[Jedidah]

I find it alarming that so many conservatives try to villify everyone who expresses an opinion they don’t like. It’s a shallow and dangerous approach.

Sometimes those who disagree with me aren’t evil — they’re just, in my opinion, wrong. But I need to listen to understand their point of view and refute it.

Rove has years of experience. He’s not involved in a campaign now, and he can speak his mind.

It’s naive and silly to ignore or criticize him when we should be learning from him.

[Marie]

The reason we’re getting upset with him, is that Rove is actually hurting the conservative cause.

He has the philosophy that in order to win elections, we have to put forth a more moderate candidate.

That philosophy isn’t necessarily a bad one and I would be content to debate the merits of his idea.

But he feels that anyone who’s too far right (in his opinion) can’t win in a general election and must not be allowed to get that far. So he’s begun to deliberately crush anyone who’s not a moderate. (RINO)

There are many who believe that he cost us three senatorial elections in 2010. He has to realize that by bashing conservatives, he’s hurting the party.

[LADY J]

"It’s naive and silly to ignore or criticize him when we should be learning from him.'

Learn what from him??? That we should all vote for his guy Romney?

We have minds of our own & we don't need Rove teaching us anything. I couldn't care less what he thinks.

[MestaMachine]

He is free to speak his mind. What we don’t like are his lies and his contempt for anything or anyone HE doesn’t agree with. His distortions of fact are becoming legendary.

[MestaMachine]

I should have added that his ‘opinions’ are little more than rino-driven propaganda.

[Prokopton]

Rove has years of experience. He’s not involved in a campaign now, and he can speak his mind. It’s naive and silly to ignore or criticize him when we should be learning from him.

You can learn just as much from listening to James Carville, who also has years of experience, as you can from listening to Rove, who helped create the mess we're in. I don't ignore Rove, because I don't ignore my enemies, but I will certainly do every thing I can to undermine his influence. Oh, BTW, Rove is involved in a campaign now, Romney's campaign, has been from the start.

[sarge83]

Rove just doesn’t disagree with conservatives, he knows what he is doing. He intentional seeks to damage conservative candidates chances to win in the general election against his fellow liberals.

He is the epitome of the deadly virus of liberalism which has taken over the Republican party.

Should a conservative win the White House Rove, the RNC cesspool and 99% of both Bushes administrations former employees should NEVER be considered for a job in their administration. And I would strongly look at some of the former Reagan administrations members as well for the infection of gone native, that is Washington DC.

A conservative just needs to go to Washington and tell those Party retreads in the words of Cromwell: “you have been sat to long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, i say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!.”

[duckln]

Bush's first election was a contested squeaker. His reelection was also a squeaker. Compare this to Nixon and Reagans election and reelection. Rove was the architect of defeat but managed to luck out.

Bush was a half loaf president, IMO because of top adviser,Karl Rove. Bush pulled the whole conservative movement to the left. We could have had it all, again IMO, if not for Rove.

We have a lot to learn from Rove and that is that he is a Trojan horse to be dismantled.

[Nifster]

Rove is for more illegals coming here from Mexico and being granted asylum....you can keep him

[Sea Parrot]

Tokyo Rove sowed the wind with his trying to destroy the Tea Party and their candidates, now he is reaping the whirlwind. Get used to and learn to live with it.