In the cause of giving you all things Rove...

I link to Kos (I think the young man could use the hits):

It is quite instructive and shocking, even with this administration, that the outing of a CIA agent, her front company, and god knows how many other agents and operations, is met with a collective shrug from wingnut circles. While a blow job gave them the vapors, a genuine breach of national security gives them no pause, gives them no reason to abandon "the architect". Political power trumps everything -- even the safety of our nation.

Given what we know of the case, we know that Rove violated his non-disclose agreement. We know that Rove acted unethically, without regard to the consequences of his actions. Whether a crime has been committed remains to be seen, but shouldn't matter a whit.

The technical letter of the law isn't a shield from accountability, an antidote to endangering national security, an amnesiac from the lies McClellan -- and by extension Bush and Co -- spewed to the American people two years ago.

Right-thinking people -- even Republicans -- should look at these unfolding events with horror. I would certainly feel betrayed and angry if a Democratic administration thusly endangered national security and undermined our non-proliferation efforts. I wouldn't make apologies for it. I wouldn't rationalize it, attempt to distract with irrelevant, tangential points. I would demand accountability.

But to modern-day Republicans and their apologists, they can do no wrong. No Republican's action is worthy of scorn or censure. They are perfect. Flawless. Immune to error. Godlike.

The proper analogy to Bush Republicans isn't Godwinesque. It is to the old Soviet Politburo, especially that found under Stalin. Their pure devotion to power over rationality is as disquieting and as disturbing as any Administration in our nation's history. Not since Andrew Jackson has their been such a false cult built around an executive. Nixon's Administration, like Reagan's and Clinton's no doubt contained true believers, but rarely has power mattered more, to more, than with this current crowd.

And it all starts with Rove and radiates out.

I continue to believe more and more that many Bush devotees would choose a lifetime of Republican Dictatorship over the actual accountability which is supposed to be found in a Republic like ours.

And that is the scariest thing of all.