On the Coattails of a Dead Man

From The Whiskey Bar (Billmon):

Capitol Hill Blue, an interesting little web site that covers politics and government in, and from, Washington, takes a look at the Bush campaign's plans to turn the electronic ghost of Ronald Reagan into the third man on the Republican Party ticket:

The ads, ordered up by Bush political advisor Karl Rove immediately after Reagan’s death last Saturday, use images of Reagan and excerpts from his speeches in what one angry GOP conservative describes as a “callous attempt to tie George W. Bush to the legacy of Ronald Wilson Reagan.”

One proposed ad even goes so far as to show Reagan saying “George, go out and win one for the Gipper.” The clip comes from Reagan’s speech to the 1988 Republican National Convention where the former President’s request was to Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush, in his successful 1988 run for President.

One failed George deserves another, I guess.

However, while Capitol Hill Blues isn't the only source of this information (I've seen it discussed elsewhere, including on TV one evening), Billmon goes on to add that the source for this information may not be a good one, noting:

Fortunately (because I'd like to make it to November without a state of emergency or a nuclear war) the credibility of Capitol Hill Blue founder and editor Doug Thompson - who has the byline on the Bush-is-nuts story - is somewhat suspect.

Is such a thing beyond Rove? In my opinion, sadly, nothing is above or beyond Karl Rove.