Axelrod To Bush Advisers: Butt Out

By GottaLaff

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Sic 'em, Axelrod!

David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, had harsh words for some of former President Bush's closest advisers during an interview with the Post's Lois Romano yesterday, dismissing as "intramural stuff" the critiques offered by the former Administration. [...]

But, Axelrod saved his strongest condemnation for the man who held his job in the Bush White House: Karl Rove. Of Rove's criticism of Obama's economic stimulus plan, Axelrod said: "The last thing that I think we are looking for at this juncture is advice on fiscal integrity or ethics from Karl Rove -- anyone who's read the newspapers for the last eight years would laugh at that."

Rove did not return an email seeking comment. But, he did pen an op-ed today in the Wall Street Journal [...]

"Mr. Obama, for all his talents, has already re-energized the GOP and sparked a spending debate that will last for years," wrote Rove. "The president won this legislative battle, but at a high price -- fiscally and politically. " White House officials have generally been loathe to criticize the Bush administration directly -- believing that the American people want to move forward, not look backward.

But, Axelrod's comments show the disdain that he clearly holds for some within Bush's inner circle.

Axelrod's disdain is in direct proportion to the disdain that BushCo has shown the American people, the Constitution, and the ObamAdministration. In fact, IMHO, his comments were exquisite, but rather subdued.

H/t: Eve