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Karl Rove Says Christine O'Donnell Needs to Explain Witchcraft 'Dabbling' to Voters
AOL News ^ | 19/9/10 | Bruce Drake

Posted on 09/19/2010 1:16:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Karl Rove, political mastermind for former President Bush, said Sunday that Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party insurgent who won an upset victory in Delaware for the GOP Senate nomination, "can't simply ignore" the controversy stirred over the disclosure that she "dabbled in witchcraft" and has to find a way to "explain it and put it in its most sympathetic light and move on." "In southern Delaware, where there are a lot of church-going people, they're probably going to want to know what was that all about," Rove said on Fox News Sunday. "And again, she said it on television when she went on the ... the Bill Maher show." Rove was referring to an October 1999 appearance O'Donnell made on Maher's "Politically Incorrect" show where she said," I dabbled into witchcraft -- I never joined a coven... One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar, and I didn't know it." O'Donnell had been on Maher's show frequently in the 1990s, and Maher has said he is going to show an O'Donnell clip each week until she agrees to appear again.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
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To: Cvengr
"Until it is answered, it gives Rove a better reputation and justifies his opposition."

You have been listening to pundits like Rove for much too long. And where do we stand as a result? I don't care if she worships at a pile of Gazelle bones as long as she votes Conservative in The Senate. We both know Castle would not once back in power. Don't give me this crap he is the best we could do.

341 posted on 09/20/2010 6:15:29 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Perdogg; Impy; yongin; GOPsterinMA; massmike; Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy; ...

I’ve been skeptical that Palin could make headway in the New Hampshire primary ... figured that somebody else would emerge to challenge MITT ... Pawlenty, Pence, Thune, who knows.

But I’m changin’ my thinking. Palin is the challenger. Makes sense to support her there, even if she runs in 3rd place.

I think the STOP MITT movement in NH could become an irrelevant distraction. I am really pissed off. THere is a genuine civil war in the GOP. If you’d asked me if the national party was stupid enough to start this war, I would not have believed that they were that stupid.


342 posted on 09/20/2010 8:47:27 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: campaignPete R-CT; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; yongin; GOPsterinMA; ExTexasRedhead; ...

Karl Rove needs to drop the matter and get with the program. The least he could do is keep his opinion to himself.


343 posted on 09/20/2010 9:12:27 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama's more worried about Israelis building houses than he is about Islamists building atomic bombs)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Rove is already lined up with Mitt, isn’t he? So this is another salvo in the ‘12 race, right? They are freaking out that Palin is gettin’ too influential.


344 posted on 09/20/2010 9:24:23 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: Clintonfatigued; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; Impy; InterceptPoint; firebrand; ncfool; dalight; ...
Karl Rove Says Christine O'Donnell Needs to Explain Witchcraft 'Dabbling' to Voters.

Well, why hasn't Rove ever said that Barack Obama needs to explain COCAINE 'DABBLING' to voters?

345 posted on 09/20/2010 9:31:33 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93; All
Why did Karl Rove never call on Hillary to explain her seances she had in the White House to summon up Eleanor Roosevelt?
346 posted on 09/20/2010 9:39:06 PM PDT by no dems (DeMINT / PALIN 2012 or PALIN / DeMINT 2012.......Either is fine with me!)
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To: justiceseeker93

Thanks for the ping!


347 posted on 09/20/2010 9:41:25 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: blackbart.223

Then don’t vote for either one and find another candidate. Tea Party solutions can also be the simplest.


348 posted on 09/20/2010 10:19:06 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: justiceseeker93

Republicrats are getting nervous..


349 posted on 09/20/2010 10:25:13 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: sheik yerbouty

Yep, I’m at the point where I don’t care anymore, I just want all of the career politicians from both parties out. We’ll deal with this new crop of candidates in due time.


350 posted on 09/20/2010 10:26:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers Magic Number - 6)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Any respect I had for Rove is gone with the wind; his big wind.


351 posted on 09/20/2010 10:41:19 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Take back our country on November 2, 2010. Let's Roll!!!)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

It is too early to assume who will be in the GOP primary field, let alone who will be Romney’s main rival in NH.


352 posted on 09/21/2010 3:12:03 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: no dems
Why did Karl Rove never call on Hillary to explain her seances she had in the White House to summon up Eleanor Roosevelt?

Wow, I had forgotten about that Eleanor Roosevelt thing, but you are absolutely right.

353 posted on 09/21/2010 7:35:34 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: AuH2ORepublican

not true. Ames STraw poll is 11 months away. Campaigns begin going full throttle in NH by FEB which is 5 months away.

People are already laying the groundwork.


354 posted on 09/21/2010 9:00:54 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

The campaign won’t begin until after the November elections, and the field will not be set until mid-2011 at the earliest. There’s still plenty of time for candidates to make the jump.


355 posted on 09/21/2010 9:04:25 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: Eleutheria5

God, I hope no one asks me to explain why I “dabbled” in Jello Shots in 1993!


356 posted on 09/21/2010 9:18:21 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

anybody who is not actively organizing for AMes is on the way to being eliminated. Ask Brownback and others.

anyone who waits for the cold weather of October to get his grassroots activity started in NH, will be too late. Ask Fred Thompson, Rudy, Huckabee. You need to be out in full force in NH by May, so you can get 5 full months of door-to-door done before the weather changes and darkness falls. Knuckleheads will wait until autumn ...


357 posted on 09/21/2010 9:43:05 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: justiceseeker93; Clintonfatigued; campaignPete R-CT

Sounds like she dated some guy who was into that nonsense, big deal. Coons currently worships at the alter of the first cokehead.

If a democrat had done it and the GOP attacked that would called an an attack on freedom of religion by the media. “Wiccans” would be marching on the capital and calling for Rove’s head.


358 posted on 09/21/2010 9:58:37 AM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Impy

“... marching on the capital and calling for Rove’s head.”

And the march would be the lead story on NBC Nightly News.


359 posted on 09/21/2010 10:15:58 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: autumnraine

That did it. You’re screwed for life. Now Carl Rove knows.


360 posted on 09/21/2010 10:59:29 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ( They cry "Piece, piece." And there is no peace.)
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