Posted on 10/16/2013 3:07:48 AM PDT by TexGrill
Republican strategist Karl Rove says the GOP should quit while it's not as far behind as it could be.
Appearing Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "On the Record," Rove said Republicans fighting for concessions on Obamacare and entitlements are weakening their position the longer they hold out.
"At some point you have to focus on, as Ronald Reagan said, getting as much of the pie as you possibly can get," Rove said.
Republicans aren't even going to be able to get 80 percent of what they want now, he said, because they have been weakened over the last two months by fighting for something that was impossible to get: defunding Obamacare.
"And the longer this goes on, the less leverage they have," Rove said.
That's one reason Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "threw the ball to them" and stopped Senate discussions, Rove said. Reid knew Republicans couldn't get together on a bill, he said, and wanted to weaken them further.
House Speaker John Boehner presented a bill early Tuesday that would have funded the government through mid-January and extended the debt ceiling through mid-February while talks continued, but he was unable to muster enough support to pass it.
A scheduled Tuesday night vote was called off.
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Shut up Rove, you ignorant slut!
> “At some point you have to focus on, as Ronald Reagan said, getting as much of the pie as you possibly can get,” Rove said.
You definitely don’t need any more pie Mr. Rove, and you surely have no consent to interpret a President whose shoes you are unfit to shine.
Well, we got the House of Representatives in 2010, which controls spending (no thanks to Karl Rove, BTW). and now they are doing what we sent them there to do.
Trying to pull that privileged GOP elite spoon out of his mouth is pointless. His view is that the GOP is weakened.
Well, HEAR! HEAR! Our young men and women we sent to Congress in 2010 are doing exactly what their constituents want, to take back this government from politicians so entrenched in their own personal power and perks that they’ve forgotten what real America is like.
I don’t care about Boehner being able to control the troops - he’s a crappy crying baby leader anyway. No balls, no backbone, no bite. Our guys up there now need to stand firm and stand tall - they’re doing a great job.
We need to keep money away from Obama as long as humanly possible. This country needs to see the extent of the lows he is willing to stoop to so that his leeches remain fed and his destructive programs remain idle.
We don’t want any more of this Obamacare pie rove. Dump the pie in the river and let’s find something else to eat. Shut it down. Take away the credit card and stop funding the socialist police state.
Tokyo Rove is the buggy whip maker. Adios, loser.
Better that Obama goes bankrupt now than three years later when Washington gives us over $20 trillion in debt.
Let’s get it over with and cut the credit cards now!
Ahh yes, Hannity's idol and the man whose claim to fame is George W. Bush............that says it all!!!
SHUT THE HECK UP TRAITOR!
I turned off Greta’s show last night. She has too much Rove, Linda, and Juan on there for my liking.
Karl Rove is an IDIOT. Total absolute honking blinking idiot.
The DC cocktail party class doesnt have a clue!
Though different in style, looks and delivery, he is every bit the Goebbels of our time.
Just watch how glib and supportive he is of GOP capitulation, "moderation" and "cooperation". Watch him closely...and listen carefully. He never speaks of liberty, freedom, the will of the people, the founding principles, taking a moral stand, fighting evil and corruption.....never.
He's only a political conniver....and one of the smoothest and best members of Obama's far-flung team of ringers.
And note how he NEVER gets interrupted or overtalked by any of the Fox hosts during his omnipresent appearances on the Fox evening lineup.
He is there to provide the propaganda for the destruction of conservatism....and he goes about his task faithfully and doggedly....with full rein from Fox.
Leni
Karl Rove Selling Out Conservatism To Liberalism & Marxism since 2000”. Your legacy in history Karl. Now get lost.
Long shutdown means weaker Rove, not weaker GOP. It also means stronger TEA party.
Leni
TRUTH=(KARL_ROVE_PRONUNCEMENTS)*(-1)
Considering the job he did for the GOP in 2012, he's beginning to look more like Arianna Huffington.
And sounding a lot like her too.
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