The latest melodrama that politicians and bloggers alike are throwing themselves into is “Rovegate,” the stupid, inconsequential, and highly boring scandal wherein covert CIA agent Valerie Plame has her identity revealed to the media. It’s called Rovegate because, well, it’s a scandal, and because Bush advisor Karl Rove seems to have had some role in the affair. Karl Rove is, of course, a favorite object of liberal hatred, since he’s so close to Bush, and since he’s an apparent egghead genius who controls Bush like a sock puppet from behind the scenes.

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