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Karl Rove To Sarah Palin: Get A "Thicker Skin"
Real Clear Politics ^

Posted on 08/25/2011 9:01:23 AM PDT by indianrightwinger

Karl Rove responds to controversy over his speculation if Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin will indeed enter the GOP field. Rove said chances are she will jump in, but was not definitive in his observation.

"I'm mystified," Rove said about reaction to his speculation. "Look, she is all upset about this saying how I am trying to sabatouge her in some way. How do I speculate on her future."

"Look, if she doesn't want to be speculated about a potential presidential candidate there is an easy way to end the speculation. Simply say 'I'm not running.' Instead, every time she pops up in the public eye like she did on CNN, at the Iowa State fair a short number of days ago. she said 'I haven't made a decision.'"

"I'm just speculating that more likely than not she is going to be a candidate."

"Now I said 'I wouldn't bet a lot of money on it' because it is such a close thing and I am not privy to her thought-making process. But it is sign of enormous thin-skin that if we speculate about her, she gets upset. And I suspect if we didn't speculate about her, she would be upset and getting ways to get us to speculate about her."

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KEYWORDS: 2012; misogynistrove; palin; rove; rove4romney; rovevsgop; smellthefear; tokyorove; waronsarah
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To: indianrightwinger

Or maybe like Karl Rove, Palin should get a fatter head. You could play basketball with that thing.


41 posted on 08/25/2011 9:25:17 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: Vaquero
I got sick of sycophant Hannity when he had leg tingles for Rudy Giuliani

And then you add Hannity's love affair with the suspendered Clinton goon Beckel, and you wonder what's going on. I wouldn't be in the same room with the thug, but Hannity says he's a good friend of the hack.

Also, you might notice that the Right To Life cause has completely slipped from any and all notice on the Hannity show.

42 posted on 08/25/2011 9:25:20 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: famousdayandyear
Can’t think of a reason why she is not letting the voters know one way or another.

Why should she have to declare when the press demands it. And it is the PRESS that's going on and on. Palin has until November. You fell for the MSM's bull one more time.

43 posted on 08/25/2011 9:25:44 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: indianrightwinger

Karl Rove can KMA.


44 posted on 08/25/2011 9:26:41 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Carling
How can Sarah be upset at speculation about her potential candidacy when she is touring the country in a bus and shaking hands in Iowa?

Where did Palin say anything about being upset?

45 posted on 08/25/2011 9:27:05 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Where did Palin say anything about being upset?

Seems to me that Rove is projecting.

46 posted on 08/25/2011 9:27:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Vaquero
Hannity’s radio show is even worse. I had a 45 minute drive, but I had to change the station after less than 15 minutes I HAD to change the station. I couldn't take it any more.
47 posted on 08/25/2011 9:29:01 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: Polybius

Take a sneak, troll.


48 posted on 08/25/2011 9:29:20 AM PDT by Walrus (You can't begin a revolution with establishment leaders)
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To: Polybius
Polybius: It would be an Obama landslide of Biblical proportions.

It would be Obama's dream come true to run against "George
Bush, III", which is exactly what it would be if Perry succeeds
in winning the nomination.

And BTW, despite popular belief among certain paunchy pundits,
Rasmussin is mediocre at best and has yet to be exposed.

49 posted on 08/25/2011 9:29:28 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: famousdayandyear
Can’t think of a reason why she is not letting the voters know one way or another.

Hey noobie...the election is in November 2012 and NOT November 2011.

Get over it.

50 posted on 08/25/2011 9:29:28 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: indianrightwinger

Rove probably read FR and got the idea Sarah was going to announce September 3rd.

There were many threads that made that claim.


51 posted on 08/25/2011 9:29:57 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Vaquero

I’m with you, Vaquero. Let’s just wait and keep our powder dry.


52 posted on 08/25/2011 9:30:51 AM PDT by Walrus (You can't begin a revolution with establishment leaders)
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To: Carling; onyx; trisham; South40
Palin has seen nothing like what Reagan and W. Bush received from their critics.

Really? The press attacked their children? And speculated that one of their kids weren't their's? Palins CHILDREN have been shredded by the press. And the left. I take it you supported their attacks as normal.

53 posted on 08/25/2011 9:31:08 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: indianrightwinger

You Karl!!!

Far, Far away and as fast as you can.


54 posted on 08/25/2011 9:31:36 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Polybius

Then why bother having elections? We’ll just pick a pollster and let them decide, right?


55 posted on 08/25/2011 9:32:07 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Polybius

I’m beginning to think that you are right and that she won’t run and is milking a possible run for all the money she can. I hope she isn’t but that is what it is starting to look like.


56 posted on 08/25/2011 9:32:32 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: indianrightwinger

This has already been posted and although Rove is right ,the FR Children’ Choir has already weighed in telling us how terrible it is for a commentator to have an opinion.
(especially one they disagree with)

Not only should Palin get thicker skin but so should all those on FR who want to give their opinions but not listen to anyone else’s.


57 posted on 08/25/2011 9:33:41 AM PDT by woofie
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To: Gen. Burkhalter

Concur w/ your wife, GB. If Sarah couldn’t handle of the flak she was getting in Alaska, how is she going to handle it on a national level? We wonders.


58 posted on 08/25/2011 9:34:28 AM PDT by flowerplough (Pelosi on Republicans: "They want to destroy food safety, clean air, clean water, ...")
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To: Polybius

Hey troll, you can take your phony polls and shove them.


59 posted on 08/25/2011 9:34:45 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Carling
Oh please? Really? I remember both men being attacked by liberals but neither had an autistic son who has been viciously attacked the way Palin's has nor was either man accused of incest, which was the left's story of why Trig Palin was born with a mental disability.

The Bush twins were targeted for their public drunkenness, and rightly so. But never before has a public figure had to endure attacks on their innocent child as the left has done with Palin.

60 posted on 08/25/2011 9:34:44 AM PDT by South40 (Perry: There is a path to citizenship for ILLEGAL ALIENS who have served THEIR country)
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