Is Karl Rove working on behalf of Dino Rossi?

Apparently Washington State Democrat Chair Paul Berendt thinks so, and has sent out an urgent appeal to state Dems asking for (what else?) more money (maybe to help pay off the big fine they owe the PDC for being bad boys and girls by not telling where they got other funds from, hmmm?). In his urgent 2 page letter, Berendt makes a ridiculous charge, as reported in this Times article, that Karl Rove is taking valuable time away from helping President Bush to 'pull the strings' in Rossi's legal battle.

From the article - "This is no joke! Don't stop reading until you've finished this letter," pleads the two-page mailing, sent to Democrats this week by state party Chairman Paul Berendt.

Fear is a tried-and-true motivator in political fund raising. And Berendt spun a scary tale of Karl Rove, President Bush's deputy chief of staff and top political adviser, calling the shots in Republican Dino Rossi's case against the election of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire.

State Democratic Party Chairman Paul Berendt warned of "guerrilla tactics" by "right-wing attorneys" and "extremist operatives." (I'm not an attorney, so that must mean I'm an extremist operative using guerrilla tactics. Hey, cool!) He said they are "meticulously crafting a case to unseat Christine Gregoire."

To fight back, Berendt said, Democrats must renew their membership in the party. "I am not an alarmist," Berendt wrote in the letter. "This is not Chicken Little crying: 'The sky is falling.' "

"Renew your membership today at the most generous level you can afford and help me stop Rove's mignons [sic] in their tracks." (Mignons? Paul, I suggest you learn how to use a spell checker before you send any more letters, pal. The word is spelled 'minions'. Sheesh!)

Berendt says in his letter (see above) that he isn't being 'Chicken Little', crying that the 'sky is falling'. Oh, no? Then, what are you trying to say, Paul? Sure seems to me that this is precisely what you are trying to say.

Karl Rove pulling the strings for the Rossi campaign? Oh, please.