Ten Suggestions for Karl Rove
Guest Perspective/Raymond Buckley

In what seems to be another strange turn of events in Bush’s White House, Karl Rove is leaving. I think we all thought he would fight until the bitter end, considering he did not leave after or during any number of scandals that had his name written all over them. Rove should hear this message loud and clear: It is too late. Leaving now will not make us forget, nor will it make us forgive, the indefensible assault on honest and transparent government that you masterminded. The President, however much a puppet of Rove he is, should ultimately be held responsible for including such a reduced person on his team for so many years.
Here are a few ways Karl Rove could fill his newly found free time:

* Spend a day with the family of every soldier lost in Iraq and explain why Bush misled us into the war.
* Volunteer at a VA hospital and give our veterans a reason why they are not receiving the best healthcare possible.
* Write a hand written letter of apology to the tens of thousands of African Americans in Florida whose names were struck from the voting rolls just before the 2000 election.
* Tell the truth to the people of New Hampshire about your role in the 2002 phone jamming scandal.
* Enlighten Americans why you thought it was honorable to stand behind your corrupt friends Tom DeLay, Scooter Libby and Jack Abramoff.
* Visit every law school in the country and describe why you, Bush, Cheney, Gonzalez and the rest of the Administration think you are above the law.
* Spend a month living with a working family and tell them why you oppose labor unions that would provide them better wages and increased healthcare access.
* Volunteer in the Gulf Coast and assist the families still ravaged by Bush’s indifference to the Hurricane Katrina crisis.
* Spend a month in witness protection so you know how scared Valerie Plame and her family were after you broke her CIA cover for political retribution.
* Testify on Capitol Hill, as you were subpoenaed to do, so Congress can perform oversight on the Bush political operation.

Ray Buckley is chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party.