Narcissistic Sabotaging Punk Poofter
Posted on 12/07/2011 11:24:44 AM PST by TitansAFC
Karl Rove isn’t officially affiliated with any of the GOP candidates, but if you listen to him, it’s becoming increasingly clear he has a favorite. We’re not the first to notice, but Karl Rove seems firmly in the Mitt Romney camp. What’s more, he’s goes on TV a lot to lob attacks at just about every other candidate.
Rove has taken a stab at just about every candidate other than Romney, and on Tuesday it was Newt Gingrich’s turn. With multiple polls showing Newt Gingrich surging in Iowa, Rove took to Fox News, to undermined the former speaker:
“If in the polls newt is leading by 10 or 11 or 12 points going into the Iowa caucuses and doesn’t win by that margin people are going to say, well, he didn’t meet his mark. That is a challenge for somebody who has not built organization.”Basically, Rove is framing the Iowa caucuses in such a way that, even if Newt wins, a victory by less than 10 points is interpreted as a loss. Rove’s point is that Gingrich has “momentum” but no “organization,” which means he is likely to underperform relative to his poll numbers, and thus that he’s all fluff. If Newt does win Iowa on January 3, expect Rove back on TV making the same argument.
Add Tuesday’s appearance to a long list of attacks against everyone but Mitt that TPM has been tracking for months now. As each candidate rises and falls, Rove is there to swat them away.
Since Newt’s rise, Rove has dedicated the last week or so to naming Newt’s flaws. Way back in October, and well before the infamous Libya flub, he questioned whether Herman Cain was “up to the task.” And when Rick Perry was considered a serious threat to Romney, Rove was quick to point out that Perry’s position on Social Security, which he called a Ponzi scheme, was politically “toxic.” (Rove would know, seeing as he was an adviser to Bush when he tried to privatize Social Security, but that’s beside the point). Perry was up-and-coming, and Rove tried to scare supporters away.
It’s one thing for Donald Trump to play Republican king-maker, but Rove’s approval comes with a lot of cash. Rove runs the super PAC American Crossroads, which shares a board member with Romney’s own super PAC, Restore Our Future — a connection that both Crossroads and Romney’s camp has denied is meaningful. Either way, the Rove primary is an important one to win, and while Gingrich may be surging in Iowa and South Carolina, it seems he’s got a long way to go on this one.
Newt Ping!
Just go away, turd blossom.
And that tells you all you need to know...
***Rove runs the super PAC American Crossroads, which shares a board member with Romney’s own super PAC, Restore Our Future.***
Restore our Future? ROF?? (time travel?)
Don’t these Political Action Committees have to sponsor a specific candidate or platform in order to collect money?
Who ever Rove is for I am against. He should flush himself down the toilet and do us all a favor.
Rove EARNED his “conservative” cred
by being the hatchetman for Romney and the DNC.
I don’t think Karl is as popular as he might think, so this may just backfire on him/Romney.
Rove. A fallen star...
If I knew nothing about Mitt, knowing he’s Rove’s fav would be all I need to know. *flush*
I don’t think Karl is as popular as he might think, so this may just backfire on him/Romney.
Agree. If anyone sinks Newt’s run it will Newt’s own pasted history and the peoples rejection of it. Not something done or said by some talking head.
While Rove continues his attacks, the left is gearing up to finish Newt off. If you’ve got the stomach, read Roger Simon’s vile attack in politico. The first of a title wave. I dislike Newt but no one merits such a simpering, arrogant blast as Simons. There will be no open and free election in 2012.
Title should be tidal.
And remember Bush & Rove supported KBH's bid to unseat Rick Perry as Governor.
Rove was attacking Perry over the ranch rock when his poll numbers were up.
So Team Bush is squarely behind Willard.
Karl Rove the Architect who turned landslide election victories into nail-biters.
Still pushing hard for slick Mit the Mormon I see?
Rove speaks of organization but he has no legitimate way to measure the heart of true conservatives who will crawl across broken glass to prevent Romney from getting the moticvation. The coalescing behind Gingrich overpowers the organizational weaknesses Rove perceives.
I don’t think Rove really supports Romney. I think he backs him as the Dole of this cycle who will pave the way for Jeb Bush in 2016, his real(and the Bush family’s and the establishment’s) objective.
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