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I love Joe Conason, but did he really need his new column on Salon to have the headline "Karl Rove is a Liar"? I mean, why not "Karl Rove is White" or "Karl Rove's First Language is English"? Those would be equally shocking revelations. I understand we liberals have to fight back against Rove's smears, but I sense something different this time than some of his earlier efforts. The president is sinking -- an unwinnable war, a catastrophic fiscal strategy, a Social Security plan about as lovable as penicillin-resistant gonorrhea -- and Rove's most recent comments simply feel like desperation to me. Conason knows this, of course. But a pissing match with Karl Rove is exactly what the Democrats don't need, in part because nobody -- and I mean, even Afleet Alex after a 12-pack -- pisses like Karl Rove. Which, by the way, would be a great title for the column.