."
Rove won't back down, his ego is too inflated for that type of humility. He will shamelessly try to deflect blame for the catastrophe in Iraq from Bush and himself without regard for the truth. That power he enjoyed inside the White House has certainly corrupted his head absolutely. If he said that the sun was green, no number of experts or regular people with eyes would make him change his position.
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