WOOOOOOO!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

karl rove to leave white house:

Karl Rove, President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, announced Monday he will leave the White House at the end of August, joining a lengthening line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 years [sic] of the administration.

On board with Bush since the beginning of his political career in Texas, Rove was nicknamed "the architect" and "boy genius" by the president for designing the strategy that twice won him the White House. Critics call Rove "Bush's brain."

"Karl Rove is moving on down the road," Bush said, appearing grim-faced on the White House's South Lawn with Rove at his side.

"We've been friends for a long time and we're still going to be friends ... I'll be on the road behind you here in a bit," he said ruefully.

hell yeah you will, you furrow-browed, lint-brained nitwit! i'm so happy i'm doing a little dance!

A criminal investigation put Rove under scrutiny for months during the investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name but he was never charged with any crime. In a more recent controversy, Rove, citing executive privilege, has refused to testify before Congress about the firing of U.S. attorneys.

Rove's departure reinforces Bush's lame-duck stature and declining influence, particularly with Democrats in control on Capitol hill.

look at me dance! dance dance dance! with such abandon i am dancing! it's as if i were weightless and free from all care or worry! i could weep, i am so fully packed with joy and glee and dancing!

is this the first good thing karl rove has ever done? it doesn't atone for everything, but it's a tremendously positive step. and no, i will not read his book--but i will dance on it! dance and stomp with my mirthful tapping feet! and after i've paused for air and caught my breath, i shall dance on it some more.

and then i will recycle it, lou cona, and you had better start doing your part to make it worth my while. the world is on an upswing; now is totally the time.