The Faux Deficit Debate

However, since taking office Mr. Obama pushed through a $787 billion stimulus, a $33 billion expansion of the child health program known as S-chip, a $410 billion omnibus appropriations spending bill, and an $80 billion car company bailout. He also pushed a $821 billion cap-and-trade bill through the House and is now urging Congress to pass a nearly $1 trillion health-care bill.

via Karl Rove: Voter Anger is Building Over Deficits – WSJ.com.

Some of you may have read the above quote — from an editorial written by Karl Rove this past week in the Wall Street Journal – and thought to yourselves, “Karl Rove? Is he still alive?” A very natural question to ask, given the events of the past few years, which saw the Bush administration (and its accompanying historical legacy, or lack thereof) reduced to rubble thanks in large part to the horrific decision to put a purely political animal like Rove in charge of White House policy.