Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinbush?

Hey Hillary, Karl Rove called. He wants his cheesy, 1984 mind control backdrops back.

Or maybe he doesn’t. Karl’s been largely MIA since he “stepped down” from the Bush White House all those blessed months ago. Sure, every now and then he crops up with an idiotic comment or two, just to make it look like he’s still on the Republican team. But is his unseen hand showing itself in Hillary Clinton’s campaign?

There is no doubt that Sen. Clinton was paying attention during all those stacatto, disjointed Bush speeches/photo ops we’ve endured over the past seven years. That she’s taking a page from the Rove playbook with what her campaign calls its “Solutions for the American Economy” town hall tour is evident from the graphics.

This isn’t the first time lately that Hillary has looked Rovian. When she answered questions about her version of her Bosnia visit with a non sequitur about Obama’s pastor, she was resorting to the politics of personal destruction given to us by Rove. Her “3 a.m. phone call” ad featured the terrorism bogeyman voice-over Rove perfected for W.

The obvious question is, is Rove being ripped off, or is he on the payroll? It’s doubtful McCain, who was the subject of a Rove/Bush lying smear campaign in 2000 would hire Karl. You gotta take the work where you can find it, especially in the bankrupt Bush economy. Maybe Hillary was hiring.