Karl Rove, the Architect
Posted on 06/27/2013 4:10:10 PM PDT by jimbo123
The GOP strategist says he tried to signal to the Romney campaign that it should change course, but they didn't follow his lead.
A lot has been said about why Mitt Romney lost the presidential election, from his failure to turn out more white working-class voters to his failure to win more of the Latino voters who did turn out. Republican strategist Karl Rove offered the latest take Thursday in remarks detailing how he tried, from his perch at an outside group forbidden by law from coordinating with the campaign, to signal to Romney's team that they should make changes in course and defend their candidate more fiercely.
"No election can be blamed on one single thing ... that's not the way politics works," Rove said during an Aspen Ideas Festival conversation with Atlantic Editor in Chief James Bennet. At core, however, "This was a tactical failure."
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Exactly. Tokyo Rove never puts money into GOTV efforts because there aren’t and advertising dollars for the liberal media stations in the deal.
Plus, he hates talking to Grassroots Conservatives. He despises us.
Has Karl Rove ever dominated an election cycle?
In 2000,2002,2004 and 2006 he did a weak job.
He’s been planning his run for 10 years. It never once occurred to him or his crack staff that socialists might attack his capitalist business?
It never once occurred to anyone that the democrats would demand to see his income taxes?
Apparently not because on both issues he sat flat on his heels for seeks before he figured out how to respond to the attacks.
seeks = weeks.
“It’s the candidate, stupid.”
Feeling is mutual. I despise him.
- should have defended BainNot a thing about attacking the current regime. Typical.
- should have nixed Clint and his chair
Romney was never going to be elected.
Here’s a few more tactical problems: CBS, NBC, ABC, NSA, DOJ, IRS.. etc.
Fail 2: Cult Leader Candidate.
FUCR !!
Porky pig is a ‘Rat shill. He’s irrelevant.
Romney lost because he wasn’t willing to get down and dirty to win. That and he offered little more than abstract talk, hoping that hate of Obama alone would carry him.
Instead, millions of voters sat home like they did 4 years ago.
Rove is just a vulture looking for more money to pick off of marks.
More putrid sludge from Karl Rove, the political parasite.
Not even going to read the Idiots rant ... Have Lindsey FUKR.
(2 of a kind)
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Karl Rove, the Architect
First: Carl Rove
Second: Lack of Conservatism
Third: Carl Rove
#1 Fail: Following Rove advice not to fight but to lie down like a whipped dog.
Liar! Do the math Karl Drove The GOP OFF THE CLIFF! Romney could have got 70% of the “hispanic” vote and still WOULD HAVE LOST!
What is the #1 reason he lost? He was a HORRIBLE candidate and a moron too boot.
And when you PISS OFF THE BASE, you lose.
Rove was probably on the Bush team when they were stabbing Reagan in the back.
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