BOB SLOSSER
Keep an Eye on What's Happening in
D.C.
By Bob Slosser
CBN.com Columnist
CBN.com
- It seems to me that moms and dads and even grandparents
of young gals with political and all kinds a ambitions should shake
their heads, "No, not today," when they hear the first
inkling of a desire to seek an internship in Washington, D.C.
We’ve had some highly publicized reasons for thinking again
about those desirable, short-term jobs for a youngster about to
wind up a college career and head out into the world of work.
The nation’s capital may not be the safest place for an attractive
young lady.
And it’s not the obvious criminals and derelicts who are
the biggest threat; it’s the men chosen for some of the most
prestigious jobs in the country, jobs of trust calling for qualified
men of character and honor.
Sure, I know this is a changing, expanding time in society, and
people don’t play by all my old rules (unfortunately) of
years gone by, but has it gone so far that Presidents and Congressmen
and folks of that order are the ones to be feared?
Monica Lewinsky needed a good spanking, from what we read in
the papers, and we don’t know as much about Chandra Levy;
she may have, too. But these older guys, the politicians, are
the real culprits; they know better (don’t they?)
We the people out in the boonies need to do a better job voting,
and our education systems, families, role models (maybe there
aren’t that many), authors, movie producers, CD makers, TV
executives, and their randy consumers, need to take a good look
in the mirror and then view some photos of the Levy family.
The press has been talking a lot about another Washington problem
of a different sort (I hope). You folks hopefully by now know
who Karl Rove is; if not, learn. The problem with my writing about
him is that I like the guy who allegedly is his boss, the President,
and I like a lot of what Rove himself thinks, at least to the
extent I know. The problem is, however, that neither you nor I
voted for him, and he’s doing a lot a things up there at
the White House that may have a major impact on the country and
maybe the world.
Lest you panic, that’s the way it always is been with chiefs
of staff, advisers, counselors, and so on – in the manner
of Sherman Adams with Eisenhower, Bobby Kennedy with JFK, Bob
Haldeman and John Ehrlichman with Nixon, Jim Baker with Reagan,
and John Sununu with Bush senior. Remember Harry Hopkins with
FDR? Well, he had a lot a clout, dealt in a lot a big stuff, and
put out a lot of fires. Rove is like that. His biggest danger,
as some see it, is his long relationship with George W. This President
has come to trust Rove a whole lot. He holds the title of "senior
counselor," but nobody knows for sure what that entails.
If you read the press, which is dangerous, he’s the most
powerful presidential adviser since the advent of the modern White
House under FDR – even outhitting cabinet members, and, they’d
add, he may be dangerous.
As anyone would expect, the Democrats and the bloodthirsty newsmen
have been going after Rove and it will probably get worse. Senator
John McCain, a Republican who was Bush’s tough opponent for
the party’s nomination for President, says rather mildly
but scarily with the implications that "Rove is perceived
as the nerve center of the administration." Others are more
vicious, going after him on charges of possible wrongdoing in
connection with press accounts of his meetings at the White House
with honchos of companies that he owned stock in – to which
the White House says, "No way." Because of Rove’s
political power and dealing, such as masterminding the boss’s
presidential campaign, there will be more attacks.
As reporters see it, "Get Rove, and you get Bush."
Don’t forget this, fellers, the whole country has known
for years, even in Texas and Oklahoma, that George W. Bush is
a manager, and that means he’s used to good vice presidents
and directors and maybe a senior executive vice president or a
right-hand counselor and confidante he trust. None of this is
new. And both top guys think good, if you ask me. But let’s
watch things, hear?
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