Monday, September 19, 2005
Mr. Smith Faxes To Washington
Congressman Lamar Smith (left) is advising the White House on how to politicize immigration.
Just when I thought Texas Republicans wouldn't embarrass themselves any more today, along comes another story.
Using a fax machine correctly should be a requirement to advance out of Politics 101. That's a lesson Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas apparently skipped. As is reported by the Raw Story, Mr. Smith (or someone in his office) accidentally faxed a memo intended for Karl Rove to a Democratic member of the House.
That memo, which the Raw Story page has images of, gives Rove tips on how to make the most political hay for Republicans on the issue of immigration. It was apparently advance material for a meeting the two were to have the same day the memo was faxed.
I suspect Rove will figure out how to blame the Democrats for Smith's mistake, as soon as he gets out of treason charges for outing a government agent and finishes his version of the blame game (which requires Republicans to blame others while claiming to despise blaming anyone) for the Katrina failures.
