Posted on 02/28/2011 7:12:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Rove represents the worst of the elitist GOP establishment.
Via NY Mag
One week before the 2010 midterm elections, Rove took aim at Sarah Palin, questioning the wisdom of her appearance on a reality show, Sarah Palins Alaska, if she really wanted to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate. Palin lacked the gravitas to be president, went a subhead in the U.K.s Daily Telegraph.
Rove later tried wriggling out of his comments, as well as observations he made in a German magazine that tea-partiers werent sophisticated, being unfamiliar, as Rove was, with intellectuals like the economist Friedrich August von Hayek. But Roves backhands werent accidental, nor was he the victim of outrageous tabloid reporting. When I bring up his statements about Palin during our interview, Rove says only that he wished hed made his comments on Fox News insteadbefore going into a withering impersonation of Palin, recalling a scene from her TV show in which shes fishing.
Did you see that? he says, adopting a high, sniveling Palin accent: Holy crap! That fish hit my thigh! It hurts!
How does that make us comfortable seeing her in the Oval Office? he asks, disgusted. You knowHoly crap, Putin said something ugly!
Someone should advise Rove to blow his nose before he goes on the air. He makes me sick just listening to his sniveling voice.
And as a political “architect” he’s been a proven loser.
Does Karl wear a tutu?
I give him no more than 3 months (June 1) and he will no longer be asked to speak in public.
It’s hard to believe in this day and age... but there really *is* a GOP elite who believe that We The People are ignorant, unwashed masses and that they, and they alone, know what’s best for us. They and only they have the connections, the education, the intelligence, and, yes, the *financial* resources to Run This Country in the Way It Is Supposed To Be Run.
These elites believe that running the USA is their BIRTHRIGHT.
Karl Rove is one of their enablers. Smart enough to be one of them, but not wealthy enough or handsome enough, and not a member of the right bloodline.
But Karl is valuable and reliable enough to have a seat at their table (when invited, of course). It’s a mutually acceptable arrangement.
And so, DAMNED if he wants to see a bright, capable, popular upstart like Sarah Palin ROB HIS ELITES of what is RIGHTFULLY THEIRS! Which would coincidentally put Karl out in the cold as well.
He’d sooner die than see that happen.
Yes....there are a few Freepers who say that the media is taking Karls quotes ‘out of context’ and trying to stir things up....I have no doubt that the MSM would like to tie up a fight involving Karl, the Tea Party and Sarah.
But Roves own words and snipping are clear and to confused them with being taken out of context is grasping at straws.
Karl is tied with the Establishment
Palin is not a member of the ruling elite and they HATE her for daring to pretend that just anyone can be president.
You can support Rove just as you might support any other “Republican”, such as McCain, Graham, Specter, etc.
Whoever thought Christine O’Donnell should be a senator deserved to have their faces rubbed in it.
Wow. It's one thing to hate the guy, but entirely another to ignore his achievements.
The GOP wants Romney to be the nominee. I figured out the GOP elitists a long time ago..at first I couldn’t figure out how come they were sucking up to Obama then I figured it out..they think if they kiss his behind some of his supporters will vote Republican in 2012, if they actually believe that they are bigger fools then I thought
Rove it a turd.
Blasphemy!!... I love kind of headlines....
lol
Everybody kicks that poor girl, mainly because it’s guaranteed press.
What a bum. Rove you ignorant slut.
Mike Castle voted for the DREAM ACT....enough said.
Rove had his boy in the white house for eight years. He has virtually nothing to show for it other than the Obama Presidency.
My premise is that a) Christine O’Donnell lost all on her own (lack of) merits. b) Blaming Rove for her defeat was the kind of denial we seem to see a lot of these days. c) When Palin loses, the same people will be similarly unable to face the facts, and will be looking for scapegoats.
C’mon folks, we are having huge load of problems. We need someone who is more experienced than sarah palin. You guys will label every other candidate as RINO. Ok fine, if it is going to palin, just let everyone know and atleast we can start converting her huge negatives into positive. Just suddenly in 2012 all her negatives are not going to disappear. Start now!
Christine O’Donnell couldn’t defeat a Marxist. But hey, she’s not a witch!
"Go Mitt. Go Mitt. Go Mitt."
"Rove has made no secret of his support for Romney as McCain's VP. "
Romney has thrown Elections 2008 and 2010 to the DNC when he can.
In 2008, the McCain/Palin ticket was up ++4 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, Romney once again
had his backstabbing TeamROMNEY
attack Gov. Palin to throw Election2008 to the DNC.
"Kathleen Parker: After Interviews, Palin Should Bow Out"
Staggering bigotry of Kathleen Parker - UPDATED"
Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
Personally, I can't stomach listening to either one of those two ruling class political professionals.
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